Gibson 1959 Les Paul Reissue Electric Guitar Page 86 Custom Finish

A custom-run finish on one of history's best guitars.




While all 1958-’60 Les Pauls are among the most
saught-after electric guitars ever made, the ’59 Burst is often
considered among aficonados to be the crème de la crème of the range.
They are also exceedingly rare, with only 635 guitars shipped that year.
With sales of the Les Paul declining every year since 1953, the year
after its release, Gibson decided in 1958 to update the look of the
model with an elegant Cherry Sunburst finish. Guitars from that first
year of the Burst’s production often had relatively plain maple tops,
but through the course of 1959, Gibson’s craftsmen built Les Pauls with
tops that displayed more and more highly-figured grains, making these
among the most collectible of the breed today. The 1959 Les Paul Reissue
from Gibson Custom accurately recreates the original hallowed ’59 Burst
in every detail.

While the 1959 Les Paul Standard retained the
classic ingredients of the breed—its solid mahogany body and carved
maple top, both represented here in the 1959 Les Paul Reissue—the guitar
also evolved slightly from its specs of the previous year. Les Pauls
made in 1959 also acquired a slightly thinner, though still comfortably
rounded, neck profile, which many players consider the sweetest feeling
neck shape of all time, along with a smaller neck heel. These are all
represented with utmost accuracy in the 1959 Les Paul Reissue, while the
guitar also benefits from Gibson Custom’s 20th Anniversary
Specifications, newly adopted for 2013. These include a one-piece
rosewood fingerboard, Kluson™ Deluxe machine heads, hot-hide glue neck
fit, a Historic Truss Rod assembly with no tubing, accurate body and
fingerboard binding color, new Custom Buckers created in the image of
the original PAFs, and period-correct Aniline dye.

Gibson
Custom’s new Custom Bucker accurately recreates the original PAFs of the
late ’50s, using Alnico III magnets and unequal turns of 42 AWG wire in
each coil for that characteristic PAF “bite.” These pickups clean up
beautifully at the guitar’s volume controls, while Bumble Bee tone caps
assist in that warm, singing “woman tone” when you roll back the tone
controls. To top it all off, the 1959 Les Paul Reissue plays superbly
right out of its Custom Shop hardshell case thanks to a trip through one
of Gibson’s state-of-the-art Plek machines before it leaves the Custom
Shop floor.

Every guitar includes a Certificate of Authenticity, an owner’s manual and adjustment literature.




Features

One-piece rosewood fingerboards
Aniline DyeKluson™ Deluxe machine heads
Hot Hide Glue Neck Fit
Custom Buckers
Historic Truss Rod Assembly (no tubing)
Accurate body and fingerboard binding color




Great looks...killer tone. What more is there? Order today.








1959 Les Paul Reissue Electric Guitar Specifications:


Body
Top: Carved Maple Top
Back: Solid, Non-Weight Relieved Mahogany Back
Binding: Single-ply Cream Binding on Top
Neck
Species: 1-piece Mahogany Neck with Long Neck Tenon
Profile: Early '50s Rounded
Truss Rod: Historic Truss Rod Assembly (No Tubing)
Joint Angle: 4° (+/- 15 seconds)
Adhesive: Franklin Titebond
Neck Fit
Joint: Mortise & Tenon
Adhesive: Hide Glue
Joint Angle: Tolerance +/- .005"
Fingerboard
Species: One-piece Rosewood
Radius: 12"
Scale Length: 24.75"
Binding: Single-ply Cream
Inlays: Cellulose Trapezoid
Nut/E.O.B: 1.687/2.062
Nut
Material: Nylon
Width: 1.687
Slots: Gibson PLEK System
Headstock
Inlay: Holly Headstock Veneer w/ Pearl logo
Truss Rod Cover: Vintage Black and White
Angle: 17 Degrees
Electronics
Potentiometers: 2 Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls
Capacitors: Bumblebee
Toggle Switch: Three-Way with Amber Toggle Cap
Output Jack: Traditional ¼"
Tuners
Model: Kluson™ Deluxe
Tuning Ratio: 12:01
Plating: Nickel
Bridge
Type: ABR-1 bridge
Plating: Nickel
Tailpiece
Type: Lightweight Aluminum Stopbar Tailpiece
Plating: Nickel
Hardware
Knobs: Gold Top Hats with Dial Pointers
Toggle Switch: Washer Cream with Gold Silkscreen
Pickup Mounting Rings: Cream
Control Plate Cover: Black
Strings: .010 - .046
Strap Buttons: Aluminum
Pickups
Neck Position: Custom Bucker
Bridge Position: Custom Bucker
Finish
Sealer: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Treatment: Period-Correct Aniline Dye
Case
Type: Custom Shop Hardshell









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