Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Lightly Figured Electric Guitar Scotch Burst

A lightly figured Gibson Les Paul with all the look and flair that has mystified the pros since the '50s.




The Gibson Les Paul was created in 1952 as an
alternative to hollow-bodied, arch-top jazz guitars, with better
feedback resistance, more sustain, and more comfortable access to
upper-register frets. Since then, the guitar has become not only an
industry standard but a cultural icon as well. The sound, feel, and look
of the Gibson Les Paul has been widely influential on modern music,
influencing aspiring musicians, and seasoned professionals worldwide for
well over half a century. Now the celebrated tone and magical classic
design can be yours, with the 1958 Les Paul Lightly Figured Electric
Guitar.


This guitar is true to the original instrument's
features and characteristics, including Gibson's traditional "plain"
maple top and solid, non-weight relieved mahogany body. The 24-3/4"
scale length neck is made from one solid piece of mahogany, and attached
to the body using a long neck tenon—one of the Les Paul's more
distinguishing characteristics of the 1950s. The neck is topped by a
22-fret rosewood fingerboard. Of course, two of Gibson's legendary
Burstbucker pickups deliver all the subtle variations of true, classic
humbucker tone by using historically "unmatched" bobbin windings and
Alnico II magnets.


Mahogany Back and Maple Top
There
isn't anything more critical than the marriage of the Gibson Les Paul's
mahogany back with a maple cap, as well as the regimen involved in
selecting the right wood and the formula to dry it out. First, the wood
is personally inspected and qualified by Gibson's team of skilled wood
experts before it enters the Gibson factories. Inside the Gibson
factories, humidity is maintained at 45 percent, and the temperature at
70 degrees. This ensures all woods are dried to a level of
"equilibrium," where the moisture content does not change during the
manufacturing process. This guarantees tight-fitting joints and no
expansion, and controls the shrinkage and warping of the woods, in
addition to reducing the weight. It also improves the woods'
machinability and finishing properties, and adherence to glue.
Consistent moisture content means that a Gibson guitar will respond
evenly to temperature and humidity changes long after it leaves the
factory.


BurstBucker 1 and 2 pickups
These
pickups feature unpolished magnets and non-potted coils, like the
original pickups that gave the Gibson Les Paul its legendary sound. The
variations in pickup output and tone came from inconsistencies in
winding the bobbins, a result of the lack of automatic shutoffs on
Gibson's winding machines in the late 1950s. Seth Lover, who invented
the humbucker, always said they wound the bobbins "until they were
full," and original examples suggest that employees stopped the winding
machines after the counter reached approximately 5000 turns. When the
two coils in a pickup have a different number of turns, that variation
puts a little "edge" or "bite" on the classic humbucker sound. That's
the sound BurstBuckers replicate. Gibson then carries the replication
process two steps farther, with unpolished Alnico II magnets and no
wax-potting of the coils, just like the originals. The Burstbucker 1
(IM57A-NH) is slightly underwound, with medium "vintage" output, and
works well in both bridge and neck positions. The Burstbucker 2
(IM57B-NH) is wound in the range of Gibson's '57 Classic, with slightly
hotter "vintage" output than the BurstBucker 1, and works well in the
bridge position with a BurstBucker 1 in the neck position.


'50s Rounded Neck Profile
No
guitar neck profiles are more distinguishable than the neck profiles
employed on the Gibson guitars of today. The more traditional '50s neck
profile is the thicker, rounder profile, emulating the neck shapes of
the iconic 1958 and 1959 Les Paul Standards. The neck is machined in
Gibson's rough mill using wood shapers to make the initial cuts. But
once the fingerboard gets glued on, the rest—including the final
sanding—is done by hand. That means there are no two necks with the
exact same dimensions. So while it still has the basic characteristics
of its respective profile, each Les Paul neck will be slightly
different, with a distinct but traditional feel.


22-Fret Rosewood Fingerboard
Both
rosewood and ebony have always graced the fingerboards of the world's
finest stringed instruments, including many of today's Gibson guitars.
The fingerboard on this 1958 Gibson Les Paul is constructed from the
highest-grade rosewood on the planet. The wood is personally inspected
and qualified by Gibson's team of skilled wood experts before they enter
the factories to be fitted onto the neck. The resilience of these dense
and durable woods makes these fingerboards extremely balanced and
stable, and gives each chord and note unparalleled clarity and bite. The
12-inch radius of the fingerboard provides smooth note bending
capabilities and eliminates "dead" or "choked out" notes, common
occurrences on fingerboards with lesser radiuses.


Tune-O-Matic Bridge
The
Tune-O-Matic bridge was the brainchild of legendary Gibson president
Ted McCarty in 1954. At the time, it was a true revelation in
intonation, and set a standard for simplicity and functionality that has
never been bettered. This pioneering piece of hardware provides a firm
seating for the strings, allowing the player to adjust and fine-tune the
intonation and string height in a matter of minutes. It also yields a
great union between the strings and body, which results in excellent
tone and sustain. It is combined with a separate "stopbar" tailpiece,
essentially a modified version of the earlier wraparound bridge. To this
day, the Tune-O-Matic remains the industry standard. It is the epitome
of form and function in electric guitar bridge design, and is one of the
most copied pieces of guitar hardware.


Kluson-style Tuning Keys
The
headstock on the Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul guitar is equipped with
vintage Kluson-style tuners. These tuners offer world-class performance
while retaining the classic look and feel of one of the most popular—and
most copied—tuners in guitar history.


Nitrocellulose Finish
Applying
a nitrocellulose finish to any Gibson guitar—including the Les Paul—is
one of the most labor-intensive elements of the guitar-making process. A
properly applied nitro finish requires extensive man hours, several
evenly applied coats, and an exorbitant amount of drying time. But this
fact has never swayed Gibson into changing this time-tested method,
employed ever since the first guitar was swathed with lacquer back in
1894. Why? For starters, a nitro finish of the Gibson Custom Les Paul
guitar dries to a much thinner coat than a polyurethane finish, which
means there is less interference with the natural vibration of the
electric guitar, allowing for a purer tone. A nitro finish is also a
softer finish, which makes it easily repairable. You can touch up a
scratch or ding on a nitro finish, but you can't do the same on a poly
finish. In addition, a nitro finish is very porous in nature, and
actually gets thinner over time. It does not "seal" wood in an airtight
shell—as a poly finish does—and allows the wood to breathe and age
properly.



Features

Strings: 6
Body type: Gibson Les Paul
Body wood: Mahogany
Top wood: Maple
Scale: 24-3/4"
Neck Joint: Set-In
Neck: Mahogany
Fretboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Fixed
Neck shape: 50s
Frets: 22
Nut width: 1-11/16"
Fretboard radius: 12"
Pickups: Burst Bucker 1 (bridge); Burst Bucker 2 (neck)
Controls: Volume, Volume, Tone, Tone
Tuners: Kluson
Hardware: Nickel
Pickup selector: 3-way
Finish: lacquer











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