Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Plaintop 2013 Gloss WC

True to all of the original instrument’s features with a rich, gloss appearance.




By the time the sunburst finish finally arrived
on Gibson’s Les Paul Model in 1958, the guitar had already evolved
through several modifications through the course of the decade,
including the arrival of the Tune-o-matic bridge in 1956 and humbucking
pickups in 1957. As legendary as ’50s Les Pauls have become, Gibson had
sold fewer of the guitar every year since 1953, the year following its
introduction, when the company shipped 2,245 Les Pauls.

Gibson
president Ted McCarty blamed some of the model’s waning popularity on
its flashy Goldtop finish, and attempted to bolster its appeal with an
elegant and more traditional Cherry Sunburst finish. Since this finish
now displayed the grain of the guitar’s carved maple top, Gibson also
now used “bookmatched” two-piece tops glued together with a center seam,
giving each guitar its very own distinct look and marking the beginning
of the guitar world’s fascination with figured maple tops, even though
the majority of the tops used in 1958 were considered “plain” when
compared to the tops used one year later and beyond.

The 1958 Les
Paul Standard Reissue from Gibson’s Custom Shop presents the most
accurate recreation yet available of this first incarnation of the
hallowed “Burst,” in a guitar that contains all the crucial ingredients,
with a less showy maple top that is sometimes considered more authentic
looking than those with highly detailed figuring. Also, while all Les
Pauls were finished in Cherry Sunburst in 1958, these faded in greatly
varying degrees, which are now accurately represented in the 1958 Les
Paul Standard Reissue finish selections. Available in VOS are Bourbon
Burst, Faded Tobacco Burst, Iced Tea Burst, Lemon Burst, Sunrise Tea
Burst and Washed Cherry Sunburst. Gloss choice is Washed Cherry
Sunburst.

The 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue relies on the
ingredients that made the Les Paul a classic in the first place, but
puts them together in the way that first began to show off what was
going on underneath the finish. The Gibson Custom Shop uses a body of
solid, non-weight relieved mahogany, which blends depth and richness
with the snap and clarity of the maple top. The quarter-sawn mahogany
neck still has a chunky, rounded ’50s profile, which, in combination
with the traditional long-tenon neck joint, enhances sustain and
resonance as well as feeling great in the hand.

In addition to
these classic ingredients, the 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue 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 beneath its nitrocellulose lacquer finish.

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 1958 Les Paul Standard 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 Dye
Kluson Deluxe machine heads
Hot Hide Glue Neck Fit
Custom Buckers
Historic Truss Rod Assembly (no tubing)
Accurate body and fingerboard binding color




Pure beauty is within reach. Order today.





1958 Les Paul Plaintop 2013 Gloss WC Specifications:


Body
Top: Carved Maple Top
Back: Solid, Non-Weight Relieved Mahogany Back
Binding: Single-ply Cream Binding on Top
Adhesive: Franklin Titebond


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)


Neck Fit
Joint: Mortise & Tenon
Adhesive: Hot 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


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
Pickguard: Cream
Pickup Mounting Rings: Cream
Control Plate: Cover Black
Strings: .010 - .046
Strap Buttons: Aluminum


Pickups
Neck Position: Custom Bucker
Bridge Position: Custom Bucker


Electronics
Potentiometers: 2 Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls
Capacitors: Bumblebee
Toggle Switch: Three-Way with Amber Toggle Cap
Output Jack: Traditional ¼"


Finish
Sealer: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Treatment: Aniline Dye


Case
Type: Custom Shop Hardshell











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