Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Reissue 2013 VOS LB

A celebration of a highly-prized instrument in every detail.



While all 1958-’60 Les Pauls are among the most
sought-after electric guitars ever made, the ’59 Burst is often
considered among aficionados 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
Standard 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 Standard 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 Standard 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 offered in VOS and Gloss.

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 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




A storied instrument lovingly handcrafted to the original specs. Make it yours today.




1959 Les Paul Reissue 2013 VOS LB 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)
Adhesiv:e 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: Acrylic 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: Amber 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 Red Aniline Dye


Case
Type: Custom Shop Hardshell





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