Gibson 1959 Les Paul Reissue Gloss Electric Guitar (with Case)

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. 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.

The Gibson '59 Les Paul Gloss has a carved maple top and solid, non-weight relieved mahogany back with a one-piece mahogany neck with a hide glue neck-fit and long neck tenon. It also has a '50's rounded profile with a rosewood fretboard. This historic guitar also has the Aniline dye that results in a superior wood grain presentation and depth of color. A Historic truss rod assembly (no tubing) the ABR-1 bridge with the lightweight aluminum tailpiece, and gold top hat knobs with dial pointers round out the authentic appointments. The pickups… read more on the '59 Gloss are the Custom Bucker pickups with 2 volume and 2 tone controls with the "bumblebee" capacitors and a three-way switch with an amber toggle cap.

Gibson Custom's 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 Plek machines before it leaves the Custom Shop floor.

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 read less