Gibson Custom Shop 50th Anniversary 1958 Les Paul Standard Aged
Price per Unit (piece):
$6,999.00
Here's your chance to own a landmark guitar that changed the sound of
rock and blues, the 50th Anniversary 1958 Les Paul Standard. Gibson is
producing only 200 of this limited edition.Everything that made the
original great is found on this special commemorative edition. The
figured maple top is carved to original spec with a solid Honduran
mahogany back. The neck is also one-piece mahogany with the
historically correct long neck tenon for sustain. The early '50s neck
profile is rounded for comfort. The rosewood fingerboard has Gibson's
distinctive trapezoid inlays. Side position markers are tortoise, just
as on the '58. The stop tailpiece is lightweight aluminum, and the
tuners are vintage tulip style, with push-in bushings, just like the
original.This anniversary '58 employs CTS potentiometers for volume and
tone, as well as the bumblebee capacitors, custom-made for Gibson to
replicate the original electronics. Speaking of electronics, we can't
leave out the Burstbucker pickups, custom wound to emulate the original
late '50s Gibson humbuckers.The thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish
material and methods as the same as was the practice in 1958.
Nitrocellulose lacquer continues to evaporate insuring the thinnest
possible finish that will never dampen vibrations and supports complex
musical waveforms! Prized for enhancing the musical tone, you'll find a
nitro finish on nearly all vintage and collectable American guitars.The
guitar's nitrocellulose finish is carefully aged by guitar guru Tom
Murphy and looks like a carefully maintained 50-year-old guitar! The
highly involved antiquing process is done by hand, one guitar at a
time, by guitar artisan Murphy. It's not a chemical process, but a very
time consuming and tedious job that includes a multitude of elaborate
steps. Through much trial and error, Murphy has developed an amazing
ability to re-create the checked and chipped finish of a true vintage
instrument with great success. Your guitar will carry the look of a
thousand smoky bar gigs, countless sessions, and maybe even a few world
tours.Each 50th anniversary Les Paul Standard is supplied with two
pickguards (standard pickguard and custom 50th anniversary pickguard)
as well as a special Certificate of Authenticity signifying that the
guitar is one of the very limited production run.With all that has been
written over the past 50-plus years about the fabulous Gibson Les Paul
'burst, it's hard to fathom that it wasn't an immediate success. In
fact, only 434 Les Paul Standards were built in 1958, and most of those
were Goldtops! The first sunburst 1958 Les Paul was shipped by Gibson
on May 28, 1958
Body: Carved figured maple top, solid mahogany back
Finish: Murphy-aged
Binding: Period-correct, thin single-ply cream binding on top
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