GIBSON 1957 Les Paul Custom 3PU Bigsby Ebony Light Aged #73189
Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul with 3 Custom Bucker pickups and Bigsby Vibrato in Ebony Light Aged Finish
1957 Les Paul Reissue Model from GibsonCustom Shop
Handmade in the USA
Serial number #73189
One-piece mahogany body with multi-ply binding
Hide-Glue for all wood joints
Glued mahogany neck in "Chunky-C" profile
Ebony fretboard with 22 Historic Medium Jumbo frets and block inlays
Three custombucker pickups with Alnico III magnets
Hand-wired circuit with paper-in-oil capacitors (paper-in-oil caps)
Separate volume and tone pots for each pickup (CTS 500 kOhm audio taper potentiometers)
Bidgsby VibratoTailpiece and Gibson No Wire ABR-1 bridge
Kluson Waffleback tuners
Ebony Murphy Lab Light Aged nitrocellulose finish and Aged hardware
Includes Gibson case and certificate
The Black Beauty Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom 3PU Bigsby Ebony Light Aged from the Gibson Custom Shop is an impressive icon among guitars and in this reissue is fully equipped with three custombucker pickups and a Bigsby Vibrato tailpiece. Its Murphy Lab ageing not only gives it one-of-a-kind status but also ensures pleasant playing characteristics.
The Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom 3PU Bigsby Ebony Light Aged is fully equipped with three custombucker pickups and a Bigsby vibrato
Three custombucker pickups and a Bigsby vibrato offer an impressively extensive sound transformation on the amp.
Features and Construction
Body and neck of the Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom 3PU Bigsby Ebony Light Aged was crafted from a solid piece of mahogany, which gives it the soft-coloured sustain typical of Les Paul. The neck is made to classic specifications in a Chunky-C profile with a 22-fret ebony fingerboard. Perloid block fretboard inlays, Kluson waffleback tuners and cream-coloured Multy Ply binding add absolute accents alongside the gold Hardware. But the heart of the equipment are three Custombuckerswith Alnico III Polescrews and a Bigsby Vibrato Tailpiece, with which the 1957 Les Paul Custom can be made to sing.
Kluson waffleback tuners hold the six strings of the 1957 Les Paul Custom in a stable position and make tunings easy to implement.
Hardware and Finish with Murphy Lab Aging Treatment
In addition to construction and sound, the coherent overall concept of the Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom 3PU Bigsby Ebony Light Aged includes successful ageing, which provides the right look and feel. For this the Gibson Custom Shop invokes the experts at Murphy Lab, which skillfully applies a Light Aged treatment to both the nitrocellulose finish and the nickel-plated hardware appointments of the 1957 Les Paul. The result is an aged, yet amazingly well-maintained instrument with minimal signs of wear that will continue to accumulate authentic playing marks over time.
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