GIBSON 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS Iced Tea Burst #831351
Singlecut electric guitar in burst finish with maple top and custom bucker pickups, including case and certificate
The Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS Iced Tea Burst is a historically accurate reissue of the first "'Burst" model and therefore impresses with the authentic feel and sound of an end-50s electric guitar. Here the Gibson Custom Shop follows the tradition of a mahogany body with a maple top and a set mahogany neck with a more powerful "Chunky C-Shape". With two Gibson Custombucker pickups and the hand-wired circuitry, the electric guitar furthermore delivers first-class vintage sounds whose character can hardly be distinguished from the legendary PAFs. Last but not least, the Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard VOS Iced Tea Burst features authentic Hardware in the form of a no-wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge, stopbar tailpiece and Kluson single line/single ring tuners.
The Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS Iced Tea Burst recreates the look, feel and sound of the first sunburst Les Pauls in detail.
The mahogany neck of the Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue is glued to the one-piece body with hide-glue and a long neck foot.
Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard in authentic construction
Built using traditional methods, the Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue impresses with the feel and sound of the legendary "Holy Grails". Accordingly, the Gibson Custom Shop uses a one-piece mahogany body with a correct plain maple top, while the mahogany neck is glued with a long neck foot and carries a fingerboard made of Indian rosewood. The use of glass-hard hide-glue guarantees optimum sound development across the entire instrument. The authentic playing feel is further ensured by the strong "Chunky C-Shape" neck profile together with the 12" fingerboard radius and the narrow frets.
The two Gibson Custombuckers of the Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue are managed by the classic 3-way circuit with authentic oil paper capacitors.
Gibson custom bucker for authentic PAF sounds
As the pickup for the Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS Iced Tea Burst, the Luthier des Gibson Custom Shop Luthier rely on two Gibson Custombucker, which prove to be authentic replicas of the legendary PAF-Humbucker with Alnico III magnets and unwaxed coils. As a result, the guitar amplifier is equipped with a lively Vintage-Sound that skillfully reproduces both clean and distorted blues, jazz or rock songs with velvety basses, vocally singing mids and an airy treble spectrum. The pickups are also controlled via the classic CTS3-way circuit with separate volume and tone controls for each pickup. Authentic oil paper capacitors furthermore promise particularly smooth cuts in the treble spectrum.
Six Kluson vintage-style tuners with authentic single-line bodies and single-ring wings guarantee precise and stable tuning.
Hardware in authentic vintage style
The Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS Iced Tea Burst is rounded off with high-quality hardware in the authentic Vintage-Style style. The combination of a Gibson No-Wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and an aluminum stopbar tailpiece, established by Ted McCarty, is used on the body to guarantee optimal intonation and easy-to-play string action. Behind the historically correct nylon nut, the strings on the headstock are also held by Kluson tuners with authentic single-ring wings.
The Gibson 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS Iced Tea Burst at a glance:
Electric guitar from the GibsonCustom store, made in the USA
Serial number 831351
VOS nitrocellulose finish in "Iced Tea Burst"
All wood joints with hide-glue
One-piece mahogany body
Two-piece maple top (plain maple)
Glued mahogany neck with long-neck tenon (long neck foot)
Indian rosewood fingerboard with trapezoid inlays
"Chunky C-Shape" neck profile
Two Gibson custom bucker pickups with Alnico III magnets
Hand-wired circuit with paper-in-oil capacitors (paper-in-oil caps)
Gibson No-Wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
Aluminum stopbar tailpiece
Kluson single line/single ring tuners
Includes Gibson Custom Shop Lifton Reissue case and certificate
Features:
Manufacturer:
Gibson
Series:
Gibson Custom Shop
Design:
Les Paul
Body:
Mahogany
Top:
Maple
Binding:
Royalite
Neck:
Mahogany
Neck Construction:
Long Neck Tenon, set
Neck Profile:
Chunky C-Shape
Scale in mm:
628
Fretboard:
Rosewood
Fretboard Radius in Inches:
12
Number of Frets:
22
Fret Format:
Historic Narrow Tall
Fretboard Inlays:
Trapeze
Nut type:
Nylon
Nut width in mm:
42.9
Width at Last Fret:
56.9
Pickup:
HH
Manufacturer pickups:
Gibson
Neck Pickup:
Custom Bucker, Alnico III
Middle Pickup:
No
Bridge Pickup:
Custom Bucker, Alnico III
Piezo Pickup:
No
Active pickups:
No
Coil-splitting:
No
Electronic:
Handwired, Paper-in-Oil Caps
Switch:
3-Way
Control:
2x Vol, 2x Tone
Bridge:
Gibson No Wire ABR-1
Tailpiece:
Aluminum Stopbar
Tuners:
Kluson Single Line/Single Ring
Strap Button:
Standard
Hardware:
Nickel
String Gauge:
.010 - .046
Factory Tuning:
Standard E
Country of Origin:
USA
Finish:
Nitrocellulose VOS
Colour:
Iced Tea Burst
Number of Strings:
6
Case included:
Yes
Gigbag included:
No
Certificate:
Yes
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