1968 Gibson Les PaulCustom Ultra Light Aged at a glance
The Gibson 1968 Les Paul Custom Reissue from the Gibson Custom Shop presents itself in an Ebony finish with Ultra Light Aging as an iconic electric guitar of the late sixties with historically accurate appointments and contemporary construction. The extraordinarily high-quality workmanship of this Black Beauty LP is evident not only in the comfortable handling and texture of the neck and body, but especially in the sound conversion at the amplifier, which takes place via two hand-wired humbuckers and gives the 1968 Les Paul an impressive sound.
The Gibson 1968 Les Paul Custom Ultra Light Aged in classic Ebony presents itself as a high-quality and historically correct Les Paul Custom in the iconic Ebony finish and with gold hardware.
The nitrocellulose finish in classic Ebony and the hardware of the 1968 Les Paul Custom are characterized by Ultra Light Aging.
Tonewoods and construction
For a particularly crisp sound, the 1968 Les Paul Custom is made up of a mahogany body and a maple top, which complements the soft tone of the LP with a particularly pronounced top end. Naturally, the mahogany neck with its classic long neck heel is glued deep into the body and offers comfortable access to all 22 frets of the ebony fingerboard. The appearance of the Les Paul Custom is rounded off by the elaborately crafted multi-ply binding, the beautiful pearloid block inlays and, of course, the Ultra Light Aging by Gibson Murphy Labs, which gives the electric guitar authentic signs of ageing at the lightest level.
Two hand-wired '68 Custom humbuckers with Black Beauty capacitors provide the authentic sound transformation of the 1968 Les Paul Custom
Pickups and hardware
A duo of '68 Custom humbuckers with hand-wired electronics promises an authentic Vintage-Sound with the classic warmth of the coveted double coilers. Both pickups in the neck and bridge position can be adjusted using the typical 3-way circuit and dedicated controls for Volume and Tone. Furthermore, the electric guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop equipped with goldhardware, which consists of a sturdy Gibson ABR-1 Tune-o-Matic bridge with aluminium stopbar and six Kluson Waffleback tuners.
Features:
Manufacturer:
Gibson
Series:
Gibson Custom Shop
Design:
Les Paul
Body:
Mahogany
Top:
Maple
Binding:
Multi-Ply
Neck:
Mahogany
Neck Construction:
Set-in
Neck Profile:
Authentic '68 Medium 'C'-Shape
Scale in mm:
628
Fretboard:
Ebony
Fretboard Type:
Fretted
Number of Frets:
22
Fretboard Inlays:
Block
Nut type:
Nylon
Nut width in mm:
42.8
Pickup:
HH
Manufacturer pickups:
Gibson
Neck Pickup:
'68 Custom Humbucker
Middle Pickup:
No
Bridge Pickup:
'68 Custom Humbucker
Piezo Pickup:
No
Active pickups:
No
Coil-splitting:
No
Electronic:
Handwired, Black Beauty Caps
Switch:
3-Way
Control:
2x Vol, 2x Tone
Bridge:
Gibson ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece:
Aluminium Stopbar
Tuners:
Kluson Waffleback
Strap Button:
Standard
Hardware:
Gold
String Gauge:
.010 - .046
Factory Tuning:
Standard E
Country of Origin:
USA
Finish:
Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged
Colour:
Ebony
Number of Strings:
6
Case included:
Yes
Gigbag included:
No
Certificate:
Yes
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