GIBSON 1959 Les Paul Standard Lemon Burst Ultra Heavy Aged
Custom Shop Les Paul electric guitar with Custom Bucker pickups and Murphy Lab Aging Treatment, including case and certificate
As a tribute to the legendary design of the Les Paul of the year 1959, the Gibson Custom Shop offers in cooperation with the aging specialists of the Murphy Lab an extremely successful recreation of the archetype. From the turned wood selection to the hand-wired electronics to the texture of Finish and Hardware, the Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard Lemon Burst Ultra Heavy Aged really does offer everything a classic '59 Les Paul should.
Flamed maple top and mahogany neck with long neck base
The basis of the Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard Lemon Burst Ultra Heavy Aged is its basic construction of selected tonewoods, as they were already used in the late fifties. Accordingly, the body is made of a solid piece of mahogany and is finished with a two-piece flamed maple top with a fancy flame. Of course in the recipe of a good Fifties Les Paul the up to under the neck pickup glued Long Neck Tenon of the mahogany neck is not missing.
Gibson Custom Bucker with Paper-in-Oil Caps
For appropriate sounds of the legendary PAF humbucker, Gibson relies on successful replicas of the coveted dual coils with two Custom Bucker Humbuckers. Hand-wound at Gibson Custom Shop, the pickups are fitted with Alnico III magnets for a warm and vocal tone character and feature non-waxed coils, clearly preserving the treble content in the signal. The electronics wiring is also completely hand-wired and holds original components of the golden LP era with CTS potentiometers for volume and tone and oil-paper capacitors.
Murphy Lab Ultra Heavy Aged Treatment
Created by aging legend Tom Murphy, the Murphy Lab is a series of experts who analyze in detail the lacquer finish and aging process of Hardware original instruments and authentically recreate them as part of the 1959 Les Paul Standard Lemon Burst Ultra Heavy Aged. The Ultra Heavy Aged Treatment represents Murphy Lab's most severe aging process and simulates vigorous wear in the form of clearly visible playing marks from an instrument played on countless tours and stages over the years. The composition of the nitro lacquer was also taken into account here, so that the instrument can develop additional aging characteristics over time.
The Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard Lemon Burst Ultra Heavy Aged at a glance:
1959 Les Paul Standard electric guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop
One-piece mahogany body
Two-piece flamed maple top, with Royalite binding
Mahogany neck with long neck foot (Long Neck Tenon)
Rosewood fretboard with 22 Authentic Medium Jumbo frets
Cellulose nitrate trapeze inlays
Two Gibson Custom Bucker humbucker (Alnico III, unwaxed)
Hand-wired electronics with CTS pots and Paper-in-Oil Caps
Gibson ABR-1 Tune-o-Matic bridge and aluminum stop bar
Kluson-tuners (single line/single ring)
Nickel hardware, Murphy Lab Ultra Heavy Aged
Lemon Burst Nitrocellulose finish, Murphy Lab Ultra Heavy Aged
Including case , Custom Shop Switch Plate Medallion and Certificate of Authenticity.
Features:
Manufacturer:
Gibson
Series:
Gibson Custom Shop
Design:
Les Paul
Body:
Mahogany
Top:
Flamed Maple
Binding:
Royalite
Neck:
Mahogany
Neck Construction:
Long Neck Tenon, set
Neck Profile:
Authentic '59 Medium 'C'-Shape
Scale in mm:
628
Fretboard:
Rosewood
Fretboard Radius in Inches:
12
Number of Frets:
22
Fret Format:
Authentic Medium Jumbo
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
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 ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece:
Aluminium 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:
Murphy Lab Ultra Heavy Aged
Colour:
Lemon Burst
Number of Strings:
6
Case included:
Yes
Gigbag included:
No
Certificate:
Yes
Gibson Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Lemon Burst Ultra Heavy Aged