2011 Gibson Custom 1957 Reissue Les Paul Standard Goldtop

Duane Allman's favorite Les Paul was a 1957 Les Paul Goldtop which he used to record Layla. But, you don't have to be a southern legend to appreciate the sound and soul of the 1957 Les Paul.

The '57 Les Paul is one of the most significant guitars because it was the platform chosen to launch the humbucking pickup. That famous sound x 2 is the stuff that legends are made of!

In 2006 the Gibson Custom Shop proudly introduced the Vintage Original Spec series of historic solid body guitars. The Vintage Original Spec (VOS) series is the latest step on Gibson's journey toward perfection. When you pick up a VOS guitar, you will experience the culmination of more than 20 years of effort to give you the look, feel, and sound of a $300,000 original. They started with playability and their revolutionary process ensures precise fret work and a perfectly cut nut on every guitar. Frets are leveled, shaped, and crowned to exacting specifications - unique to each individual instrument - and will extend a bit further towards the binding, giving you more surface area. The nut is carefully hand-shaped to give it a more rounded, vintage look. The feel of the neck is just like it ought to be...FAT and together with a rolled fingerboard binding, you will experience an incredibly comfortable feel. Using a proprietary process that includes unique steps for staining, wet-sanding, and hand-rubbing gives the guitar the look and feel of a well cared for 49-year-old Standard. The hardware also goes through a new proprietary process, giving it the look you'd expect to see after decades of natural oxidation. And finally, the edges of the neck heel and peghead are softened, lending the guitar a gently worn-in appearance and comfort. You will experience an instrument that faithfully recreates the most sought-after classics - down to the smallest details. Including:
a1-piece, solid mahogany back
Historically accurate neck tenon for superior sustain
Bumblebee capacitors
Historically accurate reproductions of original PAF humbuckers
Tortoise dot markers on the side of the neck
ABR-1 bridge and lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece
Holly headstock veneer
Period-correct stain and filler
100% nitro-cellulose lacquer finishes with no added plasticizers

This guitar was HANDBUILT in 2011. She's the latest and the greatest to come out of the Gibson Custom Shop. 100% MINT UNOWNED AND UNPLAYED, this guitar comes complete with the Gibson Historic Hardshell case, COA, hang tags, CTS pots and Burstbucker pickups times 2, which are the closest yet to the original PAFs! This guitar is super light and super resonate, weighing in a 8 lbs 8 ozs! The neck is solid mahogany and she has a solid mahogany back, a carved maple top and a classy Gold finish. Every detail just as it was in the '50s. She has a rosewood fingerboard based on a 12" radius with a 24 3/4" scale length, and a nut width of 11 1/16". Neck inlays copy the original trapezoid design, and binding on the neck is narrow - as it was in the '50s. The thickness of the neck measures .924 at the first fret and 1.018 atht e 12th. This guitar has the Holly Head Veneer, Non-Weight Relieved Body and EXTRA LONG NECK TENON, combined with the separate bridge/tailpiece ABR-1 stop tailpiece and Burstbucker pickups which yields better sustain and quieter yet more powerful tone. She's a CANNON with a fat early 50s neck and a huge midrange honk! Looks great, feels great and sounds great!

She's a collectors dream and a players mojo for certain! Feel the Power!The Power of the Paul!

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