You don't have to be a southern legend to appreciate the sound and soul of the '57 Les Paul. The '57 Les Paul was the platform chosen to launch the humbucking pickup, making it one of the most significant electric guitars ever built.

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.

This 2011 Gibson Les Paul Historic 1957 Reissue is latest and the greatest to come out of the Gibson Custom Shop. This guitar is 100% MINT UNPLAYED, and 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 very rare with an Antique Gold finish and a beautiful DARK BACK! Normally, that's a $400 upcharge. This guitar really has the MOJO! FAT, POWERFUL TONE and WEIGHING IN AT 9 lbs 1 oz, THIS GUITAR IS SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT, light on your back and SUPER RESONANT. This guitar is a TRUE BEAUTY with a SOLID DARK MAHOGANY BACK AND NECK, a carved maple top and a classy Gold finish. Every detail just as it was in the '50s. She has an early 50s rounded neck profile that measures .904 at the 1st fret and 1.021 at the 12th and a beautiful dark rosewood fingerboard based on a 12" radius with a 24 3/4" scale length, and a nut width of 11 1/16". Neck inlays, just like the original trapezoid design, and binding on the neck is narrow - just as it was in the '50s. This guitar has the Holly Head Veneer, Non-Weight Relieved Body and an 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. This guitar sounds like a CANNON with a huge midrange honk!

That famous sound times two is the stuff that legends are made of! This guitar is a collectors dream and a players mojo for certain! She looks great, feels great and sounds great, so you can play her hard!