GIBSON 1959 Les Paul Standard Heavy Aged Green Lemon Fade #952508
Custom Shop Les Paul electric guitar with Custom Bucker pickups and Murphy Lab Heavy Aged Treatment, including case and certificate
1959 Les Paul Standard electric guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop
Serial number 952508
One-piece mahogany body
Two-piece maple top, with Royalite binding
Mahogany neck with long neck tenon
Rosewood fingerboard with 22 Authentic Medium Jumbo frets
Trapezoid inlays made of cellulose nitrate
Two Gibson Custom Bucker humbuckers (Alnico III, unwaxed)
Hand-wired electronics with CTS pots and paper-in-oil caps
Gibson ABR-1 Tune-o-Matic bridge and aluminium stopbar
Kluson tuners (Single Line/Single Ring)
Nickel hardware, Murphy Lab Heavy Aged
Green Lemon Fade nitrocellulose finish, Murphy Lab Heavy Aged
Includes case, Custom Shop Switch Plate medallion and certificate of authenticity
A recreation of an icon
As a tribute to the legendary 1959 Les Paul model, the Gibson Custom Shop, in collaboration with the ageing specialists at Murphy Lab, offers an extremely successful recreation of the original. From the careful selection of wood and hand-wiredelectronics to the quality of the finish and hardware, the Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard Green Lemon Fade Heavy Aged truly offers everything that defines a classic '59 Les Paul.
The Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard Heavy Aged Green Lemon Fade #942531 with authentic ageing treatment from the Gibson Murphy Lab.
Maple top and mahogany neck with long headstock
The foundation of the Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard lies in its basic construction from selected tonewoods, as were already used in the late 1950s. Accordingly, the body consists of a solid piece of mahogany and is finished with a two-piece maple top featuring a stylish flame pattern. Naturally, no recipe for a good Fifties Les Paul would be complete without the long neck tenon of the mahogany neck, which is glued down to just below the neck pickup.
Two Gibson Custom Bucker pickups with Alnico III magnets are responsible for the unique PAF sound.
Gibson Custom Bucker with Paper-in-Oil Caps
To achieve the authentic sound of the legendary PAF humbucker, Gibson has created two Custom Bucker humbuckers that are successful replicas of the coveted double-coil pickups. Hand-wound in the Gibson Custom Shop, these pickups feature Alnico III magnets for a warm and vocal tone character and have unwaxed coils, ensuring that the high-frequency content of the signal is clearly preserved. The electronics wiring is also entirely hand-wired and, with CTS potentiometers for Volume and Tone and oil-paper capacitors, features original components from the golden LP era.
Detailed play marks in typical areas of the body skilfully replicate the tasteful Murphy Lab Heavy-Aged Treatment.
Murphy Lab Heavy Aged Treatment
Murphy Lab, founded by legend Tom Murphy, consists of a team of experts who analyse in detail the finish and ageing process of the hardware on original instruments and authentically recreate them as part of the 1959 Les Paul Standard Heavy Aged Green Lemon Fade. The Heavy Aged Treatment represents a more intense ageing process and simulates the accumulated signs of wear in the form of visible playing marks on an instrument that has been played frequently over the years. The composition of the nitrocellulose lacquer has also been taken into account, so that the instrument can develop additional ageing characteristics over time.
Manufacturer information
Gibson Guitar Corporation 309 Plus Park Blvd 37217 Nashville, TN USA EU economic operator Gibson Europe B.V. Smallepad 15 3811 MG Amersfoort Netherlands service.europe@gibson.com https://www.gibson.com/de-DE
Features:
Manufacturer:
Gibson
Series:
Gibson Custom Shop
Design:
Les Paul
Body:
Mahogany
Top:
Maple
Binding:
Royalite
Neck:
Mahogany
Neck Construction:
Set-in
Neck Profile:
Authentic '59 Medium 'C'-Shape
Scale in mm:
628
Fretboard:
Rosewood
Fretboard Type:
Fretted
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
Pickup:
HH
Manufacturer pickups:
Gibson
Neck Pickup:
Custombucker, Unpotted
Middle Pickup:
No
Bridge Pickup:
Custombucker, Unpotted
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 Ring Tulip
Strap Button:
Standard
Hardware:
Nickel
Weight (kg):
3.9
String Gauge:
.010 - .046
Factory Tuning:
Standard E
Country of Origin:
USA
Finish:
Murphy Lab Heavy Aged
Colour:
Green Lemon Fade
Number of Strings:
6
Case included:
Yes
Gigbag included:
No
Certificate:
Yes
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