Description
1959 Les Paul Standard
The First Collaboration Between Epiphone and the Gibson Custom Shop
Made in partnership with the Gibson Custom Shop, the Limited Edition 1959 Les Paul Standard is Epiphone’s stunning recreation of the rare vintage classic. Featuring a mahogany body with a maple top with a AAA figured maple veneer, comfortable 1959 hand-rolled neck profile with long neck tenon, aged finish, Gibson USA BurstBucker 2 & 3 humbucking pickups, Switchcraft selector switch and output jack, CTS pots, 50s era wiring, Mallory capacitors, non-beveled pickguard, new Epiphone Deluxe vintage tuners, and a vintage-style brown hard case. It also comes with an Epiphone Limited Edition metal medallion toggle switchplate. Available in Aged Dark Burst.
Gibson Custom Shop is the pinnacle of craftmanship, quality, and sound excellence. Each instrument celebrates Gibson’s legacy through accuracy, authenticity, and attention to detail.
Specs:
BODY
- Body Shape: Les Paul
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Top: Carved Hard Maple Cap with AAA Figured Maple Veneer
- Binding: Cream
- Finish: Aged
NECK
- Material: Mahogany
- Profile: ’59 Rounded “C”
- Scale Length: 24.764″
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Laurel
- Fingerboard Radius: 12″
- Number Of Frets: 22
- Frets: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Graph Tech NuBone
- Nut Width: 1.693″
- Inlays: Trapezoid
- Joint: Glued in, Long Tenon
HARDWARE
- Finish: Nickel
- Bridge: Epiphone LockTone ABR-1
- Tailpiece: Epiphone LockTone Stop Bar
- Tuning Machines: Epiphone Deluxe with Vintage Tulip Keys
- Pickguard: Cream
- TrussRod: Adjustable
- Control Knobs: Gold Top Hat with dial pointers
- Control Covers: Black; PVC
- Strap Buttons: 2 – bottom and shoulder
- Pickup Covers: Nickel
ELECTRONICS
- Neck Pickup: Gibson BurstBucker 2
- Bridge Pickup: Gibson BurstBucker 3
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS pots, Mallory capacitors, 50s era wiring
- Pickup Selector: 3-way Switchcraft toggle
- Output Jack: 1/4″ Switchcraft
- Strings Gauge: .010 .013 .017 .026 .036 .046
- Case: Hardshell Case included
- Accessories: Included vintage-style hard case, Epiphone Limited Edition metal medallion toggle switch back plate
MISC.
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