Gibson Custom Standard Historic 1960 Les Paul Standard VOS (Beauty of the Burst p.131) Overview
Inspired by the guitar featured on page 131 of the now legendary book 'The Beauty Of The Burst', this is a VOS finished 1960 Reissue with a gorgeous slim neck profile. A great player and sounds fantastic!Gibson's original Les Paul Standard evolved steadily through the course of the '50s, but even across the short span from 1958-'60'the era of the legendary "Bursts"'the guitar continued to change in gradual but significant ways. As a result, while all 1958-'60 Les Pauls are among the most sought-after electric guitars ever made, different players have their favourite years from within that range, according to their, looks, specs and fine-points. Gibson first added a Sunburst finish to the Les Paul in 1958 in an effort to revive waning sales. The following year, these guitars began to be built with more highly-figured maple tops, as well as gaining a somewhat slimmer (yet still rounded) neck profile and "Jumbo" frets. Mid way through 1960, the Les Paul was given a thinner, flatter neck shape, beloved of many a rocker for its comfort and speed, and new gold "top hat" control knobs with silver metal inserts and pointer rings. With the continued use of maple tops with "flamed" and "tiger-striped" patterns, resulted in some of the most visually appealing Bursts of the era, beautifully represented in the current 'LPR0' 1960 Les Paul Standard Reissue.
The 1960 Les Paul Standard Reissue retains the solid Mahogany body and carved Maple top that laid down the Les Paul's legendary sonic signature, along with its quarter-sawn Mahogany neck with long-tenon neck joint. Standard Historic spec includes the following improvements over previous incarnations of Historic guitars: a one-piece rosewood fingerboard, Kluson Deluxe machine heads, hot-hide glue neck fit, a Historic Truss Rod assembly with no tubing, accurate body and fingerboard binding colour, Custom Bucker pickups and period-correct Aniline dye. Also hide glue is used for the fingerboard and there is an anniversary badge on the back of the guitar on the pickup selector cover.
Gibson Custom's fantastic Custom Bucker accurately recreates the original PAFs of the late '50s, using Alnico III magnets and unequal turns of 42 AWG wire in each coil for that characteristic PAF "bite." These pickups clean up beautifully at the guitar's volume controls, while Bumble Bee tone caps assist in that warm, singing "woman tone" when you roll back the tone controls. To top it all off, the 1960 Les Paul Standard Reissue plays superbly right out of its Custom Shop hardshell case thanks to a trip through one of Gibson's state-of-the-art Plek machines before it leaves the Custom Shop floor.
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