Gibson 1959 Les Paul Reissue Beauty of the Burst

24 Months 0% APR finance available on this guitar. Deposit £434.90 followed by 24 monthly installments of £163.08. Total repayable £4349.  For more details and terms, call our friendly sales team on (023) 92 205100.

The 1959 Les Paul Standard reissue produced today by Gibson Custom is true to all of the original instrument’s features and characteristics, including Gibson’s traditional hand-carved “figured” maple top and solid, non-weight relieved mahogany body. The headstock is made from Holly head veneer, as opposed to fiber, just like it was in 1959, and the vintage-style tulip tuners are mounted in a straight line, also as they were on the original. The 24 ¾-inch scale length neck is made from one solid piece of mahogany, and attached to the body using a long neck tenon — one of the Les Paul’s more distinguishing characteristics of the 1950s. The neck is topped by a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard outfitted with acrylic trapezoid inlays matching the size and color of the originals. Of course, two of Gibson’s legendary Burstbucker pickups deliver all the subtle variations of true, classic “Patent Applied For” humbucker tone by using historically “unmatched” bobbin windings and Alnico II magnets. Other historical appointments include CTS potentiometers, bumble bee capacitors, rolled crème-colored fingerboard binding, single-ply crème-colored binding around the body, and a period-correct thin toggleswitch washer and jackplate. This 1959 Les Paul Standard comes in Gloss finish, and with the standard Gibson Custom case and certificate of authenticity. The Gibson Custom Shop team took inspiration from the book 'Beauty of the Burst' and finished this guitar in what they call 'Page 58 / Page 59', a reference to the pages in the book this burst most resembles.