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CUSTOM SHOP Collector's Choice #22 Tommy Colletti 1959 Les Paul Custom "Black Beauty" #037Collector's Choice series focusing on individuals shining in electric guitar history.This is "Black Beauty"! # 22 one owner best second hand goods arrived urgently! It is!The best degree of completeness that enthusiasts groan. "Collector's Choice" series cloning real vintage using the latest technology such as digital scan and craftsmanship in a real vintage model. The 2015 made here is one faithfully reproduced Les Paul Custom made in 1959 owned by Tommy Colletti known as owner of Music Zoo in New York, faithfully reproduced by Gibson custom shop! It is! As Collector's Choice is unusual Les Paul Custom, but one of them is like 50's 3 pickup specification ... one exactly one of "Custom Fan Drops"! It seems that the stately style "black beauty" is drifting also from the mahogany top material which peeps slightly from the gap of painting crack processing of the body top.In addition, the manufacturing year 2015 is the first year of "True Historic", here it is also based on True Historic base model! Excellent feeling created by a beautiful top arch and a soft V shape neck with a roll-binding process that is easy to familiar with hands will draw a line from the previous Historic Collection grade! It is!The following is the product comment of "True Historic" at the time of new item sale. (There are also places not applicable depending on model)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------True HistoricThis new series will be Gibson's most elaborate reissue which was made in the 1950s and 1960s. Total number of annual production is prescribed.True Historic has made the most of the vintage's tone, looks, playability, to the utmost, by further developing the parts that could not be done by mass production due to circumstances such as production efficiency and cost, It was born as the ultimate reissue which came close to the sensory part such as.The True Historic series beyond the refinement of existing products is a craftsman with a high skill selected for this project from the shop, making many of its work by hand finishing, while making sure of the finish of each step It is a thing that followed the manufacturing method of the era that the vintage was made without limiting. This new project will be a new flagship that Gibson Custom has tackled with an incomparable enthusiasm to increase the pursuit of vintage and the historic reissue to the next level, so Collector's Choice, and The artist / model of vintage spec is the specification based on this True Historic.■ True Historic Plastics & Pickup coverPlastic parts such as toggle switch · cap, toggle switch · washer, jack · plate, pick guard, pick up · mount ring, control knob etc, and pickup cover are completely new parts approaching vintage.■ Double-Carved TopThe top shape of delicate vintage by 3D scan data obtained from Vintage Les Paul was precisely reproduced by a new process. A beautiful body top shape that emerges with the reflection of light, such as the dropped shape from the flat area in the center part of the body and the recessed part of the side edge part, has been realized.■ Neck CarveLike the top curve, precise vintage shape was reproduced by vintage 3D scan data.■ Matching Body and NeckNeck and body finished with precision woodworking by fusing the latest technology and exclusive Craftsman skills, to make the coloring to the mahogany + coloring and wood grain so that it will be the best finish Matching is done by the pattern of.■ Original Thinner Holy Peghead VeneerWe refined the thickness of the head part thrust plate, and changed it to a thinner thrust plate like the original as before.■ Complete Finish OverhaulBody sounding and quality of painting have been improved by thin painting realized by reviewing all processes of painting, from high-quality lacquer newly adopted and from ground treatment to coating number.■ PlayabilityFocusing on processing frets, fingerboards, neck and binding carefully by exclusive craftsman over time, I focused on raising player's feeling and playing feeling more carefully. Especially from the edge of the neck · binding called ROUND · BINDING, the curved surface leading from the edge of the neck · shape to the neck · shape is familiar to hand like a new guitar but long vintage.■ Hide Glue Top ConstructionWe adopted Hydogle - (glue) also on the top and back of the body. As a result, neck + body, fingerboard + neck, body · top + body · back become glue adhesion, increasing the ringing by telling the whole guitar without placing string vibration.■ New Multi-Step Set UpWe reviewed the process of final setup after installation. We are taking care to ensure that the players who got it enjoy the performance in the best condition.# CC 22A 037 Approximately 4.38 kgHard case · Certificate · Various tags included