Here is one of the finest Les Pauls, and indeed electric guitars available. Made in the USA Custom Shop, this is a reissue of the holy grail 1959 Les Paul, finished in beautiful Iced Tea Burst. A painfully meticulous recreation of a legendary instrument, nothing you can say really does this guitar justice - an astounding instrument. A thing of beauty to look at, hold, play and hear. The 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue from Gibson Custom accurately recreates the original hallowed ’59 Burst in every detail, and in this case is presented in superb Iced Tea Burst, with Gibson's gloss finish rather than the more common VOS. While the 1959 Les Paul Standard retained the classic ingredients of the breed—its solid mahogany body and carved maple top, both represented here in the 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue—the guitar also evolved slightly from its specs of the previous year. Les Pauls made in 1959 also acquired a slightly thinner, though still comfortably rounded, neck profile, which many players consider the sweetest feeling neck shape of all time, along with a smaller neck heel. These are all represented with utmost accuracy in the 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue, while the guitar also benefits from Gibson Custom’s 20th Anniversary Specifications, newly adopted for 2013. These include 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 color, new Custom Buckers created in the image of the original PAFs, and period-correct Aniline dye. Gibson Custom’s new 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 1959 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.

Number Of Frets	22
Scale Length	24.75"
Nut Width	1.687"
Fingerboard Radius	12"
Body Style	Single Cutaway
Neck Type	Mortise & Tenon
Neck Wood	Mahogany
Body Wood	Mahogany
Top	Figured Maple
Pickup Configuration	H-H
Bridge Pickup	Custom Bucker
Neck Pickup	Custom Bucker
Bridge Type	ABR-1
Tuning Machines	Vintage Style
Orientation	Right-Handed
Other Features	Carved Top with Solid, Non-Weight Relieved BackSingle-Ply Accurate Cream Colored Binding on Top1-Piece Neck with Vintage-Correct Long Neck TenonHot-Hide Glue Neck FitHistoric Truss Rod Assembly (No Tubing)Joint Angle/Joint Angle Tolerance: 4° (+/- 15 seconds) / +/- .005"1-Piece Rosewood Fingerboard with Accurate Single-Ply Cream Binding and Cellulose Trapezoid InlaysNut/E.O.B: 1.687/2.062Nylon Nut, Slots with Gibson PLEK SystemHeadstock Features Holly Headstock Veneer with Pearl Logo and a Vintage Black & White Truss Rod Cover17 Degree Headstock AngleNickel-Plated Kluson Deluxe Tuners with a 12:01 Tuning RatioNickel-Plated Bridge & Lightweight Aluminum Stopbar TailpieceKnobs: Gold Top Hats with Dial Pointers Toggle Switch Washer: Cream with Gold Silkscreen Pickup Mounting Rings: Cream Strings: .010 - .046 Strap Buttons: AluminumElectronics: Potentiometers: 2 Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls Capacitors: Bumblebee Toggle Switch: 3-Way with Amber Toggle Cap Output Jack: Traditional 1/4"Nitrocellulose Gloss Lacquer Finish with Period-Correct Red Aniline DyeCertificate of Authenticity Included