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Gibson Les Paul Bill Nash Relic 1959 Conversion Cherry Sunburst with Gibson case
Estimated price for orientation: 2 749 $
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Description Brand: Gibson Body Color: Cherry Sunburst Body Type: Solid Body Material: Solid Wood Model: Gibson Les Paul Standard Model Year: 2008 String Configuration: 6 String Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Dexterity: Right-Handed
Beautiful Gibson Les Paul Standard 2008 that was reliced and converted to a 59 by the great Bill Nash.This is the no. 22 of a very limited run of 40. The guitar comes with Pearly Gates Custom shop pick ups and includes the Gibson hardshell case.First step is to completely disassemble and separate the parts that will be aged and re-used, from the parts that we reject and replace. The "keeper" parts are then aged.The finish, which is sometimes rather thick, is stripped off down to the bare wood. At this point some get stains applied, if required to get the desired color. Then the guitar gets re-finished in 100% nitrocellulose lacquer, keeping it as thin as possible to enable superior resonance. After curing, the guitar gets the complete aging treatment and is then frets are re-worked and dressed to Nash's specs, then they are ready for re-assembly.Gibson installs frets on the fretboard prior to it getting glued to the neck and body. Maybe they do it as it is easier to do it that way, but it can really lead to all sort of fret issues (buzzing, fret outs, high action, dead spots etc). What happens is the neck and body glue, moisture, and all of the underlying structure will shrink, expand and or settle. The fretboard (and frets) will now adjust itself to the changes and you and up with ?lumpy gravy?. The most noticeable and common issue is the hump at about the 14th fret, right where the neck gets really thick before it hit?s the body. So what Nash does is now re-work the neck and frets and take care of this to give the player better action, playability, sustain, bending etc.Gibson Les Paul Bill Nash Relic 1959 Conversion - Features:Color: Cherry Sunburst
Body Wood: Mahogany
Top wood: Flamed Maple
Scale Length: 24-3/4"
Neck Joint: Set-in
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Fretboard: Rosewood Cream Binding
Frets: Refretted, Dressed and Leveled by Nash
Neck Shape: 59
Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1.695" (1 11/16")Bridge: Aged Tune-O-Matic
Pickup Bridge: Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Custom Shop
Pickup Neck: Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Custom ShopControls: 2 volume, 2 tone with Coil Tap pots, 3-way pickup selector
Tuners: Vintage Kluson
Jack: Standard
Hardware: Aged Chrome
Binding: top and neck
Finish: Aged Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Description
| Brand: | Gibson | Body Color: | Cherry Sunburst |
| Body Type: | Solid | Body Material: | Solid Wood |
| Model: | Gibson Les Paul Standard | Model Year: | 2008 |
| String Configuration: | 6 String | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Dexterity: | Right-Handed |
Beautiful Gibson Les Paul Standard 2008 that was reliced and converted to a 59 by the great Bill Nash.This is the no. 22 of a very limited run of 40. The guitar comes with Pearly Gates Custom shop pick ups and includes the Gibson hardshell case.
Body Wood: Mahogany
Top wood: Flamed Maple
Scale Length: 24-3/4"
Neck Joint: Set-in
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Fretboard: Rosewood Cream Binding
Frets: Refretted, Dressed and Leveled by Nash
Neck Shape: 59
Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1.695" (1 11/16")Bridge: Aged Tune-O-Matic
Pickup Bridge: Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Custom Shop
Pickup Neck: Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Custom ShopControls: 2 volume, 2 tone with Coil Tap pots, 3-way pickup selector
Tuners: Vintage Kluson
Jack: Standard
Hardware: Aged Chrome
Binding: top and neck
Finish: Aged Nitrocellulose Lacquer
First step is to completely disassemble and separate the parts that will be aged and re-used, from the parts that we reject and replace. The "keeper" parts are then aged.The finish, which is sometimes rather thick, is stripped off down to the bare wood. At this point some get stains applied, if required to get the desired color. Then the guitar gets re-finished in 100% nitrocellulose lacquer, keeping it as thin as possible to enable superior resonance. After curing, the guitar gets the complete aging treatment and is then frets are re-worked and dressed to Nash's specs, then they are ready for re-assembly.
Gibson installs frets on the fretboard prior to it getting glued to the neck and body. Maybe they do it as it is easier to do it that way, but it can really lead to all sort of fret issues (buzzing, fret outs, high action, dead spots etc). What happens is the neck and body glue, moisture, and all of the underlying structure will shrink, expand and or settle. The fretboard (and frets) will now adjust itself to the changes and you and up with ?lumpy gravy?. The most noticeable and common issue is the hump at about the 14th fret, right where the neck gets really thick before it hit?s the body. So what Nash does is now re-work the neck and frets and take care of this to give the player better action, playability, sustain, bending etc.
Gibson Les Paul Bill Nash Relic 1959 Conversion - Features:Color: Cherry SunburstBody Wood: Mahogany
Top wood: Flamed Maple
Scale Length: 24-3/4"
Neck Joint: Set-in
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Fretboard: Rosewood Cream Binding
Frets: Refretted, Dressed and Leveled by Nash
Neck Shape: 59
Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1.695" (1 11/16")Bridge: Aged Tune-O-Matic
Pickup Bridge: Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Custom Shop
Pickup Neck: Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Custom ShopControls: 2 volume, 2 tone with Coil Tap pots, 3-way pickup selector
Tuners: Vintage Kluson
Jack: Standard
Hardware: Aged Chrome
Binding: top and neck
Finish: Aged Nitrocellulose Lacquer