50th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Standard

anthony — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:21:03 +0000

For many a serious player and collector, the 1959 Les Paul Standard is a guitar that not only helped to shape an entire generation of guitar players, but also was born at a time when the electric guitar was an item that was intended to be both lasting and beautiful. It is because of this that the company decided to go ahead and create a replica of this guitar so that players in the modern era will be able to experience what it was like to play on this wonderful piece of machinery. In fact, Gibson went to such lengths as to make sure that the new guitars almost precisely matched the measurements and the period details of the original machines.

This means that each of the relic 1959 Les Paul Standard guitars that are created for this fiftieth anniversary project are designed from a two-piece maple top with a mahogany body. The reason for this is the fact that it was this very combination of these two different types of wood that was seen as a vital part of this guitars legendary status. The combination itself is one that managed to produce a wide range of tones while at the same time giving the guitar a sturdy build and creating a classic look. To help highlight these wood colorings, you can opt for the guitar to either come in a cherry sunburst or a dark sunburst, but both versions have stayed true to their roots with a light colored mahogany back.

1957 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top Relic Guitar

anthony — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:33:34 +0000

In 2000, Tom Murphy created a relic guitar based upon the 1957 Les Paul Gold Top guitar. He and the Gibson Custom Shop did everything possible to make this new guitar identical to the ones created over 50 years ago, and they have done an excellent job. You could compare a 1957 Les Paul Gold Top to this relic guitar, and you’d find them nearly identical. The attention to every small detail is outstanding, but you wouldn’t expect anything less from Gibson, would you?

The 1957 Gibson features a maple top with a mahogany back. The neck is fairly long, but it produces an amazing sound thanks to the long neck tenon. The Les Paul Gold Top guitar has a rosewood fingerboard that features pearloid trapezoid inlays. The bridge is an ABR-1 and has a stopbar tailbpiece. The guitar also features two 1957 classic humbuckers and, if ordered new from the Gibson Custom Shop, will ship with its own hard shell case. The Gibson Custom Shop also applies a number of interesting techniques that made their relic guitars look like they’ve been around for ages. These hand-done aging techniques include adding nicks and scratches and used aged parts. The entire instrument feels and looks like it has been played for years.

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