Re-creates the Slim-necked 1960 Les Paul
Gibson went back to the drawing board in creating the Custom Shop Standard Historic 1960 Les Paul Reissue. Every detail has been thought out and replicated, down to the hand-carved maple top and non-weight-relieved mahogany body. Along with the 1960-correct thinner neck profile, this guitar features an updated antique finish, classic hardware, hide-glued neck, vintage truss rod and tuner designs, and vintage-style trapezoid fretboard inlays. No guitarist can deny the appeal of the Gibson Custom Standard Historic 1960 Les Paul Reissue.
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- Vintage appointments
- '60s SlimTaper neck profile
- CustomBucker pickups
Gibson's Custom Shop Standard Historic guitars include appointments that add vintage authenticity. Necks and fretboards are attached using hide glue, just like the originals. Gibson Custom Shop re-engineered the truss rod, truss rod washer, and anchor to their original form. And the Kluson Green Key Tuners now feature proper vintage profile, color, and performance specifications. These features and others make the Gibson Custom Shop Standard Historic 1960 Les Paul Reissue close to owning and playing an actually vintage treasure.
Every inch of this Les Paul has vibeTo revive the essence of the original 1960 Les Paul Standard guitar, Gibson Custom painstakingly worked to give the neck the same feel as the originals. The 1960 Les Paul was the first to offer Gibson's slimmer neck profile. Unlike the meatier contours from the '50s, the SlimTaper profile became popular for the freedom and speed it offered players. And the accuracy of the details go all the way down to the size and shape of the acrylic trapezoid block inlays, and the '50-style long neck tenon joint.
CustomBucker pickups deliver vintage PAF toneGibson Custom paid just as much attention to the Standard Historic 1960 Les Paul Reissue's electronics as they did to its aesthetics. Beginning with vintage CTS potentiometers and bumble bee capacitors, every part of guitar's electronics are just as they would have been found in 1960. The Custom Shop Standard Historic 1960 Les Paul Reissue sports a pair of Gibson's CustomBucker humbuckers for a historically accurate PAF tone. These pickups deliver the fat punch, warmth, and clear top end that has made this pickup style so popular.
Gibson Custom Standard Historic 1960 Les Paul Reissue Features:- Re-creation of the original 1960 Les Paul Standard
- Non-weight-relieved mahogany body with hand-carved, bookmatched maple top
- 1960 SlimTaper neck
- PAF-style CustomBucker humbucking pickups
- Vintage-style Kluson Green Key tuners
- Vintage CTS potentiometers and bumble bee capacitors
- Hide-glued mahogany neck, with extended neck tenon