This Exclusive Les Paul Exceeds the Standard
Adorned with exclusive Sweetwater-only appointments, this Gibson Les Paul Standard ’60s boasts attention-grabbing looks and a sugar-coated voice you won’t find anywhere else. This solidbody electric guitar is built around a resonant slab of mahogany and garnished with eye-catching AAA-figured maple — a top usually reserved for Custom Shop models. Sonically, this Les Paul churns out a gorgeous array of dulcet PAF-inspired tones, thanks to handwired electronics and a set of Sweetwater’s custom-designed Alnico IV–loaded Sugarbucker pickups. Moreover, you’ll revel in the classic playability of this guitar’s mahogany SlimTaper neck and bound, Plek-processed rosewood fingerboard. An ABR-1 Tune-o-matic bridge, an aluminum stopbar tailpiece, and Grover tuning machines round out this Les Paul Standard’s hardware. You also get gold top hat knobs with silver reflectors and pointers, acrylic trapezoid fingerboard inlays, a classic screened headstock inlay, and a spotlight-stealing gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Die-hard Les Paul aficionados in search of a rare, one-of-a-kind gem will find this Gibson Les Paul Standard ’60s simply too good to pass up.
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Spotlight-ready Custom Shop top
Even if you don’t believe in love at first sight, one glance at this Les Paul Standard’s flame top will immediately turn you into a hopeless romantic. Typically reserved for Custom Shop guitars, this Les Paul’s Sweetwater-spec’d AAA-figured maple top looks like a million bucks, elevating this guitar from a typical off-the-shelf Les Paul Standard ’60s to an absolute visual masterpiece with a look that rivals the high-end instruments found in the upper-level price bracket. Topped off with gold top hat knobs with silver reflectors and pointers, acrylic trapezoid fingerboard inlays, a classic screened headstock inlay, and a light-catching gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish, this Les Paul Standard ’60s is an instrument that you’ll be proud to own and eager to show off.
Sweetwater-exclusive Sugarbucker pickups
This Gibson Les Paul Standard ’60s is equipped with a set of Sweetwater Exclusive Sugarbucker pickups. Designed in collaboration with Gibson’s resident pickup-winding wizard, Jared Brandon, Sugarbuckers forgo pure period-correct specs to offer modern players and vintage die-hards a sweeter spin on the classic PAF formula. Loaded with Alnico IV magnets and boasting wax-potted construction, these humbuckers combine legendary PAF clarity with modern, microphonic-free performance. They also feature a very slightly underwound construction, which accentuates the naturally lower-output voice of Alnico IV. It all comes together to form what we’re proud to call our perfect PAF-style humbucker — and you can only get them at Sweetwater!
Comfortable SlimTaper neck and Plek’d frets
Comfort and playability were Gibson’s primary concerns when designing this Les Paul Standard ’60s. You’ll be delighted by how this guitar’s SlimTaper neck profile comfortably fits your hand in just the right way. For your playing pleasure, the rosewood fingerboard is buffed to silky smoothness and bound with rolled edges so that no fret ends impede your dexterity. The frets are dressed to perfection using a Plek Pro machine for optimized playability. Typically reserved for top-dollar custom guitars, this process levels the frets with pinpoint precision, providing you with the most playable fretboard you’re likely to own.
Gibson Les Paul Standard ’60s Features:
- Customized Les Paul Standard ’60s with exclusive Sweetwater-only appointments
- Resonant mahogany body with a AAA-figured maple top usually reserved for Custom Shop models
- Sweetwater’s Alnico IV–loaded Sugarbucker pickups combine legendary PAF clarity with modern, microphonic-free performance
- Handwired electronics with Orange Drop capacitors
- Comfortable mahogany SlimTaper neck and bound, Plek’d rosewood fingerboard
- ABR-1 Tune-o-matic bridge, aluminum stopbar tailpiece, and Grover tuning machines
- Attractive gold top hat knobs with silver reflectors and pointers
- Acrylic trapezoid fingerboard inlays and a classic screened headstock inlay
- Light-catching gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
