1954 was the first full year of the Les Paul Custom, the tuxedo Les Paul and the first guitar fitted with the ABR-1 bridge. Like the earliest Customs, this reissue has a staple pickup in the neck and a soapbar P-90 in the bridge.
A solid mahogany body with multi-ply binding, a 1950s Chunky D neck on an ebony board with mother-of-pearl blocks, 500K CTS pots and paper-in-oil capacitors, a stop bar, Kluson waffleback tuners and gold hardware. Ebony VOS.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Binding: Multi-ply
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose VOS (Vintage Patina)
Body Material: Solid Mahogany
Body Shape: Les Paul
Weight Relief: None
NECK
End Of Board Width: 52.37mm / 2.06in
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count: 22
Frets: Historic Medium-Jumbo
Inlays: Block Mother of Pearl
Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
Neck Material: Solid Mahogany
Nut Material: Nylon
Nut Width: 42.85mm / 1.69in
Profile: 1950s Chunky D
Scale Length: 628.65mm / 24.75in
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Soapbar P-90
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
Neck Pickup: Custom Staple
Output Jack: 1/4" Switchcraft
Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
HARDWARE
Bridge: ABR-1
Control Covers: Black
Control Knobs: Black Top Hats
Hardware Finish: Gold
Jack Plate Cover: Black Multi-Ply
Mounting Rings: Black
Pickguard: Black Multi-Ply
Pickup Covers: Black Soapbar
Switch Tip: Amber
Switchwasher: Black
Tailpiece: Stop Bar
Truss Rod: Standard
Tuning Machines: Kluson Waffleback
Accessories: Certificate of Authenticity, Mounted Custom Shop Medallion Switchplate; Extra Switchplate in the Case
Headstock Inlay: Gibson logo and Custom Split Diamond in Mother of Pearl
Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
CASE
Case: Custom Shop Hardshell