The 1954 Goldtop is the Les Paul with the wraparound tailpiece, played by Freddie King and Jeff Beck among many others. A plain two-piece maple top hide-glued to a one-piece lightweight mahogany back, no weight relief, and historic narrow-tall frets.
Two custom soapbar P-90s with 500K CTS pots and paper-in-oil capacitors, a 50s rounded medium C neck on an Indian rosewood board with aged cellulose nitrate trapezoids, and Kluson single-ring tuners. Double Gold VOS, in a brown and pink Lifton reissue 5-latch case.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Back: 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany
Binding: Single-ply Royalite
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose VOS (Vintage Patina)
Body Shape: Les Paul
Body Styles: Les Paul,Single Cut
Top: 2-Piece Plain Maple, Hide Glue Fit
Weight Relief: None
NECK
End Of Board Width: 56.89mm / 2.24in
Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count: 22
Frets: Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall
Inlays: Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
Neck Material: Solid Mahogany
Nut Material: Nylon
Nut Width: 42.85mm / 1.69in
Profile: 50s Rounded Medium C
Scale Length: 628.65mm / 24.75in
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Soapbar P90
Controls: CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
Neck Pickup: Custom Soapbar P-90
Output Jack: Switchcraft
Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
HARDWARE
Bridge: Wraparound
Control Covers: Brown Royalite
Control Knobs: Gold Speed Knobs
Hardware Finish: Nickel
Jack Plate Cover: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Pickguard: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Pickup Covers: Cream Soapbar
Strap Buttons: Aluminum
Switch Tip: Amber Catalin
Switchwasher: Silkscreened Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Tailpiece: Wraparound
Truss Rod: Authentic 1950s No-Tube
Truss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply
Tuner Plating: Nickel
Tuning Machines: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
Accessories: Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion (w/ Historic Brown Plastic Cover in Case), Certificate of Authenticity Booklet, Historic Reissue Hang Tags
Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
CASE
Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch