Gibson Custom calls its 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue a clone of the originals: laser-scanned dimensions, recreated plastics and colour-matched bursts. A figured maple top hide-glued to one-piece lightweight mahogany. Gibson's Murphy Lab, named for Tom Murphy, who pioneered guitar aging at Gibson, finishes this guitar in aged nitro lacquer and ages its hardware to match.
Heavy Aged is the third of the Murphy Lab's four aging levels, with clearly played-in wear. Custombuckers with Alnico 3 magnets, 500K CTS pots and paper-in-oil capacitors, an ABR-1, aluminum stop bar and Kluson single-ring tuners. Green Lemon Fade, Golden Poppy Burst and Slow Iced Tea Fade.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Back: 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany
Binding: Single-ply Royalite
Body Finish: Murphy Lab Aged Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Les Paul
Body Styles: Les Paul,Single Cut
Top: 2-Piece Figured 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: Authentic Medium-Jumbo
Inlays: Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
Neck Material: Solid Mahogany
Nut Material: Nylon
Nut Width: 42.85mm / 1.69in
Profile: Authentic 1959
Scale Length: 628.65mm / 24.75in
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
Neck Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3
Output Jack: 1/4" Switchcraft
Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
HARDWARE
Bridge: ABR-1
Control Covers: Black Royalite
Control Knobs: Gold Butyrate Top Hats
Hardware Finish: Nickel; Murphy Lab Heavy Aged
Jack Plate Cover: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Mounting Rings: M69 Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Pickguard: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Pickup Covers: Authentic Profile Nickel Silver
Saddle Material: Nickel-plated Brass
Strap Buttons: Aluminum
Switch Tip: Amber Catalin
Switchwasher: Replica Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
Truss Rod: Authentic 1950s No-Tube
Truss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply
Tuner Plating: Nickel
Tuning Machines: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
Accessories: Certificate of Authenticity, Mounted Custom Shop Switch Plate Medallion; Reissue Switch Backplate in Case
Headstock Inlay: Gibson logo in Mother of Pearl, Les Paul Model silkscreen
Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
CASE
Case: Aged Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch Case; Aged Brown/Pink Reissue 5-Latch on Green Lemon Fade