Gibson Custom calls its 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue a clone of the originals: laser-scanned dimensions, chemically recreated plastics and colour-matched sunbursts. A two-piece figured maple top hide-glued to a one-piece lightweight mahogany back, no weight relief, and an authentic 1959 neck profile.
Custombuckers with Alnico 3 magnets, 500K CTS pots and paper-in-oil capacitors, an ABR-1, aluminum stop bar and Kluson single-ring tuners. Dirty Lemon, Iced Tea Burst and Washed Cherry Sunburst, VOS, in a brown and pink 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 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: Historic 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: Switchcraft
Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
HARDWARE
Bridge: ABR-1
Control Covers: Black Royalite
Control Knobs: Gold Butyrate Top Hats
Hardware Finish: Nickel
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
Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
CASE
Case: Brown/Pink Reissue 5-Latch