Gibson historic selected

The most desirable Les Paul ever the True Historic Series select

The most desirable Les Paul ever captured with unprecedented accuracy for the 2015 True Historic Series, with wet-sanded nitro finish, double-carved and hand-sanded top and neck, rolled binding and more. This Historic select serie is a limited run with special colors inside the True Historic series. Yes GUITARKING had the opportunity to choose some very nice flame tops out of a very small available batch.

True historic

  • True Historic Plastics: Molecular level analysis delivers authentic vintage design
  • True Historic Pickup Covers: Designed and engineered based on the originals
  • Double-Carved Top: Authentic vintage dish profile
  • Double-Carved Neck: Hand sanded for ideal playability and accurate profile
  • "Broken" Peghead Edges, Smoother Edges: Vintage Looks and Feel
  • Thinner Peghead Veneer: A testament to obsession with detail
  • Thinner True Historic Wet-Sanded Finish: More work, more authentic
  • Hide Glue Top Construction: A real vintage spec on the most "original" Reissue yet
  • Rolled Fingerboard Binding: It's all about feel and playability

 

True Historic Specs Create a Stunningly Authentic 1959 Les Paul Reissue

With the True Historic range, Gibson Custom commits to a fanatic level of detail accuracy to bring you as close as possible to owning an original 1959 Gibson Les Paul. A double-carved and hand-sanded top and neck, hand wet-sanded finish, hand-filed rolled fingerboard binding, and plastics replicated from molecular-level analysis of original vintage parts headline only a few of the extensive and obsessive details found in each of the very limited number of True Historic 1959 Les Pauls offered. Add a pair of superbly accurate Custom Bucker pickups, re-created from precise study and measurement of original PAFs, and that legendary Burst tone is all there. You simply can't get closer to the real thing... than the real thing see our selected stock HERE
 
 

Fretboard

  • Fingerboard
  • Wood Species: Solid Indian Rosewood
  • Pieces: 1
  • Fingerboard Details
  • Radius: 30.38 cm / 12"
  • Frets: 22
  • Nut/End of Board: 4.28498 cm / 1.687" @ nut, 5.6896 cm / 2.24" @ end of board
  • Scale: 62.865 cm / 24.75"
  • Binding: .040 True Historic Reissue Cream
  • Side Dots (Color): Tortoise Shell
  • Fingerboard Inlays
  • Style: Trapezoid
  • Material: Aged Nitrocellulose
  • Average Weight: .75 lbs / .340194 kg
  • Dimensions: Large: 2.921 cm x 1.7018 cm / 1.150" x .670", Small: 3.937 cm x .6096 cm / 1.550 x .240"

Head

  • Peg Head Type: 1959 True Historic Thin Head Veneer
  • Inlay: Pearl
  • Peg Head Binding: None
  • Logo: "Gibson"
  • Silkscreen: "Les Paul"
  • Headstock Angle: 17 Degrees
  • Tonal, Resonant, and/or Technical Effect:
  • (Holly head veneer has been re-tooled, reproducing the original thinner specification of the late 1950's)

Nut

Nut Slots:
E: .13716 cm / 0.054"
A: .10414 cm / 0.041"
D: .04826 cm / 0.019"
G: .0381 cm / 0.015"
B: .03556 cm / 0.014"
e: .03048 cm / 0.012"
 
 

Neck / Head

  • Neck Fit Joint Angle: 4 Degrees
  • Type: Reissue
  • Adhesive: Hot Hide Glue
  • Gauges Used: Pitch and Alignment Gauge
  • Nut Style: 6/6
  • Width: 4.28 cm / 1.687"
  • Material: Nylon
 
 

Neck

  • Neck Wood Species: Mahogany
  • Pieces: 1
  • Truss Rod: Historic Reissue-No Tubing
  • Profile: 1959 Les Paul
  • Thickness at Fret 1: 2.26 cm /.900"
  • Thickness at Fret 12: 2.54 cm / 1.0"
  • Average Weight: .453592 kg / 1.25 lbs

Pickups Rhythm

  • Style: Custom Bucker
  • Winds/Coil: Screw side/Slug side: 5200-5590
  • Material of Wire (gauge): #42 Enamel
  • Coil Dimensions (per coil): 6.6294 cm x 1.7272 cm x .9525 cm / 2.61 x.68 x .375"
  • Coil Material: ABS
  • Coil Winding Process: Machine Wound
  • Pole Piece Material: 416 Grade Stainless Steel
  • Pole Piece Position from Nut: 47.3075 cm / 18.625"
  • Slug Material: 416 Grade Stainless Steel
  • Slug Dimensions (diameter x length): 4826 cm x 1.24206 cm / .190 x .480"
  • Magnet Material: Alnico III
  • Magnet Position from Nut: 48.1965 cm / 18.975"
  • Magnet Dimensions: 6.35 cm x 1.27 cm x .3175 cm / 2.5 x .5 x .125"
  • Cover: True Historic Replica VOS Nickel
  • ResistanceDC: 8.0k

Pickups Lead

  • Style: Custom Bucker
  • Winds/Coil: Screw side/Slug side: 5200-5590
  • Material of Wire (gauge): #42 Enamel
  • Coil Dimensions (per coil): 6.6294 cm x 1.7272 cm x .9525 cm / 2.61 x.68 x .375"
  • Coil Material: ABS
  • Coil Winding Process: Machine Wound
  • Pole Piece Material: 416 Grade Stainless Steel
  • Pole Piece Position from Nut: 59.7 cm / 23.5"
  • Slug Material: 416 Grade Stainless Steel
  • Slug Dimensions (diameter x length): 47.3075 cm / 18.625"
  • Magnet Material: Alnico III
  • Magnet Position from Nut: 58.36 cm / 22.975"
  • Magnet Dimensions: 6.35 cm x 1.27 cm x .3175 cm / 2.5 x .5 x .125"
  • Cover: True Historic Replica VOS Nickel
  • ResistanceDC: 8.5k

Body

  • Top Wood Species: Figured Maple
  • Pieces: 2
  • Binding: Single Bound, True Historic Reissue Cream
  • Back Wood Species: Mahogany
  • Pieces: 1
  • Binding: Top Only
  • None Weight Relief: None
  • Average Weight (body only): 2.95 kg / 6.5 lbs average
  • Glue: Hand Applied Hide Glue
  • Tonal, Resonant, and/or Technical Effect: Hand selected backs for lightweight
  • Body Contour
  • Carve: Original 1959 Les Paul

GUITARKING TOP SELECTED STOCK