Glimmering Gold and Sparkling P-90 Pickups

Gibson Custom Shop is the pinnacle of craftsmanship, quality, and sound excellence. Each instrument celebrates Gibson's legacy through accuracy, authenticity and attention to detail.

1956 was the only full year in which the Les Paul model featured the powerful P-90 pickups and the adjustable ABR-1 bridge setup, a combination that allowed the Les Paul model to intonate, sustain, and thrill like never before. This Gibson Custom Shop '56 Reissue captures the look, feel and searing sound of an original 1956 Les Paul Goldtop in exhaustive detail, featuring all solid woods, vintage-accurate gold paint, authentic replica parts, Historic narrow/tall frets, and hot hide glue construction.

Body

• Body Style: Les Paul

• Body Shape: Les Paul

• Top: 2-Piece Plain Maple, Hide Glue Fit

• BackL: 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany

• Binding: 1-Ply Royalite

• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose VOS (Vintage Patina)

• Weight Relief: None

Neck

• Profile: 50s Rounded Medium C

• Scale Length: 628.65 mm / 24.75 in

• Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood

• Fingerboard Radius:304.8 mm / 12 in

• Neck Material: Solid Mahogany

• Fret Count: 22

• Frets: Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall

• Nut Material: Nylon

• Nut Width: 42.85 mm / 1.687 in

• End Of Board Width: 56.89 mm / 2.239 in

• Inlays: Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid

• Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit

Hardware

• Bridge: No-Wire ABR-1

• Saddle Material: Nickel-plated Brass

• Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar

• Tuning Machines: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring

• Pickguard: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate

• Truss Rod: Authentic 1950s No-Tube

• Truss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply

• Control Knobs: Butyrate Gold Top Hats

• Switch Tip: Amber Catalin

• Switch washer: Silkscreened Cellulose Acetate Butyrate

• Jack Plate Cover: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate

• Control Covers: Brown Royalite

• Strap Buttons: Aluminum

• Pickup Covers: Cream Soapbar

Electronics

• Neck Pickup: Custom Soapbar P90

• Bridge Pickup: Custom Soapbar P90

• Controls: CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors

• Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft

• Output Jack: Switchcraft

Miscellaneous

• Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch