Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Ultra Light Aged Sunrise Teaburst

The Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue captures the details and character of the original Golden Era guitars. Built with carefully recreated dimensions, materials, and finishes, this model features Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aging, with a lightly aged nitrocellulose lacquer finish and hardware that evoke the look and feel of decades of gentle play.

Body
• Shape: Les Paul single cut
• Top: Two-piece figured maple, hide-glue fit
• Back: One-piece lightweight mahogany
• Binding: Single-ply Royalite
• Weight relief: None

Neck
• Material: Solid mahogany
• Profile: Authentic 1959
• Fingerboard: Indian rosewood, 12-inch radius
• Frets: 22 Historic Medium-Jumbo
• Inlays: Cellulose nitrate trapezoids
• Joint: Long tenon, hide-glue fit
• Nut: Nylon, 1.69-inch width
• Scale length: 24.75 inches

Electronics
• Pickups: Custombucker Alnico 3, neck and bridge
• Controls: Two volume and two tone controls; CTS 500K audio-taper potentiometers and paper-in-oil capacitors
• Selector: Three-way Switchcraft
• Output jack: 1/4-inch Switchcraft

Hardware
• Bridge: ABR-1
• Tailpiece: Lightweight aluminum stop bar
• Tuners: Kluson single-line, single-ring
• Nickel hardware with Murphy Lab Light Aging
• Gold butyrate top-hat knobs
• Additional period-inspired components, including an amber Catalin switch tip and aluminum strap buttons

Includes a brown-and-pink, five-latch Lifton Reissue case, Certificate of Authenticity, mounted Custom Shop switch-plate medallion, and a reissue switch backplate in the case.

Model: LPR59ULSTBNH1
Strings: .010–.046
.finish: Sunrise Teaburst