Gibson 1957 LP Custom Bigsby 3PU VOS Ebony 731159

5656.47 GBP*

Description

Custom Shop guitar, VOS finish, long neck tenon, mahogany body & neck, ebony fingerboard, 3 custom bucker, Bigsby B7, case, COA Custom Shop electric guitar with nitro finish, ebony fingerboard, three custom bucker pickups and Bigsby vibrato Les Paul electric guitar from the Gibson Custom store, made in the USA Authentic reissue of the Black Beauty Les Paul Custom with three pickups from 1957 Serial number 731159 Black VOS nitrocellulose Finish with vintage patina, multiple bindings on body and headstock Aged Gold hardware, plastic parts made from historically correct cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) Set-neck construction with 24.75" scale length (628 mm) Hide-glue for the wood joints Mahogany body with arched top Glued mahogany neck with long neck heel (Long Neck Tenon) 22-fret ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block Inlays "'50s Rounded Medium C" neck profile One Gibson Custombucker with Alnico III magnets in neck position One Gibson Custombucker with Alnico III magnets in middle position One Gibson custom bucker with Alnico III magnets in bridge position Hand-wired circuit with paper-in-oil capacitors (paper-in-oil caps) 3-way switch from Switchcraft for pickup selection (neck, bridge & middle, bridge) Separate volume and tone controls for the neck and bridge pickups (CTS 500 kOhm audio taper potentiometer) Gibson No-Wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge Bigsby B7 Vibrato Tailpiece Kluson waffleback tuners with pearloid wings Includes Lifton 5-Latch Reissue guitar case, certificate and neutral cover for the switch compartment Authentic reissue of the Black Beauty Les Paul Custom with three pickups and Bigsby With the Gibson Les Paul Custom Reissue VOS Ebony 3-Pickup Bigsby presents the Gibson Custom Shop presents an authentic reissue of the very first Black Beauty Les Paul Custom with three pickups and iconic "Tuxedo look". The deep black VOS nitrocellulose finish with an authentic vintage patina conceals a one-piece mahogany body with a scalloped top and a glued mahogany neck with a not-too-bold "'50s Rounded Medium C" profile, in whose ebony fingerboard block Inlays of mother-of-pearl mark the layers. Three Gibson custom bucker with Alnico III magnets, which are managed by the historically correct circuit with Paper-in-Oil Caps , also promise first-class vintage sounds in the best PAF tradition. Last but not least, the 1957 Les Paul Custom Reissue VOS Ebony 3-PIckpu features historically correct Hardware in the form of a no-wire ABR-1 bridge, a Bigsby B7 Vibrato Tailpiece and Kluson waffleback tuners. The Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom Reissue VOS Ebony 3-Pickup Bogsby is an authentic reissue of the first Black Beauty Les Paul Custom with three pickups and an unrecognizable "Tuxedo Look". The one-piece body of the Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom Reissue is glued to the mahogany neck via a long neck tenon. Tradition-conscious construction For the construction of the 1957 Les Paul Custom Reissue, the Gibson Custom Shop naturally relies on historically...