Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom Single Pickup, Ebony is a 6-string electric guitar from Gibson's Custom series with only one pickup and half the Volume and Tone controls, you now enjoy more of the beautiful ebony top.
The Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom Single Pickup from Gibson's Custom Shop is presented with all the historically accurate appointments and legendary tone of the original. No detail is overlooked, including a solid, non-weight relieved mahogany body with carved mahogany top.
With no pickup at the neck make this '57 a great strumming guitar with plenty of room around the strings. The tone and volume knobs give you plenty of control so you are not limited to one sound. Both knobs can make a huge tonal differences, from distortion to a nice, gritty rhythm sound.
The headstock is made from Holly head veneer, as opposed to fiber, just like it was in 1957, and the vintage-style kidney tulip tuners are mounted in a straight line, also as they were on the original. The 24 ¾-inch scale length neck is made from one solid piece of mahogany, and attached to the body using a long neck tenon — one of the Les Paul’s more distinguishing characteristics of the 1950s. The neck is topped by a 22-fret ebony fingerboard outfitted with pearl block inlays matching the size of colour of the originals.
This extra special, limited Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom features a Single Burstbucker pickup, that delivers all the subtle variations of true, classic humbucker tone by using historically “unmatched” bobbin windings and Alnico II magnets.
The guitar’s Ebony finish also matches the hue of the earliest versions, giving this Gibson Custom model the accurate and distinct appearance of the original model.
Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom Single Pickup Main Features:
- Mahogany Body
- Single-Ply Body Binding
- One Piece Solid Mahogany Neck
- Short Neck Tenon
- 24 3/4" Scale Length
- Rosewood Fretboard
- 22 Frets
- Trapezoid Inlays
- Single Burstbucker Pickup
- Vintage-Style Tulip Tuners
- CTS Potentiometers
- Bumble Bee Capacitors
Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom, Single Pickup, VOS Ebony (code 79699)
6-String Les Paul Electric Guitar, Single Humbucker Pickup, VOS, Ebony
£2,999.00 (inc vat)