The 1958 Les Paul Reissue Electric Guitar, Vintage Original Series Iced Tea 6-String Les Paul Electric Guitar, features a Lightly Figured Top, a Chambered Body, and Ice Tea finish.
In an effort to jump start the steadily declining sales of the Les Paul Model, Gibson abandoned the familiar gold finish and used a translucent, lacquer finish which showed off the lightly figured maple top. The renamed Les Paul Standard made its debut in 1958. The Gibson VOS 58 Chambered Les Paul Standard with Lightly Figured Top offers you this guitar made to the Vintage Original Spec.
The VOS Finishing Process Explained:
VOS stands for “Vintage Original Spec”. The finishing process on VOS models has been customised to reflect the way Gibson finished Les Paul guitars back in the '50s. They receive a thinner nitro-cellulose lacquer finish which is applied, sanded, and buffed by hand; in other words, more care is put into the finishing process. This extra care is intended to make VOS guitars look like gently aged and well-cared-for vintage guitars. It also helps the guitars 'breathe' better and therefore to resonate and sustain more freely, making them much better instruments.
The Main Features of the Gibson Les Paul 1958 Reissue, Vintage Original Series Lightly Figured Top/Chambered Body Iced Tea Include:
- Carved Lightly Figured Maple Top
- Solid, Chambered Mahogany Back
- Single-Ply Cream Binding on Top
- Fingerboard Species: Rosewood
- 1-piece Mahogany Neck with Long Tenon
- Number of Frets: 22
- 24-3/4" scale
- 1-11/16" nut width
- Holly Headstock Veneer
- Tuners: Green Keys
- Inlays: Trapezoid
- Early '50s Rounded Neck Profile
- Burstbucker 1(R) and 2(T) Pickups
- Bumblebee Caps
- CTS Pots
- Vintage Tulip Tuners
- Iced Tea Finish
- Gibson Hardcase Included
- Controls: Two Volume, Two Tone, Three-way Switch
- Hardware: Nickel
- Tailpiece: Stopbar
- Bridge: Tune-o-matic
- Gibson Hardcase Included
Gibson 1958 Les Paul Reissue Electric Guitar, VOS Iced Tea (code 66911)
6-String Les Paul Electric Guitar, Lightly Figured Top, Chambered Body, Ice Tea
£2,799.00 (inc vat)