The Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates 1959 Les Paul Electric Guitar, VOS is finally here, and it’s bad to the bone. And now you can own it. Billy Gibbons’ favorite axe has always been his beloved Pearly Gates – a rare 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard with legendary angelic qualities. It has appeared on every track of every ZZ Top album to date.
The Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates 1959 Les Paul Electric Guitar is one of the 250 with Gibson Custom’s patented V.O.S. finish. The Pearly Gates 1959 VOS fFeatures a carved figured maple top, solid non-weight relieved mahogany back, single-ply cream binding on top and Duncan Pearly Gates pickups.
Each ‘Pearly Gates’ is also equipped with period-correct CTS potentiometers and bumble bee capacitors to help achieve the legendary tone of the original.
The Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates 1959 Les Paul Electric Guitar, VOS Main features Includes:
- Carved figured maple top
- one-piece Solid non-weight relieved mahogany back
- Long-neck tenon found in every Les Paul Standard from Gibson’s Golden Era
- Medium 1959 rounded profile
- Single-ply cream binding on top
- Nickel hardware
- ABR-1 Bridge
- Lightweight stop-bar tailpiece
- Thin toggle switchwasher & jackplate
- 1-piece mahogany neck
- Long neck tenon
- 22 fret rosewood
- Trapezoid inlays
- Single-ply cream binding
- Pearly Gates neck profile
- 24 3/4” scale length
- 1 11/16” nut width
- Holly headstock veneer
- Vintage Kluson-style tulip tuners
- Duncan Pearly Gates pickups
- CTS pots & bumblebee capacitors
- 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way selector
- String gauge set .010
- Custom Shop case silkscreened with Billy’s signature & Custom care kit
- Comes accompanied with a guitar sock silkscreened with “Pearly Gates” & Billy’s signature
Gibson Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates 1959 Les Paul VOS (code 66034)
6-String Les Paul Electric Guitar, Gibson Custom Shop, Carved Maple Top, Solid Mahogany Body, Long Neck Tenon, Pearly Gates Neck Profile, VOS Finish. Only 250 Available World Wide
£5,946.78 (inc vat)