The Gibson Les Paul Custom is based on the model from the mid-1950s, but features several modern appointments.
The Gibson Les Paul Custom features a hand-carved maple top with a solid mahogany body. The 24 ¾-inch scale length neck is also made from one solid piece of mahogany then topped by a 22-fret ebony fingerboard outfitted with pearl block inlays and given Gibson’s traditional rounded profile.
The Les Paul Custom features Gibson’s 490R pickup in the neck position, which offers the tonal characteristics of the original PAFs, and the 498T pickup in the bridge position, which swaps the 490R’s Alnico II magnet for an Alnico V, making it slightly hotter with emphasis on mid-ranges and highs.
Other appointments include Gibson’s legendary Nashville Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, metal tulip tuners, multi-ply white and black binding on both the top and back, gold hardware and a 1 11/16” nut width. The Les Paul Custom guitar comes with the standard Gibson Custom case and certificate of authenticity.
Gibson Les Paul Custom main features include:
- Carved Maple Top
- Mahogany Back
- Multi-ply top and back Binding
- Mahogany Neck
- '59 Rounded Les Paul neck profile
- Pearl split-diamond Headstock Inlay
- Multi-ply headstock Binding
- Ebony Fingerboard
- Scale length: 243/4"
- Total Length: 18.102"
- Nut Width: 111/16"
- Frets: 22
- Inlays: Pearl block
- Binding: single-ply
- Hardware Plating Finish: Gold
- Bridge: Tune-o-matic
- Tailpiece: Stopbar
- Knobs: Black Speed
- Tuners: Grover Keystone
- Neck Pickup: 490R Alnico magnet humbucker
- Bridge Pickup: 498T Alnico magnet humbucker
- Controls: Two volume, two tone, three-way switch
- Hardshell case included
- Strings: Brite Wires .010-.046
- Custom engraved truss rod cover
Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar, Ebony (code 37100)
6-String Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Guitar, 490R & 498 AlNiCo Humbucker Pickups, Maple Top, Ebony Fingerboard, Block Inlays, Multi Ply Binding, Gold Hardware. Includes fitted Custom Shop Hard Case
£2,799.00 (inc vat)