Gibson VOS 57 Les Paul Black Beauty Electric Guitar

VOS 57 Les Paul Black Beauty Electric Guitar description:

The Gibson VOS 57 Les Paul Black Beauty is a 2-pickup electric singlecut guitar which follows the VOS (Vintage Original Spec) that make these series of guitars Gibson's next step in their journey towards perfection.

In 1957, ‘Patent Applied For’ humbuckers became standard issue on both the Les Paul Models and the Les Paul Custom. To go along with its already upscale appointments, the Les Paul Custom was made available with either two or three of these quiet, powerful new pickups.

The main features of the Gibson VOS 57 Les Paul Black Beauty include:

• Carved maple top
• Solid, non-weight relieved mahogany back
• Multi-ply white/black binding on top and back
• ABR-1 bridge, lightweight aluminum
• 1-piece Mahogany neck with long tenon
• 22-fret ebony fingerboard
• Holly headstock veneer
• Early '50s rounded neck profile
• Pearl block inlays
• Gold hardware
• Burstbucker 1(R) and 2(T) pickups
• Bumblebee caps
• CTS pots
• Vintage tulip tuners
• 24-3/4" scale
• 1-11/16" nut width
• Ebony finish
• 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way selector switch
• Vintage Reissue 010 strings
• Gibson hardcase included