Gibson this morning released full specs on its latest Limited Edition Guitar Of The Week instrument, and while I’m not generally a big fan of gold hardware I’d have to say that the Les Paul Classic Custom with dual P-90s is one of the finer looking guitars to come out of this whole series.
Apparently built around Gibson’s vintage-style Les Paul Classic Antique line, this latest LP was very obviously inspired by the ever-popular (and now exceedingly hard to get your hands on,) classic Black Beauty.
Stand-out features are to include a pair of P-90 pickups, gold binding across the board (body, neck and headstock,) gold hardware, what appears to be a gold MOP holly headstock inlay, gold Gibson logo inlay, and an antique ebony finish.
Other specs include a mahogany body with maple top, mahogany 1960’s slim-taper neck (24 3/4“ scale length,) ebony fretboard with 22 frets, trapezoid inlays, dual volume & tone controls, gold Grover keystone tuners, black speed knobs, and a gold stopbar tailpiece and tune-o-matic bridge.
The Les Paul Classic Custom with Dual P-90s will be available in a limited run of 400 units.
- EGR’s Gibson Guitar Of The Week Index
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #2 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
- Gibson Jumps The Gun, Reveals Next Twelve Guitar Of The Week Models
- Gibson Giving Away A Guitar Of The Week
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #33 :: Les Paul Classic Antique Mahogany Top
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #15: Les Paul GT In Fire Engine Red
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #19 :: Les Paul Classic Antique Zebra Wood
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #14 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #27 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #34 :: Les Paul Standard 50’s Neck
- Hello Gibson? This Is IG Calling…
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #8 :: Les Paul Antique Deluxe Gold Top
July 31st, 2007 at 11:36 am
This gold hardware and body edge… I don’t really like it very much, with chrome hardware it would be a hot one. I prefer last week’s guitar.
Anyway, again wrong specs on the official site, what’s happening? Too much copy&paste?
July 31st, 2007 at 11:39 am
Hehe… yeah, I’m not sure what their issue is, but Gibson appears to be having a heck of a time getting their specs right.
I don’t expect to see it change any time soon :)
July 31st, 2007 at 11:49 am
I think this guitar is hot. P90s are a great touch to this. Get tired of seeing classic humbuckers on the tuxedo custom. Khriz.. I agree 100% on the gold hardware, silver would be sweet on that!
J
July 31st, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Playing a Gibson is like a gift from the gods. But for me its the older sticks that make me rock. Still….if someone handed me this guitar right now I’d be rocking.
July 31st, 2007 at 2:47 pm
I’d get one, then stick a firebird pickup in the bridge position. ‘Cus I’m a Neil Young nut.
July 31st, 2007 at 4:16 pm
love it.
i have a ‘regular’ custom. when i replaced the pickups with non-covered SDs, initially the look put me off a bit, but i really love it now. i’m ok with the gold hardware, it gets tarnished and pitted fairly quickly (and thus looks cool).
if the binding is actually gold, and not the standard ‘white’ (cream on my old one) thats a little tacky. the new guitar center mailer has this gold on gold on gold special edition les paul that is just wayyy too much gold.
July 31st, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Yeah, I saw that tremspeed––absolutely hideous. :) In fact, I was planning on covering it in the next day or two so everyone can enjoy it’s hideousness.
September 11th, 2008 at 6:43 am
how mush in british pounds was this limited run of p90s les paul custom classic being sold at when it was made grateful if u can give me a rough estimate yours paul meehan.