Well, Gibson just unveiled what is evidently Guitar Of The Week #34––the Les Paul Standard 50′s Neck––and while in my mind it’s one of the better looking guitars to come out of this whole year-long series, other than that handsome finish I’m not at all sure what makes it qualify as a custom instrument.
Decked out in Gibson’s Satin Antique Walnut finish, and bearing a 1950s rounded profile mahogany neck, this newest Les Paul appears to otherwise be carrying pretty traditional LP Standard specs.
Features include a carved maple top w/single-ply binding, mahogany back, rosewood fretboard with 22 frets (24 3/4″ scale length,) trapezoid inlays, single-ply fretboard binding, gold “top hat” knobs, and nickel-plated hardware to include a tune-o-matic bridge, stopbar tailpiece, and green key tuners.
Electronics include a topless ’57 Classic humbucker w/nickel polepieces in the neck position, ’57 Classic Plus humbucker in the bridge position, dual volume & tone controls, and 3-way pickup switching.
The Les Paul Standard 50′s Neck will ship with a black reptile pattern hardshell case with white plush interior, and will of course be available in a Limited Edition run of just 400 instruments.
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #27 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #2 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
- The Robots Are Back! Gibson Announces Les Paul Standard 2010 Limited
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #14 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #8 :: Les Paul Antique Deluxe Gold Top
- 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 ‘Collector’s Choice’ #1 – The Gary Moore Aged & Melvyn Franks VOS ’59 Les Paul Standard
September 11th, 2007 at 8:18 am
Its a nice guitar.. but (insert my normal lefty comment here) ;-)
Slightly off subject….
The word I’ve gotten from several dealers is that Gibson will be making a Lefty run in the 4th Quarter of this year. I’m curious to see if Gibson will make an exclusively lefty handed GOTW. IMO that would be one very exclusive guitar. The 400 guitar production run would sell out almost instantly.
I know I’d buy one :-)
Ok, this is my last lefty comment for the year… promise!
September 11th, 2007 at 11:34 am
It’s basically the same guitar as the Classic Antique, but without the headstock binding.
Still a nice looking guitar.
If anyone doesn’t like Burstbuckers, this might be the one for them.