Well, it looks like Gibson is releasing yet another Custom Shop reproduction of a much-coveted classic Les Paul –– this time in three different versions to capture three distinct personalities of the transitional 1960 Les Paul Standard.
Dubbed the 50th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Standard, the guitars will feature period-accurate accoutrements including the now classic tonewood combination of carved maple top with solid mahogany back, old-school PAF-style BurstBucker humbuckers with Alnico II magnets, long-tenon neck joint, a back-angled headstock, and a traditional thin nitrocellulose finish.
Version One of the guitar is expected to feature a full-size, single-piece mahogany neck with rounded neck profile, top-hat control knobs, and will be available in one of two finishes: Heritage Dark Sunburst or Heritage Cherry Sunburst. It will also sport a 1960 serial number stamped into the headstock back, along with the R0 serial number of the 50th Anniversary model.
Version Two will feature a thinner, but still slightly rounded and elliptical neck profile, which was apparently based on scans of a number of ’60s LPs taken by Gibson’s Custom Historic and Engineering team. The guitar will be available in two “faded” finishes: Sunset Tea Burst or Light Iced Tea.
Version Three of the guitar will feature a classic slim-taper neck, double-band tuners, a set of gold top-hat control knobs with silver inserts, and a colorfast Cherry Sunburst finish that painstakingly recreates Gibson’s finishing process from the later part of 1960.
The Custom Shop 50th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Standards will be built in a limited run of just 500 instrument all together, and will ship with a hardshell case and a 50th Anniversary Certificate of Authenticity. MSRP is currently set at $8,504.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Yes! This will be an awesome instrument. I much prefer the 60′s neck over the thick 50′s ones…. but once again, because of the “limited” nature of these instruments, they are priced out of reach of most guitarists budgets…and even very nice VOS Custom Shop models cost less.
February 2nd, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Very nice Les Paul, but price is too high for me=\
February 9th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
I’ll agree with Rick and say the VOS Custom Shop is a great buy. The 1960 LP reissue is a piece of work though, whew…
February 10th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Do we really need another Les Paul? It looks like a beautiful instrument, but I don’t really see the need for an $8000 guitar that’s not much different than it’s $1000 counterpart. IMO, Gibson would be better off trying to be innovative instead of rehashing the same guitar over and over.
February 16th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Though I love my Les Paul Custom, I can’t see spending $8,000 for this one. How much different can it be?
February 28th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
I agree with Fuzz Pedal. You can get a really nice gibson for 1000$ but I guess this is for the guy’s that want to be able to say that “they have it” as a collector type thing if it’s your passion price is of no importance :D