While the Les Paul was introduced with its famous gold finish in 1952, it took a few years to figure out the best bridge and tailpiece setup. 1956 was the only full year in which the Les Paul model featured the powerful P-90 pickups and the adjustable ABR-1 bridge and stop bar setup, a combination that allowed the Les Paul model to intonate, sustain, and roar like never before. And in this 2014 Historic Series replication, Gibson Custom Shop captures the look, feel and searing sound of an original 1956 Les Paul Goldtop in exhaustive detail, featuring all solid woods, vintage-accurate gold paint, the latest True Historic replica appointments, narrow/tall frets, and hot hide glue construction. Available in Gloss or VOS (vintage patina, shown) finishes. Left-handed models available as well.
Body
- Wood Species:
- Lightweight Solid Mahogany Body, 2 Piece Plain Maple Top
- Finish:
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck
- Material
- Solid Mahogany, Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
- Neck Profile
- Medium Chunky, .9″ depth at nut, 1.0″ at 12th fret
- Scale Length
- 24.75″, 62.865cm
- Fingerboard Material
- Solid Rosewood, Hide Glue Fit
- Fingerboard Radius
- 12″
- Number of Frets
- 22
- Frets
- Jescar FW50078
- Nut Material
- Nylon
- Nut Width
- 1.687″, 42.85mm
- End of Board Width
- 2.240″, 56.89mm
- Inlays
- Cellulose Trapezoid
- Truss Rod
- ’50s Tubeless
Finishes
Antique Gold (VOS or Gloss)
(Left-handed models available to order at same prices.)
Hardware
- Finish
- Nickel
- Bridge
- ABR-1
- Tailpiece
- Lightweight Aluminum
- Tuning Machines
- Single Band Kluson Deluxe
- Pick Guard
- Replica Laminated Acrylic
- Control Knobs
- Replica Butyrate Gold Top Hats
- Switch Tip
- Replica Catalin
- Switch Washer
- Replica Acrylic
- Jack Plate Cover
- Replica Laminated Acrylic
Electronics
- Neck Pickup
- Custom P-90
- Bridge Pickup
- Custom P-90
- Controls
- 2 500K CTS Volume Pots, 2 500K CTS Tone Pots, Hand-Wired Harness with Bumblebee Capacitors, Switchcraft Toggle Switch
Accessories
- Strings
- 10-13-17-26-36-46
- Case
- Brown/Pink Lacquered ’50s Replica Case
- Other
- Die-Cast Switch Plate Medallion (w/ Extra Black Plastic Cover in the Case), Gibson Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity