This is a 2011 built Les Paul LPR-8 1958 Reissue from the Gibson Custom Shop. Finished in a delightful Honeyburst this LP really brings home plenty of vintage vibe and character.
This Les Paul plays as good as it looks. The early ‘50s rounded neck profile has a full-in-hand feel which will be right at home with players who like a chunky neck. The pickups sound great in all positions, with a rich complexity and quality tone at all volume levels.
This guitar is in great condition overall. It shows some light buckle rash on the back along with one or two small dents, but the top is super clean, as is the neck bar one small nick near the second fret. There is some natural light tarnishing of the metal, which we think adds to the vintage vibe of this guitar. The frets show next to no wear, the neck is large but comfortable and plays beautifully in all positions.
In all this is one of the better Gibson 1958 Les Paul Reissues we have seen – in terms of colour, high quality build, medium weight, solid neck profile, the beauty of the wood and accuracy of its specs. With the use of 55-year-old manufacturing techniques, Gibson has succeeded in the alchemy of creating a new guitar with the feel of an aged instrument without resorting to the relic process.
Comes in its original Gibson Custom Shop case in excellent condition and its Certificate of Authenticity.
Features –
Action at 1st fret: 0.75mm
Action at 12th fret: 1.75mm
Nut width: 42.72mm
Width at 12th fret: 52.58mm
Neck depth at 1st fret: 23.43mm
Neck depth at 12th fret: 25.83mm
Weight: 3.9kg / 8.59lb
Carved maple top
Solid, non-weight relieved single piece mahogany back
Single-ply cream top binding
Nickel hardware
Thin toggle switch washer and jack plate
ABR-1 bridge
Lightweight aluminium tail-piece
One piece Mahogany neck with long neck tenon
22-fret Rosewood fingerboard with acrylic trapezoid inlays
1958 rounded neck profile
Vintage tulip tuners
Burstbucker pickups
