Detailed reissue of the guitar that changed the sound of rock and blues.

The Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar has an AA flamed maple top - exactly the kind of wood that went on the vintage Les Pauls in '59. BurstBucker 1 and 2 pickups are precision re-creations of original "Patent Applied For" pickups, right down to the mismatched windings. Original bumblebee capacitors, long-tenon 1959 rounded neck profile, CTS pots, original aluminum stopbar, and tons of other details make it look, sound, and play identically to the original. Mahogany back and neck with rosewood fretboard complete this Les Paul reissue.

Gibson's Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. Using the best materials money can buy, a staff of skilled luthiers reproduce some of the greatest Gibsons of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors who demand the best.

Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar Features:

• Carved maple top
• Solid mahogany back
• One-piece mahogany neck with original-style truss rod routing and 1959 rounded neck profile
• 22-fret rosewood fretboard with historically accurate trapezoid inlays
• Burstbucker 1 (rhythm) and 2 (treble) pickups
• CTS pots and bumblebee capacitors
• 2 volume knobs, 2 tone knobs, and 3-way switch
• Single-ply cream binding on top and fretboard
• Nickel hardware
• Aluminum stopbar
• Original-style toggleswitch washer and jackplate
• Vintage tulip-style tuners

Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar Includes:

• Gibson Custom Shop hardshell case, custom care kit, and a certificate of authenticity

If you could walk into a music store in 1959 and buy a Les Paul off the shelf, this is EXACTLY what you'd get. Order today and own your piece of the past.

Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar

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Only Gibson Is Good Enough

Posted by Vickbobs from Somewhere In Indiana on Mar 22, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician/Collector

Reviewer's Play Style: Classic Rock, Blues, Country

I bought the 59' Custom LP (Washed Cherry) in 2005. This was made before the VOS guitars came out. Boy this guitar is GREAT!! It's quality is second to none, the sound has that vintage sound, and I have played an original 59'. This guitar stands right up there with an original. Gibson is putting out the best Les Pauls it has ever done in the past. There quality is top notch. The setup on this guitar was very comfortable and the playability was amazing. Granted the price is kind of high, but you'll have a piece of history in the making. This guitar will eventually be worth alot more than what you will have paid for it. This guitar will truly be a collector's piece one day in the not too distant future. I also have other Gibson Les Pauls, a Custom Shop 57' Reissue, Standard Plus Top Les Paul, and Studio Les Paul, but my 59' Reissue tops them all!

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1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue

Posted by C. Hughes from Miami,OK on Aug 21, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Blues, Metal

I thought it was time to see a new review. I got my '59 Les Paul on 07/10/08. I ordered this one, and prayed that it would have that perfect flame maple top. Well, God answered my prayer! I got the washed cherry and it had a stunning flame maple top! The mahogany had a nice tight grain on the back and neck. The rosewood fretboard had a beautiful rich color. The case is right out of the fifties with brown covering and a cool pink lining inside. This guitar weighed 9.5 lbs. compared to 7.5 lbs. the regular Les Paul Standard that I traded back in for this one. I did not personally want a chambered body. I wanted this guitar to be every bit like the old original ones, and with the '59, you get it hands down. Standing side by side, this '59 Les Paul blew away the regular heritage cherry sunburst that I had. Plugged it in and got it tuned up, and WOW! Sweet indeed. I did not feel like it needed a setup at this time. Feels very good. The neck is the bigger fifties style I like. The hardware was very nice. I will be keeping this one for life! The only minor thing that might be considered was the finish by the binding on each side of the neck, just above the neck pickup, needed smoothed out better. Just minor, not a big deal. The binding has an aged look that looks vintage. The pickups really sound great. If you can swing it, you absolutely got to get this one. When you open that case for the first time and look in, you will know what I'm talking about. You definately get what you pay for with this guitar.

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just because it's a Gibson...

Posted by r-bo from St. Louis on Apr 3, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Country, Classic Rock, Southern Rock

Doesn't hardly mean quality anymore. Its been a feeling of mine that Gibson has been cutting corners and inflating prices lately due to it's highly identifiable name. When I got this home it drove me to confirming my beliefs. The binding on the neck looks like the rookie of the shop's first attempt at ever doing a binding job. It jagged along the fretboard and hardly fit for a guitar at this price. The saddles are burred on the top E and B strings and are off center on quite a few of them. My advice is if you're going to drop this amount of money on a single cut, double hum guitar, drop it on some smaller company that is more concerned with building quality rather than quantity. ESP Eclipses, Washburn Pilsens, and ESPECIALLY the Hamer USA stuff will be twice the quality for almost half the price of this overrated hunk of wood. I've owned each one of those, and I have no idea why I bought this one.

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The Best of The Best

Posted by Dennis Dullea from Fort Worth, Texas 817-626-4848 on Jan 17, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: N/A

Reviewer's Play Style: Balooze

I don't care who you are or what you think you know, this is the 12 Gauge Shotgun of Electric Guitars. If your crappy it will make you sound good. If your good it will make you sound great. If your great you can just pick it up and it will start playing itself. I got my first one in 1974. I was 23. It was a Black Beauty. I sat it on a chair with my with my wife and we stared at it for 45 minutes. I still have it, and 8 others....Dennis

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Jimmy page's les paul

Posted by Bluesman59 from ********* ******* on Jul 16, 2007

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: Student,Active Musician,Jammer

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues,Classic rock

Well, It's a gibson. The new chambered les paul standards arn't. The only way to get a real Gibson is a reissue, and the 59 is my favorite because of the flame top jumbo frets and the fact jimmy page used one.The 58 is a nice guitar too, but it dosn't look or play as nice. Like the other guy said "this is the best guitar on the market" this is very true. Plug this this thing into a Marhall (or a good Fender) and put every thing on 10 (or 11 in some cases....) and use a power brake, no don't use a power brake use a hot plate or a gibson power stealth because all of them take away treble but the hotplate and the stealth have a bright switch..... Anyway this guitar is great im saving up my birthday money for it (hahahaha).The only things i would change are the pot the push/pull 500ks for coil taping,out phase,series/parelel and add some grover (although the ons that come with it are just fine and thats about it. I hope you enjoyed my realy long review (it's not that long is it)?

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