As close to an original '60 as you can get in a sought-after historically correct color.

The Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul VOS (Vintage Original Spec) Plain Top Electric Guitar is a beautiful Les Paul that you'll want in your collection. In 1960, the Les Paul Standard still had the carved maple top with burst finish and Burstbucker pickups of its predecessors with an added slim taper neck for a decidedly different feel. This 1960 Reissue Les Paul captures the essence of the original guitar accurately and in great detail.

The one-piece mahogany neck is topped with a gorgeous rosewood fretboard that's adorned with acrylic trapezoid inlays with shape and color true to the original. BurstBucker 1 and 2 pickups deliver famous vintage LP tone. Gibson includes a hardshell case with your reissue Les Paul.

As if that weren't enough, this Limited Edition features the highly sought after, historically correct Lemonburst Finish or Dark Burst finish. With the plain top, you really get the full effect of these rich, gorgeous colors. This guitar's hardware is not only period correct, but has been given Gibson's popular Aged treatment. Get all the benefits of a new guitar with a killer lived-in look that will inspire thoughts of past guitar greats as you pour out your soul.

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 Gibson Les Pauls of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors who demand the best.

Like all VOS (Vintage Original Spec) Series instruments, the 1960 Les Paul VOS Plain Top Aged Hardware is handcrafted for comfort and playability in the Gibson Custom Shop. The construction, neck profile, hardware, and electronics are period accurate, and a special nitrocellulose finish treatment gives it the patina of a gently aged vintage guitar. Includes Gibson Custom Shop case and a certificate of authenticity.

Gibson Custom 1960 Les Paul VOS Plain Top Aged Hardware Electric Guitar Features:

• VOS (Vintage Original Specifications)
• Historically correct Lemonburst finish
• Top wood: Carved maple
• Back wood: Solid mahogany
• Binding: Single-ply cream on top
• Neck construction: 1-piece mahogany with original-style truss rod route
• Fingerboard: 22-fret rosewood
• Inlays: Vintage trapezoid (accurate shape and color)
• Neck binding: Single-ply cream
• Profile: 1960 slim taper
• Scale length/Nut width: 24-3/4"; 1-11/16"
• Pickups: Burstbucker 1 (rhythm), Burstbucker 2 (treble)
• Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switching
• Hardware color: Aged Nickel
• Bridge/Tailpiece: ABR-1/Aluminum stopbar
• Tuner style: Vintage tulip

Gibson Custom 1960 Les Paul VOS Plain Top Aged Hardware Electric Guitar Includes:

• Custom Shop hardshell case and certificate of authenticity

Crafted with precision to be the most historically accurate representation of the real thing. Order now.

Gibson Custom 1960 Les Paul VOS Plain Top Aged Hardware Electric Guitar

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The Real Deal

Posted by SteveT from Grapevine, TX on Oct 20, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Classic Rock, Country Rock, etc.

There isn’t much more I can say that hasn’t already been said. I own the Dark Burst and I would be hard-pressed to find another Les Paul that can compare to this beauty. There has been some slanted advertizing by some dealers claiming that this guitar is less than worthy in terms of its status as an authentic reissue. To the contrary, based on Gibson’s specification, this exclusive dealer R-0 instrument is a marvelous reissue of the actual early 1960s production of the Plain Top Burst Les Paul, supported by both Gibson Technical Service and as presented in “The Beauty of the Burst” by Yasuhiko Iwanade.

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Blues

Posted by Drobe24 from Baton Rouge, LA on Sep 30, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues

I play mainly blues, and this is the BEST sounding guitar I have ever played. I own three Gibson Customs and a handful of Fender Customs, and they are no match for this bad boy. The neck is simply perfect. Get it. Now. You will love it forever.

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Buy this guitar

Posted by noise5150 from Westchester, NY on Apr 18, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Metal, Blues

I've had this guitar for a few years now - Lemonburst Finish. Funny thing is, I can confirm I have the exact one pictured on this site because of the wood grain patterns on front and back. My first Custom Shop Gibson. Incredible guitar - it's my "go-to" guitar. The 60s neck is fast. Easy for bending. I play though a Marshall DSL 50 head. Bridge pickup screams. Great for rock, blues or metal. Neck pickup has that perfect smooth Les Paul sound. Sustain forever. Buy this guitar. It's not much more than a new standard.

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There's not much I can say that hasn't...

Posted by Penco from Dallas, Tx on Feb 19, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock and Blues

There's not much I can say that hasn't already been said: this LP gives the classic tones that you love and plays beautifully. I run it to a Vox tube amp and I keep the extras to a minimum so I can preserve that clean sound. One feature that I can say that hasn't been mentioned and is not listed is that it has bumblebee capacitors, which was a nice surprise. If there is anything to complain about, it's that it has some trouble staying in tune, but I hope that changing to Ernie Balls will fix that. When leaving the shop with it, everyone told me to never let it go. I’m sure it’s one I’ll cherish for years to come.

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Amazing guitar

Posted by Brown Rug from Canada on Jan 25, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist and active musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Pop, Punk

My first custom shop guitar from Gibson. What can I say? Great guitar, lovely finish, lovely attention to detail. The only that sucked about it was the strings used: vintage reissues from Gibson, not really my cup of tea but hey not a big deal, you can replace 'em anyways.

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