This Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS in Washed Cherry Sunburst is brand new and represents one of the most revered and sought-after electric guitar designs ever made. Few guitars have achieved the legendary status of the original 1959 Les Paul Standard, and Gibson Custom's Historic Reissue program has spent decades refining the details that make these instruments so compelling to players and collectors.
This particular example features Gibson Custom's VOS finish treatment rather than Murphy Lab aging. That's an important distinction: the VOS treatment gives the guitar a subtly dulled, aged appearance along with lightly aged hardware, rather than the heavily simulated wear and finish checking found on Murphy Lab models. The result is a guitar that has the visual character of a vintage instrument without attempting to recreate decades of heavy playing wear.
The Washed Cherry Sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer finish on this example is especially bright and vibrant, with plenty of fine, tight flame across the well-bookmatched maple top. The finish has the depth and variation you'd expect from a hand-finished Gibson Custom instrument while allowing the figuring of the maple to remain the star of the show.
Underneath the maple top is a one-piece, lightweight mahogany body. At 8 lbs. 8 oz., this particular Les Paul comes in at a very respectable weight for a solidbody Les Paul, offering the substantial feel associated with the model without becoming excessively heavy.
Gibson Custom's 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue is the product of decades of work toward recreating the construction, dimensions, materials, and visual details of the original guitars. The Historic Reissue program has incorporated laser-scanned dimensions, chemically recreated plastics, and carefully color-matched sunburst finishes in an effort to capture the proportions and character of the original instruments as accurately as possible.
The result is an exceptionally faithful interpretation of the 1959 Les Paul Standard, built around the details that have made the originals some of the most coveted guitars in the world. For players who want the look, feel, and spirit of a late-'50s Les Paul without the six- or seven-figure price tag of an original, the Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue remains one of the definitive ways to experience this legendary design.
This example's combination of a vibrant Washed Cherry Sunburst, tightly figured and well-bookmatched top, lightweight one-piece mahogany body, and VOS treatment makes it an especially appealing example of the 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue.
Gibson
Custom Shop
1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue
Nitrocellulose VOS Finish
1 Piece Lightweight Mahogany Body
Weighs 8 lbs 8 oz
2 Piece Figured Maple Top
Body: Hide Glue Construction
Long Neck Tenon: Hide Glue
Solid Mahogany Neck Material
50s Rounded Medium C Neck Profile
Indian Rosewood Fingerboard
12" Fingerboard Radius
Historic Medium Jumbo Frets
Nylon Nut Material
1.6875" Nut Width
50s No Tube Truss Rod
Custombucker Alnico 3 Unpotted Humbuckers
2 x Volume Controls, CTS Pots
2 x Tone Controls, CTS Pots
3-Way Pickup Selector, Switchcraft
Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
ABR-1 Bridge
Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
Kluson Single Line, Single Ring Tuners
Certificate of Authenticity
Original Hardshell Case
