Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Review

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Overall Rating 4.42

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Features 4.35

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Quality 4.53

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Reliability / Value 4.22

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  • Body Shape: LP  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Construction: Single cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Binding: Creme  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Construction: 1-piece neck  
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  • Neck Shape: '50s  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Trapezoid  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • String Nut: Corian  
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  • Tuners: Vintage Style  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Nickel  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Burstbucker 1 (rhythm) and 2 (treble) pickups

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Do you think that a 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar is a good guitar? Gibson Custom made some remarkably good models before, so that builds up confidence that 1959 Les Paul Standard follows those standards of quality. Most of guitar players rate this instrument really well, so you should try 1959 Les Paul Standard and see if it's right for you.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Gibson Custom's 1959 Les Paul Standard an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for 1959 Les Paul Standard's features!

The sound of 1959 Les Paul Standard is finer than other guitars in many ways. The reason for that lays in the fact that 1959 Les Paul Standard plays extraordinarily well through mostly any kind of amplifier which means that the sound is versatile, adaptable to various music styles and genres. Gibson Custom's 1959 Les Paul Standard is easy to set up, and even easier to get used to its unique tone that easily becomes yours.

Gibson Custom did a good job. 1959 Les Paul Standard is built well, the finish feels just right, the hardware is solid. While playing for a longer periods of time you can expect 1959 Les Paul Standard to stay in tune and you will be pleased while playing, because the neck is extremely comfortable. You might find that over time metal parts will oxidize a bit, but that's normal and nothing to worry about. Gibson Custom did a really good job with 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar.

Playing live, 1959 Les Paul Standard will perform well and will not let you down. It is fairly reliable instrument both in studio and on stage, and will be a long term companion, as it is built to last. Gibson Custom has made a solid instrument that you will be happy with, and can depend on right from the start. Needs no backup as it has proven to be built really well.