Gibson Custom 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty Review

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Gibson Custom 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty has been rated by 184 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.52

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Features 4.43

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Quality 4.52

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Reliability / Value 4.61

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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: Mahogany  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Binding: White  
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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: '57 profile  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Pearl Blocks  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • String Nut: Corian  
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  • Tuners: Grover  
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  • Bridge: Bigsby  
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  • Hardware: Gold  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Middle Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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Few guitars can match what Gibson Custom's 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty offers in its price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty, and if you decide to do so as well, you surely won't be sorry. With almost nothing to add to this beautiful instrument, rest assured it will serve you well.

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 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty's features!

If you try playing 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty after an average guitar, it becomes obvious that this Gibson Custom deserves to be proud of making it sound so beautifully. It delivers great tone when plugged in to most amps and, versatile as it is, it will allow you to find your own tone that you will be proud of as well. Gibson Custom's 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty is surely a world class sounding instrument.

57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty is a guitar that will cause envy with your friends-guitarists. The finish is beautiful; it tells the story of how much time and care Gibson Custom took to create such a great instrument. Action is great right out of the box, but it's easy to set it up to fit your playing style and needs. Hardware is no exception, and is carefully chosen to make 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty a fine instrument that it is.

57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty is one of the finest in its class. Gibson Custom created a guitar that is both durable, and a guitar that performs well in studio, on stage and while rehearsing/practicing. Quality hardware and finish are a guarantee that this instrument will last long and serve you well, if you take the usual care for your instrument, as you should.