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Gibson Custom 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue VOS 8.40 LBS! - Double Gold 66116
Gibson Custom 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue VOS 8.40 LBS! - Double Gold 66116
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The Gibson Custom 1956 Les Paul Goldtop P90 Reissue is a shop favorite model. You get the best of all worlds, Custom Shop P90s, stunning gold top, and an adjustable ABR-1 bridge! This specific guitar has a beautiful rich golden hue and comes in at very reasonable 8.40 lbs!
Glimmering Gold and Sparkling P-90 Pickups
Gibson Custom Shop is the pinnacle of craftsmanship, quality, and sound excellence. Each instrument celebrates Gibson's legacy through accuracy, authenticity and attention to detail.
1956 was the only full year in which the Les Paul model featured the powerful P-90 pickups and the adjustable ABR-1 bridge setup, a combination that allowed the Les Paul model to intonate, sustain, and thrill like never before. This Gibson Custom Shop '56 Reissue captures the look, feel and searing sound of an original 1956 Les Paul Goldtop in exhaustive detail, featuring all solid woods, vintage-accurate gold paint, authentic replica parts, Historic narrow/tall frets, and hot hide glue construction.
Specifications
Body Specs
- Back: 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany
- Binding: One-ply Cream Royalite, Top and Fretboard
- Body Finish: VOS Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Material: One Piece Lightweight Mahogany
- Body Shape: Les Paul
- Body Styles: Les Paul,Single Cut
- Top: 2-Piece Plain Maple, Hide Glue Fit
- Weight Relief: None
Neck Specs
- End Of Board Width: 56.89mm / 2.24in
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 304.8mm / 12.0in
- Fret Count: 22
- Frets: Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall
- Inlays: Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
- Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
- Neck Material: Solid Mahogany
- Nut Material: Nylon
- Nut Width: 42.85mm / 1.69in
- Profile: 50s Rounded Medium C
- Scale Length: 628.65mm / 24.75in
Electronics Specs
- Bridge Pickup: Custom P-90 Soapbar
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone; CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
- Neck Pickup: Custom P-90 Soapbar
- Output Jack: Switchcraft
- Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
Hardware Specs
- Bridge: No-Wire ABR-1
- Control Covers :Brown Royalite
- Control Knobs: Butyrate Gold Top Hats
- Finish: VOS
- Jack Plate Cover: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
- Pickguard: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
- Pickup Covers: Cream Soapbar
- Saddle Material: Nickel-plated Brass
- Strap Buttons: Aluminum
- Switch Tip: Amber Catalin
- Switchwasher: Silkscreened Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
- Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
- Truss Rod: Authentic 1950s No-Tube
- Truss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply
- Tuning Machines: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
Misc Specs
- Accessories: Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion (w/ Historic Brown Plastic Cover in Case), Certificate of Authenticity Booklet, Historic Reissue Hang Tags
- Model: LPR56VODGNH1
- Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch
- Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Weight 8.40 lbs
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