GIBSON 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged Double Gold #721275
1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue Model from Gibson Custom Shop
Serial number 721275
body made of mahogany, one piece
Two-piece top made of maple, glued with bellows glue (Hide Glue)
One-piece body binding made of Royalite
Chunky C mahogany neck with long neck heel (Long Neck Tenon)
22-fret fretboard made of East Indian rosewood
Historic Narrow Tall fret wire
Gibson Custom Bucker humbucker in neck and bridge position
Gibson ABR-1 Tune-o-Matic and stopbar
Kluson Single Line/Single Ring tuning machines
Murphy Lab Light Aged Treatment for Hardware and Nitro finish
Goldtop finish
Hardshell Case and certificate of authenticity included
Historically accurate reissue
The Gibson 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light AgedDoubleGold #721275 electric guitar is a successful reissue model of the iconic Goldtop from the GibsonCustom store. As the very first LP model to feature the coveted humbucker configuration and resonant ABR/stopbar combination, the 1957 Les Paul marks the beginning of the most successful LP era and remains as true to the original as ever in this authentic recreation. Here, the ageing process of the Gibson MurphyLab should also be mentioned, which gives the 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged both visually and haptically its unmistakable charm.
The Gibson 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged Reissue from the Gibson Custom Shop convinces with distinctive and historically accurate design, as well as assertive custombucker sounds.
The Darkback model is characterized by the black finish of the mahogany body, which offers a strong contrast to the golden maple top.
Basic construction with Hide Glue and Long Neck Tenon.
As the basis of this Goldtop Reissue, only original work steps and materials are used. Accordingly, the body is composed of a solid piece of mahogany with two-piece glued maple top. Here the Gibson Custom Shop historically correct Hide Glue, which promises glashard glue joints for additional resonance. Also, the long glued neck heel promotes Sustain and response and is considered an important guarantor for the basic tonal character of the 1957 Les Paul.
The Custombuckers in neck and bridge position deliver the classic warm Les Paul sound with Alnico III magnets.
Hand-wound Custom Bucker humbucker with Alnico III magnets
For sound transformation on the amplifier, Gibson skillfully recreates the sound of the legendary Patent-Applied-For humbuckers of the fifties with the hand-wound Custom Bucker pickups from the Custom store. Like the originals, the dual coils are unwaxed and convincing with their classic Alnico warmth, while high-quality premium components such as Paper-in-Oil capacitors, CTS potentiometers and additional Hardware from Switchcraft ensure first-class signal transmission and the classic response when operating the Volume and Tone controls.
Light Aging reflects authentic playing traces of an instrument that has been played but carefully cared for.
Light Aged Goldtop Finish with Darkback
The Gibson1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged represents the then-available finish option of the Goldtop with dark body back and recreates the lacquer texture of the nitro lacquer used at the time in an extremely detailed manner. This was done by none other than ageing legend Tom Murphy and his team of experts from the Murphy Lab, who over the years carefully analyzed the composition of the nitro lacquer used on early Les Paul models. The accumulated know-how is now reflected in the Light Aged treatment of this 1957 Les Paul Goldtop.
Features:
Manufacturer:
Gibson
Series:
Custom Shop
Design:
Les Paul
Body:
Mahogany
Top:
Maple
Binding:
Royalite
Neck:
Mahogany
Neck Construction:
Set-in
Neck Profile:
Chunky C-Shape
Scale in mm:
629
Fretboard:
Rosewood
Fretboard Type:
Fretted
Number of Frets:
22
Fret Format:
Narrow Tall
Fretboard Inlays:
Trapeze
Nut type:
Nylon
Nut width in mm:
42.8
Pickup:
HH
Manufacturer pickups:
Gibson
Neck Pickup:
Custombucker, Unpotted
Middle Pickup:
No
Bridge Pickup:
Custombucker, Unpotted
Piezo Pickup:
No
Active pickups:
No
Coil-splitting:
No
Electronic:
Handwired, Paper-in-Oil Caps
Switch:
3-Way
Control:
2x Vol, 2x Tone
Bridge:
Gibson No Wire ABR-1
Tailpiece:
Aluminium Stopbar
Tuners:
Kluson Single Line/Single Ring
Strap Button:
Standard
Hardware:
Nickel
Factory Tuning:
Standard E
Country of Origin:
USA
Finish:
Murphy Lab Light Aged
Colour:
Double Gold
Number of Strings:
6
Case included:
Yes
Gigbag included:
No
Certificate:
Yes
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