GIBSON 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue VOS Double Gold #63326
Custom Shop electric guitar with VOS Nitro finish, long-neck tenon mahogany neck and custom bucker pickups
Les Paul electric guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop Collection, made in the USA
Serial number 63326
Authentic replica of a goldtop Les Paul from 1956
VOS nitrocellulose finish with vintage patina
Aged nickel hardware, plastic parts made from historically correct cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB)
Set-neck construction with 24.75" scale length (628 mm)
Hide-glue for the wood joints
One-piece mahogany body
Two-piece maple top
Glued mahogany neck with long neck heel (Long Neck Tenon)
22-fret rosewood fingerboard with trapezoid inlays
"'50s Rounded Medium C" neck profile
One Gibson Custombucker with Alnico II magnets in neck position
One Gibson custom bucker with Alnico II magnets in bridge position
Hand-wired circuit with paper-in-oil capacitors (paper-in-oil caps)
Separate volume and tone controls for each pickup (CTS 500 kOhm Audio Taper Potentiometer)
3-way switch from Switchcraft for pickup selection
Gibson No-Wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
Aluminium stopbar tailpiece
Kluson single line/single ring tuners
Included Gibson Custom Shop Lifton 5-Latch Reissue Case, certificate and neutral cover for the switch compartment
Historically accurate reissue of the Les Paul Goldtop from 1956
With the Gibson 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue VOS DoubleGold electric guitar, the Gibson Custom Shop presents a historically accurate special model that should appeal especially to fans of classic Fifties Paulas from the pre-humbucker era. The 1956-style Les Paul is the only instrument of the era to combine a double P90 with the advantages of the resonant and adjustable Tune-o-Matic/Stopbar combination and has an extremely unique sound character.
The Gibson 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue VOS Double Gold with two Custom Soapbar P90 pickups and No-Wire ABR-1 bridge presents itself as a genuine Mid Fifties Les Paul.
The neck is glued with Long Neck Tenon and Hide Glue and comes in a strong "'50s Rounded Medium C" profile.
Traditional construction for an unmistakable Les Paul feel
Built as a classic Fifties LP, the Gibson 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue VOS DoubleGold #63326 uses only traditional woods in a familiar construction. The body of the 56 Les Paul is made of one-piece, lightweight mahogany for a balanced strap balance and is finished with a two-piece maple top and additional Royalite binding. All glue joints are glued historically correct with hot hide glue. The mahogany neck represents the powerful "'50s Rounded Medium C" profile of the mid '50s Les Pauls and offers enough wood for secure chord playing and expressive leads. The unmistakable Paula feel is also very noticeable here on the rosewood fingerboard thanks to the use of Historic Narrow Tall fret wires in the original format of the early models.
Two Gibson Custom P-90 pickups and the hand-wired circuit with paper-in-oil capacitors deliver authentic vintage rock sounds.
P-90 pickups from the Custom store
As the last Les Paul before the famous instruments of the PAF era with double humbucker equipment, the Gibson 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue VOS DoubleGold #63326 represents the unmistakable sound of two Custom Soapbar P90 pickups wound in the Gibson Custom Shop. The two Alnico single coils in the cream-coloured Soapbar housing combine the powerful Attack of the single coil with powerful mids thanks to their wider coil winding and are still among the most popular pickup designs for classic rock sounds today. Both pickups are controlled by hand-wired electronics with high-quality CTS pots for volume and tone control and paper-in-oil capacitors for harmonic Treble roll-offs.
Features:
Manufacturer:
Gibson
Series:
Gibson Custom Shop
Design:
Les Paul
Body:
Mahogany
Top:
Maple
Binding:
Royalite
Neck:
Mahogany
Neck Construction:
Long Neck Tenon, set
Neck Profile:
'50s Rounded Medium C
Scale in mm:
628
Fretboard:
Rosewood
Fretboard Type:
Fretted
Fretboard Radius in Inches:
12
Number of Frets:
22
Fret Format:
Historic Narrow Tall
Fretboard Inlays:
Trapeze
Nut type:
Nylon
Nut width in mm:
42.9
Width at Last Fret:
56.9
Pickup:
P90, P90
Manufacturer pickups:
Gibson
Neck Pickup:
Custom Soapbar P90
Middle Pickup:
No
Bridge Pickup:
Custom Soapbar P90
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:
No
Tuners:
Kluson Single Line/Single Ring
Strap Button:
Standard
Hardware:
VOS Nickel
String Gauge:
.010 - .046
Factory Tuning:
Standard E
Country of Origin:
USA
Finish:
Nitrocellulose VOS
Colour:
Double Gold
Number of Strings:
6
Case included:
Yes
Gigbag included:
No
Certificate:
Yes
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