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1957 Goldtop Darkback Les Paul from the Custom Shop, with Chunky C, Custom Bucker, Murphy Lab Light Aged, incl. case & certificate  All product info

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GIBSON 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged Double Gold #74079

1957 Les Paul Goldtop reissue model from the Gibson Custom Shop

  • Serial number 74079
  • One-piece mahogany body
  • Two-piece maple top, glued with hide glue
  • Single-ply royalite body binding
  • Chunky C mahogany neck with long neck heel (Long Neck Tenon)
  • 22-fret fretboard made from 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
  • Includes hardshell Case and certificate of authenticity
Gibson 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged Double Gold #74079 Case

Historically accurate reissue

The Gibson 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged Double Gold #74079 electric guitar is a successful reissue model of the iconic Goldtop from the Gibson Custom store. As the very first LP model with 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 never before in this authentic recreation. The ageing process of the Gibson MurphyLab should also be mentioned here, which gives the 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged its unmistakable charm both visually and haptically.

GIBSON 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged Double Gold #74079 Full
The Gibson 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged Reissue from the Gibson Custom Shop impresses with its striking and historically accurate design and powerful custom bucker sounds.
GIBSON 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged Double Gold #74079 Back
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

Only original work steps and materials are used as the basis for this Goldtop Reissue. Accordingly, the body is made from a solid piece of mahogany with a two-piece glued maple top. Here the Gibson Custom Shop historically correct Hide Glue, which promises glass-hard glue joints for additional resonance. The long glued neck heel also promotes Sustain and response and is an important guarantee for the basic tonal character of the 1957 Les Paul.

GIBSON 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged Double Gold #74079 Front
The custom bucker in the 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 conversion on the amplifier, Gibson skillfully recreates the sound of the legendary Patent-Applied-For humbucker of the 1950s with the custom bucker pickups hand-wound in the Custom store. The dual coilers are unwaxed like the originals and impress 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 the volume and tone controls are operated.

GIBSON 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged Double Gold #74079 Headstock
Light aging reflects the authentic traces of an instrument that has been played but carefully cared for.

Light Aged Goldtop finish with darkback

The Gibson 1957 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 way. None other than ageing legend Tom Murphy and his team of experts at the Murphy Lab, who carefully analyzed the composition of the nitro lacquer used on early Les Paul models over the years, were used for this purpose. The concentrated know-how can now be found 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
  • String Gauge: .010 - .046
  • 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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