GIBSON 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Ultra Light Aged #741130
1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue model from the Gibson Custom Shop with Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged Treatment, including case and certificate
Serial number 741130
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 Ultra Light Aged treatment for Hardware and nitro finish
Goldtop finish
Includes hardshell Case and certificate of authenticity
Historically accurate reissue
The Gibson 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Ultra Light Aged #741130 electric guitar is a successful reissue model of the iconic Goldtop from the GibsonCustom 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 Murphy Lab should also be mentioned here, which gives the 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Darkback Light Aged its unmistakable charm both visually and haptically.
The Gibson 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Ultra Light Aged Reissue from the Gibson Custom Shop impresses with its striking and historically accurate design and powerful custom bucker sounds.
The 1957 Les Paul Goldtop is completed by details such as the Gibson Custom Shop backplate.
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.
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 additionalHardware from Switchcraft ensure first-class signal transmission and the classic response when the volume and tone controls are operated.
Ultra Light Aging reflects the authentic traces of an instrument that has been played but carefully cared for.
Ultra Light Aged Goldtop finish
The Gibson1957 Les Paul Goldtop Ultra Light Agedrepresents the finish option available for the Goldtop at the time 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:
Gibson Custom Shop
Design:
Les Paul
Body:
Mahogany
Top:
Maple
Binding:
Royalite
Neck:
Mahogany
Neck Construction:
Long Neck Tenon, set
Neck Profile:
Chunky C-Shape
Scale in mm:
628
Fretboard:
Rosewood
Fretboard Type:
Fretted
Fretboard Radius in Inches:
12
Number of Frets:
22
Fret Format:
Narrow Tall
Fretboard Inlays:
Trapeze
Nut type:
Nylon
Nut width in mm:
42.9
Width at Last Fret:
56.9
Pickup:
HH
Manufacturer pickups:
Gibson
Neck Pickup:
Custom Bucker, Alnico III
Middle Pickup:
No
Bridge Pickup:
Custom Bucker, Alnico III
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 ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
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 Ultra Light Aged
Colour:
Double Gold
Number of Strings:
6
Case included:
Yes
Gigbag included:
No
Certificate:
Yes
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