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Gibson 1968 Les Paul Custom Reissue Ultra Light Aged Ebony #304888

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Custom 1968 Les Paul with 2 custom humbucker pickups, Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aging, mahogany body and maple top, made in the USA  All product info

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Gibson 1968 Les Paul Custom Reissue Ultra Light Aged Ebony #303628

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  • Manufacturer: Gibson
  • Series: Gibson Custom Shop
  • Design: Les Paul
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Maple
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  • Series: Gibson Custom Shop
  • Design: Les Paul
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Maple
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GIBSON 1968 Les Paul Custom Ultra Light Aged Ebony #304888

Custom Shop 1968 Les Paul Custom with '68 Custom humbucker pickups and Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aging, incl. case and certificate

  • 1968 Les Paul Reissue model from the Gibson Custom store
  • Handmade in the USA
  • Mahogany body with maple top and multi-ply binding
  • Serial number 304888
  • Hide-Glue for all wood joints
  • Mahogany neck with Authentic '68 Medim 'C' profile
  • Set-neck construction with 24.75" scale length (628 mm)
  • Ebony fretboard with 22 Historic medium Jumbo frets and block inlays
  • Two Gibson '68 Custom humbuckers in neck and bridge position
  • Hand-wired circuit with black-beauty capacitors
  • Separate volume and tone pots for each pickup (CTS 500 kOhm audio taper potentiometer)
  • Gibson ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
  • Gibson aluminium stopbar tailpiece
  • Kluson waffleback tuners
  • Ebony Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged nitrocellulose finish and Aged hardware
  • Includes Gibson case and certificate
GIBSON 1968 Les Paul Custom Ultra Light Aged Ebony #304888 Case


1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom Ultra Light Aged at a glance

The reissue of the 1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom from the Gibson Custom Shop presents itself in an Ebony finish with Ultra Light Aging as an iconic electric guitar of the late sixties with historically accurate appointments and construction. The particularly high-quality workmanship of this Black Beauty LP is evident not only in the comfortable handling and texture of the neck and body, but especially in the sound conversion at the amplifier. With two hand-wired humbuckers, the 1968 Les Paul promises an impressive sound.

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The Gibson 1968 Les Paul Custom Ultra Light Aged in classic Ebony presents itself as a high-quality and historically accurate Les Paul Custom in an iconic finish and golden hardware.
GIBSON 1968 Les Paul Custom Ultra Light Aged Ebony #304888 Back
The nitrocellulose finish in classic Ebony as well as the hardware of the 1968 Les Paul Custom is characterized by Ultra Light Aging.

Tonewoods and construction

For a particularly crisp sound, the 1968 Les Paul Custom is made up of a mahogany body and maple top, which gives the LP a soft tone with a particularly pronounced top end. Naturally, the mahogany neck is deeply glued and offers comfortable access to all 22 frets of the ebony fingerboard. The appearance of the Les Paul Custom is rounded off by the elaborately crafted multi-ply binding, the beautiful pearloid block inlays and, of course, the Ultra Light Aging of the Gibson Murphy Labs, which gives the electric guitar authentic signs of ageing at the lightest level.

GIBSON 1968 Les Paul Custom Ultra Light Aged Ebony #304888 Details
Two hand-wired '68 Custom humbuckers with Black Beauty capacitors provide the authentic sound transformation of the 1968 Les Paul Custom

Pickups and hardware

A duo of '68 Custom humbuckers with hand-wired electronics promise an authentic Vintage-Sound with the classic warmth and resounding sound stability. Both double coilers in the neck and bridge position can be adjusted using the typical 3-way circuit and dedicated controls Volume and Tone. Furthermore, the electric guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop equipped with golden Hardware and thus adorns itself with a stable Gibson ABR-1 Tune-o-Matic bridge and an aluminium stopbar, as well as six Kluson Waffleback tuners for optimal intonation.

Features:

  • Manufacturer: Gibson
  • Series: Gibson Custom Shop
  • Design: Les Paul
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Maple
  • Binding: Multi-Ply
  • Neck: Mahogany
  • Neck Construction: Set-in
  • Neck Profile: Authentic '68 Medium 'C'-Shape
  • Scale in mm: 628
  • Fretboard: Ebony
  • Fretboard Type: Fretted
  • Fretboard Radius in Inches: 12
  • Number of Frets: 22
  • Fretboard Inlays: Block
  • Nut type: Nylon
  • Nut width in mm: 42.8
  • Pickup: HH
  • Manufacturer pickups: Gibson
  • Neck Pickup: '68 Custom Humbucker
  • Middle Pickup: No
  • Bridge Pickup: '68 Custom Humbucker
  • Piezo Pickup: No
  • Active pickups: No
  • Coil-splitting: No
  • Electronic: Handwired, Black Beauty Caps
  • Switch: 3-Way
  • Control: 2x Vol, 2x Tone
  • Bridge: Gibson ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
  • Tailpiece: Aluminium Stopbar
  • Tuners: Kluson Waffleback
  • Strap Button: Standard
  • Hardware: Gold
  • String Gauge: .010 - .046
  • Factory Tuning: Standard E
  • Country of Origin: USA
  • Finish: Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged
  • Colour: Ebony
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Case included: Yes
  • Gigbag included: No
  • Certificate: Yes
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