With the Gibson Slash "First 1958 Les Paul Standard " Replica Vintage Gloss, the Gibson Custom Shop one and only replica, authentic down to the smallest detail, presents one of the first Les Paul standards in the legendary Burst finish, which today is owned by the Guns N' Roses guitarist. Accordingly, the nitrocellulose finish conceals the traditional mahogany construction with a two-piece maple top, while Gibson custombuckers with Alnico III magnets provide the authentic PAF sound. Last but not least, the Gibson Slash "First 1958 Les Paul Standard " offers detailed Hardware equipment in Vintage style.
The construction of the Gibson Slash 1958 Les Paul follows the Original one with the serial number 8 3096, which was the first Les Paul ever to have a bookmatched Plain Maple top with a Sunburst finish. Accordingly, a two-piece solid maple top sits on the one-piece mahogany body, crowning the warm Les Paul sound with a glittering height spectrum. The mahogany neck is classically glued with long neck foot and hot hide glue so that the electric guitar has an endless singing sustain. The powerful "Replica '58 C" profile conveys the authentic feel of a Holy Grail Les Paul from the golden era of the electric guitar.
Two Gibson custombuckers are used as pickups on the Gibson Slash "First 1958 Les Paul Standard " Replica. Equipped with Alnico III magnets, they reproduce the sound of the legendary PAF Humbucker as authentically as never before, so that the amp provides a warm, powerful sound that lets solos sing with endless sustain and gives juicy riffs the necessary thrust. The cap of the bridge humbucker has also Original been removed for a more direct and open sound nuance. The Humbucker controls are a hand-wired circuit with 3-way toggle as well as separate volume and tone controls, which thanks to authentic Bumblebee capacitors enables particularly smooth treble rolloffs.
The Hardware Gibson Slash 1958 Les Paul "First Standard " replica is also based on the smallest details of the Slash "First" replica Original . Five Kluson Deluxe Single Ring mechanics and one Kluson Deluxe Double Ring mechanic, which were only used in later model years, sit on the headstock. The bridge is the combination established by Ted McCarty of Gibson ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic and one made Tailpiece of light Aluminium . As with slashs Original . Schaller Security Locks which hold the valuable Instrument guitar safely on the guitar strap.