GIBSON CUSTOM 1959 LES PAUL STANDARD REISSUE R9

Glad you have decided to read more! Today we’re going to be taking a look at Gibson’s 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue.  This guitar is a recreation of Gibson’s 1959 highly sought after guitar with only approximately 630 plus guitars made that year, it became a very highly sought after guitar and drove the price of this guitar well over five hundred thousand to a million dollars ($500,000.00 - $1,000,000.00). They are very hard to find right now; most collectors have them stashed away or buried away. I would be lucky to even see one of these guitars.  So Gibson guitars has done a painstakingly recreation of this guitar and done so many different things to make this guitar in their custom shop an exact replica of the 1959 Gibson Les Paul.

Many of the things that they have done are the simple the neck joint it is a mortise and tenon neck joint and one of the glues that they used back then was hide glue. So everything right down to the glue has been done to the guitar.  The tenon is also extended well into the cavity of the guitar like it was in 1959. The bridge and tail piece are light wheat, aluminum stopbar tailpiece with a nickel plating on it, which add to that toning residence of the guitar. Pickups in the guitar are also painstakingly recreations of the original PAF pickups, which have that really great bite and clarity low output.  What Gibson has used is unequal three magnets on unequal turns of forty two gage wire each pickup. You could hear it in the sound; it really recreates that vintage Jimmy Page sound that you heard on all those Led Zeppelin records and live recordings.  Many more things, the weight of the original that 1959 Guitar was a very light thing, most common and new Les Paul’s are quite heavy, the 1959 was highly light, extremely light, which made it resonate and sound incredible.  

This guitar is no stranger to the weight as well too, so it is completely non-weight relieved but feels like it would in 1959; super light which adds to the flash and the characteristics.  It has a VOS finish, the one we are looking at today is bourbon burst gorgeous with a beautiful flame maple top one piece mahogany neck with a rosewood finger board, head stalk inlay features a holly head stalk veneer with a pearl logo with vintage black and white and it is pitch back at an angle of 17 degrees. 

This is something that Gibson had measured on the best 1959 Les Paul that was crucial to the sound of the guitar.  The tension emitters are all two volume and two tone controls and features bumblebee capacitors, which add a nice warmth in the tone roll off of the guitar. Output jack is a traditional quarter inch jack with a three-way toggle switch between the pickups with an amber cargo top added to that vintage vibe. The binding has also been aged, with the tuners are also aged, everything on the guitar has got that slight warm look on it. It just makes you feel like you are holding an awesome piece of awesomeness.

Guitar enthusiasts, if you are serious about your Gibson guitars and are thinking about buying a custom 1959 Les Paul Reissue, you need to speak to a Music Now guitar specialist. Make sure you ask for the best price and best suited guitar to your needs.

Remember, if it's Gibson and Les Paul, see musicnow.com.au or call us on (07)5596 2588 or visit our store at 1/22 New Street, Nerang QLD 4211 Australia.