Gibson Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Goldtop VOS Double Gold Light Back

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  • Serial#: 791001
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  • Description and Features
  • The iconic blues-rock head-cutting rumble in the six-string jungle! The Gibson Custom Shop Aged Goldtop ‘57 Les Paul will not be stopped, cutting with sheer Custombucker Alnico III humbucker power. The Aged Gold Top ‘57 Beast rocks lean and mean, totally gnarly outta Nashville, TN. Highly-acclaimed Goldtop champions such as...

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  • Model: Gibson Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue VOS
  • Top Wood: Maple
  • Body Wood: 2-Piece Plain Maple, Hide Glue Fit
  • Finish Color: Goldtop - Double Gold
  • Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
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Description

Gibson Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Goldtop VOS Double Gold Light Back

The iconic blues-rock head-cutting rumble in the six-string jungle! The Gibson Custom Shop Aged Goldtop ‘57 Les Paul will not be stopped, cutting with sheer Custombucker Alnico III humbucker power. The Aged Gold Top ‘57 Beast rocks lean and mean, totally gnarly outta Nashville, TN.

Highly-acclaimed Goldtop champions such as guitar greats Freddie King, Hubert Sumlin, and Dickey Betts, among many other lumiinaries, have added to the mystique of the legendary original gold-standard Les Paul. The Gibson Custom Shop Aged ‘57 Goldtop reissue, brandishing narrow/tall frets, takes tone and playability more toward the vibe of the original, hanging tough in the six-string pantheon of classic axes of the ages. Ride the Aged ‘57 Goldtop Chunky-C Gold Top neck-carve wave: Live to Tell the checked-nitro-cellulose tale!

Features
  • Model: Gibson Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue VOS
  • Builder: Gibson Custom Shop
  • Body Type: Solid Body
  • Top Wood: Maple
  • Body Wood: 2-Piece Plain Maple, Hide Glue Fit
  • Finish Type: Nitrocellulose VOS (Vintage Patina)
  • Finish Color: Goldtop - Double Gold
  • Aging: VOS
  • Back Finish: Nitrocellulose VOS (Vintage Patina) - Light Back
  • Binding: 1-Ply Royalite
  • Neck Wood: Solid Mahogany
  • Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
  • Neck Carve: Chunky C-Shape
  • Scale Length: 24.75" / 62.865cm
  • Neck Radius: 12" / 304.8mm
  • Frets: 22 - Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall
  • Nut Width: 1.687" / 42.85mm
  • Nut Material: Nylon
  • Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose VOS (Vintage Patina)
  • Inlays: Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
  • Neck Pickup: Custombucker Alnico III (Unpotted)
  • Bridge Pickup: Custombucker Alnico III (Unpotted)
  • Pickguard: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
  • Hardware: Nickel - VOS
  • Bridge: No-Wire ABR-1 with Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
  • Tuners: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
  • Controls: 2 Volume / 2 Tone / 3-Way Toggle Switch
  • Electronics: CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
  • Extras: Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion (w/ Historic Brown Plastic Cover in Case), Certificate of Authenticity Booklet, Historic Rei
  • Case: Gibson Custom Shop brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch Hardshell Case

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