Gibson Custom Shop 1968 Les Paul Custom Lightly-Aged Black Gold Hardware
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- Serial#: 200758
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Beauty…and a Beast! Gibson Custom Shop is the pinnacle of craftsmanship, quality, and sound excellence. Each instrument celebrates Gibson’s legacy through accuracy, authenticity and attention to detail. The 1968 Les Paul Custom stood apart from its 1950s predecessors in a few significant ways. Instead of a...
More Info- Model: Gibson Custom Shop 1968 Les Paul Custom Reissue Ebony
- Top Wood: Maple
- Body Wood: Mahogany
- Finish Color: Ebony (Black)
- Fingerboard: Ebony
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Gibson Custom Shop 1968 Les Paul Custom Lightly Aged Black Gold Hardware
Beauty…and a Beast!
Gibson Custom Shop is the pinnacle of craftsmanship, quality, and sound excellence. Each instrument celebrates Gibson’s legacy through accuracy, authenticity and attention to detail.
The 1968 Les Paul Custom stood apart from its 1950s predecessors in a few significant ways. Instead of a solid mahogany body, it now had a solid maple top on a mahogany back - adding the clarity and bite that many rock guitarists sought. It also came standard with two humbuckers as opposed to three, providing additional picking clearance. And lastly it had a 14-degree peghead angle for reduced string tension.
This set of features instantly became the new standard for the Les Paul Custom model, which has been produced continuously by Gibson ever since. This 1968 Les Paul Custom Reissue was designed to be the final say in historical accuracy, tone and feel. Every detail and spec was meticulously revived by the skilled artisans at Gibson Custom Shop to provide an amazing, life-long vintage ownership experience.
- Model: Gibson Custom Shop 1968 Les Paul Custom Reissue Ebony
- Builder: Gibson Custom Shop
- Body Type: Solid
- Top Wood: Maple
- Body Wood: Mahogany
- Finish Type: Nitrocellulose Gloss
- Finish Color: Ebony (Black)
- Aging: Lightly Aged
- Back Finish: Nitrocellulose Gloss
- Binding: Multi-ply
- Neck Wood: Solid Mahogany
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Neck Carve: Authentic '68 Medium C-Shape
- Scale Length: 24.75" / 62.865cm
- Neck Radius: 12" / 304.8mm
- Frets: 22 - Medium Jumbo
- Nut Width: 1.687" / 42.85mm
- Nut Material: Nylon
- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Gloss
- Inlays: Mother of Pearl Block
- Side Dots: Dots
- Headstock: Custom Shop Inlay
- Neck Pickup: 68 Custom Humbucker - Authentic Profile Gold-plated Nickel Silver
- Bridge Pickup: 68 Custom Humbucker - Authentic Profile Gold-plated Nickel Silver
- Pickguard: Black Multi-Ply
- Hardware: Gold
- Bridge: ABR-1 (Wired)
- Tuners: Kluson Waffleback
- Controls: 2 500K CTS Volume Pots, 2 500K CTS Tone Pots, Hand-Wired Harness with Black Beauty Capacitors
- Electronics: Switchcraft 3-way Toggle
- Extras: Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion (w/ Historic Black Plastic Cover in Case), Certificate of Authenticity Booklet
- Case: Gibson Custom Shop Hardshell
- Weight: 9.2 LBS
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