Among collectors and sound connoisseurs, the Gibson electric Les Paul guitars of the 1959 vintage are considered to be the Holy Grail, which, with its lamellar maple top in Burst finish and PAF humbuckers, is regarded as a visual and tonal reference. With the Standard VOS Gibson Standard Historic 1959 Les Paul Sunrise Tea Burst , the Gibson Custom Shop Electric guitarists now have the opportunity to enjoy the authentic 1959 Burst feel without taking horrendous sums for a well preserved Original in hand.
So that the Gibson Standard Historic 1959 Les Paul Standard The look, feel and sound of a genuine Holy Grail are conveyed as authentically as possible, the guitar makers of the "1959 Standard Historic " Gibson Custom Shop strictly adhere to the specifications. Accordingly, this electric guitar has a one-piece body made of mahogany on which the two-piece maple top is glued. The transaprente nitrocellulose finish in Sunrise Tea Burst the ceiling perfectly accentuates the grain of the ceiling. The one-piece mahogany neck is glued into the body with long Neck tenon and bone glue (hot hide glue), so that nothing stands in the way of a perfect resonance transmission for the typical sound.
The Gibson Standard Historic 1959 Les Paul Standard two Custom buckers are used as pickups. These special Humbucker originate from the Collector's Choice program and were developed after extensive analyses of the best PAF pickups of the 1950s. Accordingly, they convince with their authentic Vintage Humbucker sound, whose warm vocal mids and transparent highs bring every note played to life. Here the pickups follow every nuance of the instrument with airy dynamics, so that the sound formation is in the hands of the guitarist. In addition, the classic Les Paul circuit with individual volume and tone controls is available for each pickup.