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The construction of the Gibson 60th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Standard VOS V1 Antiquity Burst naturally follows the historical specifications. Accordingly, this electric guitar features a one-piece mahogany body that carries a bookmatched flamed maple top and a glued mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard . While the use of the long neck base and hard hide glue for all wood joints promises a lively sound with long sustain, the rounded "Authentic '59 Medium C" neck profile offers comfortable playability. Furthermore the VOS nitrocellulose finish with vintage patina conveys the look and feel of a perfectly played-in original.
The Gibson 60th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Standard VOS V1 Antiquity Burst gets two Gibson Custombuckers from the luthiers of the Gibson Custom Shop, which, with Alnico III magnets and unwaxed coils , prove to be authentic replicas of the legendary PAF humbuckers. They deliver a vibrant vintage sound with velvety lows, vocally singing mids and a breezy treble range that can be used to play both clean and distorted blues, jazz or rock songs. The pickups are controlled via the classic 3-way toggle switch circuit with separate volume and tone controls from CTS for each pickup. Authentic paper in oil capacitors furthermore promise particularly smooth treble cuts.
A historically accurate selection of hardware completes the Gibson 60th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Standard VOS V1, and while the classic combination of aluminum stopbar and ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge , invented by Ted McCarty, guarantees optimal adjustment of intonation and string action, the strings are guided to the Kluson Deluxe tuners via a nylon nut on the headstock, which feature "Single Band" lettering on the body and "Single Ring" wings like in the first third of the production year. A metal 60th Anniversary medallion covers the switch cavity, giving the Gibson 60th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Standard VOS V1 Antiquity Burst a special touch.