Les Paul wanted two colors used on the Gibson guitar that would forever bear his name: gold (for its connection to all things fine) and black (because a player's hands would be easily visible against a dark background). Les got the gold in 1952 but had to wait for the black. The Les Paul Custom was introduced in 1954 and featured elegant appointments like gold hardware multiple binding and an ebony fretboard. The '54 Custom was also the first solidbody Gibson guitar to use the ABR-1 bridge the familiar piece of hardware we've all come to know as the tune-o-matic.
Underneath it's luxurious inky finish this historic re-creation of the original 1954 Custom features a carved mahogany top a solid mahogany back one-piece mahogany neck with long neck tenon an early '50s rounded neck profile 24-3/4" scale length and a 1-11/16" nut width. It also has multi-ply white/black binding on the body and headstock with white single-ply binding on the fingerboard. Its finer appointments include gold hardware an ebony fingerboard large pearl block inlays pearl headstock inlay and kidney bean tuners. The original circuitry is preserved with the use of CTS pots and bumble bee capacitors in the signal path and the unique pickup array of a vintage P-90 pickup at the bridge and a rare Alnico V pickup at the neck.
The 24.7 5 inch scale length neck is made of a single piece of Mahogany. It has 22 Frets on a rosewood fretboard. The trapezoidal inlays are plastic/acrylic and not mother-of-pearl. They are meant to be accurate in size, shape, and color. The neck’s profile is the early 50’s rounded type with the Holly headstock veneer and vintage tulip tuners.
The Alnico V pickup was designed in 1952 by Seth Lover and Walt Fuller for Gibson to succeed the P-90 pickup on several of Gibson's distinguished archtop jazz hollowbodies most famously the L5 CES ES-5 and Byrdland guitars. Similar to the P-90 in appearance the Alnico V is easily recognized by its distinctive rectangular pole pieces. It gets its name from the stronger Alnico V magnets while each coil has 10000 turns of 42-gauge wire to achieve its clear round ringing sound. It made its debut on a solidbody Gibson in the Fretless Wonder of 1954; the Les Paul Custom or Black Beauty. Vintage Original Spec series instruments receive a special nitro-cellulose finish treatment yielding the patina of a gently-aged vintage guitar while handcrafting enhances comfort and playability. Each VOS model has a solid mahogany back; historically accurate long-neck tenon for strength and sustain; and period-correct neck profile hardware and electronics.
Features
Carved mahogany top Solid mahogany back One-piece mahogany neck VOS aging treatment Early '50s rounded neck profile 22-fret ebony fretboard Pearl block inlays P-90 bridge pickup Alnico V neck pickup CTS pots and bumble bee capacitors 2 volume knobs, 2 tone knobs 3-way switch Gold hardware ABR-1 bridge Kidney Bean tuners
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