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Gibson Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Black Beauty 3 Pickup
While the Les Paul Standard gets the lion's share of attention, the 1957 Les Paul Custom was an important guitar in Gibson's history because it combined several features not seen until that time: Three humbucking pickups, optional Bigsby vibrato or stop tailpiece, an ebony fingerboard with low flat frets and real pearl inlays and solid black finish with gold plated hardware. The Les Paul Custom first appeared in 1954, but by 1957, this guitar was as good as it got for players who wanted a solid body electric with the fat humbucker sound and high end appointments. A very few were built with the "standard" two-pickup configuration. The solid black finish, which Gibson called Ebony, was suggested by Les Paul himself, who felt the color was elegant - like a black tuxedo. It also made a nice contrast with the Les Paul Standard, which at the time was painted a solid gold color (the sunburst Standards didn't appear until 1958). The guitar was quickly dubbed the "Fretless Wonder" because of those low frets, which made playing nearly effortless, particularly when you consider that back then, there was no such thing as light gauge strings!
The body is all mahogany, which is what Les himself asked for, rather than the mahogany and maple combination as used on the gold Standard. This '57 Reissue Les Paul Custom "Black Beauty" has the original '50s rounded neck profile, which is historically accurate. Also it is equipped with three of the best humbucking pickups Gibson has ever produced, the BurstBuckers! With a tight low-end, complex midrange and sweet treble, the sound is everything you'd ever want from a Les Paul with the extra tonal versatility of the three pickup configuration. Even the CTS pots and "bumble-bee" capacitors have been faithfully recreated here.
BODY
Wood: Solid Mahogany with carved top
NECK
Construction : 1-piece mahogany with long neck tenon
Profile: Early 50's rounded neck profile
FINGERBOARD
Wood: Ebony
Scale Length: 24 3/4"
Number of Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1 11/16"
Inlays: Pearl block
HARDWARE
Plating Finish: Gold
Tailpiece: Lightweight aluminium or Bigsby vibrato
Bridge: ABR-1
Tuners: Schaller
Neck Pickup: BurstBucker 1
Middle Pickup: BurstBucker 1
Bridge Pickup: BurstBucker 2
Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch
OTHER
Strings: Brite Wires .010-.046
Custom Shop Case
Certificate of Authenticity
Custom Care Kit
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