The new Les Paul Standard takes on the classic design that made it relevant, played and loved - shaping sound across generations and musical genres. It pays homage to Gibson's golden age of innovation and brings authenticity back to life. The Les Paul Standard 50's have a solid mahogany body with a maple top, a rounded 50's mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard and trapezoidal inlays. It is equipped with an ABR-1, a classic style Tune-O-Matic bridge, an aluminum stop bar tailpiece, vintage deluxe keys with keystone buttons and amber top hat buttons. The calibrated Burstbucker 1 (neck) and Burstbucker 2 (bridge) pickups feature AlNiCo II magnets, audio cone pots and orange drop capacitors.
Available finishes: Gold Top, Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Tobacco Burst
Details
- Body: Mahogany
- Top: Maple
- Weight relief: None
- Neck: Mahogany
- Profile: "Vintage 50s"
- Nut width: 1.695" / 43.05mm
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Scale length: 24.75" / 628.65mm
- Number of frets: 22
- Nut: Graph Tech
- Inlay: Acrylic trapezoids
- Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
- The tailpiece: Aluminum stop bar
- Buttons: Amber top hats with pointers
- Plating: Nickel
- Neck pickup: Burstbucker 1
- Bridge pickup: Burstbucker 2
- Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone and toggle switch (hand wired with Orange Drop capacitors)
- Case: Gibson hard case