Gibson 1960 Les Paul VOS Ebony

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24 inch scale length neck is made from one solid piece of mahogany, and attached to the body using a long neck tenon one of the Les Pauls more distinguishing characteristics of the late 1950s and early 1960s. The neck is topped by a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard outfitted with acrylic trapezoid inlays matching the size and color of the originals. Of course, two of Gibsons legendary Burstbucker pickups deliver all the subtle variations of true, classic Patent Applied For humbucker tone by using historically unmatched bobbin windings and Alnico II magnets.Other historical appointments include CTS potentiometers, bumble bee capacitors, single ply crme colored binding on both the top and fingerboard, a period correct thin toggleswitch washer and jackplate, and ABR 1 bridge with lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece. The 1960 Les Paul Standard comes in a VOS finish and includes the standard Gibson Custom case, custom care kit and Certificate of Authenticity. HistoryIn hindsight, its certainly difficult to fathom Gibsons Les Paul Standard of the late 1950s and early 1960s not appealing to the masses. Yet thats exactly what happened, even as Gibson officials tried desperately to fine tune the instrument and make it suitable to the general guitar playing public. Sadly, their efforts proved unsuccessful as the Les Paul Standard was shelved midway through 1960 to make way for a new design that featured beveled edges, twin cutaways and a much thinner body the guitar known today as
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