August 16, 2009

Radically changed since Slash’s original signature model in the late ’90s, this Les Paul Electric Guitar focuses on utility over beauty (though it retains the latter in spades. In addition to aged hardware, this LP has the Custom Authentic finish, a special treatment that gives it the patina of a gently-aged vintage guitar. 2 Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II humbuckers provide a rip-roaring tone. The Fishman Powerbridge adds huge potential for tonal enhancement and sparkling rhythm par…
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August 10, 2009

In a tribute to his scorching riffs and remarkable stage presence, Gibson honors one of heavy metal’s premier lead guitarists with the Zakk Wylde Signature Les Paul Electric Guitar. It features Wylde’s trademark black-and-antique-white bull’s-eye graphics; powerful EMG humbucking pickups (an 81 and 85); and an oiled, raw maple neck. The LP body has a 1-piece mahogany back with carved maple top; an ebony fretboard with pearl block inlay; gold hardware including an engraved gold trus…
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July 30, 2009

The 1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar includes a beautifully carved maple top, chambered mahogany body, lavish white/black body binding, single-piece mahogany neck with rounded profile, and a long-tenon neck joint. The bound ebony fretboard has 22 frets and pearl block inlays. The headstock has a classic split diamond inlay. Hardware and electronics include a pair of 57 Classic humbuckers that give it bark and bite while dual volume and tone controls and 3-way pickup swit…
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This hardshell LP case keeps your treasured Paul safe and snug with a plush interior and a handy accessory compartment. Don’t settle for less. Protect your valuable instrument with this Gibson Custom Shop case.
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July 17, 2009

Many great off-the-shelf electric guitars have had their reputations elevated by the legendary artists who have played them. Once in a while, however, a heavily modified Gibson guitar is used to make such groundbreaking music that the erstwhile “one-off” becomes iconic in and of itself. The best known and most revered of these is arguably Jeff Beck’s Oxblood Les Paul guitar. Now, Gibson Custom unveils the most accurate re-creation of the Jeff Beck Oxblood Les Paul ever produced, fr…
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July 12, 2009

Here’s your chance to own a landmark guitar that changed the sound of rock and blues, the 50th Anniversary 1958 Les Paul Standard. Gibson is producing only 200 of this limited edition.Everything that made the original great is found on this special commemorative edition. The figured maple top is carved to original spec with a solid Honduran mahogany back. The neck is also one-piece mahogany with the historically correct long neck tenon for sustain. The early ’50s neck profile is ro…
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July 6, 2009

Here is the ultimate in a solid body guitar The Fretless Wonder The Incomparable Les Paul Custom Guitar, Gibson catalog, circa mid-1950s Todays Les Paul Custom is based on the model from the mid-1950s, but with several modern appointments. The…
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A meticulous re-creation of the original, this Custom Shop creation has a solid mahogany body with nickel hardware, one-piece mahogany neck with long tenon and early ’50s rounded neck profile, and a snarling single P-90 pickup. Gibson’s Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. Using the best materials money can buy, a staff of skilled luthiers reproduce some of the greatest Gibsons of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors …
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The Les Paul Special made the virtues of the Les Paul available to those who couldn’t quite afford the Standard or Custom versions. And it had all the essential features: solid mahogany body and neck, 2 P-90 pickups, wraparound tailpiece, and 2 volume and 2 tone controls with 3-way switching. This Custom Shop Historic Series re-creation duplicates the original at its finest. This is the single-cutaway version (there was also a 1960s double-cutaway) with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboa…
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