Gibson Les Paul Standard ’50s


2021 Gibson Les Paul Standard ’50s – Tobacco Burst

The Les Paul Standard 50’s has a solid mahogany body with a maple top, a rounded 50’s-style mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard and trapezoid inlays. It’s equipped with an ABR-1, the classic-style Tune-O-Matic bridge, aluminum stop bar tailpiece, vintage deluxe tuners with keystone buttons, and aged gold tophat knobs. The calibrated Burstbucker 1 (neck) and Burstbucker 2 (bridge) pickups are loaded with AlNiCo II magnets, audio taper potentiometers and orange drop capacitors.

Body

Body Shape: Les Paul
Body Material: Mahogany
Top: Maple
Binding: Top
Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer – Tobacco Burst
Weight Relief: None (10 lb)

Neck

Material: Mahogany
Profile: Vintage ‘50s (Rounded “D” Shape)
Scale Length: 24.75″
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12″
Number Of Frets: 22
Frets: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Graph Tech
Nut Width: 1.69″ / 43.05mm
Inlays: Acrylic Trapezoid
Joint: Glued in; Set Neck
Headstock: ‘50s

Hardware

Finish: Nickel
Tuner Plating: Nickel
Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: Aluminum Stop Bar
Tuning Machines: Vintage Deluxe w/ Keystone Buttons
Pickguard: Cream
TrussRod: Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover: Black, engraved with “Standard”
Control Knobs: Gold Top Hats w/ Pointers
Switch Tip: Amber
Switchwasher: Cream
Strap Buttons: 2 – bottom and shoulder

Electronics

Neck Pickup: Burstbucker 1
Bridge Pickup: Burstbucker 2
Controls: 2 Volumes, 2 Tones & Toggle Switch (Hand-wired with Orange Drop Capacitors)
Pickup Selector: 3-way toggle Output Jack: 1/4″ heavy duty