Description
Today's Les Paul Custom is based on the model from the mid-1950s, but with several modern appointments.
The body is crafted with a hand-carved maple top, which is fitted to a body made from a solid piece of mahogany with strategically routed holes to lessen the weight of the guitar, resulting in a Les Paul with enhanced acoustic qualities and improved resonance.
The 24 ?inch scale length neck is also made from one solid piece of mahogany then topped by a 22-fret Richlite?fingerboard outfitted with pearl block inlays and given Gibson? traditional rounded profile.
The pickups are Gibson? 490R in the neck position, which offers the tonal characteristics of the original PAFs, and the 498T in the bridge position, which swaps the 490R? Alnico II magnet for an Alnico V, thus making it slightly hotter with emphasis on mid-ranges and highs.
Other appointments include Gibson? legendary Nashville Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, metal tulip tuners, multi-ply white and black binding on both the top and back, gold hardware and a 1 11/16?nut width.
The Les Paul Custom is available in Antique White, Ebony, Heritage Cherry Sun Burst, Wine Red and Silver Burst, and each guitar comes with the standard Gibson Custom case and certificate of authenticity.
In the late 1970s, the Custom Van craze defined automotive culture in the same way the Gibson Les Paul Custom defined the sound of rock music.
And both the Street Vans and the Les Pauls of the 1970s have seen a resurgence in popularity over the past few years, prompting this fun mash-up -- the Les Paul Custom "Boogie Van." Each guitar features unique three-tone paint schemes, custom chrome hardware, a 1970s-style three piece maple neck, underwound Super '74 humbuckers, and a hot-stamped truss rod cover with "Boogie Van" artwork.
Additional Info
stopbar (tailpiece type), traditional rounded (neck shape), Maple (top material)
Nitrocellulose Lacquer (body finish), Stop Bar (tailpiece type), 12 (fretboard radius), Chrome (hardware color), Chrome Hub Cap (knobs), 70s Small D Shape, 0.8" at 1st Fret, 0.96" at 12th Fret (neck shape), Corian (nut material), 2.240", 56.89mm (neck end board width), 10-13-17-26-36-46 (strings)
