Gibson Les Paul Classic Custom Gold Top Chrome Hardware

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When guitarist and inventor Les Paul conceived the Custom model in the mid-1950s, he envisioned it as a "black tie" guitar suitable for the most elegant occasions. In the years since then, the Les Paul Custom has come to represent all of that and more. The most dressed-up of the Les Paul production line, the Custom is nevertheless a full-bore rocker, suitable for the heaviest riffs you want to throw at it, while still excelling on the blues, jazz, pop or fusion stage.

The Les Paul Classic Custom from Gibson USA stands true to its heritage, keeping the unique touches that make it stand out at a price players will appreciate. Featuring premium tonewoods and top-flight appointments, this is an instrument of astounding beauty and surprising versatility. With all the legendary power of the Les Paul Standard, and a Custom look that stands out from the crowd, the Les Paul Classic Custom is available in your choice of five stunning high-gloss nitrocellulose finishes: Antique Natural, Goldtop, Cream, Wine Red and Ebony Black, all with chrome-plated hardware for a look that is subtly elegant.

As with the best Les Pauls crafted since the early '50s, the Les Paul Classic Custom starts with the legendary tonewood pairing of a solid carved maple top glued to a mahogany body, strategically chambered to enhance resonance and reduce weight. Marrying maple's clarity and definition to mahogany's richness and depth produces a tonal complexity that no single-wood guitar has ever matched. Its resonance and sustain are only further enhanced by the deep-set quarter-sawn mahogany neck with 17-degree back-angled headstock. Optimum playability is ensured by a slim, comfortable neck profile that measures .800" at the 1st fret and .875" at the 12th. The guitar's 22-fret fingerboard is made from Baked Maple, a heat-treated hardwood that offers a clear tone and extreme durability, and inlaid with acrylic block markers, enhanced by a mother of pearl Gibson headstock logo and acrylic split-diamond inlay.

To ensure that all of these constructional features translate to the purest, richest tone possible, Gibson loads the Les Paul Classic Custom with a pair of '57 Classic humbucking pickups, routed through the traditional four-knob and three-way switch control section. Made with genuine Alnico II magnets and wound with enamel-coated 42-AWG wire just like the hallowed PAF pickups of the late 1950s and early '60s, the '57 Classics yield creamy warm tones in the neck position and plenty of growl and snarl in the bridge, with funky, round tones in between. A pairing of Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece ensure solid sustain and accurate intonation, while a set of premium Grover kidney-button tuners make tune-up a breeze.

Body

• Top Maple
• Back Mahogany
• Body Type Traditional Weight Relief
• Adhesive Franklin Titebond 50

Neck

• Species Mahogany
• Profile '60s SlimTaper™
• Truss Rod Traditional Adjustable
• Joint Angle 5° (+/- 15 seconds)
• Adhesive Franklin Titebond 50

Neck Fit

• Joint Mortise & Tenon
• Adhesive Franklin Titebond 50
• Joint Angle Tolerance +/- .005"

Fingerboard

• Species Baked Maple
• Frets 22
• Radius 12"
• Scale Length 24.75"
• Nut/E.O.B 1.695"/2.260"
• Binding White
• Inlays White Acrylic Trapezoids

Nut

• Material Corian
• Width 1.695
• Slots Gibson PLEK System

Headstock

• Logo Mother of Pearl "Gibson" Logo with Acrylic Split-Diamond inlay
• Truss Rod Cover Black and White Antique Bell

Tuners

• Model Grover™ Keystone
• Plating Chrome
• Tuning Ratio 14:1

Bridge

• Type Tune-O-Matic
• Material Zamak
• Plating Chrome

Tailpiece

• Type Stop Bar
• Material Zamak
• Plating Chrome

Hardware

• Knobs Black Speed Knobs
• Pickguard 5-ply Black
• Toggle Switch Washer Black with White Imprint
• Pickup Mounting Rings Black Plastic
• Control Plate Cover Black Plastic
• Strings .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings
• Strap Buttons Aluminum

Pickups

• Neck Position 57 Classic (Alnico II)
• Bridge Position 57 Classic (Alnico II)

Electronics

• Potentiometers 2 Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls
• Type 300k Linear Volume, 500k Non-linear Tone
• Coil Wiring Machine Wound
• Toggle Switch Three-way Switchcraft with White Plastic Tip
• Output Jack Traditional 1/4"

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