A most sought-after Les Paul accurately reproduced.

From the Mississippi Delta to Muscle Shoals, guitarists from the South have been the flag bearers of soul-infused virtuosity delivered with an attitude and pride that goes back through generations of blues pioneers. The limited edition 50th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Sunburst Reissue Electric Guitar in stunning Sweet Southern Teaburst honors the tremendous contribution made to blues and rock guitar by this part of our great nation. A staple of the Southern diet, sweet tea was served at every catfish fry attended by the first bluesmen who would hours later entertain at house parties and juke joints with true songs of sin and redemption. That tradition continues today and can be heard in the playing of guitarists around the world, yet nobody does it better than the South. The Sweet Southern Teaburst 1959 Anniversary Les Paul is limited to 25 guitars worldwide.

All of the '59 Sunburst specs are faithfully reproduced including the nitrocellulose finish, wireless ABR-1 bridge, bumblebee capacitors, CTS pots, and the correct materials and shape of the bridge posts and thumbwheels, truss rod cover, strap button, and pickguard.

Gibson Custom 50th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Sunburst Reissue Sweet Southern Teaburst Electric Guitar Features:

• 2009 R9 Changed Features:
• Nylon 6/6 nut
• Improved ABR-1 bridge (no-wire, tighter tolerances)
• Historically correct nickel-plated brass bridge saddles
• Correct alloy saddle adjustment screws
• Bridge height-adjusting thumbwheels are now thinner
• Neck profile changed - now has less "shoulders"
• Audio taper CTS pots
• '50s wiring
• Pickup routes adjusted so that pickups will be parallel to the strings
• Top carve changed to be closer to several original '59s that were scanned
• Body perimeter change - slightly tighter in waist, cutaway area refined to be more like originals
• The maple cap is very slightly thinner, the mahogany body is very slightly thicker
• The fingerboard is slightly thinner
• The step from neck heel to back of body is taller and more correct
• The taper of the "maple window" under the binding in cutaway is more accurate
• The maple spline (filler strip) in the tenon is more accurate
• The edge radius on the backside of the body is tighter (less rounded)
• The "mustache curve" of the headstock top has been flattened slightly
• The control cavity plate has been relocated, has the correct side taper, and now uses the correct ABS plastic
• The pickguard shape has changed slightly
• The pickguard bracket and screw have been changed
• The truss rod cover has been reshaped to be more accurate
• The serial number location is slightly lower and more correct
• Dial pointers are less sharp
• The strap button screws are longer
• The jack hole is now the correct 1" diameter
• The toggle switch nut has more correct knurled pattern
  
  

Gibson Custom 50th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Sunburst Reissue Sweet Southern Teaburst Electric Guitar Includes:

• Gibson Custom Shop deluxe black hardshell case and certificate of authenticity

Get this extremely limited-edition Gibson Les Paul while you can.

Gibson Custom 50th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Sunburst Reissue Sweet Southern Teaburst Electric Guitar Specifications:

• Sweet southern teaburst finish
• Rare select carved figured top
• New nylon nut material
• Thinner fingerboard
• Ultrathin nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• 24-3/4" scale length
• '59 rounded neck profile
• Trapezoid inlays
• Gibson BurstBuckers pickups
• Thin single-ply white binding on neck
• Nickel hardware
  
  Faithful recreation to original 1959 Les Paul Standard specs
• Vintage correct body shape
• Taller, vintage correct neck heel
• 3 degree angle pickup route
• Lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece
• Wireless ABR-1 bridge
• Snug fitting brass bridge saddles
• Vintage correct thumbwheel material and shape
• Vintage correct bridge post material and shape
• Historically correct backplate and switchplate material and shape
• Vintage correct pickguard shape and placement
• Vintage correct strap button placement and screw size
• Back and top thickness
• Vintage tulip tuners
• "50s style electronic wiring
• Audio taper CTS potentiometers
• Vintage correct dial pointers
• Bumblebee capacitors
• 1" diameter jack hole
• Toggle switch nut knurling