2012Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Reissue
LEMONBURST VOS

For all of you who have followed the evolution of the legendary Les Paul and for those of you who have searched for the Holy Grail...

Put down your sword and pick up your axe!

Burst slingers like Gary Rossington, Billy Gibbons, Jimmy Page and Duane Allman, have known all along, the '58 Les Paul is the Holy Grail of guitars. It's all about the wood, the tone and the magic.

The '58 was the first Burst with two humbucking pickups! In 2006 the Gibson Custom Shop proudly introduced the Vintage Original Spec series of historic solid body guitars. When you pick up a VOS guitar, you will experience the culmination of more than 20 years of effort to give you the look, feel, and sound of a $300,000 original. They started with playability and their revolutionary process ensures precise fret work and a perfectly cut nut on every guitar. Frets are leveled, shaped, and crowned to exacting specifications - unique to each individual instrument - and will extend a bit further towards the binding, giving you more surface area. The nut is carefully hand-shaped to give it a more rounded, vintage look. The feel of the neck is just like it ought to be...FAT and together with a rolled fingerboard binding, you will experience an incredibly comfortable feel. Using a proprietary process that includes unique steps for staining, wet-sanding, and hand-rubbing gives the guitar the look and feel of a well cared for 47-year-old Standard. The hardware also goes through a new proprietary process, giving it the look you'd expect to see after decades of natural oxidation. And finally, the edges of the neck heel and peghead are softened, lending the guitar a gently worn-in appearance and comfort. You will experience an instrument that faithfully recreates the most sought-after classics - down to the smallest details.

In 2009 the Gibson Custom Shop made 21 more improvements to the Historic line up of guitars. The new Gibson Custom Historic 1958 Les Paul Reissue is the most exact recreation of the legendary original ever produced. Every subtle detail of this model has been painstakingly reproduced, and nothing has been left to chance. From the gold top-hat control knobs with dial pointers to the molded bell-shaped truss rod cover to the period correct cream pickguard and nickel tuners with green buttons, this guitar delivers the absolute ultimate in vintage guitar recreation.

This 2012 Gibson Custom Historic 1958 Les Paul Reissue is the latest and the greatest Gibson has to offer. It is also a very rare find, finished in a LemonBurst Finish and the grain of the wood is absolutely stunning with a few birdseyes and some flecking in the Maple top. This guitar is LIGHT and RESONANT weighing 9 lbs .5 ozs and the TONE is AWESOME, warm and FAT with a HUGE midrange HONK and sweet treble! Everything a Les Paul ought to be...soulful, powerful and strong! The frets are nice and large, for wider bends and she has a huge presence with incredible sustain. Pure LP sound and absolute soul, with that to die for "woody air".

This guitar is 100% MINT UNOWNED UNPLAYED and perfect. It comes complete with the ORIGINAL (new for 2012) Gibson Custom Shop Brown Tolex case, COA and more. The thickness of the neck measures .916 at the first fret and 1.003 at the 12th. If you're looking for vintage vibe in a Les Paul that's as historically accurate as anything Gibson has built over the past few decades, this 1958 Les Paul Standard VOS is just what you're looking for.