The Gibson Custom Shop 1954 Les Paul Custom Staple Pickup Reissue Ebony VOS has a Mahogany Body, Chunky "C" Mahogany Neck, Ebony Fingerboard, Gibson Gold-Plated Tuners with Vintage-Style Buttons, No-Wire ABR-1 Bridge, Custom Soapbar P90 Bridge Pickup, Custom Soapbar P90 ("Staple") Neck Pickup, Incl. Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch Hard Case.
The 1952 Gibson Les Paul was originally constructed with a mahogany body with a 1" thick (2.5 cm) maple top layer, known as a "cap", a mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard, two P-90 pickups, and a one-piece, 'trapeze'-style bridge/tailpiece with strings fitted under a steel stop-bar and available only with a gold-finished top, hence the "Gold-Top" term was initiated. In late 1953, a more luxurious version was introduced, with a smarter, classier looking aesthetic. In fact, Les Paul himself requested a black guitar, wanting to "look like a tuxedo" and the term "Black Beauty" evolved.
The guitar had a mahogany body and neck, ebony fret board and mother of pearl block inlays on the fret board with a "Split Diamond" inlay on the headstock, taken from the carved archtop guitar available elsewhere in the Gibson line. The pickups were a P-90 in the bridge position and an Alnico V (Staple) pickup in the neck position as designed by Seth Lover. The frets where low, flat too, as opposed to the usual medium jumbo frets found on other Les Paul customs, the guitar given the nickname "The Fretless Wonder". The 1954 Les Paul Custom also saw the introduction of Gibson's new bridge, the ABR which settled and maintained tuning somewhat and allowed for subtle and effective adjusting. The new Custom also shipped using a black and gold case that was the top-of-the-line case for the Les Paul Standard models at the time.
Specifications:
- Brand : Gibson
- Model : Custom Shop 1954 Les Paul Custom Staple Pickup Reissue Ebony VOS
- Colour : Black Beauty
- Finish : Nitrocellulose VOS (Vintage Patina)
- SKU : LPB54VOEBGH1
- Body Shape : Les Paul
- Body : Mahogany
- Binding : Multi-Ply
- Neck : Mahogany
- Neck Profile : Chunky "C"
- Fingerboard : Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlays : 1950's Pattern Mother of Pearl
- Fingerboard Radius : 12"
- Nut Width : 1.687"
- Nut Material : Nylon
- Scale Length : 24.75"
- Frets : 22, Historic Medium Jumbo
- Pickguard : Multiply Laminated Acrylic
- Tuners : Gibson Gold-Plated with Vintage-Style buttons
- Bridge : No-Wire ABR-1
- Tailpiece : Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
- Bridge Pickup : Custom Soapbar P90
- Neck Pickup : Custom Soapbar P90 ("Staple")
- Controls : 3-Way Pickup Selector, 2x Volume, 2x Tone
- No. of Strings : 6
- Case/Gigbag : Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch Hard Case
- Condition : New