Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul Standard Reissue Electric Guitar, VOS Washed Cherry Sunburst

There's always a story to tell with this Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul Standard Reissue in a radiant VOS Washed Cherry Sunburst. Throwing it back to 1960 – one of Gibson's flagship production years, particularly for the Les Paul – this Gibson Custom Shop piece has some big shoes to fill. This year's influence is still palpable all this time later with authentic and faithful models like the one we see before us today. Historical accuracy and timeless tone make this Les Paul Standard a classic in any time.

With a model like this Gibson Custom Shop Reissue, we're treated to a real red carpet Les Paul Standard experience – all killer, no filler. This model kicks off the way many great Les Pauls have before it have – with a one-piece, lightweight yet non-weight-relieved mahogany solid body. Effortlessly capturing the essence and authentic feel of a 1960 Les Paul Standard on the knee or over the shoulder, the mahogany in question is an indispensable element. This authentic starting point is then matched with its partner-in-crime, a two-piece figured maple top. Though many Les Paul series have done quite well with no maple cap, this striking 1960 recreation simply couldn't go without.

This model's Les Paul Standard body pairs the rich, resonant base of its mahogany with the top-end crispness of its maple through quality hide glue fit assembly. At this point, the body is then wrapped in a rich Gibson Custom Shop VOS nitrocellulose gloss finish. Replicating the looks of an original Gibson gloss finish really only affected by the wears of time, this aged VOS finish treatment ages the look of this guitar's cool Washed Cherry Sunburst just enough for that added bit of tasteful weariness.

Extending out, this Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Standard brings on a solid mahogany neck taking a 60s SlimTaper profile. The famously slim '60 Gibson profile slips easily into grip and slips smoothly from lower to higher registers. Here, an Indian rosewood fingerboard enters for that authentic Les Paul Standard feel on the fingers. Twenty-two Authentic Medium Jumbo frets punctuate the rosewood with aged cellulose nitrate Trapezoid inlays for that extra element of vintage geometry.

Where would a Les Paul Standard be without its voice? For its tones, the Gibson Custom Shop elected to include – what else but – two Gibson Custombucker Alnico 3 humbucking pickups. Producing that all-important humbucking clarity and warmth, the story told with these new Gibson humbuckers is consistent with those of Gibson's past. These Custombuckers are wired with CTS 500K potentiometers and paper-in-oil capacitors for smooth and expressive mixing through tones.

The Gibson Custom Shop went ahead to top off this Les Paul Standard with a set of reliable hardware specifications. At the base of the scale, this Les Paul Standard features a No-Wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and matching lightweight aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece. Keeping strings grounded and stable with nickel-plated brass saddles, this bridge and tailpiece are just as much icons as anything else on this guitar. Moving toward the scale's opposite end, we're met with a couple smaller – though no less important – hardware pieces including a nylon nut and Kluson tuning machines. This Gibson Custom Shop piece travels with an included Lifton Reissue five-latch hardshell case and certificate of authenticity booklet.

A Gibson Custom Shop model to truly endure, Gibson's 1960 is alive and well into today and beyond.