A truly inspired version of a classic, the Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s Double Trouble is a unique and outstanding pick of seldom-seen Gibson features. This limited release from the historic name comes together with a number of rarely featured specifications and appointments from the Gibson lineage to add up to one heavy-hitter of a guitar.
Starting out with more classic Gibson features, the Les Paul Standard 60s Double Trouble lays things out at first in a familiar fashion with a solid non-weight-relieved mahogany body. This solid tangible weight and rich baseline tone are matched with a AA figured maple cap that imparts a bright and crisp flavor off the bat. For the body's visual presentation, Gibson shows its hand with the first of the Double Trouble's line of tricks.
Making a name for itself among the many (many) types of Gibson finish, the Les Paul Standard 60s Double Trouble is fitted with a full-gloss nitrocellulose lacquer Vintage finish. This finish job, differing from standard gloss lacquer finishes you might find on other Les Pauls, imparts a lived-in and more vintage visual character from the get-go. The full-gloss Vintage finish comes already lightly faded to replicate the looks of a Les Paul that's already been treated to years of age, without any overt relic or wear jobs. On top of this, each finish for this limited line of Les Pauls differs slightly model to model, resulting in individual guitars that are aesthetically one-of-a-kind.
Moving on from there, a mahogany neck takes its place in a SlimTaper profile. This notably slender and speedy neck enables fast travels up and down the guitar's full register while a rosewood fingerboard joins in bearing twenty-two Medium Jumbo frets. Acrylic trapezoid inlays appear about the rosewood board for a bold and bright visual element. On the Double Trouble, playability is anything but with its slim neck and comfortable rosewood fingerboard.
The Les Paul Standard 60s Double Trouble clocks in with a duo of refined Gibson humbuckers. In the bridge position, the Double Trouble features a Burstbucker 61T alongside the neck's Burstbucker 61R. Playing with a crisp and robust sound, these pickups are hand-wired with audio taper potentiometers and Orange Drop capacitors to allow for colorful mixing through their vast amplified spectrum. Sharp-eyed readers may notice something particularly special about these pickups. The Les Paul Standard 60s Double Trouble is fitted with Double Classic White bobbins – a definite rarity for Les Paul bobbin color combinations. Visually and audibly intriguing, these pickups play with all the excitement you've come to expect from Gibson.
Concerning finishing touches on this Double Trouble model, this Gibson comes loaded with a suite of fine hardware specifications. A Graph Tech nut aligns along the headstock with Grover Rotomatic tuning machines with Kidney buttons. Ensuring easy stringing at the headstock, these features are matched with a nickel-plated ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece at the scale's opposite end. This special Les Paul travels with an included hardshell case. Limited to five hundred pieces worldwide, this unique release from one of the world's premier names in electric guitars has quite a bit to celebrate.
Rolling out with unique Gibson style, the Les Paul Standard 60s Double Trouble is a marvel of design. Take up one of these striking electric guitars and get into a little bit of trouble yourself.
