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The 50th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Custom is built with the long neck tenon that gave added resonance and sustain to the original, its period-correct nylon nut is cut on the PLEK for ultimate accuracy, and beneath the guitar’s gloss Ebony finish lies a body carved from one piece of solid mahogany, a tonewood known for its blend of warmth, richness and clarity.Produced in extremely limited numbers in 1960, original Black Beauties are nigh on impossible to come by today. With its historically accurate details and appointments, the Gibson Custom Shop 50th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Custom is the finest replication of the model that has ever been produced. Each example comes with a plush-lined Gibson Custom hardshell case, a Certificate of Authenticity."The “Black Beauty” debuted late in 1953 to instant acclaim, but it would be a few years before the design would reach its zenith. The 1960 Les Paul Custom, upgraded with two gold-plated PAF humbucking pickups and a super-fast, slim neck, is often considered the epitome of the breed. Just like the original—intended to emulate the tux a jazz artist would wear to perform at a formal function—the 50th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Custom has a high-gloss nitrocellulose Ebony finish, multi-ply binding on body and headstock, an ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block markers, a larger headstock with mother-of-pearl split-diamond inlay, and gold-plated hardware throughout.A pair of Gibson’s BurstBucker humbucking pickups—a #1 in the neck for smooth, articulate tones and a #2 in the bridge for more sting and punching power—represent the legendary PAFs of the late ’50s and early ’60s, and are made with unpolished alnico magnets and coils that are wound with unequal turns of 42-gauge enamel-coated wire to induce that single-coil like bite and edge of the originals. To top it all off, routing them through high-quality CTS pots and “bumblebee” tone capacitor keeps your signal sweetly vintage. The guitar has some playwear, especially on the back of the neck there is finishwear, no cracks or repairs. SpecsGibson Custom Shop50th Anniversary Edition1960 Les Paul Custom - Black BeautyOnly 200 MadeEbony FinishWeighs 9 lbs 8 ozOne Piece Mahogany BodyMahogany Neck MaterialLong-Neck TenonSlim 1960 Neck ProfileEbony Fingerboard Mother of Pearl Block Inlays24.75" Scale LengthBone Nut by Tim Schroeder1 and 11/16" Nut WidthMulti-Ply Body/Headstock BindingOriginal Gibson Burstbuckers 2 x Volume Controls - Bourns Pots2 x Tone Controls - Bourns Pots3-Way Pickup SelectorGold HardwareGrover Kidney TunersTone Pros Locking Bridge Pieces InstalledABR-1 No Wire Bridge IncludedLightweight Stopbar Tailpiece IncludedCertificate of AuthenticityOriginal Hardshell Case

The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar that was first sold by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1952. With its distinctive tone and solid construction, it has become an iconic model in the music world.