Description
In celebration of 50 years of guitar building in Nashville, Gibson is pleased to reintroduce the esteemed Les Paul Custom back to its core range of electric guitars, for the first time in 20 years! Based on the now legendary and sought-after models of the ‘70s, this single-cut electric guitar is built to take you back to a bygone era of roaring amps and mind-bending guitar sounds.
The Gibson Les Paul Custom ‘70s features an era-specific carved 3-piece Maple top along with a Maple neck and Ebony fingerboard for a foundational tone full of the rich sustain that Les Pauls of this era are famed for. With its duo of T-Type humbuckers, this guitar sounds present and articulate with a well-rounded, open tonality that cuts through any mix. No matter how much distortion is thrown at it, notes remain defined with good string separation. Elegantly presented in an eye-catching Wine Red, and perfectly finished off with multi-ply binding and gold hardware, the Gibson Les Paul Custom ‘70s is made to rock any stage, studio or front room.
Key Features
- Authentic Neck – This Les Paul ‘70s, rounded C neck profile feels comfortable up and down the fingerboard, striking the perfect balance of speed and comfort. Like the originals, it’s crafted from Maple for added strength and articulation and of course features the famed ‘70s volute.
- It’s in the Details – Staying true to the originals, the Gibson Les Paul Custom ‘70s features finishing touches such as the renowned Posi-Lok strap buttons, 3-piece Maple top, Witch Hat knobs and even Grover Rotomatic tuners with Keystone buttons.
- Tuxedo Appointments – The Les Paul Custom ‘70s is dressed to impress with its classic-looking gold hardware, multi-ply binding and eye-catching ‘Super 400’ style Split-Diamond headstock inlay!
Calibrated T-Type Humbuckers
While maintaining a lot of the same warmth, articulation, dynamics and openness that’s associated with the earlier Gibson PAF humbuckers, these calibrated T-Type humbuckers, based on the famed T-Top Gibson Humbuckers, offer a little more top end and a tighter bass response thanks to their Alnico 5 magnets and Polysol wire. The perfect pickup for the higher-gain playing styles that were rising to popularity at the time.
’70s Les Paul Custom
The Les Paul Customs’ triumphant return to the Gibson catalogue in the late ‘60s came with a number of changes aimed at appeasing the new styles of modern players. In keeping with the usual wood configuration of the Les Paul Standard model, the Custom model now featured a carved maple top. Earlier iterations of the Customs came with a solid mahogany body for a slightly different, more Jazz-oriented tonal flavour. By the ‘70s, the Custom model was changed again, this time with the introduction of an all-maple neck. The maple neck and carved top work in perfect combination with the mahogany back to create an extremely balanced and harmonically rich guitar tone.
Made in the USA
The Gibson Les Paul Custom ‘70s is proudly crafted in the USA using the best tonewoods, hardware, electronics and pickups and expertly finished with nitrocellulose lacquer to optimise tone and allow the guitar to breathe and resonate how it should. This tuxedo-dressed Les Paul comes with a Gibson hardshell case for optimum protection on the road and even when stored away at home.
Specifications
Body
- Body Shape: Les Paul
- Top: Maple
- Back: Mahogany
- Binding: Multi-ply Top, Back and Headstock, Single Ply Fretboard
Neck
- Neck Material: Maple
- Profile: 70s with Volute
- Scale Length: 628.65 mm / 24.75 in
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fret Count: 22
- Frets: Medium-Jumbo
- Nut Material: Graph Tech
- Nut Width: 1.695”
- Inlays: Mother of Pearl Block
Hardware
- Finish: Gold
- Bridge: Aluminium Nashville Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: Aluminium Stop Bar
- Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatic with Keystone Button
- Control Knobs: Witch Hat
- Pickguard: 5-Ply
- Strap Buttons: Posi-Lok
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Calibrated T-Type Neck Humbucker
- Bridge Pickup: Calibrated T-Type Bridge Humbucker
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, Hand-wired with Orange Drop Capacitors
Miscellaneous
- Case: Hardshell
