Description
Gibson will not fail to impress. The Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue Ultra Light Aged in Double Gold (35705) in Guitar Dept is New, in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Guitar Dept, additional Electric Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.
1956 was the only full year in which the Les Paul model featured the powerful P-90 pickup pairing and adjustable ABR-1 bridge setup — a combination that allowed the Les Paul model to intonate, sustain, and thrill like never before.
This Gibson Custom Shop ’56 Reissue captures the look, feel and searing sound of an original 1956 Les Paul Goldtop in exhaustive detail. It features all-solid woods, vintage-accurate gold paint, authentic replica parts, “Historic Gibson” narrow/tall frets and hot hide glue construction.
Key Features
- P-90 – This ’56 Les Paul Standard has authentic mid 50s Gibson tone thanks to its duet of P-90s. Its classic Soapbar pickups provide raw and dynamic single coil tones with a barking midrange that cuts through any mix.
- ’50s Rounded Medium C – Unequalled comfort and playability up and down the neck. The perfect balance of a neck you feel connected to where you can physically feel the resonance of this premium-built guitar yet equally feel fluid and ergonomic without fatigue.
- Lightweight Mahogany – Hand-selected by the experts at the Gibson Custom Shop to ensure this ’56 Les Paul is the most lightweight it can be. Not only does this ensure maximum comfort while playing it also provides a whole other level of responsiveness and resonance to even the most featherlight playing.
Gibson Custom Shop
The pinnacle of Gibsons 130-year-old heritage and history. The Gibson Custom Shop celebrates Gibsons’ traditions while continuously pushing the brand into new territory. Using the best of everything, tonewoods, hardware, electronics, finishes and most importantly, craftspeople, any guitar built by the Gibson Custom Shop will be a guitar you’ll never want to put down.
Murphy Lab
Brand new guitars that look and feel like they have been your closest 6-string companion for the last 50 or so years. Led by legendary guitar relicing expert, Tom Murphey the Gibson Murphey Lab has a reputation for crafting some of the most authentic and believable relic’d guitars in the business.
Specifications
Body
- Shape: Les Paul
- Top: 2-Piece Plain Maple, Hide Glue Fit
- Back: 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany
- Binding: 1-Ply Royalite
- Weight Relief: None
- Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged
Neck
- Material: Solid Mahogany
- Profile: Chunky C-Shape
- Scale Length: 24.75″
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood, Hide Glue Fit
- Fingerboard Radius: 12″
- Number of Frets: 22
- Frets: Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall
- Nut Material: Nylon
- Nut Width: 1.687″
- Inlays: Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
- Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
Hardware
- Bridge: No-Wire ABR-1
- Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
- Knobs: Butyrate Gold Top Hats
- Tuners: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
- Plating: Nickel, Murphy Lab Light Aged
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Custom Soapbar P-90
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Soapbar P-90
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
- Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
- Output Jack: 1/4″ Switchcraft
Miscellaneous
- Strings: 10-46
- Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch
- Accessories: Certificate of Authenticity, Mounted Custom Shop Switch Plate Medallion, Reissue Switch Backplate in Case
