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The Gibson Collector's Choice #1 1959 Les Paul Standard is an exact replica of the legendary 1959 Les Paul owned by Peter Green, Gary Moore and Melvyn Franks. This guitar combines the historically accurate details of a Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Custom with the unique features of the "Holy Grail" like the deep-amber finished highly figured maple top, reversed neck pickups, missing silver inserts on the top two "Top Hat" control knobs and Bumble Bee tone capacitors.
The Collectors Choice #1 was made with two finish options: the Gary Moore Aged and Signed Edition and the VOS Melvyn Franks Edition. The first 125 made were aged by Tom Murphy and came with a Collector's Choice™ #1 Certificate of Authenticity personally signed by Gary Moore. The subsequent ones were finished using Gibson's VOS process and came with a Collector's Choice #1 Melvyn Franks Certificate of Authenticity.
Specifications (28)
General
Binding | body binding, neck binding |
Finish colors | amber finish |
Finish effects | sunburst finish, worn or aged finish |
Finish material | nitrocellulose finish |
Made in | USA |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Scale length | 24.75 inches scale-length |
Body
Body material | mahogany body |
Body shape features | carved top, single cutaway |
Body style | Les Paul-style body |
Body top material | flamed maple body top |
Hardware
Bridge | ABR-1 bridge |
Hardware color | nickel hardware |
Tailpiece | stop tailpiece |
Tuners | Sperzel tuners |
Controls
Controls shape | top hat controls |
Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
Tone controls | 2 tone controls |
Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
Fretboard
Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | trapezoid fingerboard position markers |
Neck
Neck joint | set neck |
Neck material | mahogany neck |
Neck width | 1.69 inches wide at nut |
Number of frets | 22 fret |
Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Electronics
Pickups brand and model | Gibson Burstbucker pickup(s) |
Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |
Prices (1)
Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
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2010 | £4600 | new |