GIBSON LES PAUL SG CUSTOM REISSUE (HISTORIC COLLECTION)

  • Gibson Les Paul SG Custom Reissue (1998)

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1998

The Gibson LES PAUL SG CUSTOM REISSUE is a designer series Historic Collection reissue of the 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG Custom model with three humbuckers. It had an ultra thin, hand contoured, double cutaway SG style body and slim tapered neck, a low fast action neck. Available in Classic White (Polaris White) or faded cherry (from 2000 onwards). They have "Les Paul CUSTOM" engraved into the pickguard at the end of the fretboard.

Other features included: one piece mahogany neck with adjustable truss rod,  ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlay pattern, three Gibson '57 (classic PAF reissue humbucking pickups), two sets of tone and volume controls, fully adjustable ABR-1 bridge, maestro deluxe vibrola tailpiece option, Body size: length 16"; width 12.75", thickness 1 5/16", scale length 24.75", 22 frets.

They have been around since at least 1998 (possibly earlier?).

Specifications (21)

Body

Body materialmahogany body
Body shape featuresdouble cutaway
Body styleSG-style body
Pickguard materialwhite pickguard

Hardware

BridgeABR-1 bridge, Maestro tremolo
Hardware colorgold hardware
Tailpiecestop tailpiece

Fretboard

Fingerboard inlay materialpearl fingerboard inlay material
Fingerboard materialebony fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersblock fingerboard position markers

General

Finish colorsred finish, white finish
Number of strings6 strings

Neck

Neck materialmahogany neck
Number of frets22 fret
Peghead (headstock)bound headstock
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Controls

Pickup selector controls3-way selector switch
Tone controls2 tone controls
Volume controls2 volume controls

Electronics

Pickups brand and modelGibson 57 classic pickup(s)
Pickups configuration3 humbucker pickups

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