1959 gibson les paul

NORWALK, CONN. - A 1959 Gibson Les Paul standard Burst sold for $216,000 in Westport Auction's June 14 boutique sale offering 27 guitars from a Grand Rapids, Mich., collection. The collector began acquiring examples in the 1970s. The auction house wrote, "Known as the Holy Grail of Guitars, the 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard Burst represents the pinnacle of electric guitar innovation during Gibson's golden age. The Les Paul Standards from 1958 to 1960 are among the most collectible vintage…

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard

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Honduran mahogany body and neck, flame maple, two-piece carved ⅝ inch top, rosewood fingerboard with trapezoid inlays, the neck with scarf joint repair, headstock with Grover machineheads, two PAF humbucking pickups original to the time of Paul using the guitar, pickup covers removed briefly but returned, original cream pickup surrounds stamped M69 , neck pickup is 8.52 ohms and bridge pickup is 7.43 ohms, bridge pickup volume control replaced but the 500k tone control is an original by…

2018 Gibson Custom Historic 1959 Les Paul Reissue

The Les Paul Standards made by Gibson between 1958 and the end of 1960 represent the very pinnacle of American electric guitar craft and rank as the most collectable vintage guitars on the market. These years were the only ones where the Les Paul Standard was built with a flamed maple top with a cherry sunburst finish, a stopbar tailpiece and tune-o-matic bridge, as well as a pair of PAF humbuckers. An estimated 1700 of the mythical "Burst" Les Pauls still exist today -- find yours on…

With its spectacular faded flametop and double-cream pickups, this 1959 Les Paul is a fire-breathing rock monster with a storied past. Time to meet the Richrath Burst…

1959 Gibson Les Paul - owned by Joe Perry. Then Slash. Then Joe again.

1959 Gibson Les Paul Custom 3-Pickup Black Beauty

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard