Gibson Custom Shop LPR-8 1958 Les Paul Reissue – USA 2011

This is a 2011 built Les Paul LPR-8 1958 Reissue from the Gibson Custom Shop. Finished in a delightful Honeyburst this LP really brings home plenty of vintage vibe and character.

This Les Paul plays as good as it looks. The early ‘50s rounded neck profile has a full-in-hand feel which will be right at home with players who like a chunky neck. The pickups sound great in all positions, with a rich complexity and quality tone at all volume levels.

This guitar is in great condition overall. It shows some light buckle rash on the back along with one or two small dents, but the top is super clean, as is the neck bar one small nick near the second fret. There is some natural light tarnishing of the metal, which we think adds to the vintage vibe of this guitar. The frets show next to no wear, the neck is large but comfortable and plays beautifully in all positions. 

In all this is one of the better Gibson 1958 Les Paul Reissues we have seen – in terms of colour, high quality build, medium weight, solid neck profile, the beauty of the wood and accuracy of its specs. With the use of 55-year-old manufacturing techniques, Gibson has succeeded in the alchemy of creating a new guitar with the feel of an aged instrument without resorting to the relic process.

Comes in its original Gibson Custom Shop case in excellent condition and its Certificate of Authenticity.

Features –

Action at 1st fret: 0.75mm

Action at 12th fret: 1.75mm

Nut width: 42.72mm

Width at 12th fret: 52.58mm

Neck depth at 1st fret: 23.43mm

Neck depth at 12th fret: 25.83mm

Weight: 3.9kg / 8.59lb

Carved maple top

Solid, non-weight relieved single piece mahogany back

Single-ply cream top binding

Nickel hardware

Thin toggle switch washer and jack plate

ABR-1 bridge

Lightweight aluminium tail-piece

One piece Mahogany neck with long neck tenon

22-fret Rosewood fingerboard with acrylic trapezoid inlays

1958 rounded neck profile

Vintage tulip tuners

Burstbucker pickups