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Gibson Custom ’57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty Electric Guitar

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Equipped with 3 BurstBucker pickups to offer a unique palette of vintage sound. Carved mahogany top and solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck with long neck tenon, 22-fret ebony fingerboard, ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece, 24-3/4" scale, 1-11/16" nut width, and body/neck/peghead binding.
  • 3 BurstBuckers
  • Carved mahogany top and solid mahogany body
  • One-piece mahogany neck
  • 22-fret ebony fretboard
  • ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece (optional Bigsby tremolo)
  • Body, neck, and headstock binding
  • Long neck tenon
  • Gold hardware
  • Classic ebony finish
  • Includes hardshell case, Custom Care Kit, Certificate of Authenticity

Gibson Custom '57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty Electric Guitar
In 1957, the Les Paul collection entered a new age of sound, featuring a new humbucking pickup that launched the sound heard around the world. The Black Beauty was and still is considered the Rolls Royce of Les Pauls thanks to it's deluxe binding and gold hardware.

NOTE: optional gold Bigsby tailpiece may vary with Bigsby script over gold background or over black background.

Gibson Custom ’57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty Electric Guitar Includes:

    Gibson Custom Shop hardshell case, custom care kit, and a certificate of authenticity

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  • Top wood: Carved mahogany
  • Back wood: Solid mahogany
  • Binding: Multi-ply white/black on top and back
  • Neck construction: 1-piece mahogany
  • Fingerboard wood: 22 fret ebony
  • Inlays: Pearl block
  • Binding: Single-ply white
  • Profile: Rounded
  • Scale length/Nut width: 24-3/4"; 1-11/16"
  • Pickups: BurstBucker 1 (rhythm) and 2 (treble); BurstBucker 1 in middle position on 3 pickup configuration
  • Other: CTS pots and bumblebee caps
  • Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch
  • Hardware color: Gold
  • Bridge/Tailpiece: ABR-1/Bigsby tremolo or aluminum stopbar
  • Other: Thin, original-style toggle switch washer and jackplate
  • Tuner style: Kluson vintage tulip tuners
  • Strings: Brite Wires .010-.046

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