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Gibson Les Paul 1959 Reissue Historic Collection 1993
Guitar description
Another super rare find. This incredible Les Paul had been in the possession of it's last owner for at least a decade and remains in incredibly good condition for a thirty year old guitar. This is a 1993 'Historic Collection' Les Paul 59 flame top. This series was pre 'Custom Shop' branding and around 130 were made that year. This is number 100 of that batch. As you can see from the images, the flame top is just incredible. Gorgeous 3D grain patterns and it's one of those flame that looks amazing from every angle. The feel of this Les Paul is lovely, a wonderful neck shape and it's just a pleasure to play. Sound wise it cracks that classic vintage Les Paul tone perfectly. If you want the Beano tone, or Jimmy Page, or even Slash, this will do the business. It's very rare to see these models come up for sale in the UK. Currently this is the only one on sale here in the UK. In terms of how this compares to the other R9 Les Paul’s I have had come through it stands near the top of the tree in terms of quality, tone and feel. Another one that we'll be sad to see go when it sells.
Guitar specification
| Country of manufacture | USA |
|---|---|
| Fret board radius | 12 |
| Body | Mahogany / Maple |
| Candy | Two leaflets |
| Case | Original Case |
| Frets | Original frets |
| Neck | Mahogany / Rosewood |
| Neck shape | 59 Les Paul |
| Number of frets | 22 |
| Pickups | PAF reissues |
| Neck depth @ 12th fret | 26mm |
| Neck width @ 12th fret | 52.5mm |
| Nut slot depth | 23mm |
| Nut width | 43mm |
Guitar condition
Amazingly clean for it's age! Some marks and a couple of dinks, all in photos. Frets are great and overall impression is very clean indeed. Genuine signs of subtle ageing, a few cracks in plastic here and there, but on first looks seems perfect. All stock apart from nut which was replaced by last owner. It's a bone nut.
What did we do?
- Action setup and string-height adjustment
- Cleaned
- Fret dress and polish
- Fret level
- New strings
- Nut lubrication
- Strip-down authenticity check
- Truss-rod adjustment
- New strings — daddario 10 - 46
Gallery uses 6 preserved photographs selected in backup filename order from the 71-image backup.
