Serial: 961343
Weight: 7lb 3.5oz

This Gibson Custom Dealer Select 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue takes the iconic ’59 Les Paul platform and adds two standout Tone Shop-spec’d changes: a chambered mahogany body and a Cobra Burst finish. The result is a Historic-style Les Paul with the familiar look, feel, and sound of a Gibson Custom Reissue, but with a more resonant chambered build and a bold custom finish that sets it apart from a standard run.

The body pairs a 2-piece figured maple top with a chambered mahogany body, giving the guitar the visual depth and attack players expect from a figured-top Les Paul while adding a more open, lively feel from the chambered construction. The Cobra Burst finish gives this Dealer Select a sharp, custom look without losing the classic Les Paul Standard attitude.

The solid mahogany neck features Gibson Custom’s 50s Rounded Medium C profile, long tenon hide glue fit, nylon nut, and Indian rosewood fingerboard with cellulose nitrate trapezoid inlays. The 24.75" scale length, 12" fingerboard radius, and Historic Medium-Jumbo frets keep the feel rooted in the late-’50s Les Paul experience.

Electronics are built around a pair of Custombucker Alnico 3 pickups, paired with CTS 500K audio taper potentiometers and paper-in-oil capacitors. The setup is clear, dynamic, and touch-sensitive, with the open vintage-style response that makes these reissues so useful across clean, edge-of-breakup, and driven tones.

Hardware includes an ABR-1 bridge, lightweight aluminum stop bar tailpiece, Kluson single line/single ring tuners, nickel hardware, gold butyrate top hat knobs, and vintage-correct style plastics. It includes a Brown/Pink Reissue 5-Latch case and Certificate of Authenticity.

Highlights

• Gibson Custom Dealer Select 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue
• Chambered mahogany body
• Cobra Burst finish
• VOS finish treatment
• 2-piece figured maple top
• Solid mahogany neck with 50s Rounded Medium C profile
• Indian rosewood fingerboard with cellulose nitrate trapezoid inlays
• Custombucker Alnico 3 pickups
• CTS 500K audio taper potentiometers and paper-in-oil capacitors
• ABR-1 bridge with lightweight aluminum stop bar tailpiece
• Kluson single line/single ring tuners
• Brown/Pink Reissue 5-Latch case included

Specifications

Body

• Model: Dealer Select 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Chambered VOS
• Body Shape: Les Paul
• Body Style: Single Cut
• Top: 2-Piece Figured Maple, Hide Glue Fit
• Body: Chambered Mahogany
• Binding: Single-Ply Royalite
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose VOS
• Color: Cobra Burst

Neck

• Neck Material: Solid Mahogany
• Neck Profile: 50s Rounded Medium C
• Neck Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
• Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"
• Fingerboard Inlays: Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
• Fret Count: 22
• Frets: Historic Medium-Jumbo
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Nut Width: 1.69"
• Nut Material: Nylon
• End of Board Width: 2.24"

Hardware

• Bridge: ABR-1
• Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
• Saddle Material: Nickel-Plated Brass
• Tuning Machines: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
• Hardware Finish: Nickel
• Control Knobs: Gold Butyrate Top Hats
• Pickguard: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
• Pickup Covers: Authentic Profile Nickel Silver
• Mounting Rings: M69 Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
• Switch Tip: Amber Catalin
• Switchwasher: Replica Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
• Jack Plate Cover: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
• Control Covers: Black Royalite
• Strap Buttons: Aluminum
• Truss Rod: Authentic 1950s No-Tube
• Truss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply

Electronics

• Neck Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3
• Bridge Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3
• Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
• Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
• Output Jack: Switchcraft

Miscellaneous

• Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
• Case: Brown/Pink Reissue 5-Latch
• Accessories: Certificate of Authenticity

Why Buy from Tone Shop Guitars?

At Tone Shop Guitars, we specialize in hand-selected premium and Custom Shop instruments built for serious players and collectors. Every guitar we bring in is chosen for feel, resonance, visual character, and musical usefulness—not just specs on paper. When you buy from Tone Shop, you’re getting an instrument we genuinely believe in.