Detroit Guitar Private Selection '59 Les Paul Standard. Our management team hand selected the wood used to craft this guitar at the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville. DG Private Selection instruments feature the highest quality components in the industry.

Gibson Custom Shop's 1959 Les Paul™ Standard Reissue is not just a tribute to the priceless original models -- it's a clone of them.

From laser-scanned dimensions to chemically-recreated plastics to color-matched shades of sunburst, every element has been rendered in unbelievable detail. It represents the culmination of decades of work by Custom Shop's expert team -- a tireless quest to bring accuracy and authenticity to the hands of fans. It’s the definition of cool, and it's the best representation of the 1959 Les Paul Standard since the Gibson Custom Shop began making Historic Reissues over twenty-five years ago.

It features Light Aging by the skilled artisans of the Murphy Lab. The Murphy Lab Light Aged finish treatment, paired with lightly aged hardware, simulates decades of light play wear, giving it the unique character, vibe, and feel of an original example from the Gibson Golden Era. 

Specs: 1-piece light weight mahogany body; 2-piece hand-selected figured maple top; solid mahogany Authentic '59 "Carmelita" C-Shape neck; 24.75" scale length; Indian rosewood fingerboard with hide glue fit; 12" fingerboard radius; 22 Historic Gibson medium jumbo frets; 1.687 nut width; lightweight aluminum stop bar with no-wire ABR-1 bridge; Klusson tuners; nickel hardware. Nitrocellulose Lacquer Antiquity Burst finish with Murphy Lab Light Aged treatment. Brown/Pink Lifton reissue 5-latch case.

Weight: 8 lbs 7 oz.

Electronics: Dual Custombucker Alnico III (unpotted) exposed zebra humbuckers. Individual volume and tone controls. 3-way toggle switch. CTS 500K Audio Taper potentiometers. Paper-in-oil capacitors.