*Collector’s highlight with single digit serial number*
Here are the original specifications from Gibson's website:
While any 1958-60 Les Paul Standard is a rare and desirable guitar today, those played by major artists are even more highly prized. Given its history, the 1959 Les Paul Standard formerly owned by Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore—and represented in every minutia by the Collector's Choice™ #1 1959 Les Paul Standard—is, for many players and collectors, the Holy Grail of Les Pauls. Not only is it a stunning original example with a highly figured top and a beautiful, faded "unburst" finish, but it's also a guitar with a fascinating configuration, with the wiring and orientation of the neck pickup reversed to create a unique "out of phase" middle position tone. Moore purchased the guitar in the mid-'70s and played it on recordings with Thin Lizzy, including "Still in Love with You" and "Waiting for an Alibi," and afterward, as a solo artist, before retiring the '59 Les Paul and eventually selling it to British-born guitar collector Melvyn Franks in 2006.
The original guitar is currently owned by Kirk Hammett of Metallica.
2-Piece Figured Maple Top
1-Piece Solid Mahogany Body
Mahogany Neck
Rosewood Fretboard
22 Frets
12" Radius
1.687" Nut Width
Aged Acrylic Trapezoid Inlays
Reissue Fret Wire
17 Degree Headstock Angle
Sperzel Nickel Tuners
Nickel-Plated ABR-1 Bridge
Nickel-Plated Aluminum Stop Bar Tailpiece
Burstbucker 3 Pickups
Neck Pickup Wired Out of Phase
