GIBSON CUSTOM 1956 LES PAUL GOLDTOP REISSUE REVIEW
Written by vintage on April 25, 2009 – 9:41 pm -Gibson Custom's 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue is a nice sounding instrument, that plays well. Most musicians feel that, overall, it's a fine guitar. Not much to be asked for feature-wise, Gibson Custom delivered what's expected: a sturdy, quality instrument at a fair price. 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue features: One-piece mahogany neck with long tenon with Early-'50s rounded neck profile 22-fret rosewood fretboard Vintage tulip tuners pickups: P-90 single-coil 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way selector switch Gibson Custom went really far in carefully choosing 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue's features. There's little to be wished for, which makes 1956 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue a full-featured guitar for a musician that plays a music style this instrument... more
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GIBSON 1957 CUSTOM LES PAUL BLACK BEAUTY
Written by vintage on April 22, 2009 – 6:00 pm -Few guitars can match what Gibson Custom's 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty can offer in it's price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty, and if you decide to do so as well, you surely won't be sorry. With little to nothing to add to this beautiful instrument, rest assured it will serve you well. 57 Custom Les Paul Black Beauty features: Pickups: 3 BurstBuckers Carved mahogany top and solid mahogany body One-piece mahogany neck with Body, neck, and headstock binding and Long neck tenon 22-fret ebony fretboard Gold hardware This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave a little to... more
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Gibson B.B. King
Written by vintage on April 22, 2009 – 5:51 pm -Gibson BB King Custom B.B. King has marveled many guitar players throughout the years with his short hard bending blues licks and scorching blues chops that can be imitated but not duplicated. Gibson owes a great deal of their success on their ES models to the blues man. Since the late 50s and 60s B.B. King has played numerous Gibson ES guitars (ES-5, ES-335 etc) His use of the Gibson ES has given them a great deal of exposure. As a result Gibson and King decided to produce an official line of Gibson electric guitars bearing the B.B. King name. In 1980 Gibson Introduced the Gibson B.B. King custom. It had the Lucille logo on the peghead, 2 pickups, gold plated parts, varitone switch and was available in ebony or cherry finishes. Gibson stopped... more
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