1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard VOS on iconic guitars list

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard VOS on iconic guitars list

Written by vintage on July 5, 2009 – 1:50 am -

The 1959 Les Paul Standard Vintage Original Spec (VOS) has been listed as one of the top five guitars currently available from Gibson Custom.
Ted Drozdowski of the Gibson website placed the instrument in the iconic guitars list claiming that the large number of legendary musicians to have played the original model helped make it "the epitome of the solid body guitar for fans and players alike".
Among the famous guitarists to have played the instrument over the years are Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck and Duane Allman.
Joining the 1959 Les Paul on the list were the BB King Lucille, the SG Standard Reissue VOS, the Mick Jones Les Paul Custom and the Johnny A with Bigsby Tremolo.
Mr Drozdowski claimed that the instruments are "five of the sweetest rides in the Custom Shop's current stable".
Over the past few weeks, Gibson has run a series on some of its most legendary guitars, focusing on the likes of Jeff Beck's 1954 Yardbirds Esquire and Elvis Presley's Gibson J-200.