The Les Paul Standard 50s Faded returns to the classic design
that made it relevant, played, and loved - shaping sound across
generations and genres of music. It pays tribute to Gibson's Golden
Era of innovation and brings authenticity back to life. The Les
Paul Standard 50s features a satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish
that gives it the look and feel of a long-treasured musical
companion. It has a solid mahogany body with no weight relief, as
is traditional for Les Paul models, and an AA figured carved maple
cap that adds a bit of bite and brightness to the warm tone of the
mahogany body, and let's face it-figured maple just looks
fantastic. The mahogany neck has a 50s Vintage-style profile with a
bit of meat to it and is satisfyingly full in your hands when you
play it without being too beefy, and the satin finish helps to keep
the playing feel smooth and fast. The neck is capped with a
rosewood fretboard that is fitted with 22 smooth-playing medium
jumbo frets and adorned with acrylic trapezoid inlays. The 12"
fretboard radius makes first position chording and upper fret
string bends equally comfortable. The Les Paul Standard 50s Faded
is equipped with an ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge, an aluminum Stop Bar
tailpiece, a Graph Tech@ nut, and Vintage Deluxe tuners with
Keystone buttons, all of which help contribute to its renown
sustain and help to keep the tuning stability rock solid.
Both of the pickups have individual volume and tone controls,
with gold Top Hat knobs with dial pointers, so you'll always know
exactly how you have the control settings dialed up. The Gibson
Burstbucker 1 (neck) and Burstbucker 2 (bridge) pickups feature
nickel covers and are hand-wired to audio taper potentiometers and
Orange Drop capacitors. A hardshell case is included to keep the
Les Paul Standard 50s Faded safe and secure when you're not playing
it and when you're traveling to and from your next show.
Specifications
Body
Shape: Les Paul
Material: Mahogany
Top: AA Figured Maple
Binding: Single Ply Cream, Top & Fretboard
Neck
Neck: Mahogany
Profile: 50s Vintage
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Number of Frets: 22
Nut: Graph Tech
Inlay: Acrylic Trapezoid
Hardware
Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: Aluminium Stop Bar
Tuners: Vintage Deluxe with Keystone Buttons
Plating: Nickel
Electronics
Neck Pickup: Burstbucker 1, Nickel Cover
Bridge Pickup: Burstbucker 2, Nickel Cover
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, Hand-wired with Orange Drop
Capacitors