Description
Dating to the coveted 2003 "Golden Era" of the Custom Shop, this Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue R9 features a Faded Tobacco Dark Burst finish and Madagascar Rosewood fingerboard.
This Gibson Les Paul Standard R9 example is in good overall condition, showing honest play wear that adds to its vintage vibe. The top remains exceptionally clean, while the back exhibits typical light buckle rash and minor surface marks consistent with a well-loved, naturally broken-in instrument.
The frets show minor wear but have plenty of life left, and the guitar plays beautifully across the entire neck. Weighing in at a highly desirable 8.975 lbs, it balances perfectly on a strap and offers immense natural sustain.
Construction and Materials
Gibson closely replicates the original 1959 specifications on these top end instruments. The tops are bookmatched figured maple, mated with a single-piece Mahogany back. The neck is one piece of Mahogany, with a long tenon extending into the neck pickup cavity. The bound fingerboard has the classic cellulose nitrate trapezoidal poition markers and is a piece of Madagascar Rosewood doing its best to look like Brazilian. However, the serial number of this guitar and the grain structure of the board strongly suggest Madagascar. Betweeb January and May of 2003, Gibson legally used certified stocks of Brazilian Rosewood on specific Historic Reissue models. Restrictions then tighened and Madagascar Rosewood was used.
For hardware, the headstock carries a set of Kluson Deluxe style tuners with plastic keystone buttons. A standard wired ABR-1 bridge and tailpiece set are installed on the body.
The electronics are not entirely original. The pots have been changed, and the pickups are modern 'Patent Applied For' reissues.
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DETAILS:
- Instrument Model: 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue R9
- Instrument Manufacturer: Gibson
- Instrument year: 2003
- Instrument Finish: Nitrocellulose Faded Tobacco Dark Burst
- Instrument Class: Solidbody Electric Guitars
- Instrument serial number: 931293, built during 2003 at Nashville TN
- Country of Origin: USA
- Instrument Condition: Good
- Right-handed
- Instrument Weight Imperial: 8.976 lbs
- Instrument Weight Metric: 4.08 kgs
- Scale Length Imperial: 24.6 in
- Scale Length Metric: 625 mm
- Nut Width Imperial: 1.704 in
- Nut Width Metric: 43.28 mm
- CITIES Documentation Required: No
- Case included: Yes
- Case original: Yes/
- Items in Case: N/A
- Case Type: Hard
- Consignment: Yes
- Product ID: 190887
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