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Les Paul Standard ’50s: Born to Rock





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From its carved maple top to its stockpile of premium features, the left-handed Gibson Les Paul Standard ’50s is ready to rock. Burstbucker pickups and handwired electronics deliver a massive tone arsenal. And you’ll enjoy effortless playability courtesy of a satisfying vintage ’50s profile neck and fast-action rosewood fingerboard. If you’ve been wanting a modern Les Paul with a chunky neck feel and premium appointments, Sweetwater has your axe. The Gibson Les Paul Standard ’50s is the guitar you’ve been waiting for.





Burstbucker pickups deliver vintage PAF tone





When it comes to capturing that vintage ’50s Patent Applied For (PAF) humbucker tone, nothing beats the sound of this Les Paul Standard’s Burstbucker pickups. Alnico II magnets capture the subtle variations in true humbucker tone, thanks to the period-correct unmatched windings on the bobbins. Plug into your favorite amp, and experience smooth low-end response, complex midrange crunch, and sweet-sounding highs. These pickups sound great clean, or they can be used to push your amp into overdrive for the legendary fat, snarling tone you can only get with a humbucker. Under the hood, the control assembly is handwired with matched potentiometers and Orange Drop capacitors, ensuring that you’ll hear the mellifluous voice of your Les Paul Standard ’50s in all its glory, even when you back down your volume.





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Vintage ’50s neck and Plek’d frets for optimized playability





Comfort and playability were two of Gibson’s primary concerns when they were designing the Les Paul Standard ’50s. You’ll be delighted by how this guitar’s vintage ’50s neck profile comfortably fills your hand in just the right way. For your playing pleasure, the rosewood fingerboard is buffed to silky smoothness and bound with rolled edges so that no fret ends impede your dexterity. The frets are dressed to perfection using a Plek Pro machine for optimized playability. Typically reserved for top-dollar custom guitars, this process levels the frets with pinpoint precision, providing you with the most playable fretboard you’re likely to own.





Nitro finish for the look and feel of a classic





Gibson gave the Les Paul Standard ’50s a gorgeous nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Nitro finishes ? standard back in the day ? are significantly thinner than today’s polyurethane finishes, allowing the guitar to “breathe.” Nitro finishes not only look amazing, but they also enhance the instrument’s tonal qualities. The Les Paul Standard ’50s has the look and feel of a lovingly cared-for classic ? one that will only improve with age.





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Gibson Les Paul Standard ’50s Left-handed Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:


Mahogany body, maple top; gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish


Mahogany neck, vintage ’50s profile, gloss nitro finish


Rosewood fingerboard, 12" radius, acrylic trapezoid inlays


24.75" scale length; 22 medium jumbo frets


Bridge pickup: Burstbucker 2 humbucker


Neck pickup: Burstbucker 1 humbucker


Handwired electronics with Orange Drop capacitors


3-way pickup selector; per-pickup volume and tone controls


ABR-1 Tune-o-matic bridge; stopbar tailpiece


1.695" Graph Tech nut (proprietary Gibson formula)


Vintage Deluxe tuning machines


Single-action truss rod