Gibson Custom Shop

Gibson's drive to pioneer a broad selection of guitars designed to meet the ever-growing demand for solid body electrics came full circle with the introduction of the double cutaway Les Paul Special in 1959. The model was actually introduced in late 1958, but only 958 units were manufactured that year. Its popularity, however, was almost immediate and production doubled to 1,821 units in 1959, making the Les Paul Special double cutaway Gibsons third most popular model behind the Les Paul Junior and ES-125T.
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Near-perfect Recreation
The 1960 Les Paul Special Double Cutaway from the Gibson Custom Shop represents the model in its most stylish designa painstaking recreation, achieving with absolute certainty the look, feel, and vintage vibe of the original. The thicker, solid mahogany body is faithfully reproduced, giving it the typical, lush resonance expected of any Les Paul. A one-piece mahogany neck and headstock with Holly veneer is attached to the body via a long-neck tenonone of the Les Pauls more time-honored characteristics from the Golden Era of Gibson guitars. The 24 -inch scale length neck is topped with a rosewood fingerboard, pearloid dot inlays, and hand-crafted with Gibsons comfortable and highly playable 60s slim-taper neck. The electronics are made to the same specs, featuring CTS pots and bumble bee capacitors, along with the standard two volume and two tone knob setup and three-way pickup selector. A black, five-ply pickguard with beveled edges accents the contour of the body. The 1960 Les Paul Special Single Cutaway comes TV Yellow, Faded Cherry and TV White finishes in either V.O.S. or Gloss along with the standard Gibson Custom Shop case and certificate of authenticity.