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'60 Les Paul Special - TV Yellow

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\'60 Les Paul Special - TV Yellow
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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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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.

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I just bought a 2009 Les paul special TV yellow and so far it I havent put it down. Im pretty sure its not a VOS because the previous owner equipped it with a bigsby and the original tail piece was a stop bar instead of a wrap around. but through my Yamaha G100-210 its got a really smooth (neck) to Punchy (bridge) sound on the clean channel and a really Punchy to Crunch/rock snarl when you add in the gain. really comfortable neck and action (ill have to lower the action since the previous owner had it raised for slide) Punk to metal probably wouldnt enjoy this guitar as much but hard Rock to Blues is where it really shines. only other problems ive had is sometimes when i do a bend the D string will get hung up in the nut and sound outta tune but thats nothing a little graphite in the slot can fix. so basically if the Custom shop VOS is anything like the 2009 id go for it if you can find one for a decent price.
Posted by D'Arcy Fitz on Feb 7, 2012
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