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Gibson Custom Shop Monster Neck 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Made 2 Measure

Gibson Custom Shop · #71331
BrandGibson Custom Shop
TypeElectric Guitars
Serial No.71331
PhotographyActual Photos
Part No.LPR57M2M15722
Archive ID53927
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The Story

Monster Neck 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Made 2 Measure

If you live for big chunky necks on your guitars, we have a Custom Shop Les Paul that you're going to absolutely love. This is a Zoo-Spec'd Made 2 Measure 1957 Les Paul with a neck profile we're calling the "Monster Neck". Good friend and customer of The Music Zoo, David Misley spec'd his own Made 2 Measure out with "the biggest neck that Gibson Custom can build" - and we loved the feel of it so much when the first one came in that we've decided to make a few of our own for the shop. The neck is a full feeling baseball bat of a profile, with rounded shoulders that fit naturally to the curve of your fretting hand. Even players with smaller hands, or those who are used to slim necks quickly realize how comfortable and natural feeling a chunky neck can be! The extra wood definitely adds resonance and mass to the tone of the guitar as well. You hear it as well as feel it! Pick up a very special 'Monster Neck' Les Paul today!

Includes: Hardshell Case, Certificate of Authenticity, Paperwork

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The Specifications

As it left The Music Zoo Tech Bench.
  • Solidbody Electric Guitar
  • Goldtop Finish
  • Hide Glue-Fit Maple Top with 1-Ply Royalite Binding
  • 'Monster Profile' Mahogany Neck
  • Rosewood Fretboard with Hide Glue-Fit
  • Historic Gibson Narrow Tall Frets
  • 24-3/4" Scale Length
  • 1-11/16" Nut Width
  • Custombucker Alnico III Pickups
  • CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
  • Kluson Single Line Single Ring Tuners
  • Nylon Nut
  • ABR-1 Bridge and Stopbar Tailpiece
  • Nickel Hardware
  • 8 lbs, 8 oz.
  • .990" Neck Profile at 1st Fret
  • 1.050” Neck Profile at 12th Fret

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