Gibson Custom Shop Music Zoo Exclusive Roasted Reissue '59 Les Paul 2014 Spec Prototype Electric Guitar Washed Cherry
- Brand
- Gibson Custom Shop
- Type
- Electric Guitars
- Part Number
- LPR94VOWCNH1
- ID
- 25085
- Actual Photos
- Serial #942284
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Learn moreRoasted Reissue '59 Les Paul 2014 Spec Prototype Electric Guitar Washed Cherry Item Description
Go ahead; tweak the finishes to be as thin as possible, swap your pickups for the closest to the original PAF’s, use the purest nickel strings you can find. Do you know what we’ve all been leaving out in the chase to reach the holy grain of tones? The wood. The woods used in original 1950’s Gibson Les Pauls (and many other vintage guitars of that stature) were made from trees that were from old growths forests – trees that were already 100’s of years old, if not more. These woods were sturdy, and had matured long enough for the excess moisture to dry away. An ingredient that was essential in the tone of the guitars that we all know and lust after.
Flash forward to 2015, after years of Historic Reissues and most recently the excellent True Historics – The Music Zoo and the Gibson Custom Shop have worked together to bring you the new Music Zoo Exclusive Roasted Reissue ’59 Les Paul. This Les Paul has had its wood (mahogany, maple, and rosewood) have undergone a thermal treatment process. This process takes all of the excess moisture out of the wood, giving the wood increased durability in weather changes, dimensional stability (reduced chances of swelling or shrinking), gives the wood a beautiful brown color. On a molecular level – the roasted wood is almost identical to that of 350 year old lumber: the same lumber used in those original vintage Les Pauls. Last but not least, the process is entirely green. There are no additives, chemicals, or anything artificial that is being used in the roasting process.
The articulation and punch of these guitars have to be heard. There’s a roundness that the treatment gives to the wood where the bass sits just right, the treble on both neck and bridge pickup cut but aren’t shrill, and call us vain…but we love the way the brown tint of the wood comes through the burst finishes and shows off the figuring and grain even more so than usual. The weights of these guitars are also all extremely comfortable, and most are coming in around the mid 8lbs mark. The Music Zoo Exclusive Roasted Reissue ’59 Les Paul – try one and see for yourself.
Here we have a special guitar: a 2014 Prototype of our new Music Zoo Exclusive Roasted Reissue '59 Les Pauls.
This guitar is built with 2014 Historic specifications - where hide glue was not only used in the neck joint, but the fretboard as well. The guitar also has the unsheathed vintage-style truss rod.
Includes: Hardshell Case, Certificate of Authenticity, Hang Tag and Paperwork
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- Manufactured by Gibson
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