Buy Gibson 1958 Les Paul Plain Top VOS Electric Guitar, Ice TeaGibson 1958 Les Paul Plain Top VOS Electric Guitar, Ice Tea Product Description:
- Body Style: Single Cutaway
- Body Wood: Mahogany
- Neck Wood: Mahogany
- Machine Heads: Vintage-style tulip tuners
- Controls: 2 Vol, 2 Tone, 3 Way Switch
Product Description
The Les Paul is one of the most influential guitars ever made, so it must have always been popular, right? Well, by the late '50s, the Les Paul had declined in popularity for whatever reason. In an effort to kick start sales, Gibson shed the Goldtop finish if favor of new translucent finishes that really showed off the beauty of the carved maple tops. The Gibson Custom Shop 1958 Les Paul Plain Top is a stunning recreation of the guitar that was hiding under the Goldtop finish. Built just like they were in 1958, the Les Paul Plain Top joins a solid mahogany body to a carved maple top and a long neck tenon mahogany neck. The result is a guitar that's just like the one you could've bought brand new in 1958. The 1958 Les Paul Plain Top is a beautiful instrument that you'll cherish for the rest of your life.
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Dream Guitar
By Arch
There's nothing that compares to playing a real Paul. The tone, even clean, is like a ripsaw tearing into the flesh of a shark. Wielding this axe is like chugging a baseball bat, but if you are in the market for a '58 specifically, that's probably what you want.I just want to quickly echo my experiences after buying this, with regards to the other guy's review.I've owned this guitar for 8 months, played for at least 20 hours a week, so you do the math.Fret issue:I haven't noticed any issue with degradation or tonality. I play a good amount of jazz, metal, working all over the fretboard and they all sound true and sustain great.Knob issue:I'm not sure what he means by "tough to turn" - I guess they're a little tighter than my strat but I'm pretty sure my grandmother could pull of a volume swell if she could manage to hold the 9 lbs of fury. I guess I don't do a lot of these in my play so its not an issue. I would rather the knobs be protected from the occasional bump and not have to readjust everything. I do want to note that, as with any high output pickup, there is a BIG difference between Volume - 10, and 9, and 8.8, 8.5. The upper end is very touchy, so dialing enough output to mesh well with your amp and other effects with take some getting used to. 10 just sounds trashy to me, I rarely go above 9, and I play plenty of metal and hard stuff. 10 is good for Jack White I suppose.As a sidenote, I play these with a Boogie Mesa 50 Combo, but I will eventually go for the Holy Grail of JCM + Paul. This guitar will sound good clean though near any amp though.
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A fantastic piece of guitar history.
By robert louis duckworth
I got mine in 2008. Years ago, when I lived in San Francisco, a guy would show up at the jam sessions with a real '54 Goldtop. I asked him if I could play it and he said sure and handed it to me. The first thing I noticed was how round the neck was. It wasn't a "D" shape like most Gibson's are, it was very round in my palm. I really liked that feel and it stuck with me. I have 12 other Gibsons including a '63 Firebird, a '67 Trini Lopez Standard, an a '82 Moderne reissue. None had a neck like that, and the closest was my '76 Explorer. I have a '74 Les Paul Standard that is a fine now with a refret and Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickups I got in the late eighties when they were new on the market. I had a guitar to trade(Dot neck 335 reissue in cherry)and decided to check out one of these. It took a couple of weeks but my music store got in 3 of these Plaintop reissues. A gold one, a Darkburst one and one in Ice Tea. The first one I grabbed was this one, finished in "Ice Tea" and there it was.....that neck, like the '54. Big and round in my hand. I just stopped and said "This is it". I didn't even try the other ones. I can vouch that the Burstbuckers sound like proper PAF's. My brother had a real '60 ES 355 with cream bobbins(you could see it if you looked closely at the pole pieces. These pickups are not dense or heavy sounding. They have good treble and there is a certain "airy" quality to them. Also even though Burstbuckers are not potted, I have had them plugged into my '85 JCM 800 cranked up terribly loud and had no microphonic feedback issues at all. My favorite Les Paul players are Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers and Mike Bloomfield's work. I wanted a guitar like theirs, or at least as close as I could afford, and this is it. The only thing I changed right away was the plastic jackplate to a metal one. I had a plastic one on my '74 and it broke and I saw no reason to replace it with another plastic one, so metal ones are the way for me. I absolutely love this guitar now. Now I'm going to tell you the problems I DID have. Gibson touts that they PLEK their guitars frets and nut and it is the best that a computer can do. Well, that's fine but they don't finish the job and crown the frets after the PLEK treatment, so the guitar doesn't "ring" perfect. If your frets have a flat spot, you will get a warble in the upper register on the plain strings around the 12th fret and higher. Mine had that so if you find one that does this make a deal with the store to fix it before putting down ALL the money. Also(this took a couple of years)my front pickup had a cold solder joint. It would work, then it would quit, and when I took it to be repaired, it worked fine. It took 4 trips and finally the repair guy just resoldered the whole guitar. They only charged me once, but it was a bother. These guitars are microscopicly accurate to the late fifties Les Pauls. About the only other issue is the volume/tone knobs don't turn super easy, so volume swells are not a piece of cake. After the fret work and the solder situation I can honestly say this is my No.1 go to guitar. Tell you the truth, the idea of owning a real 58/60 Standard would be scary. Owning a guitar that people would literally kill you for.....not my idea of a quiet life. I'll just take this one. Also, if you want prettier wood on top, it can add a couple thousand to the price. This has the construction and the sound and the feel. That's all I wanted. Love it, love it, love it now.
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