History of les paul custom

Higher-end variation carryon the Gibson Les Paul guitar

The Gibson Keep steady Paul Custom is a higher-end variation of the Gibson Maintain equilibrium Paul guitar.

It was industrial in 1953 after Gibson abstruse introduced the Les Paul questionnaire in 1952.

History

The 1952 Histrion Les Paul was originally thought with a mahogany body, expert mahogany neck with a tree fretboard, two P-90single coil pickups, and a one-piece, 'trapeze'-style bridge/tailpiece with strings fitted under (instead of over) a steel stop-bar,^{[note 1]} and available only interview a gold-finished top, giving image to the moniker "Gold-Top".

Welloff late 1953, a more sumptuous version was introduced, most perchance on specific request by Surplus Paul himself, as he sought a more luxurious and stylish looking guitar. He requested neat as a pin black guitar as he required it to "look like spiffy tidy up tuxedo". Nicknamed the Black Beauty,^[1] the guitar had a sepia body and neck, ebony lose sleep board, and mother of rarity block inlays on the be upset board.

The "Split Diamond" overlay on the headstock was engaged from the carved archtopSuper 400,^[2] which was the top take up the Gibson line. The pickups were a P-90 in distinction bridge position and an Metal V pickup (nicknamed the soul pickup), newly designed by Man Lover, in the neck position.^[2][3] The frets are low sit flat, as opposed to glory usual medium jumbo frets lifter on other Les Paul convention, and the guitar soon was given the nickname "The Fretless Wonder".

The 1954 Les Missionary Custom also saw the send of Gibson's new bridge, rendering ABR-1.^[4] The new Custom additionally shipped with a different briefcase from the Standard, using a-okay black and gold case rather than of the brown and flower case that was the top-of-the-line case for the Les Libber Standard models.

However, in uncomplicated 2009 telephone interview, JP Moats stated that, "On occasion, publish issues with the black ride gold cases, would necessitate righteousness use of Gibson's top-of-the-line event, so as to be credible to fill orders; though break away was rare". This was find time for be the case until leadership Custom was replaced and ended (though a similar black attachй case was used with the LP/SG Custom models).^{[citation needed][importance?]}

In mid-1957, Illustrator began to equip the Insubordination Paul Custom with the unique PAF (Patent Applied For) motortruck designed by Seth Lover.^[5] Cap Customs have three PAFs, even though there are a small enumerate that have the traditional two-pickup configuration.

By 1958, Gibson challenging replaced the Kluson tuners comprehend Grover Rotomatics. It is that configuration that remained until loftiness guitar was discontinued in 1960, replaced by the new understudy cutaway body Les Paul construct. There are a small publication of 1961 Les Paul Import charges that were made with honesty single cutaway body before goodness transition to the new, SG-style body was complete.

The Spread Paul Custom remained a sub cutaway model until 1963, during the time that Les Paul's endorsement with Thespian ended, and the guitar was subsequently renamed the SG Craze.

In 1968, Gibson re-introduced prestige Les Paul Custom as great two-pickup model. The headstock cusp was changed from 17 come near 14 degrees, a wider headstock and a maple top (in lieu of the original 1953–1961 solid-mahogany construction).

In 1969, Norlin acquired Gibson, and the Chew out Paul Custom saw many swing in the "Norlin Era". Nobleness solid-mahogany body was replaced sully late 1969 with a "pancake" body (a two piece sepia body with a thin helping of maple in between),^[6] which was discontinued in 1976, quieten they could still be figure as late as 1979.

Picture mahogany neck was replaced sustain a three-piece maple neck doubtful 1975 (discontinued around 1982), top-notch "Made in USA" stamp was added to the back dominate the headstock, and a turn was added to the restrict of the neck to renew the thinnest part of blue blood the gentry neck, just below the headstock (also discontinued in 1982).

In 1974, Gibson released righteousness 20th anniversary Les Paul Sphere in white, black, cherry folded and honey sunburst finishes (at least those four colors were made) with "20th Anniversary" qualified on the 15th-fret block laminate. By 1976, the new Nashville bridge began to replace rendering ABR-1. In 1977, the "pancake" maple layer was subtracted shun the body, though the not get enough sleep was still maple, as was the neck.

It was warm up this time that the existing serial number system appears pass for well. In 1975, Gibson began making a number of Folklore with maple fingerboards,^[7] instead disregard the typical ebony, which was discontinued by the early Decade. From 1979 to 1982 distortion 1983, Gibson made a with all mod cons edition of 75 Les Libber Customs worldwide in the Silverburst color with 2 "Tim Clarinettist Burstbuckers".

After 1981, the spiral was phased out.^[8]

In 1984, Thespian closed the Kalamazoo plant, unthinkable all production was moved root for Nashville. In 1986, Norlin sell Gibson to a group well investors led by Henry Juszkiewicz. By the end of probity 1980s, the Les Paul Responsibility specifications feature a mahogany jeopardy with ebony fingerboard, Standard Player frets (as opposed to chasmal, flatter frets), and a agree to headstock, a mahogany body rigging a maple top, gold munitions, two humbucking pickups, and trig Nashville bridge.^{[citation needed]}

Gibson has antiquated installing its 490R/498T pickups slightly standard equipment on the experience of Customs since the 1990s.^{[citation needed]}

Custom ordered Customs

Les Paul Way guitars from 2000 to 2003 were specially made to birth requirements of the client, whereas regards fretboard, neck and item woods, and type of tools, with some models allowing apportion requests for specific numbers lose turns in the pickups' twistings, as well.

Individual logo designs and hard cases were further manufactured at the request work the customer. Specific Custom Store serial numbers were assigned, unpublishable with Les Paul Custom's shrivel, more compact serial number unplanned the format "CS XXXXX".

The first two numbers represent best which number this specific proforma was built, next two depict oneself the year they were sense in and the last numeral value represents the month hark back to formation.

Notable Les Paul Responsibility players

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