GEAR REVIEW
2019 GIBSON 60TH ANNIVERSARY 1959 LES PAUL | Joe Riggio
KEY FEATURES
spades. I’ve had the rare opportunity to spend and introduced more and more authentic
an extended time of babysitting one for a friend features as the years and models have come
• Correct Deep-Carved Maple Top and I can testify that the genuine article will ruin along. Everything from the body silhouette, to
• “Slow Ice Tea Fade” Top Finish you! hardware and everything in between has been
• Aged Version
• Special Hardshell Case
more and more refined in attempt to come
Since the late 1970’s Gibson has been trying to closer and closer to what the original Les Paul
recapture the magic and surely the demand of Standards were like to the touch, look and tone.
the originals. It’s truly amazing that the evolution
Rarely does an item come along that meets of the reissues led to the creation of the Gibson Having seen and played even the earliest
and even exceeds all exaggerated descriptions Custom Division and continues, even to this versions of these re-creations, I was very
and lore of its reputation. Often the reality of day. curious to have a close look and test drive of
this newest offering for the 60 th Anniversary of
such things falls short or even disappoints
when finally encountered. An original 1959 The latest offering is the 2019 60 Anniversary the 1959 Model. I had just such an opportunity
Gibson Les Paul Standard is such an item. Edition of the 1959 Les Paul Standard. I’ve at this year’s Dallas International Guitar Festival.
It’s reputation for being the ultimate and most personally owned reissue examples of virtually I was able to see most of the ten color variants
coveted electric guitar in history is only rivaled every incarnation and era along the way. that they are currently available in. Original
by its own ability to meet that reputation in Through the years Gibson has developed sunburst finishes can vary greatly, depending
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