Detail 01
Pickup and control layout
An HH configuration uses CustomBuckers at the neck and bridge, with two volume and two tone controls plus a three-way switch.
Product detailSKU #1500000316409
Gibson Custom1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS Electric Guitar - Washed Cherry Sunburst
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
Gibson Custom’s Historic Series 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS revisits the 1959 Les Paul Standard through detailed research, including examined and reengineered parts composition. In Washed Cherry Sunburst, it pairs a lightweight mahogany solid body with a figured maple top. Two CustomBuckers, a three-way pickup switch, and four onboard volume and tone controls provide the listed electric-guitar control layout. The fixed ABR-1 Tune-o-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece complete the hardware, and a hardshell case comes with it.
Strong match
Who this is for
- A right-handed six-string electric-guitar setup requiring two CustomBuckers, separate volume and tone controls, and a three-way switch.
- Players seeking a Historic Series recreation built around researched 1959 Les Paul Standard details.
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Left-handed guitar players; this model is specified for right-handed orientation.
- Players requiring more than 22 frets or more than six strings.
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 02
Bridge hardware
The fixed setup combines an ABR-1 Tune-o-Matic bridge with a stopbar tailpiece.
Detail 03
Neck
It has a mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard, 24.75-inch scale length, 12-inch radius, and 1959 Medium C shape.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01The guitar is right-handed.
- 02A hardshell case is included.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01What pickups does it have?
It has an HH configuration with a CustomBucker listed at the neck and another at the bridge.
02What neck profile is specified?
The neck is listed as a 1959 Medium C, with a 24.75-inch scale length and 12-inch radius.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
3 detailsPickups & controls
- Neck pickup
- Custombucker Alnico 3
- Pickup Configuration
- HH
- Bridge pickup
- Custombucker Alnico 3
7 detailsPlayability
- Fingerboard radius
- 12"
- Number of Frets
- 22
- Scale Length
- 24.75"
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Number of strings
- 6
- Number of frets
- 22
- Number of Strings
- 6
16 detailsBody & build
- Body construction
- Solidbody
- Top construction
- Hide-glue fit
- Neck material
- Solid mahogany
- Fingerboard material
- Indian rosewood
- Nut material
- Nylon
- Back material
- 1-piece lightweight mahogany
- Top material
- 2-piece figured maple
- Color
- Dirty Lemon
- Top Material
- 2-piece figured maple
- Saddle material
- Nickel-plated brass
- Neck Wood
- Solid mahogany
- Fingerboard Material
- Indian rosewood
- Hardware finish
- Nickel
- Body Shape
- Les Paul
- Body finish
- Nitrocellulose VOS
- Neck joint
- Long tenon, hide-glue fit
1 detailsConnections & power
- Output jack
- Switchcraft
3 detailsSize & weight
- Nut width
- 1.69"
- Scale length
- 24.75"
- Neck width at end of board
- 2.24"
35 detailsOther
- Pickup configuration
- HH
- Neck profile
- 50s Rounded Medium C
- Binding
- Single-ply Royalite
- Switchwasher
- Replica cellulose acetate butyrate
- Tailpiece
- Lightweight aluminum stop bar
- Product type
- Electric guitar
- Color
- Dirty Lemon
- Korena Special
- false
- Tuning machines
- Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
- Model Number
- LPR59VODLBNH1
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Jack plate cover
- Laminated cellulose acetate butyrate
- Frets
- Historic medium-jumbo with cellulose nitrate trapezoid inlays
- Pickguard
- Laminated cellulose acetate butyrate
- Bridge
- ABR-1
- Body shape
- Les Paul
- Weight relief
- None
- Switch tip
- Amber Catalin
- Truss rod
- Authentic 1950s no-tube
- Pickup selector
- 3-way Switchcraft
- Case
- Brown/Pink Reissue 5-Latch
- Accessories
- Certificate of authenticity
- Tier
- platinum
- Control knobs
- Gold butyrate top hats
- Controls
- Individual volume, individual tone, CTS 500K audio taper potentiometers, paper-in-oil capacitors
- Truss rod cover
- Authentic stepped 2-ply
- Category Source
- detail
- Control covers
- Black Royalite
- Mounting rings
- M69 cellulose acetate butyrate
- Pickup covers
- Authentic-profile nickel silver
- Strings
- .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
- Product Type
- Electric guitar
- Model
- 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue
- Source Id
- site51500000316409
- Strap buttons
- Aluminum
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