Gibson Custom Dealer Select 1959 Les Paul Chambered Lemon Burst Bigsby Ultra Light Aged 961488

Serial: 961488
Weight: 7lb 10.7oz

This Gibson Custom Dealer Select 1959 Les Paul Standard pairs a handpicked AAA figured maple top selected by Tone Shop Guitars at the Gibson factory with a Lemon Burst finish, chambered construction, and Ultra Light Aging. It is a notably different take on the familiar ’59 Historic recipe without losing the visual and musical character that makes these guitars so sought after.

The handpicked AAA maple top was chosen by our team for its figure and movement beneath the Lemon Burst finish. Beneath it is a chambered mahogany body, giving this Les Paul a lighter, more open feel than a traditional solid-body Historic build while retaining the warmth and sustain expected from a mahogany-backed Les Paul.

Instead of a traditional stop bar, this Dealer Select build is fitted with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece for a more expressive feel and unmistakable vintage look. The Ultra Light Aged treatment adds subtle played-in character across the finish and hardware without taking the guitar into heavily distressed territory.

The solid mahogany neck features Gibson Custom’s 50s Rounded Medium C profile, paired with a long tenon hide glue fit, nylon nut, and Indian rosewood fingerboard with cellulose nitrate trapezoid inlays. The 24.75" scale length, 12" fingerboard radius, and Historic Medium-Jumbo frets keep the feel rooted in the late-’50s Les Paul formula.

A pair of Custombucker Alnico 3 pickups delivers the open, dynamic PAF-style response that makes these Historic Reissues so compelling. CTS 500K audio taper potentiometers, paper-in-oil capacitors, and a 3-way Switchcraft toggle complete the vintage-correct electronics package.

Highlights

• Gibson Custom Dealer Select 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue
• Tone Shop Guitars handpicked AAA figured maple top in a Lemon Burst Finish
• Chambered mahogany body
• Bigsby vibrato tailpiece
• Ultra Light Aged finish treatment

Specifications

Body

• Model: Dealer Select 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue
• Body Shape: Les Paul
• Body Style: Single Cut
• Top: Handpicked AAA Figured Maple
• Body Material: Chambered Mahogany
• Binding: Single-Ply Royalite
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose, Ultra Light Aged
• Color: Lemon Burst

Neck

• Neck Material: Solid Mahogany
• Neck Profile: 50s Rounded Medium C
• Neck Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
• Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"
• Fingerboard Inlays: Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
• Fret Count: 22
• Frets: Historic Medium-Jumbo
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Nut Width: 1.69"
• Nut Material: Nylon
• End of Board Width: 2.24"

Hardware

• Bridge: ABR-1
• Tailpiece: Bigsby Vibrato Tailpiece
• Saddle Material: Nickel-Plated Brass
• Tuning Machines: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
• Hardware Finish: Aged Nickel
• Control Knobs: Gold Butyrate Top Hats
• Pickguard: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
• Pickup Covers: Authentic Profile Nickel Silver
• Mounting Rings: M69 Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
• Switch Tip: Amber Catalin
• Switchwasher: Replica Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
• Jack Plate Cover: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
• Control Covers: Black Royalite
• Strap Buttons: Aluminum
• Truss Rod: Authentic 1950s No-Tube
• Truss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply

Electronics

• Neck Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3
• Bridge Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3
• Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
• Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
• Output Jack: Switchcraft

Miscellaneous

• Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
• Case: Brown/Pink Reissue 5-Latch Case
• Accessories: Certificate of Authenticity

Why Buy from Tone Shop Guitars?

At Tone Shop Guitars, we do more than order exceptional guitars. For custom builds like this, our team works directly with the builder, selects the woods, and shapes the details that make each instrument special. When you buy from Tone Shop, you are getting a guitar we believed in long before it arrived in the shop.