The Gibson Les Paul Custom is a higher end variation of the Gibson Les Paul guitar. It was developed in 1954 after Gibson had introduced the Les Paul model in 1952.
The Gibson Les Paul was introduced in 1952, and was made of a mahogany body with a 1" maple cap, mahogany neck with rosewood fret board and two P-90 pickups. The guitar was only available in a golden finish. In 1954 a more luxurious version was introduced, most probably on specific re...
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The Gibson Les Paul Custom is a higher end variation of the Gibson Les Paul guitar. It was developed in 1954 after Gibson had introduced the Les Paul model in 1952.
The Gibson Les Paul was introduced in 1952, and was made of a mahogany body with a 1" maple cap, mahogany neck with rosewood fret board and two P-90 pickups. The guitar was only available in a golden finish. In 1954 a more luxurious version was introduced, most probably on specific request by Les Paul himself, as he wanted a more luxurious and classy looking guitar. He requested a black guitar as he wanted it to "look like a tuxedo". Nicknamed the Black Beauty, the guitar had a mahogany body and neck, ebony fret board and mother of pearl block markers inlays in the fret board. The pickups were a P90 in the bridge position and a newly designed by Seth Lover Alnico V pickup in the neck position. The frets are low and flat, as opposed to the usual medium jumbo frets found on other Les Paul customs, and the guitar soon was...
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