Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars
In 1954 a more luxurious version of the newly introduced Les Paul was introduced, likely on specific request by Les Paul himself, as he wanted a more luxurious and classy looking guitar. He requested a black guitar because he wanted it to look like a tuxedo. The guitar had a mahogany body and neck, ebony fret board and mother of pearl block marker inlays in the fret board. The hardware was either gold or nickel silver plated.
Today, the Les Paul Custom is made with a maple-capped mahogany body rather than the solid mahogany body of the 1954 model. It is available in colors including Ebony, Alpine White and Wine Red. The Custom model differs from the Les Paul Standard model mainly by cosmetic features including gold hardware; block inlays on the fret board rather than the crown inlays of the Standard (with an inlay at the 1st fret, whereas the Standard has none); a split-diamond pearl inlay on the head stock; and multi-ply binding around the body and head stock. The Les Paul Custom guitar remains highly collectable.
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