1956 was the only full year in which the Les Paul model featured the powerful P-90 pickups and the adjustable ABR-1 bridge setup, a combination that allowed the Les Paul model to intonate, sustain, and thrill like never before. This Gibson Custom Shop '56 Reissue captures the look, feel and searing sound of an original 1956 Les Paul Goldtop in exhaustive detail, featuring all solid woods, vintage-accurate gold paint, authentic replica parts, Historic narrow/tall frets, and hot hide glue construction.
Les Paul
Les Paul
2-Piece Plain Maple, Hide Glue Fit
1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany
1-Ply Royalite
Nitrocellulose VOS (Vintage Patina)
None
50s Rounded Medium C
628.65 mm / 24.75 in
Indian Rosewood
304.8 mm / 12 in
22
Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall
Nylon
42.85 mm / 1.687 in
56.89 mm / 2.239 in
Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
No-Wire ABR-1
Nickel-plated Brass
Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Authentic 1950s No-Tube
Authentic Stepped 2-Ply
Butyrate Gold Top Hats
Amber Catalin
Silkscreened Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Brown Royalite
Aluminum
Cream Soapbar
Custom Soapbar P90
Custom Soapbar P90
CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
3-Way Switchcraft
Switchcraft
Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch