Back in 1950s, Les Paul guitars were envisioned as "black tie" guitars and were intended to be exclusive, expensive and luxurious. As the time passed, LP variants extended to the budget friendly regions of the market, but some of them remained high up in the luxurious section. Gibson Custom is in charge of these exquisite and luxurious guitars and 1955 Les Paul Custom Historic Prototype is one of them. it comes with a single-cut mahogany body clad in black. It`s finished in gloss and bound in creme. Bridge section is simple one, it contains only a gold-plated stoptail bar. In it`s front Gibson Custom installs a pair of active humbuckers with split controls. One-piece mahogany neck is equipped with '50s contour and it`s paired with a 22-fret ebony fingerboard.

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Binding Creme
Body Construction Single cutaway
Body Shape LP
Body Type Solid Body
Body Wood Mahogany
Bridge Stoptail
Bridge Pickup Type Humbucker
Carved Top Yes
Controls Tone
Controls Volume
Fingerboard Radius 12.00"
Fingerboard Material Ebony
Finish Polyurethane
Fret Size Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays Abalone Blocks
Hardware Gold
Neck Construction 1-piece neck
Neck Joint Set neck
Neck Pickup Type Humbucker
Neck Shape Series Standard
Neck Wood Mahogany
Number of Frets 22
Number of Pickups 2
Number of Strings 6
Nut Width 1.6875" (1-11/16")
Pickguard Yes
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length 24-3/4"
String Nut Corian
Tuners Grover
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Binding
Creme
Creme
Body Construction
Single cutaway
Single cutaway
Body Shape
LP
LP
Body Type
Solid Body
Solid Body
Body Wood
Mahogany
Mahogany
Bridge
Stoptail
Stoptail
Bridge Pickup Type
Humbucker
Single Coil
Carved Top
Yes
No
Controls
Tone/Volume
Volume
Fingerboard Radius
12.00"
12.00"
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Ebony
Finish
Polyurethane
Nitrocellulose
Fret Size
Medium Jumbo
Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays
Abalone Blocks
Trapezoid
Hardware
Gold
Chrome
Neck Construction
1-piece neck
1-piece neck
Neck Joint
Set neck
Set neck
Neck Pickup Type
Humbucker
Single Coil
Neck Shape
Series Standard
Slim Taper
Neck Wood
Mahogany
Mahogany
Number of Frets
22
22
Number of Pickups
2
2
Number of Strings
6
6
Nut Width
1.6875" (1-11/16")
1.6875" (1-11/16")
Pickguard
Yes
No
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length
24-3/4"
24-3/4"
String Nut
Corian
Corian
Tuners
Grover
Grover
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