The black-anodized pickguard that covers the entire top of this gorgeous guitar is hand engraved with an original floral pattern, making the Lattice Roses Engraved Les Paul Special a one-of-a-kind collector’s piece. And that’s not all; BurstBucker pickups generate thick vintage tone with a rockin’ edge, an ebony fretboard on a ’50s-style round mahogany neck adds luxurious feel, and a solid mahogany body with lacquer finish provides lively resonance.

Crank up a 2008 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar and experience power and performance that has more than 40 years of craftsmanship and innovation behind it.Pioneered and developed with the assistance of legendary jazz-pop guitarist Les Paul-one of the world’s greatest musical and technological pioneers-the Gibson Les Paul has become the standard by which all electric guitars are judged. With fat, rich tone and incredible sustain, the Les Paul guitar lends itself to every style and generation of music. From the sweetest jazz to the heaviest rock and metal, the Les Paul is a guitar that can do it all-it is one of the most powerful and versatile instruments of all time.The Les Paul Standard Guitar debuted in 1952 as Gibson’s first solidbody guitar, and has evolved over the course of time to stand today as the benchmark for all electric guitars. The 2008 Les Paul Standard continues to alter and inspire the sounds of today’s ever-changing musical landscapes. It features a hand-carved AA maple top with matched chambered mahogany back outlined with single-ply binding. The neck is crafted from a single piece of mahogany. Carefully glued into the neck cavity of the body, the neck functions as a single unit with the body. Its asymmetrical shape is the most comfortable neck offered on a Les Paul Standard.Burstbucker Pro pickups containing Alnico V magnets wound to vintage specs and with wax potting deliver original “Patent Applied For” tone.All Les Paul Standards will be Plek’d on Gibson’s Plek machines, a computer controlled device which scans and dresses a guitar under actual playing conditions, strung and tuned to pitch. This is a major breakthrough since the Plek machine identifies precisely what needs to be done for perfect fretwork, executes this rapidly, and delivers perfect results on the instrument when restrung.NOTE: To give you a choice of how your Les Standard should look, the pickguard is not attached but included in the case. To install the pickguard, holes will need to be drilled into the body.

This limited edition Les Paul Standard was created by Epiphone to aid Music Rising, the charity helping to replace instruments and gear lost by New Orleans musicians in the devastation of hurricane Katrina. Musician’s Friend is honored to partner with Gibson to help reverse the devastation suffered by the Crescent City’s music community. Adorned with a Music Rising graphic designed by U2’s The Edge who co-founded the charity, all proceeds from the sale of this guitar will go to Music Rising. A special inscription on the headstock reads: “Rebuilding Note by Note.” The inscription on the belly reads: “MUSIC RISING – INSTRUMENTS FOR THE GULF COAST.”Each instrument includes a Custom Music Rising gig bag and a certificate of authenticity hand-signed by The Edge.NOTE: This guitar is eligible for international shipping. For International orders, please contact us and let our agent know that you wish to purchase the Epiphone Music Rising Les Paul.The Gulf Coast has contributed more to modern music than perhaps any other U.S. region, and it has had a lasting impact on the entire world. Along with the great loss of life and property during the hurricanes Katrina and Rita, thousands of musicians lost their instruments and their livelihood along with those instruments. By purchasing the Music Rising Les Paul Standard, you will not only help repay the musical debt we all owe to the Crescent City, but will also become the proud owner of a guitar that commemorates America’s commitment to its artists.More about Music Rising Music Rising is a national campaign created by U2’s The Edge, producer Bob Ezrin, Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz along with support from Guitar Center Music Foundation and MusiCares. Inaugural partners MusiCares, Gibson Guitar, Guitar Center, Musician’s Friend, VH-1 Networks, MTV Networks, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Ticketmaster, and Live Nation constitute the most dynamic and comprehensive organized group to launch a relief program since the Hurricanes hit the United States. The campaign’s goal is to help rebuild the musical heart and culture of the Gulf Region by replacing the musical instruments and gear that were lost in the hurricane season of 2005. Music Rising will continue to be administered by The Gibson Foundation.”These guitars provide funding to buy instruments for the Katrina impacted schools and churches of the gulf coast. How cool is that?” Edge.

In 1959, the Les Paul Standard made a change to wider, fatter jumbo frets which made it a more facile guitar. The significance of this change wouldn’t be felt until the late ’60s when Clapton, Bloomfield, Peter Green, and other emerging guitarists discovered its warm, thick BurstBucker voice and fast, smooth and easy-playing neck. Then the Les Paul began its ascent toward ultimate icon status. Like all VOS (Vintage Original Spec) Series instruments, the 1959 Les Paul Standard VOS is handcrafted for comfort and playability in the Gibson Custom Shop. The construction, neck profile, hardware, and electronics are period accurate, and a special nitrocellulose finish treatment gives it the patina of a gently aged vintage guitar. Includes Gibson Custom Shop case, a certificate of authenticity, and custom care kit.Free Gift Offer – while supplies last! Buy this ‘59 Les Paul and get a FREE Gibson Custom Shop jacket and pickguard signed byLes Paul himself. The denim jacket has an embroidered Gibson Custom Shop logo over the left pocket and a large embroidered logo across the back. The jacket comes in S, M, L, XL, XXL, and XXXL. The cream-colored pickguard has actually been handled and signed by Les Paul. Make it official Show everyone you’re a Burst Slinger with your new ‘59 Les Paul, Gibson Custom Shop jacket, and Les Paul autographed pickguard. Hurry! This offer’s good only while supplies last!

Features a one-piece mahogany neck, carved maple top and warm-toned mahogany body. An ebony fingerboard with classic inlay pattern gives it a bright attack. Matched Gibson humbuckers deliver warm rhythm and hot, solid lead sounds. Also includes a Tune-O-Matic bridge/stopbar tailpiece and bound body, neck, and head. Includes hardshell case.Gibson’s Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. Using the best materials money can buy, a staff of skilled luthiers reproduce some of the greatest Gibsons of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors who demand the best.

The Les Paul Standard 1960’s Electric Guitar features a beautiful hand-carved figured maple top and mahogany back, with vintage, antique top binding. The classic Gibson holly symbol adorns the guitar’s headstock, which is bordered by single-ply antique binding. A 22-fret rosewood fingerboard sits atop the solid one-piece mahogany neck, which is hand-sanded to form a 60s slim-taper profile. With chrome hardware and a pair of Burstbucker Pro pickups this model has the looks and sound that have made Gibson Les Paul guitars legendary.

The arrival of the Gibson Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar in 1983 offered guitarists all the essential elements of a Les Paul Standard, including a carved top and humbucking pickups. Its simple yet elegant design quickly helped it become the most popular model in the Les Paul Series. Cutting-yet-rich tone—the hallmark of the Les Paul—pours out of the 490R and 498T Alnico II magnet humbucker pickups, which are mounted on a carved maple top with a mahogany back. Rosewood fretboard with trapezoid inlays makes for great looks while dual volume and tone controls provide complete command of your sound. The Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar includes a Gibson hardshell case.

Crank up a 2008 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar and experience power and performance that has more than 40 years of craftsmanship and innovation behind it.Pioneered and developed with the assistance of legendary jazz-pop guitarist Les Paul-one of the world’s greatest musical and technological pioneers-the Gibson Les Paul has become the standard by which all electric guitars are judged. With fat, rich tone and incredible sustain, the Les Paul guitar lends itself to every style and generation of music. From the sweetest jazz to the heaviest rock and metal, the Les Paul is a guitar that can do it all-it is one of the most powerful and versatile instruments of all time.The Les Paul Standard Guitar debuted in 1952 as Gibson’s first solidbody guitar, and has evolved over the course of time to stand today as the benchmark for all electric guitars. The 2008 Les Paul Standard continues to alter and inspire the sounds of today’s ever-changing musical landscapes. It features a hand-carved AA maple top with matched chambered mahogany back outlined with single-ply binding. The neck is crafted from a single piece of mahogany. Carefully glued into the neck cavity of the body, the neck functions as a single unit with the body. Its asymmetrical shape is the most comfortable neck offered on a Les Paul Standard.Burstbucker Pro pickups containing Alnico V magnets wound to vintage specs and with wax potting deliver original “Patent Applied For” tone.All Les Paul Standards will be Plek’d on Gibson’s Plek machines, a computer controlled device which scans and dresses a guitar under actual playing conditions, strung and tuned to pitch. This is a major breakthrough since the Plek machine identifies precisely what needs to be done for perfect fretwork, executes this rapidly, and delivers perfect results on the instrument when restrung.NOTE: To give you a choice of how your Les Standard should look, the pickguard is not attached but included in the case. To install the pickguard, holes will need to be drilled into the body.

Semi-hollow body design with a laminated maple body, chromyte center block, and maple neck. Also includes dual alnico magnet humbuckers; 2 volume, 2 tone, and 3-way selector switch; 1959 rounded Les Paul neck; body and neck binding; Tune-O-Matic bridge; finger-style tailpiece; a 22-fret ebony fretboard with dot inlays; and gold hardware. Includes hardshell case ($143 value).

1954 LP Chambered Reissue “VOS” is very proud to help re-introduce the Chambered Reissue Series, but this time in “VOS” (Vintage Original Spec). These great guitars are known for great mid-range tone and incredible sustain, plus ultra lightweight bodies!

The Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul Reissue Electric Guitar is a beautiful Les Paul that you’ll want in your collection. In 1960, the Les Paul Standard still had the flame maple top, sunburst finish and BurstBucker pickups of its predecessors with an added slim-tapered neck for a decidedly different feel. This 1960 Reissue Les Paul captures the essence of the original guitar accurately and in great detail. Gibson includes a hardshell case with your reissue Les Paul.Gibson’s Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. Using the best materials money can buy, a staff of skilled luthiers reproduce some of the greatest Gibsons of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors who demand the best.

The Gibson Les Paul Traditional Plus is an electric guitar that has all the traditional features you expect from a Les Paul: mahogany body and set neck, figured maple top and a pair of Gibson’s awesome ‘57 Classic humbucker pickups. The Plus on this model is the gorgeous, figured maple top – just the right touch on this iconic rock machine. One not-so-traditional improvement-the neck has been Plek’d on Gibson’s Plek machine, a computer-controlled robot that analyzes the neck and files the frets to a hundredth of a millimeter accuracy for optimal action and intonation without string buzzing.

The Chambered 1958 Les Paul Reissue VOS (Vintage Original Spec) Electric Guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop has the great features, tone, and looks that made the original ‘58 Les Paul a classic, but with an ultra-light body! The Chambered ‘58 reissue guitar features a carved maple top, mahogany back, and one-piece mahogany neck with rounded ’50’s neck profile, single ply cream binding on the top and fingerboard, reissue trapezoid inlays, nickel plated hardware, and an original ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge.The Gibson Burstbucker Pickups used in the Chambered ‘58 are historically accurate “Patent Applied For” replicas with an airy tone and unbalanced coils. A medium output Burstbucker 1 is used in the neck position, while the Burstbucker 2 in the bridge position has a slightly hotter output. Both have unpolished magnets and non-potted coils like the original “Patent Applied For” pickups.

The Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul VOS (Vintage Original Spec) Plain Top Electric Guitar is a beautiful Les Paul that you’ll want in your collection. In 1960, the Les Paul Standard still had the carved maple top with burst finish and Burstbucker pickups of its predecessors with an added slim taper neck for a decidedly different feel. This 1960 Reissue Les Paul captures the essence of the original guitar accurately and in great detail.The one-piece mahogany neck is topped with a gorgeous rosewood fretboard that’s adorned with acrylic trapezoid inlays with shape and color true to the original. BurstBucker 1 and 2 pickups deliver famous vintage LP tone. Gibson includes a hardshell case with your reissue Les Paul.As if that weren’t enough, this Limited Edition features the highly sought after, historically correct Lemonburst Finish. With the plain top, you really get the full effect of these rich, gorgeous colors. This guitar’s hardware is not only period correct, but has been given Gibson’s popular Aged treatment. Get all the benefits of a new guitar with a killer lived-in look that will inspire thoughts of past guitar greats as you pour out your soul.Gibson’s Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. Using the best materials money can buy, a staff of skilled luthiers reproduce some of the greatest Gibson Les Pauls of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors who demand the best.Like all VOS (Vintage Original Spec) Series instruments, the 1960 Les Paul VOS Plain Top Aged Hardware is handcrafted for comfort and playability in the Gibson Custom Shop. The construction, neck profile, hardware, and electronics are period accurate, and a special nitrocellulose finish treatment gives it the patina of a gently aged vintage guitar. Includes Gibson Custom Shop case, a certificate of authenticity, and custom care kit.

With its distinctive style and long list of appointments, the 1968 Les Paul Custom has long been a favorite of players and collectors. Featuring the trademark split diamond headstock inlay and lavishly bound body, this Custom Collection version adds a carved, 5A quilted maple top. Each piece of figured maple used for the tops on these guitars was hand picked by our guitar buyer in the Gibson Custom Shop. Each piece features has a unique and especially vibrant character that really makes each of these guitars pop. These very special tops are showcased by gorgeous transparent finishes, including Firemist, which is available only through us. The ‘57 Classic humbuckers provide the smoothest, richest tone of any of the Gibson pickups while gold hardware adds a sumptuous glow under the stage lights.Gibson’s Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. Using the best materials money can buy, a staff of skilled luthiers reproduce some of the greatest Gibsons of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors who demand the best.