SOLD GIBSON COLLECTOR’S CHOICE #28 “STP BURST”

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Gibson Custom: Collector’s Choice™ #28 “STP ’Burst

  For its acclaimed Collector’s Choice™ series, Gibson Custom takes on the challenge of recreating specific vintage Les Pauls from noted collections, to provide players around the world the opportunity to experience the precise look, feel and tone of some of the rarest guitars in history. This addition to the series, Collector’s Choice™ #28 “STP ’Burst”, captures one of the most recorded and storied guitar in the Collector’s Choice™ series, a 1958 ’burst owned and played by Ronnie Montrose. After passing from Montrose’s hands this guitar then went to Peter Weihe of Hamburg, Germany, whose studio work with this exemplary Les Paul has been heard more than 20,000,000 times throughout an illustrious global recording career. Now, through the direct and intimate cooperation of Peter Weihe, the Ronnie Montrose Estate, and the guitar’s current owner (an anonymous German collector), Gibson Custom brings to life this coveted ’58 Les Paul in all its current glory, in a Limited Edition not to top 300 guitars. A USB with exclusive video introduced by Mrs. Montrose that chronicles the guitar’s time with Ronnie Montrose will accompany each guitar, along with a Certificate of Authenticity, Ronnie Montrose commemorative picks and pick tin. The Collector’s Choice™ #28 1958 Les Paul “STP ’Burst” has been crafted after intensive hands-on analysis of the original guitar, with every curve, angle and specification precisely measured for exact reproduction. Tonewoods are carefully selected to match the look, weight, and sound of the original subject, and all guitars are hand aged to match every ding, dent and scratch found on this ’58 ’burst as it exists today, including a lusciously faded Cherry Sunburst finish and genuine aniline red filler for the back, neck and sides. Above and beyond the cosmetics, Gibson Custom goes to great lengths to recreate the unique tone of the “STP ’Burst”, using a pair of Custom Buckers built to the precise specs of the guitar’s unique PAFs. Mr. Weihe describes the tone as “intense in its mid-range and the most flexible guitar that I’ve had the pleasure to play.” A perfectly captured full, rounded ’58 neck profile, traditional truss rod with no sleeve, nylon nut, aged nickel hardware, vintage-color binding, and rosewood fingerboard with aged celluloid trapezoid inlays complete the picture. Secure your Collector’s Choice™ #28 1958 Les Paul now at your authorized Gibson Custom dealer, and prepare to come as close as is humanly possible to owning the real thing.

 

 

 

Body

 

 Beautiful,Sweet, clear Les Paul tone from solid one-piece mahogany body with carved maple top.

 

 

Ronnie Montrose Tone Captured

 

Custom Buckers recreate the depth, richness, and characteristic bite of hallowed PAF humbuckers.

 

 

Golden Era hardware

 

Nickel-plated Tune-o-matic bridge and lightweight aluminum stopbar deliver burst-certified sustain.

 

 

Ronnie Montrose Neck Profile

 

A perfect recreation of the rounded ’58 neck profile gives vintage-certified playing feel.

 

 

STP Burst and Fade

 

Lusciously faded “STP ’Burst” finish over an accurately matched figured maple top.

 

 

Hand-Aged Art

 

Hand-aging precisely matches the playing wear of one of the world’s most recorded Les Pauls.

 

Gibson Custom: Collector’s Choice™ #28 “STP ’Burst

Body

Top Unique Figured Maple
Back Genuine Mahogany
Binding Cream Reissue
Adhesive Franklin Titebond

Body

Neck

Species Mahogany Neck/Maple Spline
Truss Rod Reissue Truss Rod
Joint Angle 4° (+/- 15 seconds)

Neck

Neck Fit

Joint Mortise & Tenon
Adhesive Hot Hide Glue
Joint Angle Tolerance +/- .005″

Neck Fit

Fingerboard

Species Indian Rosewood
Radius 12″
Binding Cream Reissue
Inlays Nitrocellulose Trapezoid
Nut/E.O.B 1.687 / 2.062
Adhesive Hot Hide Glue

Fingerboard

Nut

Material Nylon
Width 1.687
Slots Gibson PLEK System

Nut

Headstock

Inlay Reissue, Holly with Gibson Pearl Inlay
Truss Rod Cover Vintage
Angle 17 Degrees

Headstock

Tuners

Model Reissue Kluson Deluxe Green Key, Single Band
Tuning Ratio 12:01
Plating Nickel

Tuners

Bridge

Type ABR
Plating Nickel

Bridge

Tailpiece

Type Aluminum Stop Bar
Plating Nickel

Bridge

Hardware

Pickguard Reissue Cream
Knobs Gold Top Hats
Toggle Switch Washer Cream Toggle Washer
Pickup Mounting Rings Cream
Strings .010 – .046
Strap Buttons Aluminum

Hardware

Pickups

Neck Position Custom Bucker
Bridge Position Custom Bucker

Pickups

Electronics

Potentiometers 2 Volume Controls
2 Tone Controls
Capacitors Bumble Bee
Toggle Switch Three-Way
Output Jack Traditional ¼”

Electronics

Finish

Sealer Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Aged STP Sunburst

Case

Type Custom Shop, Brown with Red Fur

Additional Materials

Certificate of Authenticity Yes
Additional Materials Hardshell Custom Shop Case, Certificate of Authenticity, Extra Switch Plate, Ronnie Montrose Commemorative Picks and Pick Tin