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50s Les Paul
Standard Specifications
Body 2 Pcs Honduran Mahogany (Book-matched, UF Fit) Body Top 2 Pcs Eastern Hard-rock Maple (Book-matched, UF Fit) Neck 1 Pc Honduran Mahogany (Long Tenon, Hot Hide-glue Fit) Fingerboard Brazilian Rosewood (Hot Hide-glue Fit) Neck Profile 50s Rounded Medium C Headstock 50s correct 17 degree angled Headstock Veneer Holly Veneer Fingerboard Radius 304.8mm / 12.0in Fingerboard Inlays Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid Fret Wire 22 1959 spec nickel-silver medium/high fret-wire Nut Period correct nylon 6/6 nut 42.67mm / 1.68in Truss Rod 50s style single action 3/16 steel truss rod, filler strip (eastern maple) (Hot Hide-glue Fit) Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in Binding 50s Single-ply Royalite Binding Bridge Gibson No Wire ABR-1 Bridge, Nickel Tailpiece Aluminum Stop Bar, Nickel (Vintage correct long bridge studs with extra long bushings) Tuning Machines Kluson keystone button, single ring Strap Buttons Gibson Strap Buttons, Aluminum Pick-guard Gibson "M-69" pickup rings, Cream Control Plates Vintage 50's back plates, Black Jack Plate Vintage 50’s Royalite Jack plate, Cream Control Knobs Gibson Top Hat Knobs, Gold, with indicator washers, Capacitors Luxe Paper In Oil (PIO) "Bumble Bee" capacitors Potentiometer ViPot's 500k Audio Taper Potentiometer Tubing Luxe #8 gauge black PVC Hook-up Wire Luxe braided metal shield #22 AWG ORANGE Cloth 7-Strand Tinned Copper Ground Wire Vintage correct #19 AWG Tinned Copper Ground Wire, with orange spaghetti cloth insulation covering Toggle Switch Switchcraft Toggle Switch with early 50’s style flat nut, fine knurl Output Jack 1/4” Switchcraft Output Jack Pickups Ron Ellis LRP PAF Pickups Strings Gauge .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046