GIBSON

Gibson Custom Shop Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom VOS Electric Guitar with Bigsby(Ebony)

In the early days of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page relied heavily on a three-pickup 1960 Les Paul custom "Black Beauty" with a Bigsby tailpiece. Unfortunately, the guitar was stolen in 1970 at an airport and never recovered. Page has always felt that that particular electric guitar was "the one that got away."

Gibson proudly returns Page's cherished lost guitar in the form of the Gibson Custom Shop Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom a painstaking recreating of the iconic instrument with the addition of some of the most innovative electronics to ever grace a Les Paul Custom.

The result is this stunning "Black Beauty" with a slim-profile neck, Page BurstBucker pickups, gold Bigsby vibrato and an innovative six-position toggle that lets you isolate the neck and bridge pickups or add the middle in any combination.

In the normal position, the toggle operates like a standard 2 pickup Les Paul toggle: selecting Neck pickup, Neck and Bridge pickup, or Bridge pickup. Push it to the unique forward position, and now you can choose between Neck & Middle, Neck & Middle & Bridge, or Bridge & Middle. A push-pull treble tone knob splits the rear pickup for the traditional Jimmy Page single coil option.

Handcrafted for comfort and playability, this guitar is period accurate, and has received the VOS (Vintage Original Spec) treatment by the Gibson Custom Shop. A special nitro-cellulose finish treatment gives it the patina of a gently-aged vintage electric guitar. The Bigsby tailpiece and the rest of the gold hardware feature a worn look to match.

Limited to a worldwide edition of just 500 guitars, the Gibson Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom is Gibson's heartfelt tribute to a true legend and to the guitar he loved and lost. Perhaps no one has had a bigger impact on the style and sound of hard rock guitar than the deservedly legendary Jimmy Page. As the musical mastermind of Led Zeppelin, Page's tone, playing, and phrasing made him one of the most influential musicians of the past 50 years.

The exclusive Les Paul electric guitar that bears Page's name also comes with a special Gibson Custom Shop case with silk-screen JP signature Certificate of Authenticity.

Gibson Custom Shop Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom VOS Electric Guitar with Bigsby Features:

• Body & Hardware:
  
• Carved mahogany top
  
• Solid, lightweight mahogany back
  
• Multi-ply white/black binding on top and back
  
• Gently-aged Ebony finish
  
• Worn Gold hardware
  
• ABR-1 bridge (original designation for Gibson s Tune-O-Matic)
  
• Bigsby tailpiece

Neck & Headstock:

• One-piece mahogany neck
  
• 22-fret ebony fingerboard
  
• Pearl block inlays
  
• Single-ply white binding
  
• 60s neck profile
  
• 24-3/4 scale length,
  
• 1-11/16 nut width
  
• Holly headstock veneer

Electronics & Strings:

• Jimmy Page custom BurstBucker humbuckers
  
• 2 volume, 2 tone
  
• Push/pull pot splits bridge humbucker into single-coil
  
• Jimmy Page custom 6-way switch
  
• Vintage .009 strings
  
• Includes Custom Shop case, certificate of
  
• authenticity

IBANEZ

ARC100

Ibanez continues to emulate the classic guitar companies today, although the instruments are designed with enough diffferences to avoid lawsuits. The ARC100 Artist is one of those such quality copy cat Ibanez guitars.

Like the Gibson Les Paul, the Artist has a Mahogany body, Rosewood fingerboard , and a set neck. The guitar’s shape looks vaguely familiar to the Les Paul with a single cutaway. Ibanez does have another guitar that looks even more like the Les Paul in its body shape, this is the ART100. Again that one has a set in neck and mahogony body like the ARC. The ARC Artist also has double humbuckers, fixed bridge, and simliar hardware to the old Gibson Les Paul. However this guitar has only one master volume knob where the Paul has one per pickup. Also you may decide to replace the nut with one of better quality.

Ibanez guitars are universally of high quality and this axe is no exception. Soundwise it’s very reminiscent of a Les Paul. It has a full sound and the neck position pickup can provide some sweet tone. It comes fairly well set up from the factory so you should be ready to rock right away. One difference from the Paul is that Ibanez has included fine tuners in the bridge. That’s killer if you ask me!

Shockingly, this durably, high quality, toneful Ibanez guitar is only about 300 bucks at guitar shops online. Now certainly, you must play one before you even consider buying a guitar, so head down to your local guitar store and try it out. If you’re too short on cash for a real Gibson Les Paul, the ARC100 Ibanez guitar may be the axe for you.

GIBSON LES PAUL

Gibson Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar

About the Les Paul Series
No matter where Gibson Les Paul is seen - in the hands of a star performer, silhouetted in a guitar dealer's ad, or cast in brass and incorporated into the architecture of a restaurant - it is universally recognized as the symbol of rock and roll music. From the basic no-frills guitars to elegant showpieces, the guitars of Les Paul are the standard-bearers of Gibson's excellence.

Gibson Gold Warranty
Your new Gibson instrument is warranted to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for the life of the original retail purchaser, subject to the limitations contained in this warranty. If at any time this Gibson instrument malfunctions as a result of faulty materials or workmanship, Gibson will repair the defect(s) or replace the instrument, as it deems appropriate in its sole discretion. Gibson reserves the right to use materials regularly utilized at the time of repair in the event that original materials are no longer available, If replacement of your instrument is deemed appropriate by our staff, Gibson will replace the instrument with one of the same or most similar style of a value not in excess of the original purchase price of your instrument.

Technical Info

• Manufactured in: Nashville, TN
• Top Species: Carved Maple top
• Back Species: Mahogany
• Neck Species: Mahogany
• Profile: '59 Les Paul Rounded
• Peghead Pitch: 17 degrees
• Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.818 in.
• Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.963 in.
• Heel Length: 0.625 in.
• Neck Joint Location: 16th fret
• Scale Length: 24-3/4 in.
• Total Length: 18.062 in.
• Number of Frets: 22
• Nut Width: 1-11/16 in.
• Width at 12th Fret: 2.062 in.
• Neck Pickup: 490R Alnico magnet humbucker
• Bridge Pickup: 498T Alnico magnet humbucker
• Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch