Gibson Les Paul '59

In mid 1958 gibson replaced the goldtop finish with a sunburst finish with the grain of the maple top visible until 1960 and renamed it the gibson les paul standard sunburst . ( 59 models had a thick style neck , the 60 models had a thinner neck )

From mid 1958 to 1960 under 2000 gibson les paul standard sunburst guitars were made , all in "flame" or "tiger stripped" maple tops with cherry red back finishes . Some tops were highly flamed while others were low flamed.

Although the gibson les paul standard sunburst was an attractive and probably the best built overall sounding guitar of its time. In the late 50s , archtop guitars were " the in thing " for jazz guitar players and fender stratocasters dominated the rockn' roll market because of its thin brighter sound .

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