Gibson Electric Les Paul Standard 60s Faded Vintage Bourbon Burst Original

The Essentials to Know About the Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s Faded Vintage Bourbon Burst Guitar

• Vintage look and "played-in" feel thanks to the satin nitrocellulose finish, thinner and more pleasant to the touch.


• Traditional Les Paul construction: solid mahogany body with AA figured maple top for the typical warmth/attack blend.


• 60s SlimTaper neck: a fast profile, ideal for blues-rock licks, hard rock, and precise bends.


• 60s Burstbucker pickups hand-wired with Orange Drop capacitors for dynamic and expressive response.

A Les Paul in the Spirit of the 60s: Gibson DNA, Without Artifice

The Les Paul Standard 60s Faded revives the codes that built the legend: classic aesthetics, immediate feel, and a sonic personality crafted to cross styles. Its satin nitro finish delivers a more organic tone, like a guitar already "broken-in," while retaining the authenticity of the Gibson recipe: mahogany, figured maple, and simple but highly effective electronics.

For Whom and For What? A Versatile Les Paul with a Rock Temperament

This Les Paul is aimed at the intermediate to advanced guitarist seeking a premium electric with smooth playability, without losing the thick and singing grain of a true single cut. It excels in blues, classic rock, hard rock, alternative rock, and lead playing thanks to its natural sustain and the harmonic richness of the Burstbuckers. In rhythm, it delivers full and tight chords, perfect for crunch as well as saturation.

The Sound

The combination of a mahogany body and AA figured maple top defines the character: mahogany provides generous low-mids, natural compression, and pronounced sustain, while maple adds attack and clarity to better separate each note in a mix. The 60s Burstbucker pickups offer a lively response with vintage grain and excellent touch sensitivity: playing at volume easily shifts from thick clean tones to expressive crunch. The hand-wiring, combined with Orange Drop capacitors, helps maintain a musical and usable tone sweep, ideal for sculpting round sounds on the neck pickup or more biting tones on the bridge side via the 3-way toggle switch.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

This guitar comes with a hard case included, providing perfectly tailored protection for the Les Paul format. It is strung with 10-46 gauge strings: if you want to keep the same feel and original balance, opt for electric string sets in .010-.046.

Technical specifications

Body shape	Les Paul	Inlays	acrylic trapezoids
Body material	mahogany	Construction	glued, set neck
Top	AA figured maple	Finish	nickel
Binding	single cream binding on top and fingerboard	Bridge	ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Body finish	satin nitrocellulose lacquer	Tailpiece	aluminum stopbar
Profile	SlimTaper	Tuners	Grover Rotomatic with kidney-shaped buttons
Scale length	24.75" / 628.65 mm	Pickguard	cream (not mounted)
Neck material	mahogany	Truss rod	adjustable
Fingerboard material	rosewood	Control knobs	gold Top Hat with silver reflector and pointer
Radius	12" / 304.8 mm	Switch tip	amber
Number of frets	22	Switch washer	cream
Frets	Medium Jumbo	Jack plate cover	cream
Nut material	Graph Tech	Strap buttons	2
Nut width	1.695" / 43.053 mm	Pickup covers	nickel
Width at neck end	2.26" / 57.404 mm