Gibson Electric Les Paul Standard 60s Figured Top Bourbon Burst Original

Essential Information About the Gibson Les Paul Standard '60s Guitar

• Sixties Look and Spirit: solid mahogany body, AA figured maple top, and Slim Taper neck profile for a fast feel.


• 60s Burstbucker Pickups with AlNiCo V magnets: vintage tone, clear attack, and great dynamics.


• Classic Gibson Hardware: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and aluminum stopbar tailpiece for excellent tuning stability and generous sustain.


• Premium Finish: glossy nitrocellulose lacquer with cream/gold details faithful to the Les Paul tradition.

A Les Paul Standard Rooted in the 1960s Tradition

The Les Paul Standard '60s continues the legacy of models that shaped rock, blues, and pop history by embracing the aesthetic codes and playing sensations associated with Gibson's sixties productions. This version emphasizes authenticity: premium woods, meticulous finishes, and electronics designed to recapture the modernized "PAF-style" character while maintaining the simplicity and effectiveness of the Les Paul formula.

Who Is It For, and What Styles?

This electric guitar is aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists seeking a versatile solid body capable of covering a wide range: expressive blues, powerful rock, melodic hard rock, as well as pop and indie thanks to fine volume and tone control. The Slim Taper profile facilitates fast runs and bends while remaining comfortable for rhythm playing.

The Sound

The combination of a mahogany body and a figured maple top is at the heart of the Les Paul sound: mahogany provides warmth, thickness, and sustain, while maple adds attack and definition to maintain clarity in saturation. The 60s Burstbucker pickups (AlNiCo V) deliver a lively vintage character: firm lows, present mids, and precise highs, with a great response to playing nuances. Hand wiring, audio taper potentiometers, and Orange Drop capacitors allow for sculpting brightness and exploring softer tones without losing the bite needed to cut through a mix.

Technical specifications

Body material	mahogany	Fingerboard width at the end	2.26" / 57.40 mm
Top	AA figured maple	Inlays	acrylic trapezoids
Chambered body	none	Bridge	ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Finish	glossy nitrocellulose lacquer	Tuners	Grover Rotomatics with Kidney buttons
Material	mahogany	Pickguard	cream
Profile	Slim Taper	Control knobs	gold knobs with reflector and silver pointers
Scale length	24.75" / 628.7 mm	Selector tip	amber
Fingerboard material	rosewood	Selector washer	cream
Fingerboard radius	12" / 304.8 mm	Jack plate	cream
Number of frets	22	Neck pickup	60s Burstbucker
Frets	Medium Jumbo	Bridge pickup	60s Burstbucker
Nut material	Graph Tech	Controls	2 volumes, 2 tones, and toggle switch (hand-wired with Orange Drop capacitors)
Nut width	1.695" / 43.05 mm