NGD- The Element AL13 1958 Standard Historic Les Paul

[Ruiner]

R-gasm! Not your typical '58 historic though....

I dig everything about it from the specs, to the look, to the aluminum.... even the ornament / logo on the headstock! (it's like the hood ornament on a Rolls Royce)

Anyways, here's the specs and a bunch of pictures including the ones the shop took:

Specs:

Brand: Gibson Custom Shop
Model: The Element AL13 1958 Standard Historic Les Paul
Finish Color: Ebony
Weight: 9.08 lbs
Top Wood: Carved 2-Piece Maple
Body Wood: Mahogany
Neck Wood: 1-Piece Mahogany
Neck Joint: Hot Hide Glue Neck Construction
Neck Shape: Early '50s Rounded
Neck Dimensions: .900 1st - 1.000 12th
Fingerboard: 1-Piece Rosewood attached with Hot Hide Glue
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Inlays: Aluminum Trapezoids
Scale Length: 24.75"
Width at Nut: 1 11/16"
Frets: 22
Headstock: Les Paul Standard with 3D Aluminum Logo
Binding: Aluminum
Pickups: 2 Custom Buckers
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3-way Toggleswitch
Bridge: ABR-1
Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stopbar
Tuners: Grover Keystone
Case: Gibson Custom Hardshell
COA: Yes

[PeteeBee]

Woah. That is a serious guitar. I didn't even know they came with that ornament or those knobs.

[antennafarm]

wait so what's '58 historic about it with all that aluminum?

[sears]

I'm waiting for Les Paul Custom Po84, which will weigh 25 lbs and come with a lead suit

[Ruiner]

wait so what's '58 historic about it with all that aluminum?

All the specs are '58 except the aluminum. Plastic binding does not a '58 make.

[PeteeBee]

Wait. The binding is aluminum too? That's gnarly.

[antennafarm]

wait so what's '58 historic about it with all that aluminum?

All the specs are '58 except the aluminum. Plastic binding does not a '58 make.

binding, or inlays, or acoutrements.

which is totally cool! but i can't imagine the corksniffers who insist they know the chemical whatevers of *Gibson finishes and how much it affects the tone on any given day (And How It'll Age) would let that go!

but a cool guitar is a cool guitar!

*like insisting that Gibson has been using plasticisers since whatever year and "new" (meaning since like, 2000? or 2006 or 1995 or whatever depending on who you talk to) won't check.... I have a 2013 that is already checking and even has a couple flake offs,exposing the maple top!

[culturejam]

Plastic binding does not a '58 make.

Tell that to the true believers.

That's very awesome guitar.

[Ruiner]

wait so what's '58 historic about it with all that aluminum?

All the specs are '58 except the aluminum. Plastic binding does not a '58 make.

binding, or inlays, or acoutrements.

which is totally cool! but i can't imagine the corksniffers who insist they know the chemical whatevers of *Gibson finishes and how much it affects the tone on any given day (And How It'll Age) would let that go!

but a cool guitar is a cool guitar!

*like insisting that Gibson has been using plasticisers since whatever year and "new" (meaning since like, 2000? or 2006 or 1995 or whatever depending on who you talk to) won't check.... I have a 2013 that is already checking and even has a couple flake offs,exposing the maple top!

no I totally get what you're saying.... Definitely not for the cork sniffing crowd. I saw a post about it on the MLP forum and it was getting bashed for that reason.

[antennafarm]

no I totally get what you're saying.... Definitely not for the cork sniffing crowd. I saw a post about it on the MLP forum and it was getting bashed for that reason.

man, MLP is one of the most poisonous forums I've seen on the web short of gamergate/MRA nonsense. totally mean spirited dad rockers, god forbid you have anything other than a totally vintage-correct 1959 - and the further away you get from that, the more condescension you'll get. with 95% heard it through the grapevine info... like, according to them new Gibsons won't check, but my goldtop aged like 30 years overnight. It was a wintry Minnesota night, but the way they talk about accursed plasticizers in the nitro finish, my LP should be pristine until I'm buried with it.

and god forbid you relic your stuff, to the tune of the peanut gallery of dad dudes saying variations on it "why don't you play it for 20 years lol would you pay for a relic'd car I THINK NOT." and in the next breath they'll complain about kids these days and their music not doing anything new. ugh.

although i did get my faber ABR-1 bridge based on their recommendation and couldn't be happier.