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Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard VOS Electric Guitar, Faded Tobacco

Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard VOS Electric Guitar, Faded Tobacco

In 1959, the Les Paul Standard made a change to wider, fatter jumbo frets which made it a more facile guitar. The significance of this change wouldn’t be felt until the late ’60s when Clapton, Bloomfield, Peter Green, and other emerging guitarists discovered its warm, thick BurstBucker voice and fast, smooth and easy-playing neck. Then [...]

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