Gibson Les Paul Standard Custom Color Series

Grab a Gibson Les Paul Standard in Your Favorite Custom Color from CME!

While the original Les Paul Standard models may have kicked off the Golden Era of electric guitar design, just a few years after the first Goldtop models were released, musical instrument manufacturers began looking for alternative color options to broaden their potential customer base. By the mid-’50s, the car craze was in full swing, and guitar manufacturers like Gibson turned to the automotive industry for new colors to help inspire would-be Les Paul lovers with a wider assortment of custom finish options.

Now, in a throwback to Gibson’s golden years at the height of the car craze, you can choose from six plain top (solid) custom color finishes, plus six figured top (translucent) custom color finishes—all of which will be sold alongside the CME Exclusive Gibson Original Les Paul Standard 50s and Standard 60s color options (Tomato Soup Burst and Dirty Lemon Burst, respectively), in addition to Tobacco Burst, Bourbon Burst, and Unburst options available at CME!

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Les Paul 50s Standard Custom Color Editions — Plain Top

TOP: Plain Maple
NECK PROFILE: 50s Vintage
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage Deluxe with Keystone Buttons
CONTROL KNOBS: Gold Top Hats with Dial Pointers
NECK PICKUP: Burstbucker 1
BRIDGE PICKUP: Burstbucker 2
AVAILABLE FINISHES: Cardinal Red - Ebony - Inverness Green - Classic White - Pelham Blue - Sparkling Burgundy

Les Paul 50s Standard Custom Color Editions — Figured Top

TOP: Plain Maple
NECK PROFILE: 50s Vintage
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage Deluxe with Keystone Buttons
CONTROL KNOBS: Gold Top Hats with Dial Pointers
NECK PICKUP: Burstbucker 1
BRIDGE PICKUP: Burstbucker 2
AVAILABLE FINISHES: Ocean Blue - 60s Cherry - Blueberry Burst - Translucent Fuscia - Honey Amber - Translucent Oxblood

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Les Paul 60s Standard Custom Color Editions — Plain Top

TOP: AA Figured Maple
NECK PROFILE: SlimTaper
TUNING MACHINES: Grover Rotomatic with Kidney Button
CONTROL KNOBS: Gold Top Hat with Silver Reflector & Dial Pointers
NECK PICKUP: 60s Burstbucker
BRIDGE PICKUP: 60s Burstbucker
AVAILABLE FINISHES: Cardinal Red - Ebony - Inverness Green - Classic White - Pelham Blue - Sparkling Burgundy

Les Paul 60s Standard Custom Color Editions — Figured Top

TOP: AA Figured Maple
NECK PROFILE: SlimTaper
TUNING MACHINES: Grover Rotomatic with Kidney Button
CONTROL KNOBS: Gold Top Hat with Silver Reflector & Dial Pointers
NECK PICKUP: 60s Burstbucker
BRIDGE PICKUP: 60s Burstbucker
AVAILABLE FINISHES: Ocean Blue - 60s Cherry - Blueberry Burst - Translucent Fuscia - Honey Amber - Translucent Oxblood

Gibson Original Les Paul Standard '50s Plain Top Cardinal Red Top Electric Guitars / Solid Body

Gibson Original Les Paul Standard '50s Plain Top Cardinal Red Top

£1,952.00

The new Les Paul Standard 50s Plain Top returns to the classic design that made it relevant, played, and loved — shaping sound across generations and genres of music. It pays tribute to Gibson's Golden Era of innovation and brings authenticity back to life. The Les Paul Standard 50s Plain Top has a solid mahogany body with a plain maple top and a rounded 50s-style mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard and trapezoid inlays. It's equipped with an ABR-1, the classic-style Tune-O-Matic™ bridge, an aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece, Vintage Deluxe tuners with Keystone buttons, and aged gold Top Hat knobs. The calibrated Burstbucker™ 1 (neck) and Burstbucker 2 (bridge) pickups are loaded with Alnico 2 magnets, audio taper potentiometers, and Orange Drop™ capacitors. Now available in vivid custom colors, a hardshell case completes the package.

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Gibson Original Les Paul Standard '50s Plain Top Inverness Green Top Electric Guitars / Solid Body

Gibson Original Les Paul Standard '50s Plain Top Inverness Green Top

£1,952.00

The new Les Paul Standard 50s Plain Top returns to the classic design that made it relevant, played, and loved — shaping sound across generations and genres of music. It pays tribute to Gibson's Golden Era of innovation and brings authenticity back to life. The Les Paul Standard 50s Plain Top has a solid mahogany body with a plain maple top and a rounded 50s-style mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard and trapezoid inlays. It's equipped with an ABR-1, the classic-style Tune-O-Matic™ bridge, an aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece, Vintage Deluxe tuners with Keystone buttons, and aged gold Top Hat knobs. The calibrated Burstbucker™ 1 (neck) and Burstbucker 2 (bridge) pickups are loaded with Alnico 2 magnets, audio taper potentiometers, and Orange Drop™ capacitors. Now available in vivid custom colors, a hardshell case completes the package.

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