Description
Description
Truly custom and truly CME, our relationship with Gibson Custom Shop reflects a shared philosophy—individually crafted guitars, built by hand. Before each new batch goes into production, CME’s guitar gurus join forces with Gibson to select new top woods, finishes, fingerboard materials, neck profiles, pickups, hardware—you name it—all that goes into each CME-designed Custom Shop model. That means no automated decision-making. No passing the buck. It’s the old way. The slow way. The hard way. It’s the Gibson Custom Shop way, and when it comes to Gibson Custom Shop guitars it’s the Chicago Music Exchange way.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Gibson Custom Shop Historic |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Product Color: | Natural |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Material: | 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany |
| Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Top Material: | Handpicked Koa |
| Body Binding: | .09 1-Ply Royalite |
Neck
| Neck Material: | 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany |
| Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Neck Tint/Color: | Darkback |
| Neck Shape: | 59 Carmelita |
| Fingerboard Material: | Indian Rosewood |
| Headstock Veneer: | Reissue Holly |
| Nut Material: | Nylon |
| Nut Width: | 1.687" (42.85mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 12" (304.8mm) |
| Scale Length: | 24.75" (628.65mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 22 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid |
| Inlay Shape: | Trapezoids |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Tortoise Shell Side Dots |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | Reissue w/Les Paul Silkscreen |
| Neck Binding: | .04 White w/Tortoise Shell Side Dots |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Custom "S" Bucker |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom "S" Bucker |
| Controls and Switching: | 3-Way Switchcraft |
| Electronics Notes: | 2 Volume/2 Tone CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel |
| Bridge: | ABR-1 Non-Wire |
| Tailpiece: | Light Weight w/Long Stud, Anchor |
| Tuning Machines: | Kluson Single Line, Single Ring |
| Fret Wire: | Historic Medium-Jumbo |
| Saddle: | Nylon |
| Pickguard: | Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate |
| Knobs: | Gold Butyrate Top Hats |
| Switch Cap: | Amber Catalin |