An iconic classic for the Wishbook this week.
From the 1955 Gibson Guitars catalog:
The Les Paul Custom!
The original "Fretless Wonder", shown here with P-90 pickups (Seth Lover's Humbucker had not quite made it off the test bench yet). 1955 was the first "official" release of the ebony-finished "Black Beauty".
Although I've never been a huge fan of Les Paul guitars, for many folks they are the pinnacle of guitardom-- partly because of the seemingly never-ending list of star players who have been associated with them. Not a whole lot for me to say here that hasn't already been said-- volumes have been written about this guitar!
Remember, clicking on the image should bring up the full-sized (zoomable to 1000 pixels) image in a new window. New installments in the series will be posted every Monday. (Next installment will be posted on 11/3/08)

