Before the frenzy. Before the legend. Before the '59 became the most sought-after guitar in the galaxy — there was 1958. The Interstellar Tone Traveler knows that every great discovery has an origin point, and the 1958 Les Paul Standard is exactly that: the genesis burst, the primordial signal from which everything that followed was born. The Gibson Custom Shop 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS in Bourbon Burst recreates that first chapter with obsessive vintage accuracy — a guitar that feels like it has been orbiting Earth since the golden age of rock, waiting to be rediscovered. Where the '59 wears a figured maple top, the '58 carries a 2-piece plain maple top fitted with hide glue — historically correct and tonally distinct, delivering deeper warmth, rounder edges, and a room-filling resonance that growls to life with every note like a star igniting for the first time. The Bourbon Burst Nitrocellulose VOS finish glows with amber, honeyed depth — warmer and richer than the Dirty Lemon '59, burning with its own unmistakable gravitational pull across its single-ply Royalite bound body.

Built on a 1-piece lightweight mahogany body with a long tenon hide-glue neck joint, an authentic 1950s no-tube truss rod, and Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall frets — every construction decision reaches back to 1958 with the same obsessive period accuracy that defines the entire Historic Reissue series. Custombucker Alnico 3 pickups wired through CTS 500K audio taper potentiometers and Paper-in-Oil capacitors via 3-way Switchcraft toggle deliver PAF tone in its most authentic form — the voice of the past with the power to shake the future. A no-wire ABR-1 bridge with nickel-plated brass saddles, lightweight aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece, and Kluson Single Line Single Ring tuners complete the period-correct spec, while aged cellulose nitrate trapezoid inlays and cream Royalite fingerboard binding seal every visual detail. It arrives in the iconic Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch case with Certificate of Authenticity, Historic Reissue hang tags, and Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion. The '59 may be the most famous burst in the cosmos — but the '58 is where the story began.

Model: 1958 Les Paul Standard Reissue, VOS 
Body Construction: Solid
Body: 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany
Body Top: 2-PiecePlain Maple, Hide Glue Fit 
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose VOS (Vintage Patina)
Body Binding: Single-Ply Royalite
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlay: Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
Nut: Nylon, 1.69"" 
Neck Profile: 50's Round Medium "C"
Neck Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit 
Frets: Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall 22 
Truss Rod: Authentic 1950s No-Tube
Radius: 12"
Fingerboard Binding: Cream, Single Ply Royalite
Scale Length: 24.75"
Bridge Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3
Neck Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
Outpuck Jack: 1/4" Switchcraft
Bridge: No-Wire ABR-1 (Nickel-Plated Brass Saddles)
Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
Hardware Color: Nickel
Pickup Covers:  Authentic Profile Nickel Silver
Strap Buttons: Aluminum
Switchwasher: Silkscreened Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Pickguard: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Truss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply 
Switch Tip: Amber Catalin 
Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
Tuning Machines: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring 
Mounting Rings:  M69 Cellulose Acetate Butyrate 
Control Covers: Black Royalite 
Case: Custom Shop Hardshell 
String Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Accessories: COA, Historic Reissue Hang Tags, Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion 9w/Historic Black Plastic Cover in Case) 
Weight: 8lbs 6oz.
Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch