There's legendary — and then there's 1959 Les Paul legendary. The Interstellar Tone Traveler has crossed countless galaxies in search of the perfect tone, and every road, every discovery, every instrument along the way has pointed back to the same coordinates: the '59 Les Paul Standard. The most sought-after electric guitar in the known universe, the original 1959 Burst set the blueprint for everything that followed — and this Gibson Custom Shop Reissue in Dirty Lemon VOS captures that spirit with painstaking, period-correct accuracy that borders on obsession. A 1-piece lightweight mahogany body fitted with a 2-piece figured maple top using authentic hide glue construction sits beneath a Nitrocellulose VOS finish with genuine vintage patina — the Dirty Lemon glow radiating the warm, honeyed light of a guitar that time itself has blessed. Single-ply Royalite binding, aged cellulose nitrate trapezoid inlays, an authentic 1950s no-tube truss rod, and a long tenon hide glue neck joint complete a build spec that doesn't merely reference the original — it is the original, reborn.

Plug in and the mythology becomes reality. Custombucker Alnico 3 pickups — wound to the exact magnetic signature of the original 1959 PAF humbuckers — deliver singing highs, blooming mids, and low-end that growls with authoritative depth, wired through CTS 500K audio taper potentiometers and period-correct Paper-in-Oil capacitors for a circuit that breathes and responds like nothing built after that golden decade. A no-wire ABR-1 bridge with nickel-plated brass saddles, lightweight aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece, Kluson Single Line Single Ring tuners, and Gold Butyrate Top Hat knobs complete an instrument where every component was chosen for historical fidelity rather than modern convenience. It arrives at Interstellar Guitars in Dead Mint condition, accompanied by its iconic Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch case, Certificate of Authenticity, Historic Reissue hang tags, and Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion. Some guitars are played. Some are collected. And some, like this one, are simply irreplaceable.

Model: 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue, VOS 
Body Construction: Solid
Body: 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany
Body Top: 2-Piece Figured 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 Rounded Medium "C"
Neck Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit 
Frets: Historic Medium-Jumbo 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: Replica 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 
Control Knobs: Gold Butyrate Top Hats
Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch Case
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 7oz.
Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch