The Interstellar Tone Traveler has encountered many spectacular sights across the galaxy — but few stop time like the Heritage Cherry Sunburst of a figured maple top catching the light just right. The Gibson USA Les Paul Standard 50's Figured Top is a golden-era classic reforged for the cosmos, a vintage-spec powerhouse that honors the instrument that reshaped the soundscape of an entire planet. Beneath that breathtaking figured top lies a non-weight-relieved mahogany body — the same resonant formula that powered the legendary 1950s originals — delivering planet-shaking Les Paul sustain that is rich, warm, and endlessly musical from the very first strum. The 50's Vintage neck profile fills the hand with solid, confident substance, ideal for everything from asteroid-crushing power chords to fluid comet-trail lead lines, flowing into a bound Indian rosewood fretboard with 22 medium-jumbo frets and classic trapezoid inlays that look like a genuine time capsule pulled from early rock 'n' roll hyperspace.

Fueling its tone are Burstbucker 1 and Burstbucker 2 pickups loaded with Alnico 2 magnets — calibrated to recreate the warm midrange bloom, radiant highs, and open low-end of the earliest PAF-style humbuckers with an authenticity no modern specification can replicate. Handwired with audio taper pots and Orange Drop® capacitors, this circuit responds to every subtle movement — commanding everything from lunar-jazz smoothness to supernova rock crunch with precise, musical control. An ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge, lightweight aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece, Vintage Deluxe tuners with Keystone buttons, and Gold Top Hat knobs blend modern reliability with era-correct aesthetics in every detail. For purists, collectors, and tone explorers alike, this is a direct wormhole back to rock history — with the power and beauty to shape new frontiers. Hardshell case included.

Model: Les Paul Standard 50's Figured 
Body Construction: Solid
Body: Mahogany
Body Top: AA Figured Maple
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose 
Body Binding: Single-Ply Cream 
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlay: Acrylic Trapezoid
Nut: Graph Tech, 1.69"" 
Neck Profile: 50's Vintage
Neck Joint: Glued in, Set Neck
Frets: Medium Jumbo
Truss Rod: Fully Adjustable
Radius: 12"
Fingerboard Binding: Single-Ply Cream
Scale Length: 24.75"
Bridge Pickup: Burstbucker 2
Neck Pickup: Burstbucker 1
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, Hand Wired with Orange Drop Capacitors
Pickup Selector: 3-Way Toggle
Outpuck Jack: 1/4" 
Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic 
Tailpiece: Aluminum Stop Bar
Hardware Color: Nickel
Pickup Covers:  Nickel
Switchwasher: Cream
Pickguard: Cream
Truss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply 
Switch Tip: Amber Catalin 
Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
Tuning Machines: Vintage Deluxe with Keystone Buttons
Mounting Rings:  Cream 
Control Covers: Black
Weight: 8lbs 7oz.
Case: Brown Lifton Reissue 5-Latch 
String Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Accessories: Gibson Accessory Kit