61/59 Fat Neck Historic Standard

The **61/59 Fat Neck Historic Standard** was a Made 2 Measure bulk order introduced in 2019 by Guitar Center and Musician's Friend, which they continued ordering more of through 2022. Its notable feature is a '59 Les Paul style neck profile. Two different versions were produced, one with two pickups and another with three.

## 2-Pickups

* $4,499 Street (VOS)

**Body:**

* Solid Honduran Mahogany body
* Historic deep beveling
* Tapered horn tips
* One-piece construction
* Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
	+ Aniline dye
	+ VOS treatment
	+ Amber-tinted clearcoat (TV Yellow, Faded Cherry)

**Neck:**

* 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
* '59 Fat C profile (~.889" / 1.00")
* Set-in construction
	+ Hot hide glue
	+ Unsheathed truss rod
	+ Joins body at 22nd fret
* Indian Rosewood fretboard
	+ Cellulose nitrate trapezoid inlays
	+ 12" radius
* Medium Open Book headstock w/ Holly veneer
	+ Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
	+ Inlaid Mother of Pearl Crown
	+ 17o pitch
* 22 medium-jumbo frets
	+ Leveled by Plek machine
* 24 5/8" scale
* Nylon nut
	+ Cut by Plek machine
* 1 11/16" nut width

**Binding:**

* Single-ply, neck
* Thinner vintage-style
* Fret-edge binding

**Electronics:**

* Two Custombucker Humbuckers
	+ AlNiCo III magnets
	+ ~8k Ohms DCR
	+ Nickel plated covers
* Switchcraft 3-way switch
* 2 Vol, 2 Tone
	+ CTS 500k vintage audio taper pots
	+ Luxe "Black Beauty" paper-in-oil capacitors

**Hardware:**

* Nickel hardware
* Gotoh SD90 Kluson-reissue tuning machines
	+ 1:15 ratio
	+ Green Keystone buttons
	+ Single Line, Double Ring
* "True Historic" plastic parts
* 5-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
	+ Wide bevel angle
* Bell shaped truss rod cover
	+ 2-ply, wide bevel angle
	+ "Les Paul" script engraving
* Black Reflector knobs w/ pointers
* ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and aluminum stopbar tailpiece

**Finishes:**

* Faded Cherry
* TV Yellow
* Frost Blue
* Kerry Green

## 3-Pickups

* $5,999 Street

**Body:**

* Solid Honduran Mahogany body
* Historic deep beveling
* Tapered horn tips
* One-piece construction
* Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
	+ Amber-tinted clearcoat

**Neck:**

* 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
* '59 Fat C profile (~.889" / 1.00")
* Set-in construction
	+ Hot hide glue
	+ Unsheathed truss rod
	+ Joins body at 22nd fret
	+ Different heel shape from '61 Historic
* Indian Rosewood fretboard
	+ Cellulose nitrate trapezoid inlays
	+ 12" radius
* Medium Open Book headstock w/ Holly veneer
	+ Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
	+ Inlaid Mother of Pearl Crown
	+ Stinger
	+ 17o pitch
* 22 medium-jumbo frets
	+ Leveled by Plek machine
* 24 5/8" scale
* Nylon nut
	+ Cut by Plek machine
* 1 11/16" nut width

**Binding:**

* Single-ply, neck
* Thinner vintage-style
* Fret-edge binding

**Electronics:**

* Three Custombucker Humbuckers
	+ AlNiCo III magnets
	+ ~8k Ohms DCR
	+ Nickel plated covers
* Switchcraft 3-way switch
* 2 Vol, 2 Tone
	+ CTS 500k vintage audio taper pots
	+ Luxe "Black Beauty" paper-in-oil capacitors

**Hardware:**

* Nickel hardware
* Grover Rotomatic tuning machines
	+ 1:14 ratio
	+ Manufactured by Ping
* "True Historic" plastic parts
* Bell shaped truss rod cover
	+ 2-ply, wide bevel angle
	+ Blank
* Black Reflector knobs w/ pointers
* ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
* Aluminum stopbar tailpiece

**Finishes:**

* Antique Metallic Teal
* Sparkling Burgundy
* Double Gold
* Candy Blue