Gibson Custom Shop 1954 Les Paul Custom Reissue Staple Electric Guitar, Heavy Aged Ebony

Gibson Custom Shop 1954 Les Paul Custom Reissue Staple Electric Guitar, Heavy Aged EbonyA bend in the road of history for the Custom, this limited edition Gibson Custom Shop 1954 Les Paul Custom Reissue breaks from tradition. Part of their 2026 Limited Edition collection, this Gibson Custom Shop 1954 Les Paul Custom Reissue features an array of specifications authentic and alternative for a totally thrilling Les Paul Custom model. Spinning a different narrative thread, this bold and black Les Paul Custom is a looker in more ways than

A bend in the road of history for the Custom, this limited edition Gibson Custom Shop 1954 Les Paul Custom Reissue breaks from tradition. Part of their 2026 Limited Edition collection, this Gibson Custom Shop 1954 Les Paul Custom Reissue features an array of specifications authentic and alternative for a totally thrilling Les Paul Custom model. Spinning a different narrative thread, this bold and black Les Paul Custom is a looker in more ways than one.

This limited Gibson Custom Shop model starts off with a solid mahogany body assuming Gibson's iconic single-cutaway Les Paul model. The Les Paul's rich and resonant mahogany serves as an excellent sonic base from which the rest of this 1954 Les Paul Custom leaps. Wrapped in a worn and classy ebony lacquer finish, this Gibson Custom Shop features a specialized Heavy Wear aging and wear treatment from their Murphy Lab division to replicate authentic lacquer damage for an overall elevated aesthetic presentation. Multi-ply body binding wraps this ebony finish nicely for a cool, worn geometric flourish.

The Gibson Custom Shop goes further with this model with a long tenon mahogany neck in a 1950s Chunky D profile. Meant to capture the fullness and authority of thick, vintage necks, this Chunky D moves easily from lower to higher registers. With this, an ebony fingerboard with block inlays and a twelve-inch radius matches for effortless fretting across the fingers.

Everything, however, brings us here to the centerpiece of this whole limited edition Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom. Onboard, this '54 Les Paul Custom matches an uncovered Gibson Custombucker Alnico 3 pickup with Zebra bobbins with the biggest break from tradition – a Gibson Custom Staple humbucker. One of Gibson's historic secret weapons, the Custom Staple features Alnico 5 magnets for a clean, crystalline humbucking sound that responds wonderfully to its Custombucker neighbor. Altogether, this classy, historically inaccurate choice makes for a Les Paul Custom all its own.

This limited edition Gibson Custom Shop tops everything off with a few key specs. A nylon nut pairs with Kluson Waffleback tuning machines for easy stringing and solid intonation. An ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge lands at the scale's opposite end with a Stop Bar tailpiece for a sturdy connection and transfer of motion. Gold-finished hardware appears across the model for that classic Les Paul Custom look while it travels with an included Lifton reissue hardshell case.

A deep, dark, and devious Les Paul Custom that really turns your traditional model on its head, this limited edition Gibson Custom Shop wouldn’t have it any other way.

• Gibson Custom Shop 2026 Limited Collection model
• Non-weight-relieved solid mahogany body
• Long tenon mahogany neck in 1950s Chunky D profile
• Ebony fingerboard with twenty-two Reissue Medium Jumbo frets
• Twelve-inch fingerboard radius
• Gibson Custombucker 3 and Gibson Custom Staple humbucking pickups
• Nylon nut and Kluson Waffleback tuning machines
• ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge with Stop Bar tailpiece
• Gibson Custom Shop Heavy Aged nitrocellulose lacquer gloss finish
• Lifton reissue hardshell case included