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
- 17^o pitch
22 medium-jumbo frets
- Leveled by Plek machine
24 ⁵/₈" scale
Nylon nut
- Cut by Plek machine
1 11/16" nut width

Frost Blue

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