Encapsulating a key step in the Les Paul's history, today's Gibson Les Paul Custom 70s is an excellent revival of an icon. Coming together with a host of some of Gibson USA's top-tier materials, electronics, and appointments, we're met with a real star of a Les Paul.

The Les Paul Custom first hit the market in 1953. At Les Paul's request, Gibson made a Les Paul guitar model that "looked like a tuxedo." The original Les Paul Custom model was discontinued eight years later before being revived in 1968. Moving into the '70s, the Les Paul Custom's production was moved from Kalamazoo to Nashville, receiving a number of upgrades and refinements that elevated the total model altogether. After twenty years of offering the Les Paul Custom exclusively through the Gibson Custom Shop, Gibson debuts this new, American-made Les Paul Custom model. Today's Les Paul Custom 70s taps into the image of original '70s Les Paul Customs for an authentic representation for the players of today.

There's a good bit to cover with this American-made Gibson model. This begins with a single-cutaway mahogany body with a three-piece maple top. The body is fitted with five-ply top binding and three-ply back binding to highlight the curvature of the guitar and add that geometric flair to the overall presentation. Moving on from there, a maple neck joins in with a 70s-shaped profile with a volute on the back of the headstock. This neck, authentically taking that '70s-feeling fit, inspires quick moves from lower to higher registers as players traverse the full scale length. A bound ebony fingerboard is lined with twenty-two Medium Jumbo frets and Mother of Pearl block inlays and facilitates articulate fretting.

Sonically, this Les Paul Custom features two Calibrated T-Type humbucker pickups with individual volume and tone controls wired to Orange Drop capacitors. Impactful and nuanced, these humbuckers play with all the complexity Gibson pickups are known for while you blend through their vast tonal spectrum. The intriguing sounds of these humbuckers are bolstered by the sturdiness imparted by the model's hardware setup. An aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece land at the base of the scale for solid intonation alongside a Graph Tech nut and Grover Rotomatic tuning machines. These specs align with a number of period-accurate features. Posi-Lok strap locks fall in line with a vision of the '70s originals while a five-ply pickguard and '70s-era-style Witch Hat control knobs accompany. This American-made Gibson travels with an included Gibson hardshell case.

Anybody seeking a coveted '70s classic like the Les Paul Custom need look no further than this authentically honest and impressive representation from Gibson USA.

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• Three-piece maple top and mahogany single-cutaway solidbody
• Maple neck in '70s profile with volute
• Bound ebony fingerboard with twenty-two Medium Jumbo frets
• Mother of Pearl block inlays and Diamond headstock inlay
• Calibrated T-Type humbucking pickups with Orange Drop capacitors
• Graph Tech nut and Grover Rotomatic tuning machines
• Period-accurate Posi-Lok strap locks, five-ply pickguard, and Witch Hat knobs
• Aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece
• Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Gibson hardshell case included