70s Les Paul Custom Power With Tuxedo Attitude
This Gibson Les Paul Custom 70s is what you picture when you think of blacked-out stages, blinding spotlights, and big, singing rock riffs. It nails that era of hard rock and early metal while giving you Custom Shop-level build quality you can actually count on night after night.
Solid mahogany, maple, ebony, and a pair of hungry 70s Tribute humbuckers come together for a guitar that feels as serious as it looks. Plug it into a cranked amp and it goes from glassy cleans to molten sustain without breaking a sweat.
Solid Mahogany Punch With Maple Snap
The heart of this Custom is a 1-piece solid mahogany body topped with a 2-piece plain maple cap. The mahogany gives you that thick, chewy midrange and natural sustain Les Pauls are famous for, while the maple top adds just enough cut so your notes stay defined when the band gets loud.
The gloss nitrocellulose lacquer is the real deal. Nitro lets the wood resonate more freely than thick poly finishes, so you get more bloom, more air, and more of that alive, acoustic feel when you play it unplugged. It also means this guitar will age gracefully as you put real miles on it.
Ebony Board And 70s C Neck For Serious Players
The solid mahogany neck is carved to an authentic 70s C-shape that fills your hand without feeling like a baseball bat. It is comfortable for rhythm work, but still fast enough for wide bends and expressive lead playing, and the long tenon joint keeps everything stiff and resonant.
Up top you get a bound solid ebony fingerboard with a 12″ radius and 22 medium jumbo frets. Ebony feels glassy and quick under your fingers, so legato lines, fast runs, and vibrato all feel effortless. The medium jumbo fretwire gives you plenty of meat for bends and vibrato without feeling clunky. Real talk, this is the kind of neck that keeps you in the zone when the set runs long.
70s Tribute Humbuckers With Hand-wired Orange Drop Grit
The 70s Tribute humbuckers are voiced for the era this guitar comes from: big rock rhythm, searing lead tones, and enough clarity to keep complex chords from turning to mush. The bridge pickup has that tight low end and upper-mid bite that slices through a dense mix, while the neck pickup stays warm and singing without getting muddy.
Inside, it is all old school. The wiring harness is hand-wired with Orange Drop capacitors, and you get the classic 2 volume, 2 tone layout feeding a 3-way toggle switch. Roll the volumes back for glassy, articulate cleans, or dime everything for saturated crunch that still responds to your picking dynamics.
Gold Hardware, Custom Appointments, Stage-Ready Feel
This is the full tuxedo-treatment Les Paul Custom: ebony finish, multi-ply binding, mother of pearl block inlays, and that unmistakable split-diamond headstock. Gold hardware everywhere, black witch hat knobs with gold inserts, a Les Paul Custom pickguard, and a gold-plated brass jack plate seal the deal.
The Tune-O-Matic bridge and stop bar tailpiece lock your tuning in and keep intonation solid, while the Keystone tuners feel smooth and precise. At 9 lbs 10 oz, it has enough mass for serious sustain, but the balance is right so it feels planted on a strap rather than like an anchor on your shoulder.
Custom Shop Craft, Ready Out Of The Case
This one comes from Gibson Custom Shop, which means top-shelf materials, tight tolerances, and a build that feels dialed in before you even plug it in. You also get a hardshell case so it is ready to travel from day one.
Before it leaves our Evansville, Indiana shop, it gets our full Player-Perfect setup to your specs. Tell us your string gauge and action preferences and we will make sure it feels like home the first time you pick it up.
Questions about how this specific Les Paul Custom 70s compares to others you are looking at? Call (888) 794-8482 and talk to a real player on our team. No scripts, no pressure, just honest guidance.
