Up for sale, a 2015 Gibson Custom Shop Historic “Hand Selected” 1954 Les Paul Standard in near-mint, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case, CoA, and all hangtags. These Hand Selected models are extremely rare (with distinctive HS-prefix serial numbers) and represent a direct collaboration with select Gibson dealers. According to the included pamphlet from Gibson, this guitar was, “hand selected from the Gibson Custom factory in Nashville, Tennessee by the representatives of top Japanese dealers with the highest knowledge of Gibson Custom instruments.”

This Les Paul is a dead ringer for Jeff Beck’s iconic 1954 Oxblood Les Paul, featuring a pair of Gibson’s CustomBucker PAF humbuckers, a wraparound tailpiece, Schaller tuning machines, and a very dark Oxblood nitro lacquer finish. Traditional tonewoods include a mahogany body with a carved two-piece maple top and a mahogany neck capped with a bound rosewood fretboard (with hot hide glue throughout), and this Hand Selected 1954 Les Paul Standard weighs 9lbs 3oz, rich and resonant in its acoustic response.

This Jeff Beck spec’d Les Paul is fitted with a pair of Gibson’s CustomBucker PAFs; introduced in 2013, these pickups are one of Gibson’s most highly praised PAF iterations, originally only available in select Custom Shop models. Featuring Alnico III magnets, these low-medium output pickups have ample chirp, honk, and bloom, with the added resonance and ringing trebles of the wraparound tailpiece. The set in this particular guitar is highly detailed, balanced, and comfortably versatile with any playing style. This Custom Shop Historic Hand Selected 1954 Les Paul Standard benefits from a professional setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Mahogany
• Shape: ‘50s-spec “baseball bat” C, measuring .915” 1st fret, 1.015” 12th fret
• Fretboard: Rosewood, pearloid flared trapezoid inlays
• Frets: Medium jumbo, faint wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-4
• Scale Length: 24 3/4”
• Nut: 1 11/16”, nylon
• Tuners: Schaller M6
• Serialization: HS4 5-prefix (Historic Select 1954/2015, inked)

Body Specs:

• Wood: Maple, Mahogany
• Pickups: CustomBucker PAF x2
• Harness: Gibson-branded pots, Bumblebee tone caps
• Hardware: Wraparound bridge/tailpiece (nickel-plated)
• Plastics: Gold bonnet knobs, cream pickguard/pickup rings, lightly ambered switch tip

The gloss custom color Oxblood nitro lacquer finish is notably dark and rich , and cosmetic wear is limited to a couple tiny nicks along the lower bout perimeter, a few subtle finish scratches on the top/back, predominantly concentrated along the pick path, and subtle buckle worming central to the back. The nitro gloss on the neck profile is flawless.

The original Lifton-style hardshell case is included, along with the CoA and hangtags (dated July 2015).