2024 Gibson Custom '56 Reissue Les Paul Standard - Gold Top Wildwood Spec

Gibson Custom Shop Wildwood Spec 1956 Les Paul Standard – Gold Top

The Altitude Summary
This Wildwood Spec '56 Les Paul Standard is a premium tribute to one of Gibson’s most iconic Golden Era instruments. Featuring historically accurate construction and Wildwood-exclusive specs, it brings vintage tone and feel into the modern day with stunning authenticity. From the rich, resonant tonewoods and hot hide glue construction to the hand-selected P-90 pickups, this Gold Top is a tone machine made for players who crave the unmistakable growl and chime of a mid-'50s Les Paul. Finished in a vintage-correct nitrocellulose lacquer and built to sing unplugged or electrified, it’s a standout in both tone and feel.

This guitar is near mint condition, with zero fret wear or discernible scratches aside from light polishing marks.  The guitar has one ding on the backside bottom (pictured) but is otherwise free from any defects.  This is a lightweight (weighing in at 8.7 lb), tonal monster - the P90s scream and produce the exact sound that you expect and are looking for. 

Vintage-Correct Materials and Construction
Crafted with a carved maple top and solid mahogany body, all joined using traditional hot hide glue, this Les Paul emphasizes resonance and sustain from the inside out. The '50s Rounded neck profile offers classic comfort with a full-in-hand feel, while the rosewood fretboard with 12" radius and trapezoid inlays ensures smooth playability.

Custom Alnico III P-90 Pickups
Loaded with a set of Gibson Custom Shop P-90s using Alnico III magnets, this guitar delivers a wide tonal palette—from warm and woody lows to punchy mids and bright, articulate highs. They respond beautifully to dynamics, giving you expressive clean tones and throaty overdrive with vintage-style clarity and grit.

Elegant Feel and Functionality
With vintage-accurate appointments like nickel hardware, Kluson Deluxe tuners, an ABR-1 bridge, and lightweight aluminum stopbar, this '56 Les Paul plays and performs like the real thing. The attention to detail in the hand-rolled binding, single-ply cream top binding, and custom Wildwood specs makes this guitar both collectible and completely stage-ready.

Key Features

• Wildwood-exclusive 1956 Les Paul Standard reissue

• Carved maple top with solid mahogany body and neck

• Hot hide glue construction throughout

• '50s Rounded neck profile (.800” at 1st fret, .960” at 12th)

• Rosewood fingerboard with 12" radius and trapezoid inlays

• Two Custom Shop P-90 pickups with Alnico III magnets

• 2 Volume / 2 Tone controls with 3-way toggle switch

• ABR-1 bridge with lightweight aluminum stopbar

• Vintage nickel hardware and Kluson Deluxe tuners

• Vintage-accurate plastic appointments

• Includes brown/pink Lifton reissue case with Wildwood Spec badge and COA

An Heirloom-Level Gold Top
Whether you're a collector or a tone chaser, the Wildwood Spec '56 Les Paul Standard offers timeless mojo with master-built attention to detail. Its luxurious Gold Top finish, lush feel, and resonant voice make it a standout choice for those seeking the ultimate vintage-style P-90 Les Paul.