Gibson 1958 Les Paul TV Special, Excellent

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Yes, this is yet another 1958 Gibson TV Les Paul Special!  This one is a beauty - sporting a professional refret and bone nut, otherwise it is all original.  This example delivers exactly what a 50's LP Special promises: warm, full-throated midrange with clear single-coil articulation and enough output to push an amp into glorious, natural overdrive. The original pickups read within a fraction of each other (7.85k neck, 7.87k bridge). Overall condition is excellent, and it weighs in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces.

The Les Paul TV Special was Gibson's working-musician, stage-ready alternative to the fancier Les Paul models of the late 1950s. The TV designation referred to the limed mahogany finish — later standardized as TV Yellow — which photographed cleanly under early television studio lighting. It shared the junior-spec slab mahogany body construction and 24.75" scale with the Les Paul Junior, but came with two P-90 soapbars instead of one, a three-way Switchcraft toggle, and four controls. The Brazilian fretboard has some killer looking grain, and it is in excellent condition. The chunky rounded medium-to-full C-shape neck profile — consistent with late-'50s Gibson production — is a large part of why players continue to seek these guitars out.

The original chipboard case is included but is in less-than-poor condition — it is literally falling apart and is beyond restoration. We will ship this guitar in a modern Guardian rectangle hardshell case, which is included and in very good condition. No other accessories or documentation are included.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Color: TV Yellow
• Finish Original?: yes
• Finish Condition: excellent
• Weight: 7lbs 13oz
• Overall Length: 38-5/8"
• Nut Width: 1-11/16"
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Action 1st String At 12th Fret: 2/32"
• Action 6th String At 12th Fret: 2/32"
• Neck Profile: Chunky '58 rounded medium-to-full C-shape
• Neck Material: One-piece mahogany
• Inlay: Mother of Pearl dot
• Neck Thickness At 1st Fret: .917"
• Neck Condition: excellent
• Neck Repairs: none
• Neck Finish Original?: yes
• Tuner Brand And Model: Kluson "3-on-a-strip" with white/cream buttons
• Tuners Original?: yes
• Changes To Headstock For Tuners?: none
• Tuner Condition: excellent
• Tuner Markings: none
• Tuner Screws Original?: yes
• Truss Rod Cover: yes
• Nut Material: bone, replaced
• Nut Repairs: none
• Fretboard Radius: 12"
• Fretboard Material: Brazilian rosewood
• Fretboard Condition: excellent
• Fretboard Repairs: none
• Fret Condition: excellent
• Fret Repairs: Refretted
• Fret Count: 22
• Body Material: Solid slab mahogany
• Body Condition: excellent
• Body Repairs: none
• Body Binding: none
• Body Length: 17-3/8"
• Lower Bout: 13"
• Waist: 7-3/16"
• Upper Bout: 9-3/16"
• Body Depth/Thickness Outside Edge: 1-3/4"
• Bridge Brand: wraparound
• Tremolo Or Fixed Bridge?: fixed
• Bridge Original?: yes
• Bridge Condition: excellent
• Pickguard Color: black
• Pickguard Original?: yes
• Pickguard Condition: excellent
• Pickguard Screws Original?: yes
• Switch Brand: Switchcraft
• Switch Type: 3 way toggle
• Switch Condition: excellent
• Switch Original?: yes
• Switch Tip Color: yellowed
• Switch Tip Original?: yes
• Neck Pickup Brand: Gibson P-90 single-coil "soapbar"
• Neck Pickup Original?: yes
• Neck Pickup Reading: 7.85k
• Neck Pickup Markings: none
• Neck Pickup Condition: excellent
• Neck Pickup Screws Original?: yes
• Neck Pickup Cover Color: black
• Neck Pickup Cavity Condition: excellent
• Bridge Pickup Brand: Gibson P-90 single-coil "soapbar"
• Bridge Pickup Original?: yes
• Bridge Pickup Reading: 7.87k
• Bridge Pickup Markings: none
• Bridge Pickup Condition: excellent
• Bridge Pickup Screws Original?: yes
• Bridge Pickup Cover Color: black
• Bridge Pickup Cavity Condition: excellent
• Solders Original?: yes
• Wiring Original?: yes
• Control Cavity Cover Original?: yes
• Control Cavity Condition: excellent
• Potentiometer Count: 2
• Potentiometers Original?: yes
• Potentiometer Condition: excellent
• Output Jack Plate Color: black
• Output Jack Plate Condition: excellent
• Screws Original?: yes
• Output Jack Original?: yes
• Knob Color: black
• Knob Count: 4
• Knobs Original?: yes
• Knob Condition: excellent
• Case Brand: sold with original chipboard case, falling apart but still exists! Will ship in a modern Guardian rectangle HSC
• Case Original?: yes and no
• Case Condition: poor and very good
• Case Smells?: none
• Documentation: none
• Accessories Included: none
• String Gauge: 10-52
• Smells?: none
• Neck Thickness At 12th Fret: 1.015"
• Nut Original?: yes
• Output Jack Plate Original?: yes

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