71 years have passed since the very first Les Paul rolled off the production line in 1952. Originally sold in gold and with P-90 pickups, humbuckers would come five years later, followed the very next year by sunburst finishes, thus birthing Gibson’s template for the archetypal Standard model.
The Les Paul gained popularity in the 60s and 70s when soon-to-be guitar legends Eric Clapton, Paul Kossoff, Peter Green and Jimmy Page got their hands on the iconic singlecut. And
