1958 Gibson Les Paul Custom with two humbucking pickups! – True Vintage Guitar

I purchased this 1958 Gibson Les Paul Custom in very rare two humbucking pickup variation from its sole owner since the early 1960s! It may look like a typical late 1950s Les Paul Custom, but remember that the vast majority of these with humbuckers came with three pickups. Gibson made very few (maybe only one batch? 20-40 examples) Customs with only two humbucking pickups. 1958 is my favorite year for the Les Paul, so this guitar represents a pinnacle achievement for this guitar collector. In my 15 years of buying vintage Gibson Les Pauls, this is the only two pickup Custom I’ve ever had the chance to buy. 

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I landed in Albuquerque, New Mexico and drove 2.5 hours into the desert to meet the seller of this 1958 Gibson Les Paul Custom two pickup. Freddy told me that he worked at his uncle’s pawn shop in the early 1960s and always wanted a guitar. This Custom came in and was priced at only $100 (a steal even in the 1960s!), but was failing to attract a buyer even at that price. Freddy waited until the shop marked it down and finally purchased his dream guitar for only $50! But Freddy never became the guitarist he dreamed to be, so it sat in its case for many decades. 

Check out the two Patent Applied For stickers on the back of the two humbuckers on this 1958 Gibson Les Paul Custom. This is exactly how they should look!