Gibson Les Paul Special, TV Yellow Overview
The Gibson Les Paul Special, TV Yellow is a throwback to one of Gibson’s most beloved and timeless designs. First introduced in 1955, this model has been a favorite of musicians for over 60 years, offering raw simplicity and powerful tone. This version from Gibson’s Original Collection brings back that vintage charm and delivers classic tone, build quality, and playability in a no-nonsense package.
Key Features:
Body:
- Material: Solid Mahogany
- Finish: TV Yellow (Satin nitrocellulose lacquer)
- Design: Slab body, reminiscent of the original 1950s Les Paul Special
Neck:
- Material: Mahogany
- Profile: Fat 50s-style neck for a vintage feel
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Frets: 22
- Inlays: Acrylic Dots
- Nut Width: 1.695" (43.05mm)
- Scale Length: 24.75" (628.65mm)
- Binding: Single-ply binding on the neck
Hardware:
- Bridge: Wraparound bridge for solid intonation and sustain
- Tuners: Vintage-style white button tuners
- Plating: Nickel hardware
Electronics:
- Pickups:
- Neck: P-90 Single-coil rhythm pickup
- Bridge: P-90 Single-coil lead pickup
- Controls:
- Two volume controls
- Two tone controls
- 3-way toggle switch for pickup selection
- The P-90 pickups provide the guitar with its signature raw, gritty sound with excellent articulation.
- Pickups:
- Material Mahogany
- Profile Vintage 50s
- Scale Length 24.75"
- Fingerboard Material Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius 12"
- Number Of Frets 22
- Frets Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material Graph Tech
- Nut Width 1.695"
- End of Board Width 2.26"
- Inlays Acrylic Dots
- BODY BODY
- Body Material Mahogany
- Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Finish Nickel
- Bridge Wraparound
- Tuning Machines Vintage Deluxe w/ White Buttons
- Pickguard Black 5-ply
- Control Knobs Black Top Hats
- Switch Tip Amber
- Switchwasher Black
- Jack Plate Cover Black
- Neck Pickup P-90
- Bridge Pickup P-90
- Controls 2 Volumes, 2 Tones & Toggle Switch (Hand-wired with Orange Drop Capacitors)
- Strings .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
- Case Hard Shell Case
- Accessories Includes Gibson Accessory Kit