![]() ![]() The frets are low and flat, as opposed to the usual medium jumbo frets found on other Les Paul customs, and the guitar soon was given the nickname "The Fretless Wonder". The pickups were a P-90 in the bridge position and an Alnico V pickup (nicknamed the staple pickup), newly designed by Seth Lover, in the neck position. ![]() The "Split Diamond" inlay on the headstock was taken from the carved archtop Super 400, which was the top of the Gibson line. Nicknamed the Black Beauty, the guitar had a mahogany body and neck, ebony fret board, and mother of pearl block inlays on the fret board. He requested a black guitar as he wanted it to "look like a tuxedo". ![]() In late 1953, a more luxurious version was introduced, most probably on specific request by Les Paul himself, as he wanted a more luxurious and classy looking guitar. The 1952 Gibson Les Paul was originally made with a mahogany body with a one-inch-thick (2.5 cm) maple cap, a mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard, two P-90 single coil pickups, and a one-piece, 'trapeze'-style bridge/tailpiece with strings fitted under (instead of over) a steel stop-bar, and available only with a gold-finished top, giving rise to the moniker "Gold-Top".
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