Gibson Les Paul Special Double Cutaway Electric Guitar - Ebony

The Gibson Les Paul™ Special was first introduced in 1955 as an upgraded version of the Les Paul Junior — a stripped-down yet high-quality solidbody electric guitar initially intended as a student model, first released in 1954. Like the early Juniors, the original Les Paul Special featured a slab, single-cutaway mahogany body. Gibson enhanced it with a second pickup, additional controls, a pickup selector switch, fretboard binding, and a fancier mother-of-pearl headstock logo. While more feature-rich, it retained the Junior’s simple wraparound bridge, straightforward attitude, and wide tonal range — qualities quickly embraced by both students and professional musicians. In 1958, the Les Paul Special transitioned to a double-cutaway body, improving access to the upper frets. 

By 1960, Gibson repositioned the neck pickup for a more stable neck-to-body joint and introduced the SlimTaper™ neck profile, making it faster and easier to play than ever. Now available at Sadek Music, the Les Paul Special Double Cut returns to Gibson’s core lineup, preserving the classic design that has shaped sound across generations and genres. It features a double-cutaway mahogany body for balanced playability and easy fretboard access. The mahogany neck features a SlimTaper profile and is capped with a bound rosewood fretboard, adorned with acrylic dot inlays and 22 medium jumbo frets. Smooth-turning Gibson Vintage Deluxe tuners with white buttons on the headstock, along with a Graph Tech® nut, ensure solid tuning stability. Strings anchor to a simple wraparound bridge/tailpiece with two intonation adjustment screws bolted directly into the mahogany body, contributing to the excellent tone and sustain that the Les Paul Special Double Cut is known for.

A pair of Gibson’s acclaimed P-90 Soapbar pickups, each hand-wired to individual volume and tone controls, power this guitar, with Orange Drop® capacitors ensuring clarity and responsiveness. The Les Paul Special Double Cut is available in Ebony, Vintage Cherry, and TV Yellow, and includes a protective hardshell case for safe transport. Isn’t it time you played something Special? Find yours today at Sadek Music and experience why generations of players continue to celebrate this legendary guitar.

FEATURES

• One-piece, double cutaway solid mahogany body
• Mahogany neck with a SlimTaper profile
• Bound rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and acrylic dot inlays
• Soapbar P-90 pickups
• Hand-wired controls with Orange Drop tone capacitors

Specifications

Body

• Shape: Les Paul Double Cut
• Body Material: Mahogany
• Finish: Ebony

Neck & Fretboard

• Neck Material: Mahogany
• Neck Profile: 50s Vintage
• Nut Width: 1.695" / 43.05mm
• Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"
• Scale Length: 24.75" / 628.65mm
• Number of Frets: 22
• Nut: Graph Tech
• Inlays: Acrylic Dots

Hardware & Electronics

• Bridge: Wraparound
• Knobs: Black Top Hats
• Tuners: Vintage Deluxe with White Buttons
• Hardware Finish: Nickel
• Neck Pickup: P-90
• Bridge Pickup: P-90
• Controls: 2 Volumes, 2 Tones & 3-Way Toggle Switch (Hand-wired with Orange Drop Capacitors)
• Case: Hardshell