NAMM 2024: Two things are not a secret: most of us can never afford a Custom Shop '59 reissue Les Paul, let alone a vintage original. But we can upgrade the guitars we can afford to get closer to those hallowed sounds. And pickups are the obvious way. Now Gibson wants to help us by selling what it's touting as the ultimate PAF recreation. The originals are the pickups that feature on its late '50s / '60 golden age guitars, namely the 1959 Les Paul 'Bursts you'd have to sell your house for and still need a loan to buy.
