If you’re a regular follower of vintage guitars or any other guitar-obsessed haunter, you’ll know that when it comes to the vintage market, no other production line model demands the kind of money associated with the 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. When one of the roughly 1,400 so ’Bursts produced between 1958 and 1960 (so-called for their stunning sunburst finishes) hits the market, it is news in itself. Even more so when you narrow that to the most sought-after ’59 productions, which are thought to have been limited to just 643 guitars.Now a 1959 ’Burst dubbed ‘Miss Swiss’ is going up for sale via specialist dealer, Carter Vintage, with an asking price of $450,000. The instrument is described by the retailer as being “definitely one of the cleanest examples we've seen come through our showroom” and the images show it is in remarkably good condition for its 60+ years.
However, as Gibson’s Mark Agnesi recently said, they are still loved. “Everyone I know that has bought a ’Burst in the last five years is playing that guitar every single day,” says the Gibson man. “[Ultimately] if the thing doesn't play, it's worthless. So if you're sitting here with it and you're so worried about the value [dropping] you can't play the damn thing, it's worthless… There are far worse things you can do to guitars than put a new set of frets on it and have it PLEK-ed, so it plays like a new guitar again.” All of which, we imagine, will be welcome news to the new owner of the (refretted) Miss Swiss. If you’re in the market for a ’Burst, btw, you might also like the look of Kirk Hammett’s 1960 Les Paul Standard ‘Sunny’ – available for a snip more at $500,000, though it does come with its own Gibson Custom Shop replica model. For more information on the guitar, head to Carter Vintage.
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