Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck, and unbound Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 20 original jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Headstock with inlaid pearl "Gibson" logo and pearl crown inlay. The headstock carries the plastic-button Kluson banjo tuners.

*Only the Volume & Tone port is non-original*

During 1959, 123 were built, while 342 were shipped in 1960. One fun bass!" (Robb Lawrence. The Early Years of the Les Paul Legacy 1915-1963 (pp. 208-209).