Lester Pelham Blue ’59
BODY
| BODY CONSTRUCTION | Solid Body |
| BODY | Mahogany |
| TOP | Maple |
| FINISH | Nitro Aged (PU New-Look also availabe) |
| BINDING | Cream |
| WEIGHT RELIEF | Yes |
Neck
| PROFILE | 50s Vintage (Slim Taper also available) |
| WOOD | Mahogany, Set Neck Long Tenon |
| SCALE | 24,75" |
| TRUSSROD | Double Action |
| HEADSTOCK | Original Larson Peghead |
Hardware
| FINISH | Nickel |
| STOPTAIL | Gotoh, Aluminium |
| TUNER | Gotoh |
| BRIDGE | Tune-O-Matic Style |
STRINGS | D'Addario EXL 110 Nickel Wound |
| PICKUPS | Amber Spirit of 59 |
| POTS | Vintage Style made in USA |
| CAPACITOR | 0,047 uF |
| WIRING | Modern, Hand-Wired |
| CONTROLS | 2V/2T |
| SWITCH | Switchcraft, 3-Way |
ELECTRONICS
| WOOD | Indian Rosewood |
RADIUS | 12“ |
| FRETWIRE | Wagner Medium Jumbo |
| NUT | Real Bone |
| NUT WIDTH | 42,8 mm |
| BINDING | Cream |
FRETBOARD
A guitar with many sounds!
Our Maybach Lester guitars, masterpieces of design and craft, were modeled after the shapes and neck profiles used between 1957 and 1959. The guitar’s magical sound was constantly redefined by hordes of guitarists in the 1960s – as a matter of fact it cannot be grasped. After all, it embraces everything from Peter Green to Slash. Typically, the customers at Amber Pickups for a PAF ask for the following: “It needs to sound vintage but lively, possibly slightly nasal but with a strong bass foundation and shimmering high-end.” And the hand-wound “Spirit of ’59” pickups deliver exactly the straightforward rock sound with which the last decades’ great guitarists have delighted us.
This guitar design first appeared in 1952 - yet it only became an iconic instrument with the rise of blues rock and the creative guitar heroes’ playing on those legendary 60s recordings.
The MAYBACH® Lester
This guitar design was launched in 1952 in a version that was not fully thought through, but was later given its due with the emergence of British blues rock in the 1960s through the incredibly creative guitar work of young English guitarists. With sounds unbelievable for the time, they celebrated moving music that forever etched the aura of this type of guitar into music and guitar history.
The Maybach Lester is modelled on the body and neck profiles used between 1957 and 1959. And the hand-wound Amber „Spirit of ’59“ pickups deliver exactly the no-frills rock sound that has made the great guitarists of history so beloved.
