$3,299
Selling my electric attire as I am focusing on acoustic.
Custom Store Les Paul '57 Goldtop. This 2011 guitar (serial # 701146) is in as new problem, no wear and tear, no marks, no scratches front or back. Smoke free of cost atmosphere, never ever gigged. Definitely in perfect state.
Neck is still glossy and a little slow-moving as is factory new. Includes personalized case and all initial case sweet (OHSC).
Description - History.
A genuinely spectacular tool with its all-natural mahogany back and neck, while the top is in beaming gold with contrasting ivory trim. Original Gibson advertising campaign, circa 1955.
By 1957, Gibsons developing Les Paul model guitar had actually currently gone through several crucial alterations that would stay as the foundation of the well-known model known worldwide today as the Les Paul Standard. But while the addition of the new Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece one year earlier had significantly improved the total performance of the Les Paul, nothing would certainly compare to the addition of Gibson's pioneering humbucker pick-ups in 1957.
At the instructions of famous Gibson Head of state Ted McCarty, Gibson engineer Seth Fan began dealing with a tone circuit with hum-cancelling abilities sometime in 1954, making an application for an U.S. style patent for this reason the name License Applied For, or PAF on June 22, 1955. By early 1957, the typical double-coil version of the humbucker pick-up had begun to appear on Gibson ES-350Ts and es-175s, and ultimately on the Les Paul Version Goldtops of the exact same year.
Body.
In addition to the pickups, the basic specifications of those 1957 Les Paul Design Goldtops stayed the same. There were, nevertheless, a number of minor cosmetic variants that made the 1957 variation substantial in the development of the Les Paul, the most noteworthy which was the positioning of the inlaid, pearl-cut Gibson logo design, which was relocated closer to the leading side of the headstock. Furthermore, 1957 was to be the last full year of production for a Gibson version with a Goldtop surface. The prominent colour would not adorn one more Gibson guitar up until 1968.
Famous Players.
The 1957 Les Paul Goldtop was likewise the design made use of notoriously by Duane Allman during the developmental years of the Allman Brothers Band and his early session job, including his collaborate with Eric Clapton (Layla sessions), the Allman Brothers Bands fabulous Fillmore recordings, and also their first two albums a body of work thought about by many to be among the most essential in the record of rock-and-roll.
Near-perfect Leisure.
Todays 1957 Les Paul Goldtop from the Gibson Customized Store is a near-perfect leisure of the original tool, in all of its initial shine and historic majesty. The body showcases Gibsons standard hand-carved maple leading and strong, non-weight happy mahogany physical body. The headstock is made from Holly head veneer, instead of fiber, merely like it was in 1957, and the vintage-style tulip receivers are positioned in a straight line, also as they were on the original. The 24 -inch scale length neck is made from one strong piece of mahogany, and connected to the physical body utilizing a lengthy neck tenon one of the Les Pauls a lot more distinct attributes of the 1950s. The neck is covered by a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard equipped with acrylic trapezoid inlays matching the dimension of colour of the originals. Of training course, 2 of Gibsons legendary Burstbucker pick-ups supply all the refined variations of real, traditional humbucker tone by making use of traditionally unparalleled bobbin windings and Alnico II magnets. The guitars Antique Gold surface also matches the tone of the initial version, offering this Personalized Store version the precise and unique look of this traditional Les Paul. Various other historic sessions include CTS potentiometers, bumble bee capacitors, rolled crme-colored fingerboard binding, single-ply slim binding around the physical body, and period-correct switchwasher and jackplate. The 1957 Les Paul Goldtop comes either a V.O.S. or Veneer finish, and has the basic Gibson Customized case and certificate of credibility.
$4,399 +tax (for the gloss) at L&M; asking $3,299 or very close to deal.
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