Excellent condition featuring single cutaway one piece mahogany body with cherry stain back and neck finish, single bound two piece figured maple top with cherry sunburst finish, two humbucking pickups with white open coils and aged white pickup surrounds, two volume controls and two tone controls with steel pointers and gold reflector top knobs, three-way pick up selector switch with aged tip and thin plastic aged Rhythm and Treble selector ring, single ply elevated aged white pickguard with metal mounting bracket, stop tailpiece, wired ABR-1 fully adjustable bridge, mahogany neck, bound Indian rosewood fingerboard with pearloid trapezoid inlays starting at the third fret, bone nut, Gibson open book peghead shape with black peghead face, pearl Gibson logo and Gibson Les Paul model silkscreen logo, multi-ply bell shape truss rod cover, three per side aged nickel Grover Rotomatic tuning machines, single ply black plastic electronics cavity control plate and switch cover plate, two metal strap buttons and original brown Lifton style Gibson hard shell case with pink plush lining.
This 2005 Gibson Les Paul 1960 reissue is in excellent cosmetic condition and shows only minor play wear throughout and just a few very tiny dings (see photos). The neck profile is that of a smaller 1960 carve but is chunkier than most of the Les Paul R0s that I've played in the past. It is extremely comfortable in hand and has nice rounded shoulders that feel incredible. The frets show some very slight signs of play wear but nothing major and have tons of life left in them. The rosewood fretboard is of the darker variety and looks superb. The tuners are a replacement set of aged nickel Grover Rotomatics. These really look great and keep this guitar's tuning rock solid. The pickups are a set of Wizz Premium Clone PAF replicas with double white bobbins. These pickups sound astonishing in this instrument and are, in my opinion, a major upgrade from the original pickups as they deliver the articulate, woody and biting tones associated with the golden era of Gibson manufacturing.
This Les Paul has a monster top. It is beautifully figured and has a very distinct “chevron” grain pattern that is among one of the finest I’ve seen. Everything from the color to the grain is visually pleasing. This is a very special Lester and these examples don’t pop up for sale very often. If you're after a killer Reissue series Les Paul, this one, in my opinion, is one of the finest on the market. A gem of a guitar shipped out safely and promptly from our little shop here in Clarksville, Tennessee, to your front door.
