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1958 Gibson les paul custom "black beauty"

$85,000.00

  • Year: 1958
  • Manufacturer: Gibson
  • Model: les paul custom "black beauty"
  • Case: Original Hard
  • Color: Black
  • Condition: Near Mint
  • Description: This medium weight Les Paul Custom weighs just 9.60 lbs. and has a solid mahogany body with a slightly arched top. One-piece mahogany neck with a nice medium profile, a comfortable nut width of just under 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Ebony fretboard with 22 original thin frets and inlaid pearl block position markers. Individual Grover Roto-Matic tuners with half-moon metal buttons. Three original 'gold-plated' double-black PAF humbucking pickups with outputs of 7.37k, 7.43k, and 7.05k. Five-layer plastic pickguard secured to body by two screws. Four controls (two volume, two tone) on lower treble bout plus three-way selector switch on upper bass bout. Black plastic bell-shaped "Bell" knobs. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic non-retainer bridge with metal saddles and separate stud tailpiece. All hardware gold-plated. This totally original example is one of the lightest 'PAF' Les Paul Customs that we have seen. This guitar is in near mint (9.25) condition with just a few very small surface marks on the back. There is hardly any finish checking and the original frets have plenty of life left. There is some very minor tarnishing to the gold hardware - but we can quite honestly say that this is the finest example of a PAF Custom that we have seen. Complete with original hang-tags and other case candy. Housed in its original Gibson black pebble-grain "black beauty" hardshell case with orange plush lining (9.25). (01201)