1983 Gibson Les Paul Standard Les Paul Owned Brown Sunburst, Mint, Original Hard, $18,500.00

Never have we seen Les Paul owned guitars for sale, and then they announced Julien’s of Beverly Hills in June of 2012 was organizing an unprecedented event where Les Paul’s entire musical estate would be sold at auction. This two-day extravaganza was historic; those lucky enough to attend were offered an insight and historical perspective into Les Paul’s life unprecedented and never to be repeated. It is with great pleasure that we offer one of the nicer guitars purchased while attending this once in a lifetime event. This beautiful piece comes with full Julien’s documentation and other peripheral materials. This lovely instrument is a NOS (new old stock) 1983 Gibson Les Paul Standard serial number 3 0255 in light brown sunburst with cherry back and sides. This is the Les Paul Standard Gibson wanted Les Paul to have in 1983. It is a remarkable guitar and the best reissue I’ve seen from this era for a variety of reasons. The guitar is a super accurate reproduction of an original 1959 Les Paul Standard. The profile and arch of the top is dead on, the binding and contours just look right, the treble pickup ring is tall like the originals, the neck feel and look of the fingerboard very much like an original 59. It weighs 8 pounds 14 ounces nice and light for 1983. Gibson sent Les Paul this Les Paul not to cut up, but because it was one of the better examples they made that year and they wanted him to have it. Much of the auction was newer instruments, hence we were excited to buy a few older instruments, we believe from a collector’s vantage point, the older the better. We learned by observation that Les Paul never liked binding and had a specific fret style and size he liked, most of his guitars we retro fitted with Ibanez adjustable bridges and other aftermarket parts, he always made his own low impedance pickups that were custom engineered for specific sounds and purposes. He had no problem removing stock parts and cutting up original guitars, it’s who he was and it teaches us quite a bit about Les Paul the man. You now have the opportunity to buy a Les Paul owned Les Paul guitar that Gibson wanted him to have 30 years ago and it’s perfect. The guitar is brand new with shipping tissue, there’s absolutely no wear or damage. We assume that the original pickups with PAF stickers intact would be Shaw humbucking pickups, this is one of the best sounding newer guitars I’ve heard, and the guitar sounds good acoustically unplugged. There’s no better investment or guitar than this pristine 1983 Les Paul Standard serial number 3 0255 from the estate of Les Paul, Julien’s lot 537, inventory number G81 with auction catalog, auction paper “from the estate of Les Paul”, winning auction paddle number 348, blank auction registration paper, Les Paul guitar pick, auction display description, auction hang tag, small auction flyer, Les Paul Foundation flyer, Gibson case paper, Gibson warranty, Gibson owner’s manual, packing tissue with original Gibson protector hard shell case.