Vintage Guitar Source

Info:   This is a very special Gibson Les Paul Standard that formerly belonged to a Gibson employee who was told that he could select any guitar in the shop when he retired, and he chose this one.  I have owned it for approximately a year, and fully intended to keep it for the rest of my life, but circumstances require me to sell it, so here it is listed on Ebay.  I believe it is a 2003 model based on the serial number.  It has the slim-profile 1960’s neck, and is totally stock with all original parts.  The pick guard is included in the case and has never been installed.  I paid just over $2000 for this guitar here on Ebay about a year ago.  The previous seller told me that he had taken it to a few experts who agreed that while it was not technically a custom shop instrument, it was clear that a lot of care had gone into the finishing of this guitar.  I am merely repeating exactly what he said.  I weighed it via very unscientific methods (me holding it on a bathroom scale), and believe it weighs approximately 8.5 lbs., but please don’t put too much faith in this.Just before listing it here for sale, I took it to the best luthier in town for a pro setup.  He replaced the nut while it was in the shop, as he said the previous nut had a couple of grooves that were filed too deeply in the original setup, so he replaced it with a new bone nut.  It’s a beautiful job and looks totally stock.  He also adjusted the intonation, etc., and it plays beautifully.  This work cost me just under $100 and was completed less than a month ago.This instrument has hardly been played and has virtually no wear and shows only the faintest signs of use.  The first owner (the ex-Gibson employee) didn’t play it at all, the second owner kept it under his bed most of the time, and I have played it maybe three hours total, and only in my house.  As far as I know it has never been gigged.  The frets are nearly new.  There are a couple of nearly invisible scratches here and there, but you have to look really hard in just the right light to find them and many people would never notice them at all, but I want to provide an honest description.  Absolutely no buckle marks, etc.  The only flaw worth mentioning specifically is a tiny red mark along the top edge.  It’s not a chip, as the finish is still intact, but it looks like a tiny reddish circle about 2mm in diameter.  See the last picture, and it’s near the lower-central portion of the photo.  It’s about the size of the end of a pen, and I took a closer picture with a pen … Click For More Info