SOLD: 2012 Gibson Les Paul '60s Tribute Goldtop with P90s

Cirrus · August 2017

Here we have a Gibson '60s Tribute Les Paul, bought new from Guitar Guitar in 2012. At the time I fancied one of these but was in no particular rush, so I think in the end I tried five - two at Coda Music in Stevenage and three in a head-to-head through an AC30HW2 nice and loud in one of the sound booths at Guitar Guitar Birmingham. This was far and away the best playing and sounding of the lot - more sustain, better neck, and thicker/ richer tone through the amp.

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It's been gigged and the finish is quite thin so there are some scuffs and wear as detailed in the photos. Also the neck pickup became microphonic at high gain after a couple of years so it's been replaced with an Oil City P90 - believe it was the Firewatch A4 as found on this page.

The neck angle is quite steep which personally I love the feel of, so I've top-wrapped the strings over the tailpiece. Tuning stability is very good, decent sustain, and the neck plays fantastic using 11-48s a semitone down (believe it came with 10s in standard). I find the P90s really great gutsy pickups, fantastic for clean and gain.

So why am I selling it? Well, firstly the wife hates the colour, and that gets boring after a while. Secondly I'm after a Gretsch, which I could only really justify if I get rid of this. Finally because in practice it feels quite similar to my main guitar, an Explorer, I end up playing the same style on both instruments, stick with my #1, and this doesn't get the use it deserves.

For fear of being accused of self promotion, it features in this video my band did for our last single... and IMO is far and away the most attractive single object in the whole vid;

Not totally sure how to price this - can't find many examples to go off, it's discontinued and the new range is a bit different. So I'll put £500 out there as a starter.

Gibson Hardcase and gig bag included. No postage, no trades unless you've got one of the newer Gretsch Electromatic 5422 shapes. Collection in Birmingham, but happy to drive to meet you - just get in touch and we'll sort something out!