2009 Gibson Les Paul 1957 Goldtop Custom Shop Reissue R7 (SOLD)
SOLD
Collector owned since new and in amazing condition. If you’re looking for a classic American guitar it’s hard to beat an R7 Goldtop. The superb playability, and classic tone makes it the premier guitar for Blues, Southern Rock, and Hard Rock. The ’57 Goldtop is significant mainly because it marked the introduction of Seth Lover’s famed PAF humbuckers, forever changing the tone of rock guitar. Specs of the ’57 R7 include: carved maple top over a solid (non-weight relieved) mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck with early ’50s rounded profile, long neck tenon, Burstbucker 1 and 2 pickups, low-wide vintage frets, nickel hardware, ABR-1 nickel bridge, 24-3/4″ scale, and 1-11/16″ nut width. This R7 was collector owned and appears in excellent condition. With the Plek’d neck, setup is impeccable. Like most historics, this one has the VOS treatment. Not quite a relic, Gibson’s VOS process produces the slightly dull patina of a vintage guitar with a thin nitrocellulose finish and the nickel hardware is also dulled as you would expect on an original example. Includes all the case candy that Gibson now includes.
What else can I write about this EPIC guitar? This is THE GIBSON LES PAUL. Everything is heavy, fat and one piece on it 🙂 ONE PIECE mahogany body (Standard and Traditional models have 2 pieces mahogony body…lot of glue for the centre join), one piece AMAZING rosewood fretboard (it looks 10x better than my 2014 LP Standard Plus), one piece nice and chunky mahogany neck, bumble bee capacitors, Burstbucker pickups. It is all traditional and has an incredible feel and sound! Scroll down for my demo video!
The result of these is the warmest, greasiest, fattest LP sound I’ve ever heard!
The guitar has gained some light marks. This is only in the lacquer and nothing through to the wood, I couldn’t get them to show on camera. I look after my gear as much as possible but you can’t avoid some minimal marks if you play on a guitar…
The guitar comes with its original black Gibson Custom Shop case and of course it’s Certificate of Authenticity and some hang tags. Have a look at the pictures.
Goldtop LPs look fantastic on stage and posters. It has a serious presence.
These Custom Shop built LPs hold their value the most, so it is a great investment too!
With a new one selling for £3300 (at Andertons), why not save £1000 on this great example, £2300. You can get a killer amp or another guitar with the savings.SOLD
