1981 Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty up for trade. Guitar is in good condition with the usual dings, dents and buckle rash from use and has aged beautifully especially on the bindings by Father Time not Tom Murphy, Hahaha. Hardware is tarnished as well. There are no chips or crack at all. Frets still has plenty of life. Many have said that the old Les Paul Customs came with fretless wonder frets which is extremely low and narrow, but Gibson stopped using them in 1975. On a 1981 Gibson Les Paul, what Gibson used is low and wide frets which is very comfortable, good for chords, solos and bending of strings.
Guitar has one piece mahogany body (No weight relief or chambering like current Gibson USA Les Pauls and definitely not pancake body like the 1970s Les Pauls where multiple layers of wood were compressed to form the body), Gibson Tim Shaw Pickups (The best pickups Gibson ever made after the orginal 50s and 60s PAF, Tim Shaw pickups go for $450-$650usd a set currently). The guitar sounds really good, those Tim Shaw pickups have a very clear and articulate tone, and the neck pickup is sweet, no muddy tone like most Les Pauls. Everything on the guitar is stock but for an even cleaner tone especially when used with overdrive and distortion, I would recommend using 500k audio taper pots for the tone, Gibson was using 100k tone pots back then (I don't know what they were smoking or thinking).
Guitar comes with the first generation Gibson Protector case nick named the Chainsaw case. Not the prettiest looking case but it's definitely the toughest. I'm looking to trade for a Gibson Peter Frampton Les Paul Custom, Gibson USA Slash AFD Les Paul, 1995-1998 Gibson USA Jimmy Page Les Paul, 1980s-1990s Gibson Les Paul R9 nick named the Pre-Historic reissue before there was even a Gibson Custom Shop, Gibson R8, Gibson R7 Goldtop, Gibson R7 Les Paul Custom Black Beauty or Gibson R0. It doesn't matter if your guitar has nicks and dents, as long there are no cracks, it's all good.
Guitar has one piece mahogany body (No weight relief or chambering like current Gibson USA Les Pauls and definitely not pancake body like the 1970s Les Pauls where multiple layers of wood were compressed to form the body), Gibson Tim Shaw Pickups (The best pickups Gibson ever made after the orginal 50s and 60s PAF, Tim Shaw pickups go for $450-$650usd a set currently). The guitar sounds really good, those Tim Shaw pickups have a very clear and articulate tone, and the neck pickup is sweet, no muddy tone like most Les Pauls. Everything on the guitar is stock but for an even cleaner tone especially when used with overdrive and distortion, I would recommend using 500k audio taper pots for the tone, Gibson was using 100k tone pots back then (I don't know what they were smoking or thinking).
Guitar comes with the first generation Gibson Protector case nick named the Chainsaw case. Not the prettiest looking case but it's definitely the toughest. I'm looking to trade for a Gibson Peter Frampton Les Paul Custom, Gibson USA Slash AFD Les Paul, 1995-1998 Gibson USA Jimmy Page Les Paul, 1980s-1990s Gibson Les Paul R9 nick named the Pre-Historic reissue before there was even a Gibson Custom Shop, Gibson R8, Gibson R7 Goldtop, Gibson R7 Les Paul Custom Black Beauty or Gibson R0. It doesn't matter if your guitar has nicks and dents, as long there are no cracks, it's all good.
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