1980 Gibson Les Paul Custom
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For sale 1980 Gibson Les Paul Custom, this is not a guitar for a collector it has the battle scars of 33 years honest gigging, there are many scuffs and knocks that you would expect from such a history, the business end (the fretboard) is however pristine and beautifully flat made from ebony with real MOP inlays, it has not been refretted but the frets are nicely evenly worn to provide that smooth 'fret less' action synonymous with this age of axe.It has never had a neck break despite its lifestyle, it was bought as a project or rescued should I say and as such has had some work done, this is:The back of the neck has been refinished, the original was so worn it looked ugly.There has been a third pickup fitted, the recess was professionally machined out.A DPDT pot replaces the neck volume control, with it pushed down and the selector in the rhythm position the guitar uses the standard neck pickup arrangement, with it 'up' the middle pickup is selected with the neck pickup isolated, with the selector in the middle position and the pot 'up' the middle and bridge pickup are active ( I am sure you get my drift!).The pickups are new Dimarzio,s.. The bridge and middle are super distortion and the neck is a super2.Black Pickup surrounds and scratchplate have been replaced with creme.I think that is about it... Reluctant sale as I have two
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