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➼ Gibson 2016 Les Paul Standard Plus – For Sale
This fine guitar is really, really something special. The Gibson folks in Nashville confirmed it is mahogany body with “modern” weight relief coming in at 9 lbs or 4.08 kg. The top is AAA figured maple and absolutely beautiful. The neck is mahogany, I thought maple which is my bad, with an asymmetrical ’60s slim taper. The fingerboard is compound radius rosewood with trapezoid inlays, very beautiful. The hardware is Tone Pro locking Tune-O-Matic bridge and tailpiece with locking Grover tuners.
The pickups are Burst Bucker Prom 1 and 2. All four knobs are push/pull. The two volume knobs go from a humbucker sound to single coil Fender styled sound. One tone knob changes the Phase so you can sound like Peter Green and the other is a Pure Bypass so the bridge pickup goes straight to the cable and to your amp. Which is great for taking solos!
The plastics are cream coloured and you see the amber top hat knobs. I have four Les Pauls so I only really need two and although this is my best guitar it is also too heavy at 9 lbs as I am not a young man anymore so I am reluctantly selling it.
The price of this Gibson 2016 Les Paul Standard Plus is £2,100
➼ Please email guitars@sidgriffin.com with all enquiries about this guitar.
➼ Gibson CS 356 – For Sale
Now putting this up for sale really hurts. Here is my prize Gibson CS 356, a beautiful white with a Bigsby tailpiece. Works like a dream, plays like a dream, sounds like a dream. Serial number CS 30969, this gorgeous guitar is from 2003 and I believe the Memphis Custom shop built it.
It has a Bigsby tailpiece which works like a dream, does not go outta tune when you use it, has been set up by one of Europe’s greatest guitar luthiers, weighs about 8 lbs. You can read about its specs on-line and I have the Gibson Custom, Art & Historic “Certificate Of Authenticity” which came with the guitar as well as the Gibson Custom, Art & Historic case which came with it.
The price of this Gibson CS 356 is £4,000
Great condition overall, no major dings, no visible surface scratches. Cosmetically, this one is a 9/10.
The body is a double bound mahogany back and sides with brilliant white finish which is slowly fading to off white or light yellow. Semi-hollow construction with dual f-holes. Tortoise pickguard with ivoroid binding. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and Bigsby tremolo tailpiece.
Weight: 8 lbs.
Neck: Semi-chunky C-shaped mahogany neck with black side dots and pearl rectangle inlays. Double bound ebony fingerboard is in terrific shape and the frets show almost no visible wear. 1 11/16” nut width, 24 3/4″ scale length. Bound headstock with split diamond pearl inlay and pearl Gibson logo. Gold Gibson Deluxe tuners function perfectly and it stays in tune. Neck plays beautifully up and down the length of the fingerboard.
Electronics: Dual Gibson 57 Classic humbuckers with 3-way pickup selector switch and black tophat knobs, 2x tone, 2x volume.
➼ Please email guitars@sidgriffin.com with all enquiries about this guitar.
