The big 40 is coming up in a few months so I thought I’d treat myself to a birth year Les Paul
Been looking for a while but couldn’t find one that i really fancied then this beauty came up just 30 mins drive up the road
Tim shaw pups are awesome
Any Gibson Les Paul experts can tell me what model it is as I’ve looked around online and can not find this particular model
It doesn’t have ‘Les Paul’ written on the headstock and has a different emblem in it’s place that I’ve not seen before.
Also the headstock binding is a Les Paul custom type binding though the body has regular binding
Seller says it may have been a custom/special order as was bought back from the states back in 1982
https://imgur.com/a/PBCnorb
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Could be that it's an employee guitar who put an unusual facing on the headstock?
Headstock shot of Artist from https://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?167322-1979-Gibson-ES-Artist
A maple neck though?
Definitely a nice looking guitar.
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If anyone can figure out exactly what it is he'll be able to.
I just wanted a great playing 1980 Les Paul that looked lovely too. Love the natural laquer checking on the body and headstock
Nice guitar very unique!
https://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?200964-Where-are-they-now
Strings Jr worked at Gibson around that time and kept records of the guitars he worked on. You might be lucky. Also check Shaw humbucker dates with him, plus of course pop them out and have a look.