The body is made of thae single piece of mahogany.The laquer has only the very lightest bucklerash – quite difficult to photograph. Back of the body is bound like the headstock, and has no scratches, dents, or chips.Ħ. Frets are in excellent condition – no signs of wear – even in the “cowboy chord” positions!.ĥ. Ebony fingerboard shows no sign of wear.Ĥ.

The mahogany set neck is in unmarked condition – no breaks.ģ.

5 layer W/B/W/B/W bound headstock, Grover Gold kidney button tuners – in great unmarked condition.Ģ. In great condition this is a good exmaple of Gibson’s finest.ġ. Grover branded kidney button style tuners. The Premium Plus refers to the choice of woods used to make the guitar – all top notch and highly figured.Īll the usual Gibson Custom shop appointments – multiple layered binding. Up for sale is my 1996 Gibson USA Les Paul Custom “Premium Plus” in a stunning Cherryburst finish. Beautifully figured, and an awesome player. It’s a one off with a slight marking to the “red” lacquer on the upper bass bout that makes this an individual piece, easily identified – and so not just a “stock model. As you can see from the quotes from the “Blue Book” above – this guitar apparently finished production in 1994 – however this example clearly carries the LPCC markings in the bridge pickup cavity and the HS marking denoting Heritage cherry Sunburst. 1994.īasically a Les Paul Custom with a top quality bound figured maple top. – similar to Les Paul Custom, except has highest quality bound figured maple top, available in Dark Wineburst, Honey Burst, Heritage Cherry Sunburst, or Vintage Sunburst finishes, disc. – similar to Les Paul Custom, except has bound figured maple top and gold hardware, available in Dark Wineburst, Honey Burst (HB), Heritage Cherry Sunburst (HS), or Vintage Sunburst (VS) finishes, disc. – single cutaway Les Paul-style one-piece mahogany/maple body (mahogany body with a maple top, 1968-69, 1977-present) or three-piece mahogany/maple “pancake” body (one thin maple layer sandwhiched by two large layers of mahogany and a maple top, 1969-1977), seven-ply top binding, set three-piece neck, 22-fret bound ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlays, mutli-bound headstock with pearl/diamond split inlays, three-per-side tuners, tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece, two or three covered humbucker pickups, four knobs (two v, two tone), three-way pickup switch, gold hardware, available in Alpine White (1987-present), Cherry (1971-1975), Cherry Sunburst (1971-1990), Ebony (1968-1990, 1995-present), Ferrari Red (1986-1987), Heritage Cherry Sunburst (1996-98, 2003-present), Honeyburst (1990, 1996-98), Natural (1975-early 1980s), Pewter (1986-1987), Silverburst (1979-1982, 2004-present), Tobacco Sunburst (1972-early 1980s), Vintage Sunburst (1987-1990), Walnut (1977-78), White (1975-1986), or Wine Red (1976-present) finish, 24.75 in.

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