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Gibson 1983 Pre-historic Standard Les Paul

1983 Gibson Les Paul  Pre-Historic, Kalamazoo Made

1983 Gibson Les Paul  Pre-Historic, Kalamazoo Made

1983 Gibson Les Paul  Pre-Historic, Kalamazoo Made

This is a hand built 1983-4 Gibson Les Paul Standard pre-historic re-issue mad e in Kalamazoo.  the guitar was  taken out of the original Gibson factory in late 83 or early 1984 by a Gibson employee.  It was left at a friends house and remained in the closet for 23 years with no finish ( it did have the factory sealer coats ) or hardware / parts ever mounted ( I do have pictures that show the guitar with no finish and no parts and more importanty, there were no screw holes to show the guitar never had parts mounted )  The guitar is now loaded with vintage 60’s patent sticker pickups, a 1968 old stock aluminum tailpiece, new abr -1 bridge, new correct Kluson single line / single ring tuners ( correct for a 1958 anyway )  new CTS pots with vintage bumble bee tone caps.  All the routings and details on this gutiar are as close to a vintage 1958 Standard as mere mortals can be expected to create !  The neck is a chunky 58 C profile, fretboard appears to be real brazilian rosewood.  This guitar was more then likely meant as on of the Leo’s Music or String’s and Things’s custom order’s from the early eighties.  The only reason either one of those dealers would have refused this one is because of the lack of flame ( there is a slight amount of flame but not enough to claim this as a flame top )  The guitar even has a brand new Lifton re-issue California Girl case.  I do have proof of where the guitar came from , THIS IS NOT ONE OF OUR CUSTOM MADE REPRODUCTIONS, IT IS 100 PERCENT MADE IN KALAMAZOO !!!!!

 

1983 Gibson Les Paul  Pre-Historic, Kalamazoo Made

 

1983 Gibson Les Paul  Pre-Historic, Kalamazoo Made