![]() ![]() Re-issuing the original '50s style Les Paul models was one of the few great ideas Gibson had in 1968, a year not otherwise remembered as a company high point! The new "old" Les Pauls - initially a gold-top Standard with P-90s and black Custom with humbuckers - were introduced at the 1968 NAMM show and proved an immediate success. This gleaming black-and-gold beauty was arguably the greatest success story to come out of Kalamazoo after the departure of Ted McCarty, and remains an enduring classic today. One of the all-time most sought-after of late 1960s Gibsons, the 1968-9 Les Paul Custom has developed a mystique all its own. ![]() Gibson Les Paul Custom Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1969), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 500725, black lacquer finish, mahogany body with maple cap mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, original black tolex hard shell case.
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