{"product_id":"vintage-gibson-les-paul-custom-usa-1975","title":"Vintage Gibson Les Paul Custom - USA 1972","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AE-m9HJSgCU?si=ldpL5iISPKxJRvzc\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA one-owner Les Paul Custom, bought in 1972 from Cord Musical Instruments, with the original receipt to prove it. It has been looked after and played in beautifully for more than five decades, and the owner has never changed a thing apart from the strings. That is the kind of Les Paul serious players and collectors spend years looking for and rarely find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Custom has always been the dressed-up Les Paul: multi-bound body, ebony fingerboard, mother-of-pearl block inlays and gold hardware. Like the Standard, it was replaced by the SG body style at the end of 1960, and neither returned until 1968. The reintroduced Custom was a different guitar from the '50s original, with a 14 degree headstock angle, a shorter neck tenon, and from late 1969 a multi-ply mahogany and maple body, a small neck volute and a \"Made in USA\" stamp on the back of the headstock. This one has all of those features and the character that goes with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt has a solid mahogany \"sandwich\" body with a three-piece maple top, bound on both top and back, and a three-piece mahogany neck with the small volute, cream binding and tortoise side dots. The ebony fingerboard carries mother-of-pearl block inlays, and the multi-bound headstock has the split diamond inlay and Gibson logo. Grover tuners, a Tune-O-Matic bridge and a five-ply black pickguard complete it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEverything on it is factory original. The humbuckers and wiring work exactly as they should and sound huge, and the gold hardware has tarnished beautifully, the way it only can after years of ownership by one person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt's honest condition for its age. There is the odd dent or scratch, and some buckle rash on the back, but the wear is minimal for a guitar of this vintage, and the neck is clean and a joy to play. The frets have considerable wear, so a refret is on the horizon, and it can be done without disturbing anything else on this untouched guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOriginal one-owner Les Paul Customs with the receipt and everything still as they left the factory rarely come to market. If you're a purist, get in touch and plug this one in. You won't be disappointed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAction at 1st Fret: 0.50mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAction at 12th Fret: 2.25mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNeck Depth at 1st Fret: 22.89mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNeck Depth at 12th Fret: 26.63mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNut Width: 43.3mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWidth at 12th Fret: 52.72mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWeight: 4.675kg\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYear: 1972\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eModel: Gibson Les Paul Custom\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCrafted In: USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFinish: Sunburst\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBody: Solid Mahogany with Three-Piece Maple Top, Multi-Bound Top and Back\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNeck: Three-Piece Mahogany with Small Volute\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNeck Profile: C\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFingerboard: Ebony, 12\" Radius\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eInlays: Mother of Pearl Blocks\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eScale Length: 24.75\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFrets: Original\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePickups: Original Humbuckers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eControls: \u003cspan\u003e2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3-Way Toggle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBridge: Tune-O-Matic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTuners: Grover\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHardware: Gold, Aged\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSpecial Features: One Owner Since 1972, Completely Factory Original\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCase: Original Green Gibson Hardshell Case\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67641010651289,"sku":"26212","price":7495.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0283\/1905\/6012\/files\/1_f3fa72de-da55-4e12-9869-f415081e2796.png?v=1791492189","url":"https:\/\/www.premierguitars.com.au\/products\/vintage-gibson-les-paul-custom-usa-1975","provider":"Premier Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}