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The first model, simply called the "Gibson Les Paul", was released in 1952. This style has since been retroactively named "The Goldtop", as the model came only in one finish: an old gold solid paint, with two P-90 pickups and nickel plated hardware. In 1954, the Gibson Les Paul Custom was added to the model line. The Custom featured a solid ...
This is a list of Gibson brand of stringed musical instruments, mainly guitars, manufactured by Gibson, alphabetically by category then alphabetically by product (lowest numbers first). The list excludes other Gibson brands such as Epiphone.
Les Paul Custom Nightfall Epiphone: 7-string model also available [323] Les Paul Custom Origins Available in bone white and ebony. Also available in 7-string. [324] [325] Les Paul Custom Snofall 7-string model also available [323] Matt "Guitar" Murphy: MGM-1 Cort [326] Mattias Eklundh: Apple Horn 8 EF Caparison [327] Max Cavalera: Max-200 RPR ...
Electric guitars such as the Gibson Les Paul, Gibson ES-335, and the Gibson SG are made in Nashville, Tennessee. Until 2019, Semi-acoustic guitars, such as the Gibson ES Series, were made in Memphis, Tennessee, but that operation moved to Nashville during the company's restructuring as they emerged from bankruptcy protection.
The 1952 Gibson Les Paul was originally made with a mahogany body, a mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard, two P-90 single coil pickups, and a one-piece, 'trapeze'-style bridge/tailpiece with strings fitted under (instead of over) a steel stop-bar, [note 1] and available only with a gold-finished top, giving rise to the moniker "Gold-Top".
Lucy was originally a "Goldtop" Les Paul Standard model with PAF humbucking pickups, a combination initially produced only in 1957 and part of 1958. Gibson records show that serial number 7-8789 was shipped from the Kalamazoo factory on December 19, 1957.
Memphis Guitars were guitars produced during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. They made an inexpensive copy of the Gibson Les Paul; the copy was the first electric guitar owned by Slash as a teenager. [1]
In 2022, Gibson released the Collector's Edition Kirk Hammett "Greeny" 1959 Les Paul Standard. Limited to 50 units and only available directly through Gibson, the model is an exact replica of Greeny, handcrafted by the Gibson Custom Shop with ageing by the Murphy Lab. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Priced at $50,000, among those to have acquired a copy were ...