This totally original Les Paul Standard Gold Top weighs just 8.70 lbs. Solid mahogany body with a carved maple top, one-piece mahogany neck with a medium-to-thick thick profile and a nice fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches. Brazilian rosewood fretboard with pearl crown position markers and twenty-two original frets. Two hot P-90 pickups with outputs of 8.38k and 7.58k. Combination “wrap-under” trapeze tailpiece. Overall this fifty-seven year old ‘first-year’ Les Paul is in totally original (8.75) excellent plus condition. This example is quite unusual in that it has an excellent neck angle - allowing for a very low string action - just like a ‘53. Original Gibson brown four-latch hardshell case with pink plush lining (8.00).
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Tags: 1952, GIBSON, GOLDTOP, LES, PAUL
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Agreed.
Not the …
Agreed.
Not the biggest Gibson fan, but… THAT TONE! Sweet mother of god, Fretted Americana, we need moar!
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
i think they …
i think they painted them gold because Les Paul likened the gold colour with wealth…
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
OMG THAT SOUND!!! I …
OMG THAT SOUND!!! I nearly cried when i heard it. Beautiful :’)
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
theres no way in …
theres no way in this video should only be 1:21 long
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
52 Les paul is a …
52 Les paul is a piece of History, my friend has a orginal with the case. It is faded and worn. It is still a beautiful guitar. The reason they painted them gold because they didn’t want Leo Fender to find out is was 2 pieces of wood. Ted mcCarthy years.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Totally! With the …
Totally! With the trapeze tailpiece and p90s!
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
sorry dude not may …
sorry dude not may guitars were left handed from then .. kinda why hendrix flipped his over
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Damn, this is …
Damn, this is pretty much my dream Guitar *_* Does anyone of you know wether there are any lefthanded Goldtops from 52, 58 or 59?
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
holy these …
holy these things sound amazing, i totally agree with reissuing them
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
That Les Paul was …
That Les Paul was made in 1952 ? how it looks so new ? she was reconditioned by some luthier?
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
gibson should …
gibson should reissue these
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
why do you care so …
why do you care so much about his appearance? ALWAYS jealousy because you wish you were in LA
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
i would be afraid …
i would be afraid to play one of those cause i juts feel like i would break it and there arent many of them left
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Sounds lovely, love …
Sounds lovely, love those P90s
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
i love that bright …
i love that bright midrangey spank of p-90s
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
there aren`t many …
there aren`t many of them any more
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
No, he’d get fired, …
No, he’d get fired, and that would be even better.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Old as fuck. Deep.
Old as fuck. Deep.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
The black painted …
The black painted fingernails…God..L.A…..
Imagine Pat Martino with black painted fingernails…
I prefer the sustain from the Harmony H44. Try both these babies with medium round wounds on a Roland Acoustic Chorus 100 amp, and hear a completely different machine.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
i never know they …
i never know they still had those in a playable condition
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
RIP Les Paul
RIP Les Paul
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
around how many …
around how many guitar’s are in fretted americana??
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
if i had that …
if i had that guitar id rub my dinkie all over it so i would have a super dink!
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
guitar skill isn’t …
guitar skill isn’t because of luck, it comes from practice…though he is extremely lucky from getting to play all those sweet guitars
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
it would suck if …
it would suck if the les paul fell off it’s strap and broke. haha then you would have to pay 50,000 dollars for a broken guitar.