Gibson today unveiled the eighth installment in its year-long Guitar Of The Week series––the new Les Paul Antique Deluxe Gold Top.
As is all the rage these days, the guitar will be an “antiqued” version of Gibson’s classic Les Paul Deluxe, and is expected to feature the highly sought after antique “Goldtop” finish, antique binding all around (top, neck & headstock,) antique trapezoid inlays, single-piece mahogany back & neck, and a bookmatched maple top.
Other features will include a ’60s slim-taper neck profile, rosewood fretboard with 22 frets, dual mini-humbucker pickups, dual volume & tone controls, 3-way pickup switching, gold speed knobs, vintage green key tuning machines, and the traditional stopbar tailpiece & tone-o-matic bridge.
The Les Paul Antique Deluxe Gold Top will be available in a limited run of just 400 instruments, and will ship with a hardshell case with white plush interior… no word on pricing.
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March 14th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
It won’t be cheap.
I’ve been priced out the Gibson Les Paul market for a long time. Not that I don’t like antique instruments. I just wouldn’t want to take it out on a gig. And I would never be able to just let the thing sit unplayed in glass display case.
I guess I’m the museum piece type of guy.
Eddie
March 14th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
I hear ya’ Eddie… and personally I think Gibson is making a big mistake by keeping their prices so unreachably high.
That said, one of the nice things about these Guitar Of The Week instruments is that you can get a limited edition instrument (they only make 400 of each) for the price of one of Gibson’s standard production guitars.
Or at least that’s how they’ve managed the pricing so far––no promises that it won’t change, though.
Of course, it doesn’t help much if Gibsons are already out of your price range––like they are for most of us! :0