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Le Paul Guitar Auction: 1983 Gibson Les Paul Spotlight Special ASB W/OHSC

Les Paul Guitars Auction Description: For sale is one of the rarest Les Paul's on the planet, the 1983 GibsonSpotlight Special with the Gibson hardshell case. Gibson only made 211of these and you are looking at number 101. This one appears to be alloriginal and in excellent working order. I did speak to Gibson aboutthis guitar and they verified with the "Custom Shop Edition" logo onthe back of the headstock they were sure this was an authentic one. Themain attraction on this guitar is that amazing highly figured maple topwith the strip of walnut running down the middle. This guitar does looklike it has the curly maple which I believe is pretty rare just withinthe production of these. The finish is close to a dark tobacco and thebook match is one of the best I have seen on any Gibson. The back ofthe body is actually figured as well more than any other LP I haveowned. If you are thinking of getting a new reissue that will set you back 5kand don't even come close to replicating the magic the Gibson guys wereable to create with the 211 that they did. This is a hell of a playerwith stamped PAFs and a super smooth rosewood board. The back of theneck does not have that super thick overcoat which has been my onlycomplaint on newer Les Pauls. All of the parts seem to match up withwhat originally was supposed to come on the guitar. It has the blanktruss rod cover, black veneer cap headstock, really well done trapezoidpearl inlays, cream pick guard, and gold hardware. The only thing I amnot completely sure of are the tuners. Most of these should have thedouble ringed Keystone tuners but these are the single ring. It isvery possible that these are the original because it was noted that ahandful of these guitar did have slight variations. For instance I haveheard that a handful of these came with a 3 piece neck while themajority had a one piece neck like this one. Also people have been emailing me saying that the two pieces of wood besides the walnut strip are actual 1957 pieces of wood that they had left over in the factory. I have not been able to confirm this by Gibson.The bottom of the bridge is stamped with "Made in Germany". I did pullthe two pick ups and the neck is stamped "137 383", the bridge has "138383". If I remember correctly those number would make them the Tim Shaw pick ups. The pots and caps seem to be original as well with the followingstamps; R13783? 71073, R137830 71079, 137804, 137804 71137. The controlcavity does have a metal shield containing it.The condition is good for its age but this was played and does have wear. It has some small front surface dings. Back of the neck is very clean with just some minorfinish checking at the top. Most of the wear is on the back of the bodywith the normal buckle rash that looks like it could be buffed out. Inthe pictures you can see a scratch right below the pick up selectorcavity and there is another small one below that one. I can make out some dings/buckle rash on the back and a indent on the back corner which is 1"X .5". International buyers must first contact me if they are interested. Ihave two of these spotlight specials and would sell them together. Theother one is an ASB as well and its #207. To check out my entire inventory google recyclerock. I will ship worldwide but please make sure the country you reside in will accept a box that is 46",19",7". Also for international buyers I will only ship this viaGlobal Express mail. Please be able to pay within 48 hours after the auction finishes.On Aug-09-10 at 12:16:57 PDT, seller added the following information: Andrewabr Store

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