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Le Paul Guitar Auction: GIBSON LES PAUL 1959 R9 RARE

Les Paul Guitars Auction Description: Up for your consideration is a Super Super Rare 1959 Les Paul R9This Plain Top is in Heritage Cherry Sunburst with Nickel hardware, D shape neck and Long neck tenon and PAF's (Patent Applied For) label '57 Classic RI humbucker pickups.The back of this R9 is a very dark mahogany almost maroon as was the original 59.She weights in @ a mere Super lite 8.3 pounds. This is a solid body just like the original 1959. Not a chambered body. This guitar was shipped by Gibson directly to Yamano in Japan on August 1,1999. And returned to the US as a collectors piece. The Japanese customers demanded an exact detailed version of the original 1959 Les Paul down to the smallest detail.The Plain Top in a Cherry Sunburst is the Rarest of all 1959 R9's.The R9 was a high end R9 @ $6291 back in 1999. In today's market that would be equivalent to a $9000.00 R9.Comes with the 1959 RI Brown case with the Pink Lining. The case is no longer made and is a very desirable collector's item as is the guitar. The case alone is selling for over $500.00 if you can find one.SHIPPING INSIDE THE CONTINENTAL US ONLY PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 3 DAYS OF AUCTION ENDING

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