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Le Paul Guitar Auction: Gibson Les Paul Custom 25/50 1978

Les Paul Guitars Auction Description: Here we have a 1978 Gibson Les Paul 25/50 this guitar is in incredible shape to be over 30 years old! Has a beautiful Deep sunburst finish and heavy flame top that the pictures can not give it justice! The guitar is in near perfect shape only because there is 2 small dings near the pickup switch, a ding on the treble pickup cover and a few scratches on the back. This guitar plays and sounds absolutely exceptional! As soon as you hit the phaser switch you get the fatest warm clean tone possible. The guitar on overdrive is also very thick and smooth! The neck is a super slim C shape! The frets still have many many years of playing time! THIS IS NOT A LIGHT GUITAR! This guitar probably weighs around 11lbs. Comes with original Hard CaseHERE ARE A FEW FACTS ON THE 25/50 I COPY AND PASTED FROM THE WEBThe 25/50 model was issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Les Paul model (a year late, since 1977 was actually the 25th year), and the 50th anniversary of Les Paul's career in the music business. Gibson had learned that there was a market for anniversary model Les Pauls after the success of the 20th Anniversary Les Paul Custom in 1974.The 25/50 model is a distinctive model in the Les Paul lineage for many reasons, including the unique and intricate pearl and abalone "25/50" headstock inlay design, creative use of silver and gold hardware combinations (e.g., the tuners are gold with silver buttons), abalone side dot marker inlays, beautiful flamed maple top, five piece flamed maple neck, split block parallelogram inlays (one of only two Les Paul production models to sport these inlays), large control cavity, gold truss rod cover inscribed with "Les Paul Anniversary", brass nut, and a coil tap mini-switch (one of the few production Les Pauls with a coil tap until the Jimmy Page Les Paul was introduced).In addition to the above unique features, the 25/50 had multi-ply binding on the front and back of the body and the front of the headstock, a volute, Nashville bridge with TP-6 fine tuning tailpiece, black speed knobs, Schaller style "Gibson" tuners, and Series VII pickups. These Series VII pickups were potted with a black, rubber-like material that fills the gold covers.All 25/50s were made in Gibson's Kalamazoo plant. The regular 8 digit serial number in "YDDDYSSS" format was used on the 25/50 (where "YY" is the year, "DDD" is the day of the year, and "SSS" is the production sequence number, with numbers below 500 used at Kalamazoo). In addition, the 25/50 has a four digit edition number, which presumably gave it that "limited edition" marketing image. The "Made in USA" stamp is also on the back of the headstock.The 25/50 was considered a "special order" guitar, and Gibson ads suggested that all orders had to be completed by December 31, 1978.The neck of the 25/50 is of medium to large thickness. Frets are wide and of medium height. The Series VII pickups are powerful. The rhythm pickup on most 25/50s is a bit dark sounding. The coil tap allows for a variety of single coil sounds, and makes the 25/50 a versatile guitar sonically. The 25/50s are known for their burden on the shoulder. The three 25/50s profiled in this article weigh between 10 lbs. 5 oz. and 10 lbs. 8 oz.I accept paypal Only, No INTERNATIONAL BIDDINGNO e-checksGOOD LUCK! On Mar-21-11 at 21:41:58 PDT, seller added the following information:IMPORTANT: Just realized the guitar is actually a 1979 model given the fact the serial number is 70899001 and the #3134 so it was one of the last few that were madeALSO: I have the original pickguard I have been asked a lot about it. I took the guard off for picture purposes.THANKSROB

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