2005 Gibson Les Paul Studio Plus – Trans Red – Gold Hardware

2005 Gibson Les Paul Studio Plus – Trans Red – Gold Hardware

Check out this excellent Les Paul Studio Plus from the year 2005, presented here in its original case with the original paperwork from the factory. Trans red finish that pictures don’t capture properly. Rosewood fretboard with loverly yellowed over crown MOP inlays. This thing rocks, looks and sounds great doing it. Clean frets, fresh setup on 10’s. The guitar weighs just over 9lb. Chunky. Carved figured maple top, nitro finish, double humbuckers and a Nashville style bridge, the basics done right. 490R /498T Alnico II pickups provide quite the noise. This instrument has a slightly thicker neck profile – not quite Slim-taper 60s, a little bit chunky.

Comes in a non-original deluxe padded gig bag with papers, packing slip from the factory and other factory ephemera.  

Condition is 8/10 – hard to find a mark on it without harsh lighting. Presents as excellent, well stored, no cracks, no dings, clean plastics, gold plating still bright, though the washers under the tuner ferules have aged in a different manner than the gold on the tuners. Light play wear only, swirls in the nitro, a few small marks and light impressions. This is an obviously cared for instrument, it looks and sounds great, does all the things a Les Paul does, has original paperwork, feels the part. The only addition is a set of added gold strap locks, the corresponding parts are included. Rare condition. Obviously not a new thing but most definitely an excellent thing.

Condition

The guitar is clean showing lightest play wear, there are some very light, hard to photograph impressions, swirls, light pick marks. There are two small dings, roughly 1mm on the lower back bout. See the pictures, ask for more. No buckle rash or worming. As always there are better pictures on my own site, deegearlocker, dotcom, than Reverb will host.