Gibson Custom 1968 Les Paul Custom Flame Top Electric Guitar

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Brilliant figuring on a killer classic.

With its distinctive style and long list of appointments, the 1968 Les Paul Custom has long been a favorite of players and collectors. Featuring the trademark split diamond headstock inlay and lavishly bound body, this Les Paul Custom version adds a carved, flame maple top. The guitar's '57 Classic humbuckers provide the smoothest, richest tone of any of the Gibson pickups while gold hardware adds a sumptuous glow under the stage lights.

Gibson's Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. Using the best materials money can buy, a staff of skilled luthiers reproduce some of the greatest Gibsons of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors who demand the best.

With our Guaranteed Lowest Price, you can be assured of complete satisfaction and the lowest available price, or your money back!

Gibson Custom 1968 Les Paul Custom Flame Top Electric Guitar Features:

  • Highly figured maple top
  • Solid mahogany back
  • Multi-ply white/black binding on top & back
  • Gold hardware
  • ABR-1 bridge, stopbar tailpiece
  • 1-piece mahogany neck w/long neck tenon
  • 22-fret bound ebony fingerboard
  • Pearl block inlays
  • Rounded neck profile
  • 24-3/4" scale length, 1 11/16" nut width
  • Kidney bean tuners
  • ‘57 Classic humbucking pickups
  • 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way selector switch
  • Includes Custom Shop case, certificate of authenticity, and custom care kit

Gibson Custom 1968 Les Paul Custom Flame Top Electric Guitar Includes:

    Gibson Custom Shop hardshell case, custom care kit, and a certificate of authenticity
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The SHIT!!!

I brought this guitar home, after going back and forth between this and the Zakk Wylde Gibson. I thought that I had made a bad decision and had plans to return it to purchase the Zakk in a few days. The more and more I played it, the more I fell in love. I have owned some great guitars in my day, I still own a Paul Reed Smith custom 24, but the Gibby is by far the best guitar that I have EVER had the previlage to play. Sustain for days, tone like no other, howling in just that seductive way that only a guitar player would understand. This instrument truely will speak through you and for you. Needless to say I don't need to pay to have someones name on my guitar. I have found my own voice, and it happens to sound like the 60's.

Reviewed by Eric Miller on 2/23/2009 who plays metal with heavy blues undertone.

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Stunningly Authentic

If you are looking for something with which to "shred" or hop around on stage, keep looking. If you are looking for a real Les Paul that has sustain for days, look no further. Sure it weighs about as much as a Volkswagen Beetle, but who cares? I've coveted this guitar for 30 years and finally got the courage to spend the money. Why did I waste so much time? The craftsmanship on my Triburst is incredible. It is truly a work of art.

Reviewed by Steve on 5/29/2008 who plays rock, jazz, blues.

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Finally a les paul worth the price

This Les Paul Custom has a sumptuous tone of the older Gibson's guitars are known.The guitar's '57 Classic humbuckers provide the smoothest, richest tones of any les paul eny one person could ever hope for. Gibson's Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. With its distinctive style and long list of appointments, this Les Paul Custom is truly worth its weight in gold.

Reviewed by scott campbell on 3/24/2008 who plays jazz blues .

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Gibson Custom 1968 Les Paul ROCKS!

My Gibson Custom 1968 Les Paul Triburst with Flame Top is not only an amazing guitar, it is an incredibly crafted work of art that captures the attention of my fellow musicians and is worthy of being placed right up front as the best guitar in the market today for the money. It delivers amazing tones. This guitar is a BEAST!

Reviewed by Spider Paluch on 6/17/2009

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This is the one!

I bought this guitar and never looked back... it has it ALL! Great looks, sustain, '57 'bucker tone, a "slimmer" neck on the CG issue (which I personally prefer) and "old school" mojo! I own over a dozen guitars. Some are lighter, some have a few more "bells & whistles", and one even has a "faster" neck profile, but for all-around "hit to the gut" sound, this is it! Yeah it'll break your back and your bank, but so will a supermodel! This one will still be around long after she's gone!

Reviewed by Florida Guy on 7/9/2009 who plays a bit of everything.

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