An Exceptionally Fine 1974 'Cherryburst' Les Paul Custom.

1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom.

This Les Paul Custom weighs 9.90 lbs. and has a three-piece mahogany/maple/mahogany "pancake" body. Three-piece mahogany/maple neck with a fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches, a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches and a very comfortable medium profile with a very small and unobtrusive volute by the headstock. Ebony fretboard with 22 original medium jumbo frets and inlaid pearl block position markers. The top of the guitar has seven-ply binding, the back of the guitar has five-ply binding, the headstock has five-ply binding, and the neck is single-bound. Headstock with inlaid pearl "Gibson" logo and pearl five-piece split-diamond inlay. Two-layer (black on white) plastic truss-rod cover with "Les Paul Custom" engraved in white. Serial number "415752" impressed into the back of the headstock and "Made in U.S.A." below it. Individual "Gibson" Grover Roto-Matic tuners with half-moon metal buttons. Two Gibson humbucker pickups with outputs of 7.46k and 7.34k and rectangular black labels on the underside reading "Patent No / 2,737,842". The potentiometers are stamped "137 7430" (CTS, July 1974). Five-layer (black over white) plastic pickguard. Four controls (two volume, two tone) on lower treble bout plus three-way pickup selector switch on upper bass bout. Black plastic ribbed-sided conical-shaped "Witch Hat" knobs with white markings and metal tops. Gibson ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic retainer bridge with metal saddles and separate stud tailpiece. All hardware gold-plated. This guitar is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition with just a few very small marks on the back and sides of the body. There is some very minor tarnishing of the gold-plated hardware on the pickup covers. Housed in the original Gibson black five-latch hardshell case with deep red plush lining (8.75).