A Totally Original One - Owner 1955 Les Paul Standard Gold Top.

This incredible totally original one-owner guitar weighs just 8.50 lbs. Solid mahogany body with a carved maple top. One-piece mahogany neck with a wonderful thick profile, Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 original frets and pearl crown position markers. Two incredibly hot P-90 pickups with outputs of 8.28k and 7.85k. Combination "wrap-over" bar bridge/stud tailpiece. At just eight and a half pounds, it is a real lightweight. This super guitar is in excellent plus (8.75) condition -- it plays wonderfully and has sustain to die for! There is some minor finish checking on the top of the guitar and a couple of small areas around the controls where the gold paint has actually flaked off. Housed in its original Gibson four-latch brown hardshell case with pink plush lining (9.00). The sound, oh boy, the sound…In 1955 the gold-top gained Gibson's new Tune-o-matic bridge. The unit had the facility to adjust individual string-length, improving intonation. This guitar is one of the last Les Paul Standard Gold Tops with "wrap-over" bar bridge/stud tailpiece before the Tune-O-Matic bridge was introduced in late 1955.