Gibson Les Paul 68 Custom 10th Anniversary 2003

Unique and extremely rare Gibson Custom Shop 10th Anniversary Les Paul custom made in 2003. In 2003 Gibson's Custom, Art & Historic division celebrated their 10th anniversary with four special models (one each quarter in limited edition of 30 pieces although numbers vary and we suspect less than a handfull were made of these). These unique guitars featured a Diamond White Sparkle finish and highly engraved gold hardware. The four models were the CS-356 (Q3 2003), the '68 Les Paul Custom (Q2), SG Custom (Q4) and finally the L-4 CES(Q1). These four guitars payed tribute to a century's worth of Gibson history, as well as a decade of Custom Shop artistry.

This '68 Les Paul Custom features a unique and breathtaking Diamond White Sparkle Finish, highly engraved gold hardware, mahogany body with a maple top, maple neck and rosewood fretboard with pearloid block inlays. She's truly a sight to behold, and the tone 100% matches it's looks. Very responsive, resonant, full and smooth with perfect playability. A truly amazing collectors piece.

This is an extremely clean example in collectors condition with just some yellowed area's in the white finish, fading on the gold hardware, very slightly on the tuners and stopbar, a few nearly invisible scuffs and marks and one small piece of plastic that has broken off the bridge volume button.