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, 628mm (24 3/4") scale length, 43mm (1 11/16") nut width, mahogany body with a maple top, maple neck with rosewood fretboard, split parallelogram inlays, gold tuners, gold tailpiece, 4 control knobs (2x volume, 2x tone) and a 3-way switch. 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. The guitar is in excellent condition, the gold hardware is fading in places, there's some weatherchecking on the finish and some bucklerash on the back.