Description
What makes this guitar special: Gibson Collector's Choice series is devoted to painstaking replication of choice original vintage Les Pauls. As a result, these guitars bring players and collectors closer to owning a specific, existing vintage Les Paul than would likely happen in their lifetime. While many of these guitars exist mainly in the confines of acclaimed collections, the latest in the series is a genuine part of rock history - its tone will already be known to most readers from several of the biggest hit songs of the late '70s. Collector's Choice #10 Tom Scholz 1968 Les Paul recreates his stripped-down and hotrodded '68 Goldtop just as it was used by Scholz, guitarist of the legendary rock band Boston, to create the band's greatest moments, notably on their debut album, Boston. As the first replica of an original vintage guitar outside of the '59-'60 burst, Gibson Custom couldn't have asked for a more compelling model.
Cosmetic Condition: Purposely "aged" at the factory to give the guitar that worn in look - various nicks, chips, dents & dings; surface scratches, weather checking & finish wear.
Neck: The one-piece mahogany neck is carved to the precise profile taken from Tom Scholz's original guitar, a full shape with plenty of "cheek." Dark rosewood fingerboard with mother of pearl trapezoid inlays. Frets are in perfect condition with no wear. Schaller M6 tuners with 12:1 tuning ratio in perfect working condition. 1 11/16" nut width; 24 3/4" scale length. Neck is straight & truss rod is in perfect working condition.
Body: Solid, unchambered Grade-A mahogany with a two-piece top of selected plain maple, stripped of the Goldtop finish it would have originally worn. The top is now finished in Antique Natural while the back, neck and sides are walnut, all in hand-aged nitrocellulose lacquer. ABR-1 bridge with lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece. Guitar weighs 8 lbs 12.5 oz.
Pickups: P-90 single coil (8.06K ohms); DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker (13.65K ohms). Dual volume & tone controls with gold "top hat" knobs; 3-way toggle switch; metal jack plate. All electronics are in perfect working condition.
Case: Original hardshell case included along with COA & original hang tags.
