Gibson Les Paul Standard CMT Curly Maple Top Heritage Cherry Sunburst 1989 w/OHSC

Vintage Gibson Les Paul Standard CMT in Heritage Cherry Sunburst finish made in 1989 with Original Hard Shell Case. This guitar features a solid mahogany body with a bound curly maple top, mahogany neck and bound rosewood fingerboard. Equipped with a Gibson "The Original" HB-R in the neck position and a Gibson "The Original" HB-L in the bridge position (Bill Lawrence Design). Controlled by 2 volume, 2 tone pots and a 3-Way toggle switch comprised of its original CTS pots dating to the 36th week of 1989. The 24.75" scale length neck has pearloid trapezoid inlays and black side markers with 22 medium jumbo frets on a 12" radius with a slim taper profile. The hardware is comprised of nickel Grover Rotomatic tuning machines with keystone heads, a corian nut, a Gibson ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic Bridge and gold speed knobs.

These Guitars were part of an inadvertent limited run placed by Sammy Ash. Initially These were ordered in batches of 100 conspiring with their sales rep David Pastore to get a lower cost curly top on a les paul into their stores, these were Quote "actually a bit of a back room deal"(-Sammy Ash), only producing 300 before gibson Corporate caught on to what they were doing and raised their cost to fit the build and limited them to only 100 more. This caused them to make no further orders of these according to Sammy.

This guitar is in overall very good condition with some signs of play and age. It has light surface marks, some surface scratches, several light dimples you can see under direct light and a few light dings/ dents. The neck binding has some light shrinkage marks along the fret ends.(See Pics)

Guitar is freshly setup and restrung with 10-46 strings. Includes Original Pink Pillow Interior Hard Shell Case.

Specs

• Brand: Gibson
• Model: Les Paul Standard CMT
• Year: 1989
• Finish Type: Nitrocellulose
• Finish Color Heritage Cherry Sunburst
• Country: The USA
• Serial: 82769515
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 10lbs 1oz
• Body Type: Solid
• Body Wood: Mahogany
• Top Wood: Curly Maple
• Body Binding: Cream
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Neck Joint: Set
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose
• Neck Binding: Cream
• Finger Board: Rosewood
• Neck Radius: 12"
• Neck Profile: Slim Taper
• Neck Thickness@ 1st Fret: .836"
• Neck Thickness@ 12th Fret: .970"
• Inlays: Pearloid Trapezoid
• Side Markers: Black
• Nut: Corian
• Nut Width: 1.698"
• Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
• Pickup Config: HH
• Neck Pickup: Gibson The Original HB-R (Bill Lawrence) DCR: 7.24k
• Bridge Pickup: Gibson The Original HB-L (Bill Lawrence) DCR: 13.17k
• Switch Arrangement: 3-Way Toggle Switch
• Pot Arrangement: 2 Volume, 2 Tone
• Pot Date Codes: R1378936 (CTS 36th week of 1989)
• Hardware: Nickel
• Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatic with Keystone heads
• Strap Buttons: Standard
• Bridge: Gibson ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic Bridge
• Knobs: Gold Speed
• Mods: Metal Ash Tray cover removed from control cavity (Base Plate is still there)
• String Gauge: 10-46
• Case: Original Pink Pillow Interior Hard Shell Case

Condition

• Overall Condition: ★★★★✯
• Body Front: ★★★★✯
• Body Back: ★★★★✯
• Body Sides: ★★★★✯
• Body Binding: ★★★★★
• Fret Board: ★★★★✯
• Frets: ★★★★ ·
• Neck Back: ★★★★✯
• Neck Binding: ★★★★✯
• Headstock Front: ★★★★✯
• Headstock Back: ★★★★✯
• Headstock Sides: ★★★★✯
• Hardware: ★★★★★
• Pickups: ★★★★✯
• Bridge: ★★★★✯
• Knobs: ★★★★✯