1989 Gibson Les Paul Studio w/Bigsby Electric Guitar

Overview: This Wine Red LP Studio is from that first, '80s generation of Studios and has dot inlay in the fretboard and a slightly glossier finish than later Studios I've had in the shop. It also looks like this guitar was played the heck in over its years as it has plenty of mild distressing to the finish that's just so. It's a good-looking, broken-in, war horse sort-of guitar.

Interesting mods include a locking roller bridge addition and a Bigsby whammy that's been fit. It also has a Duncan-style pickup ring at the neck with mini-switches that allow that pickup to be split to either coil, in-phase, or out-of-phase, which -- combined with the bridge pickup -- give a ton of tonal options.

Repairs included: Ancel gave this a level/dress of the frets, cleaning, and setup work. It's playing spot-on and ready to serve.

• Weight: 10 lbs 6 oz
• Scale length: 24 5/8"
• Nut width: 1 11/16"
• Neck shape: medium-fuller C
• Board radius: 12"
• Depth at first fret: 0.79"
• Depth at seventh fret: 0.89"
• Body width: 13"
• Body depth: 1 3/4"
• Body wood: mahogany
• Bridge: modern locking/roller bridge
• Fretboard: ebony
• Neck wood: mahogany
• Pickups: 2x original humbucker
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 46w-10
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: jumbo/medium-tall

Condition notes: There's a bunch of finish weather-check throughout. There are also numerous small scuffs, scratches, and tiny dings and chips here and there. The hardware shows its age and has plating-wear on chromed surfaces and oxidation at the screws. The headstock face has the most long weather-checking. The Bigsby and bridge are non-original. The micro-switches pickup ring for the neck pickup is unoriginal.

It comes with: As I recall, it has an old "chainsaw case" hard case.

Consignor tag: LCL