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How to date Gibson Les Paul guitars

Date Your Les Paul: How To Find The Year

Three ways to tell the year of your Gibson Les Paul Use this guide to quickly and easily date your Gibson Les Paul guitar from any year. Serial number lookups...
1959 Gibson ES-355 Mono Red guitar in original case

1959 Gibson ES-355 Mono with Monoplak to Tom Bukovac

I was privileged to buy this amazing 1959 Gibson ES-355 T Mono with Bigsby tailpiece and customized Monoplak truss rod cover from the family of its sole owner since the...
Diagram of the inner layers of the thin top on a 1958 Gibson ES-335

1958 Gibson ES-335: First-Year Features Revealed

This very clean 1958 Gibson ES-335 has just come through the shop and is full of very cool first year features like the unbound neck and the thin top. We...
The 1959 Gibson ES-335 Thin Top We Bought in Niagara Falls

The 1959 Gibson ES-335 Thin Top We Bought in Niagara Falls

1959 Gibson ES-335 Sunburst Thin Top Every now and then, a truly special guitar crosses my path—one that stops me in my tracks and reminds me why I do what...
How to sell vintage Fender and Gibson guitars for the best price

How To Sell A Vintage Guitar For The Best Price

Here are 4 simple tips to follow for how to sell a vintage guitar for the the best price. After 15 years of selling a couple of million dollars of...
1962 Gibson SG Special Cherry front of body, fretboard, p90 pickups, bridge, tremolo, controls

What's So Special About a Gibson SG Special?

In late 1960, Gibson decided to change the body style of a very popular model and it would eventually be known as the "SG". Many model variations came out of...
Gibson ES-355 1959 vintage original guitar with Cherry Red finish, mono output, and side pull vibrola in original brown and pink case

This 1959 Gibson ES-355 may have the earliest known side pull vibrato!

Check out this very fine example of the Gibson ES-355 model made in 1959 with a factory installed side pull vibrato! It has just come through our shop and is...
How much is a Gibson Les Paul worth 1950s

How much is a Gibson Les Paul worth?

Finding out how much is a Gibson Les Paul worth begins with accurate identification. As a Gibson guitar buyer, I start with with most important parts of identification first, then...
Vintage Gibson lefty left handed guitar 1964 red ES-330 with diamonds

Vintage Gibson Lefty Guitar: 1964 ES-330 Cherry Red with Diamonds!

Check out this awesome vintage 1964 Gibson ES-330 in original Cherry Red finish in rare left handed version with diamonds on the upper bouts! I was thrilled to buy this...
1958 Gibson Les Paul Custom Black with two humbucking pickups

1958 Gibson Les Paul Custom with two humbucking pickups!

I purchased this 1958 Gibson Les Paul Custom in very rare two humbucking pickup variation from its sole owner since the early 1960s! It may look like a typical late...
How to date Gibson ES-335 guitars serial numbers

How to date a Gibson ES-335 Guitar

We're here to help you make sense of how to date your Gibson ES-335, ES-345, and ES-355! Gibson used at least 6 different serial number styles since the introduction the...
Gibson Les Paul Standard 1960 Sunburst Burst

Gibson Les Paul Standard 1960 Sunburst Identification, Price, and Story

The original Gibson Les Paul Standard guitars made in 1960 are some of the finest the company has ever made. The third year for the "Burst", 1960 saw significant changes...