How to date Gibson Les Paul guitars

How to date a Gibson Les Paul: Serial numbers, potentiometer codes, and features

Three ways to date a Gibson Les Paul guitar  Use this guide to quickly and easily date your Gibson Les Paul guitar from any year. Serial number lookups don't work...
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 models 1958 and...
Gibson ES-335 1960 guitar

Gibson ES-335 1960

  Gibson's ES-335 model electric guitar was two years old by 1960. It debuted in 1958 with what a design that straddled the line between the classic full depth archtop...
How to date SG Guitars 1960s 1970s

How to date a Gibson SG

  Gibson's SG line of solid body electric guitars is a huge commercial success and has been in continuous production since the SG name was introduced in the November of 1959...
Gibson guitar buyer with 1966 Gibson Trini Lopez Standard Pelham Blue

Gibson Trini Lopez Standard 1966 Pelham Blue from Mexico City

  An original Gibson Trini Lopez Standard model guitar is tough to track down, but nearly impossible to find in an original Pelham Blue finish. I've just returned from a...
Gibson Les Paul gold 1957-1958 goldtop guitar with humbucker pickups

1957 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop: History, Value, and Identification

Among my absolute favorite vintage guitars is the Gibson Les Paul Model goldtop with gold finish made from mid 1957 to mid 1958. Gibson's Les Paul model guitar was only...
Gibson Les Paul Junior 1959 single cutaway with Sunburst finish

Gibson Les Paul Junior 1959 Single Cutaway

This incredibly clean 1959 Gibson Les Paul Junior with single cutaway body style and Sunburst finish came through the shop recently from its original owner in Anchorage, Alaska! The single cutaway...
Gibson Les Paul 1960 Burst guitar collector in Houston Texas

Gibson Les Paul Standard 1960 in Houston, Texas

I've just returned from a great trip to sell this Gibson Les Paul Standard 1960 Burst to a friend in Houston, Texas! This amazing 1960 Les Paul was purchased from its...
Gibson Les Paul Special 1957 tv yellow

Gibson Les Paul Special 1957

  This Gibson Les Paul Special 1957 in original tv yellow finish came through the shop 2015. It's a really great example of the late 1950s Gibson single cutaway Les...
Gibson guitar collector for Gibson Les Paul 1954 goldtop guitars

Gibson Les Paul 1954 Goldtop in Georgia

The past year of buying guitars has been very good to this Gibson Les Paul collector. When I was contacted by the son of the original owner of this 1954...
Gibson Les Paul Standard Burst 1960 guitar, red fading to yellow top with figured wood

Gibson Les Paul Standard 1960 Burst - Guitar Safari Champion

  There are few vintage guitars that get as much attention as The Burst: the Gibson Les Paul Standard from 1958, 1959, and 1960. To this collector, all 1950s era...
Reverb.com's Guitar Collector Champion

Reverb's Guitar Safari Champion? The Guitars Responsible for the Title

2021 has been a spectacular year for buying vintage guitars worldwide, but I was still shocked when a friend at Reverb.com reached out with interest in featuring my shop. I've bought...