1980 Gibson Les Paul Heritage Series Standard 80 Elite Tobacco Burst Pre Historic 1959 Reissue R9 59 Quilt Top

1980 Gibson Les Paul Heritage Series Standard 80 Elite Tobacco Burst Pre Historic 1959 Reissue R9 59 Quilt Top In a word about this guitar... THE BEST! The best Les Paul I have ever held in my hands. It surpassed even my personal LP Standard. But its price is also much higher. I've had many Customs and Standards, even a '73 Custom with a mahogany neck, but nothing sounded as full as this guitar. Its spirit and sound break out even without plugging into an amplifier, when you plug it into an amp - the sound fills the entire room with that signature vintage Gibson tone. Everything in this guitar is perfect - playability, sound, appearance. Now I will try to tell you more about the series and the guitar in general... It's no secret to anyone that the Holy Grail among Gibson guitars is the 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, played by our idols Jimmy Page, Slash, Joe Perry, Keith Richards, Gary Moore, Mark Knopfler, Billy Gibbons, Bonamassa, Ace Frehley, Joe Walsh, ... and dozens of other famous guitarists and collectors. Capitalizing on the hype and the desire to repeat past achievements, the Gibson company decides to make the first reissue of the '59 guitar - that's how the Gibson Les Paul Heritage Series was born. A total of about 3000 copies of the series were produced from 1980 to 1982, the series included three types of models - Standard, Elite, and Award. Standard had a three-piece mahogany neck, Elite - one-piece, Standard - regular top, Elite - quilted top, on the Standard there was a rosewood fretboard, on the Elite - ebony, Award were made only for dealers in a quantity of 50 pieces, differed from the Elite series only by gold-plated hardware and a neck plate on the back of the neck near the serial number, they were made to reward the stores that sold the Heritage series. This guitar - Elite - has a one-piece mahogany body (!), a top made of two pieces of select maple (!), a one-piece (!) mahogany neck, an ebony fretboard (!), a deep neck joint - long tenon, wide low frets, '59 neck profile - the most comfortable of all Gibsons, in my opinion, the guitar is full-weight without any weight relief, but at the same time weighs less than my previous Elite, which did not stay long..., the smaller headstock, like on the '59, also adds charm. Tim Shaw pickups - the most delicious Gibson pickups of all time, I think there is no point in writing about them, this is the golden era of the Gibson sound. The guitar is something between a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard and a 1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom due to its specifications, it is a unique piece of art, its sound is inimitable, I haven't heard a Gibson better than this one yet. The same guitar is in the collection and use of Phil Collins, and was also one of the guitars of Les Paul himself. This reissue is the best '59 reissue, closest to the original, this is not just my opinion, this is an objective opinion, you can easily google this, no True Historic or other edition, especially the new ones, compares to this. The guitar is incredibly comfortable, fits in the hands, the pickups give real meat with the signature Gibson nasality. The guitar came to me from a collector in the USA. The guitar is in perfect condition, I took it out of the case and was stunned that they could keep the guitar like this for 40 years, I unscrewed everything, checked the pickups - absolutely everything is original down to the screw. The guitar will be interesting here not only to collectors but also to artists and active guitar players, as it sounds excellent in any gear and looks simply like a million bucks. I wanted to bring exactly a tobacco burst as my second Elite - and I did it. The guitar has a gorgeous quilt top, very large, everything is visible in the photos very well. The truss rod is fully functional, it turns, everything is in tune, the neck is straight. The potentiometers are dated 1979 and 1980 - this instrument is one of the first Elites made in the series - its number is 21, the guitar was made in late 1979 - early 1980. The guitar is really in collector condition and comes with a Gibson "chainsaw" type plastic case in black with beautiful blue velvet inside. I recorded a video as soon as the 1980 Gibson Les Paul Heritage Series Standard 80 Elite Sunburst Pre Historic 1959 Reissue R9 59 Vintage Collectors arrived to me - even through such a video you can understand what kind of beast this is! I also attach reviews of similar LPs... The guitar is in Dnipropetrovsk! It can be heard on good tube gear of your choice — Mesa Boogie, Marshall, Engl.... I will deliver to any point in the world