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2005 Gibson Jimmy Page No. 1 Les Paul Custom Authentic sunburst JPP119
This guitar replicates the unique neck shape and custom electronics of Page's favorite guitar. "Les Paul #1," as the Rock Hall of Famer calls his personal guitar, is a 1959 sunburst Gibson Les Paul that he bought from Joe Walsh in the early 1970's.
Fair condition, 5/10, Made in USA, heavily modified with some oversprayed parts (back of headstock and part of the neck, possibly to hide wear?) in amber nitro up until a border line on the back of the headstock (see blacklight pics), beautiful wood in the fingerboard, new frets and nut, replaced bridge (Allparts Tune-o-Matic Bridge Vintage ABR-1 Style) and truss rod cover (Allparts Trussrod Cover for Gibson® Bell Shaped) and volume knob (now has a matching set of Allparts Bell Knobs Vintage Style Amber), no paperwork or COA is included, must have been lost along the way, including non-original (this model came with a black hardcase), but real Gibson brown hardcase dated Oct 2004, One-piece mahogany neck with a nice fat nut and standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches and a 'long tenon' neck joint. Single-bound rosewood fret board with 22 medium-jumbo frets (refretted in our workshop as it came to us without frets). the original info from Gibson was this: This guitar replicates the unique neck shape and custom electronics of Page's favorite guitar. "Les Paul #1," as the Rock Hall of Famer calls his personal guitar, is a 1959 sunburst Gibson Les Paul that he bought from Joe Walsh in the early 1970's. The neck of Page's guitar is thick at the nut and at the neck heel, like a typical 1959 Les Paul, but it tapers to a super-slim depth in the middle. It was that way when Page acquired it, and he hasn't changed it. He did make two other modifications: He put a push/pull pot in the rear volume control that reverses the phase, in order to get a tone like Peter Green or B.B. King. And he replaced the tuners with sealed, gold plated Grovers to achieve the exact tuning and sensitivity of the Les Paul Custom he had been playing with Led Zeppelin.