1981 Gibson Les Paul Heritage Series Standard-80 Elite — Honey, Plain Top

A genuinely uncommon example of the Heritage 80 Elite: instead of the quilted or flame maple top most of these carry, this one has a plain, unfigured maple cap under the Honey finish; a rarer factory variation for the Elite spec. Full transparency on its history: at some point a Kahler tremolo route was cut into the top and four holes for string-lock were drilled at the headstock, but the guitar has since been properly restored back to its original Tune-o-matic/stopbar setup with the Kahler cavity filled; the frets have been redone. Importantly, the routing was only done from the front: there's no through-body cavity on the back, so the original mahogany back is untouched. Comes in a non-original hardshell case from the 1990s; no paperwork or certificate included.

Some specs:

Body: solid mahogany with plain (unfigured) maple top
Neck: one-piece mahogany, Fat 50s profile
Fretboard: bound ebony, trapezoid inlays, 12" radius
Nut width: 1-11/16" (~42.9mm)
Neck width/depth (1st fret): 0.846" deep
Neck width/depth (12th fret): 0.978" deep
Pickups: Tim Shaw-era PAF humbuckers (bridge and neck)
Electronics: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way toggle switch
Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-o-matic with aluminum stopbar tailpiece (restored to original spec, Kahler route filled)
Tuners: Grover
Scale length: 24.75"
Finish: Honey
Frets: refretted
Case: non-original hardshell case, 1990s
Documents: none included

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