Gibson Les Paul Traditional, 2008, OHSC, Great player, Light flamed maple top

I have a 2008 Gibson Les Paul Traditional here. It is matched with an Epiphone LP case.

Conditionally this guitar has a fair amount of typical cosmetic playwear that I will summarize for you.

The body has about a handful of small surface indentation type bumps. These are marks that don't bust up the finish. More so they press into it. There's a larger amount of more micro surface indentations. These are little marks about a millimeter or less in size, so those are scattered throughout. There is average surface playwear, sort of like light swirling and guitar pick strumming. But no major marks. I didn't find anything horrendous or any buildup of any heavy pattern playwear. More so it is just a distribution of average typical playwear throughout. There are small checking cracks internally in some of the plastic knobs, but they function fine. Electronically they work fine.

The body sides/edges look similar, showing approximately a couple handfuls of dings around the edges. And then some smaller surface indentations scattered here and there. Fairly numerous, but nothing singularly horrendous. And nothing structural at all on this guitar. Just honest playwear. I added a brand new set of Gibson wide strap buttons with felt washers correctly installed under them. They are rock solid.

The body back follows the previous pattern. There are about a dozen various marks on the guitar. There is light surface pattern playwear scattered here and there. But I did not find a large concentration of heavy buckle rash or worming. More so a scattering of the usual type of medium intensity playwear.

The neck shaft contour just has a couple small surface marks, nothing major going on there. That looks actually pretty clean. The headstock has a few light marks on the headstock, but there are no cracks to the headstock nor any major marks. Just a typical scattering of regular playwear.

The frets are still tall and meaty. There is a little bit of fretwear, mostly on the lower G and B strings, which is known as the cowboy chord area. As you work your way up the fretboard, there's just a little tiny smidge of level playwear on some of the frets. Nothing that affects playability. And there's certainly enough meat here on the frets that if you wanted them to be leveled and crowned, you would have lots of room for that. But it's not necessary. The guitar does play outstanding. The neck is nice and stable and plays well with a typical modern low action. Currently it is set up with medium gauge strings, though I have it tuned down to D standard tuning. So if you wish to use light gauge strings, there will be no adjustments necessary. You can just tune all the way up to E.

The electronics are working like they should. Note that the bridge pickup is a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates, which is a really nice choice for a Les Paul. The hard shell shows exterior playwear, but is working like it should.

So this guitar rates a 7.6/10 and grades as good. Sort of right in the middle of good. This is a guitar that has a variety and distribution of playwear that is cosmetic only throughout. But structurally it is sound and plays well. Visually the guitar actually still looks attractive. It just has sort of a natural player's look to it. The pictures do it justice. It's still a very nice Les Paul and very attractive at this price point for the performance and tone that it has.

As for the guitar itself. It's pure Les Paul. The Traditional is like a 1980's-2006 era Les Paul Standard. Sorta the old style of LP standard. Many feel this is the classic LP sound without chambering done to do the body. It sounds slightly denser and thicker especially in the mid range compared to the lighter LP Standards. Traditional's have a nice big natural resonance with a strong presence of bass and low mids. This is perfectly counter balanced by the clear and transparent PAF style boutique pickups which have a very detailed top end treble response. It has a nice well balanced predictably good LP tone. .

So overall this is a great Les Paul, certainly good enough tonally for any level of musician all the way up to a recording professional. The LP Traditional i also view as a good price point to performance level for a Les Paul. If you want to pay thousands more for a Historic reissue or LP Custom you can, but the quality of tone goes up very slightly from here on up. The LP Trad is a big step up above a studio or tribute.

Note that this listing may come down at anytime as I am a multi-platform seller and do sell locally and on my own Site as well in an effort to keep sales fluid. State sales tax will be charged On Reverb sales when applicable, so factor that in to your purchase.

I will immaculately pack it as well. I use quality shipping boxes, ample tape on all sides. And sufficient bubble wrap filler and bracing inside the box. And always Marked/denoted as fragile. I generally detune guitars 1/2 half step prior to shipment as well if needed.

Thank you for reading and considering!