Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul guitar with a unique blue sparkle finish. I believe it was made in 2008 from the serial number. The blue sparkle finish is on the front of the guitar; the back, sides and neck have a black finish. The sparkle finish is a nice deep blue and very flashy. I'm not sure what type of pickups Gibson put in this model. The guitar is basically un-played. There are two issues that keep this guitar from being in mint condition. There is a pencil tip sized paint chip on the bottom/back corner of the headstock. There is a small surface scratch on the back of the guitar from a shirt button. It comes with all the Gibson Custom Shop pamphlets and tools as well as the Gibson certificate of authenticity. The guitar weighs about 9lbs. The Custom Shop case is also in excellent ship with a few marks from sitting in the guitar closet with other cases. The guitar was just set up with new strings, intonation set, etc.