1977 LES PAUL ARTISAN, Walnut, 3 pick-up, 1469 made, EXC cond. 100% Original Perfect neck and fingerboard with original frets in excellent conditions. Comes in original Gibson case code GI035

Gibson Les Paul Artisan three Humbuckers, Walnut finish, Gold hardware, Deluxe Hearts & flowers inlays. There are a very little signs of wear in the finish and in the gold pickups cover as you see all in photo, otherwise, it's in great shape. The surface of the pickups show some signs of age. The tuners and bridge are in excellent condition. This guitar has such a cool, collected feel to it, exuding warmth and rich tonal character in a way that almost feels understated; the playability and weight of the instrument in your hands making this effortless to wield, with a sound that's equally sweet across all strings and frets. An utterly wonderful instrument.

Mahogany body and neck Ebony fingerboard, finely inlaid with mother-of-pearl inserts, with a "hearts and flowers" theme 3 Humbuckers, 2 Gibson Series VII at the neck and bridge, 1 Gibson Super Humbucking in the center Tune-o-matic bridge, with 6 independent saddles for adjusting the octaves Stop-bar tailpiece Schaller "Gibson look" precision mechanics 2 volume potentiometers 2 tone potentiometers 3-way pickup switch

3.251 / 5.000Along with many other mysteries from Gibson's "Norlin" era, little is known about the origins of the Les Paul Artisan model. Introduced in 1977 as the top of the line Les Paul series, it featured unique cosmetic features: mother-of-pearl heart-and-flower fretboard inlays (reminiscent of Gibson banjo inlays), and a script-style Gibson logo, as on pre-war models. The Artisan was originally equipped with three pickups, and gold-insert top hat knobs. Two pickups are Gibson Series VIIs, and one, the middle one, is a Gibson "Super Humbucking". The pickup selector has three settings: neck pickup, middle pickup plus bridge with the switch in the middle position, and bridge pickup only. In late 1978, some Artisans were equipped with a TP6 tailpiece, with a precision tuner and two Series VII pickups, with the third pickup remaining available only as an option. Most, if not all, Artisans were built in the Kalamazoo factory, until production was discontinued in 1982. The hardware is gold, including the jack plate, and the Schaller "Gibson" style tuners, plywood, mahogany body and neck, ebony fingerboard. The neck is of medium thickness, and is very comfortable, the frets are large and of medium height. The pickups are powerful and rich in harmonics. The model is superb, as most of the instruments built in Kalamazoo, and is now considered one of the most valuable vintage guitars. The Les Paul Artisan is the only decorated model in the history of the Gibson Les Paul series, and is a "must have" for true Les Paul collectors and for the most demanding musicians.

Gibson Les Paul Artisan ( 1976-1982 ) 1977 gibson les paul artisan Back in 1976 while the gibson les paul custom guitars were taking rock guitar players and musicians by storm, gibson decided to make an artistic and fancier model and called it the gibson les paul artisan .Although they are 2 different gibson guitar models, the gibson artison is very similar to the les paul custom but with a sleeker look. The gibson les paul artison had a carved maple top, gold hardware, hearts and flowers inlays on the headstock and fingerboard which was its trademark (very similar to their gibson banjos), they had pre war similar style gibson logos, a tune o matic bridge (some had a rectangular bridge base in the 80s), tp-6 fine tuning tailpeice, 2 or 3 humbuckers (optional) and were made in walnut, sunburst, and ebony finish. Most artisan guitars were manufactured at the Kalamazoo factory. The artisan guitars with the 3 humbuckers were better sellers, guitarits' could of activated the middle pick up making it sound thinner to mimic the fender strat thus making it more versatile which was a popular feature for some during that era, "gibson" pre war logo stylehowever during the exact same year (1976) the gibson les paul custom also had a 3 humbucker model which was a better seller because it was cheaper in price and it had basically everything the artisan had to offer accept for the artistic fancier in lay designs.