Excellent condition. Very rare. Serial Number is Proto # 1, which is the first prototype of this guitar that Gibson Custom Shop made.

Includes Certificate of Authenticity and all Case Candy that it Came With!

Made by Gibson Custom Shop and issued in 2010.

Looks and sounds amazing.

couple of small geldings and light scratches on the body,please check all the photos and you need more pictures please let me know.

See features below for more specs. ALSO, below is the official description from Gibson Custom Shop.

Features:

Weight is about 8 lbs 8 oz.

Mahogany Body

Mahogany Neck

Maple Top

Rich Amber Sunburst Finish

24-3/4" Scale

Set-In Neck Joint

Burstbucker 1 Neck Humbucker

Burstbucker 2 Bridge Humbucker

Soft Shoulder '55 Neck Profile

Rosewood Fretboard

12" Radius

22 Frets

1-11/16 Nut Width

ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic Bridge

Volume/Tone Controls

3-Way Pickup Selector

Kluson Tuners

Nickle Hardware

Official Description From Gibson Custom

Shop:

Gibson Les Paul retrofitted with humbuckers and amber sunburst finish, and introducing the Soft Shoulder '55 neck profile.

This is an extremely rare prototype.

In the mid-50s, a sunburst finish was not an available option on a Gibson

Les Paul. In 1958, Goldtops were phased out and a cherry sunburst became

the standard finish. Sunburst finishes became all the rage with some

really popular artists such as Clapton and Bloomfield using late-50s

'Bursts. The single-cutaway Les Paul guitars were discontinued in

'60-61 and were not reintroduced for several years. Many players

started stripping the gold off the top of their early-mid-'50s Gibson

Les Paul guitars and having them refinished to emulate the desirable

Sunburst Les Pauls. The Gibson Custom Refin features a beautiful rich

amber sunburst top and even has an offset center seam to emulate the

originals. The Gibson Refin Hot-Mod Les Paul also introduces a

comfortable and resonant neck shape, the Soft Shoulder '55 Neck Profile.

The hot-mod slant on the Gibson Custom Hot-Mod

1955 Les Paul Goldtop

Electric Guitar originates from a custom-ordered

1955 Les Paul that was later modified with humbucker pickups (introduced by Gibson in 1957).

The classic combination of maple-topped mahogany body with ABR-1

Tune-O-Matic bridge and humbuckers delivers a glorious monster tone that

introduces a comfortable and resonant neck profile.

BurstBucker humbuckers

The BurstBucker 1 neck humbucker on the 1955

Gibson Custom Les Paul

replicates the sounds from Gibson's original

"Patent Applied For"

pickups, are slightly underwound, with medium

"vintage" output. The BurstBucker 2 is a humbucking pickup wound in the range of Gibson's '57

Classic for replica sound. Unpolished magnets and non-potted coils, just

like the original. Slightly hotter than the BurstBucker 1, the 2 works

well in the bridge position with a BurstBucker 1 pickup in the neck position.

Soft Shoulder '55 Neck Profile

The Soft Shoulder '55 neck profile makes the Gibson Les Paul Refin Hot-Mod

sit in your hand like no other guitar neck.

Gibson's guitar team chose a

'55 Les Paul that had a neck with a "magical feel" to serve as a model

for the Soft Shoulder '55 neck. The depth is the same from the top of

the fretboard to the back of the neck as the rounded '50s neck, yet has

gently sloping sides that sit comfortably in your hand.

ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic Bridge and Stopbar

Tailpiece

The ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge was the brainchild of acclaimed Gibson

president Ted McCarty in 1954, setting a standard for simplicity and

functionality that has never been bettered. On the Gibson Refin Hot-Mod

Les Paul, the ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic is slotted directly into the body of

the guitar using a separate stud and thumbwheel, providing a firm

seating for the strings and allowing players the ability to adjust and

fine tune intonation and string height in a matter of minutes. And held

in place with TonePros long steel anchors and long locking studs, the

stopbar tailpiece yields a great union between the strings and body,

which results in excellent vintage tone and sustain.

Year of 1955 Innovation

1955 was a year of great innovation in all areas of American life. 1955 saw

the dawn of the United States space program.

The first of the classic V8 Chevrolets hit dealerships all over the country, reflecting the spirit of change

that was in the air. And don't forget there was Rock and Roll! Jukeboxes

were blasting music by Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, a kid named Elvis, and his guitar player Scotty Moore.

Something was afoot. The

archetypical tones of this music had already been forged in the

Legendary Gibson Guitar Factory. There, in 1955, the future sonic

masterpiece known as the humbucking pickup was being prototyped. All the ingredients necessary to create the soundtrack of the next quarter

century and beyond existed within that building.

Up for sale is rare and a mint condition 2018 Martin D-45 John Mayer Custom Signature Edition number 15 of 45.

There’s no repair,crack,paint chip or deep scratches issues on this guitar,neck is straight with low action and the truss rod is in perfect working condition.

Come with paperwork and original hard case.

John Mayer started his career as the worthy heir to Hendrix, riding the lightning coming from his Strat in his power trio. Then in 2012, everything changed, and the Born And Raised album introduced a new side of Mayer as a Laurel Canyon-style songwriter, between Neil Young and James Taylor. Mayer's obsession with instruments coming out of Nazareth dates back to the era, and John has reached an almost Clapton-like amount of Martin guitars to his name.

The latest one is also the most spectacular, since this is a mayeresque variation on the theme of the ultimate acoustic guitar, the D-45. NAMM 2018 was all about this model, which is really easy to understand once you hold that guitar in your hands. Beyond what you expect from such an elite instrument, like luxurious fretboard inlays, abalone bindings that require many hours of minute work, and the superb vertical headstock logo on rosewood, that guitar gets the Mayer signature treatment of a very ornate rosette that is also inlaid in the fretboard. Even for a very capable luthier, this is an absolute tour de force.

Choices of woods and specs reveal a deep understanding of what makes an excellent dreadnought, with help from Martin's own Custom Shop. The X bracing is forward shifted, the top is made of Engelmann spruce, the body is Guatemala rosewood, the nuts are bone and the mahogany neck has a substantial feel that fills your hand with sensuality. Two cowboy chords are enough to irredeemably fall in love with that magnificent guitar, and a third chords will undoubtedly inspire a song. Only forty five D-45 John Mayer were made, so not everyone will get to be inspired.

I will be listing lots of parts these few weeks as I'm running a shop that repairs guitars,amps,effect pedals etc.for over 30 years and I have lots of rare,vintage and interested parts in my shop to list.

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