Up for sale, a 1982 Gibson Les Paul Custom in perfect working order, complete with a hardshell case and outfitted with Tim Shaw PAF humbuckers. Weighing 9lbs 11oz, this Les Paul Custom features a suite of traditional tonewoods, with a carved maple top, mahogany body, mahogany neck, and a bound ebony fingerboard, finished in a deeply yellowed Alpine White nitro lacquer gloss.

The guitar offers plenty of natural muscle, treble cut, and sweet sustain, and at the heart of this Les Paul Custom are a pair of early Tim Shaw PAF humbuckers. These pickups represent Gibson's first, and arguably one of their best, attempts at recreating the magic of their late '50s humbucker design. Offered for only a few short years in the '80s, the Shaws are designed with unoriented, rough cast Alnico V magnets, plastic spacers, and poly-coated wire, achieving the harmonic complexity, sensitivity to picking dynamics, and tonal clarity of the original PAF. This Les Paul Custom has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Mahogany
• Shape: Medium C, measuring .825” 1st fret, .970” 12th fret
• Fretboard: Ebony, pearl block inlays
• Frets: Medium jumbo, moderate wear on frets 1-9
• Scale Length: 24 3/4”
• Nut: 1 11/16”
• Tuners: Grover Rotomatics
• Serialization: Eight digit stamp dates to 1982

Body Specs:

• Wood: Maple, mahogany
• Pickups: Tim Shaw PAF x2 (May/June, 1981 date stamps)
• Controls: Volume x2, Tone x2, Three-way pickup selector
• Harness: CTS pots date to 35th week of 1981
• Hardware: Nashville bridge, stopbar
• Plastics: Five-ply black pickguard, black speed knobs

The Alpine White gloss nitro lacquer finish is deeply yellowed with “shattered glass” lacquer checking across the body. Cosmetic wear includes buckle rash central to the back, a few chips on the body perimeter, an area of wear through the clear coat where the forearm crosses the top, and various small dings and scuffs. The nitro gloss on the neck profile is smooth and inviting with a few minor marks on the profile length.

The original Gibson-branded molded “chainsaw” hardshell case is included.