Up for sale, a 2000 Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus in excellent condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case and hangtags. Designed to capture the finer points of the 1960 Les Paul Standard, this Les Paul dates to the second, shorter production run of the Classic Plus (‘99-’01). featuring a AA flame maple top with a gloss Heritage Cherry Sunburst nitro lacquer finish.

The Classic Plus boasts many features that are notable to the golden age of Les Paul production, such as a '50s headstock shape, push-in tuner bushings, ABR-1 bridge, and a slimmer 1960 neck profile. Weighing 9lbs 4oz, traditional tonewoods includes a mahogany body, carved AA flame maple cap, mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fingerboard.

Offering plenty of natural sustain and resonance, this Les Paul is loaded with the original 496R and 500T humbucker pair. These pickups are some of Gibson's most hotly wound ceramic magnet humbuckers; the 496R delivers a biting, bluesy edge with notable treble detail and an increase in harmonics, while the 500T delivers a rich combination of enhanced lows and crystal clear highs, wax potted for ideal feedback rejection in high gain scenarios. This Les Paul Classic Plus 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: Slender ‘60s-style SlimTaper C, measuring .830” 1st fret, .885” 12th fret
• Fretboard: Rosewood, pearloid flared trapezoid inlays
• Frets: Medium jumbo, faint wear beneath the plain strings on 1-10
• Scale Length: 24 3/4”
• Nut: 1 11/16”, bone (replacement)
• Tuners: Gibson Deluxe double-line
• Serialization: 00-prefix (2000), inked
• Factory Markings: Handwritten model designation in bridge pickup cavity

Body Specs:

• Wood: AA flame maple, mahogany
• Pickups: 496R/500T humbuckers
• Controls: Volume x2, Tone x2, Three-way pickup selector
• Harness: Gibson-branded pots
• Hardware: ABR-1 bridge, stopbar
• Plastics: One-ply cream pickguard with “1960” script, gold bonnet knobs

The gloss Heritage Cherry Sunburst nitro lacquer is bright and vibrant, highlighting the dimensional ripples of flame extending across the carved maple top. There’s a small area of buckle rash at the waist and just a handful of tiny dings on the lower bout perimeter and around the edges of the top. The smooth nitro gloss on the neck profile is flawless save for a few pinhead-sized nicks behind fret 6 that are not distracting to the palm while fretting.

The original Gibson USA hardshell case is included, along with the hangtags.