This is a lightweight, beautiful and incredibly hard to find Limited Run Benchmark Edition Les Paul Custom Florentine. It is one of the most beautiful and best sounding instruments I have ever had. The highly figured Antique Natural flamed maple top and wood grained back are stunning.

Benchmark Collection instruments were designed as a collaboration between Gibson Select Dealers and the Custom Shop using the finest tone woods and electronics. Benchmark instruments are highly coveted by musicians and collectors. The Les Paul Custom Florentine is a rare and highly sought after instrument from this collaboration.

Florentine versions of the Les Paul Custom are semi-hollow with F-holes. They are lightweight incredible guitars, with a lot of versatility and a wide tonal range. You can play almost any musical style with them and they also sound great acoustically.

This guitar is part of a very limited run of Benchmark instruments. I feel fortunate to have been able to get one. I purchased this beauty new and played it only to test upon arrival. I have stored it carefully in a humidity controlled environment. This is a rare and collectible instrument. I have spoken to several collectors and they say it's an incredibly hard instrument to find and highly sought after by collectors and musicians.

Features include a highly figured book-matched maple top and incredibly sounding custom wound custom bucker pickups.

The craftsmen at Gibson Custom have included pearl block inlays, gold hardware, and multi-ply binding in the top and back of the instrument.

This is an extremely well crafted and resonant instrument. The workmanship and attention to detail on this guitar is impressive. It plays and sounds fantastic and has zero playtime and zero fret wear. Includes original Gibson Custom hard shell case, COA and Gibson Pre-Pack checklist. 


Features include:

- Beautiful and Hard to Find Antique Natural Finish

- Rare & Collectible

- Highly Figured Maple Top

- Mahogany Body and Neck

- Beautiful Grain in the Back

- Rounded Neck Profile (.810 1st - .950 12th)

- 12" Fingerboard Radius

- Pearl Block Inlays

- 24.75" Scale Length

- 1 11/16" Nut Width

- Multi-Ply Binding on Top and Back

- 2 Custom Wound Custom Buckers Pickups

- 2 Volume, 2 Tone Controls

- 3-Way Selector Switch

- Gold Hardware

- Tune-o-Matic Bridge

- Stopbar Tailpiece

- Grover Kidney Tuners

- Certificate of Authenticity

- Factory Pre-Pack checklist

- Gibson Custom Case

Also available for local pickup in Southern California. If you are outside the US, please message me so I can check international shipping rates and availability. Case may have some marks from storage.


Weight: approx. 8 lbs. 1 oz.

Serial number: CS400452

Model year: 2014