I am offering a Gibson Les Paul Faded Worn Cherry from 2018, the made in Nashville, Tennessee (USA) Les Paul model from the Faded Series with a lightweight mahogany body including Ultra Modern Weight Relief (3.6kg total weight), plain maple top, set-in maple neck with slim taper neck profile and 43.1mm Tectoid nut, premium rosewood fingerboard with classic pearl dot inlays, powerfull Gibson 490R and 490T humbucker pickups, and high-end Gibson Deluxe Vintage Tulip button tuners in a radiant faded worn cherry nitrocellulose finish with black pickguard in excellent condition including brown Gibson soft case, manufacturer's papers and professional setup with 10-gauge Ernie Ball strings.

The Gibson Les Paul Studio Wine Red is the “no frills” model of the Gibson USA Modern Collection, offering the authentic Les Paul sound and a contemporary feel, but without unnecessary visual gimmicks.

The mahogany body, with its beautifully grained plain maple top, offers a comfortable weight (3.6kg!) thanks to the “Ultra Modern Weight Relief”, promising comfortable handling even after long sessions. The sound is transmitted via the set-in, one-piece mahogany neck in a typical Gibson Les Paul manner – outstandingly with long-lasting sustain and, thanks to the slim taper neck profile, almost every playing technique comes from the hand with ease.

Plugged into an amp, the Les Paul Studio delivers the right tones for almost any musical genre, from blues to rock and metal, with a Gibson 490R humbucker at the neck and a Gibson 498T humbucker at the bridge. The 490R neck pickup is a subtly modernized Alnico II humbucker with a sound in the best PAF tradition, combining a lively response with a vocal midrange. As a hot Alnico V bridge pickup, the more powerful Gibson 498T humbucker coaxes powerful overdrive and distortion sounds with high assertiveness from the guitar amplifier.

A sound example of the model can be found above at the end of the photo gallery.

A lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece guides the strings over the aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge, which offers adjustment options for precise intonation and comfortable string action. On the coveted “open book” headstock, Gibsom Deluxe vintage keystone tuners also ensure precise and stable tuning of the electric guitar.

In short, an incredible combination of sound, playability and design – Gibson Les Paul, through and through!

Technical specifications:

• Origin: Nashville, TN, USA
• Year of manufacture: 2018
• Body: Mahogany, Ultra Modern Weight Relief
• Top: Maple, 2-piece
• Neck: Maple, set-in
• Neck profile: Slim Taper
• Fingerboard: Rosewood with Pearl Dot inlays
• Fingerboard radius: 12"
• Frets: 22 medium
• Nut: 43.1 mm, Tektoid
• Pickups: 1x Gibson 490R humbucker (neck), 1x Gibson 490T humbucker (bridge)
• Electronics: 3-way switch, 2x volume control, 2x tone control
• Tuners: Gibson Deluxe Vintage Tulip button tuners
• Bridge: Gibson Aluminum Tune-o-Matic
• Stoptail: Gibson Aluminum Stop Bar
• Hardware: Nickel
• Pickguard: Black, single-layer
• Finish: Worn Cherry high gloss, nitrocellulose
• Scale length: 628.6mm
• Weight: 3.6kg
• Serial no.: 180072076
• Incl. brown Gibson USA soft case, manufacturer's papers (C.o.A.), Case Candy

The Gibson Les Paul Faded Worn Cherry is no longer being built.

This Gibson Les Paul Faded is in mint condition and technically flawless. Visually, there is only occasional very fine superficial wear, if any (see pictures). The frets are flawless.

The instrument has received a professional setup with 10-gauge Ernie Ball strings and I (a long-time guitar teacher) will ship it fully insured with DHL for €29.99 within Germany or €59.99 within the EU. Worldwide shipping is possible – individual shipping costs are available upon request.

All images shown are of the actual instrument for sale.