Gibson original 1960 Les Paul – The Dutchburst

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De originele Gibson Les Paul 1960 Dutchburst!

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This original guitar was a special order made for a Dutch jazz artist in 1960 who used the guitar his entire life and eventually left it to his son. A guitar with a stunning pinstripe flame top and Serial 011167. One of the very last of the illusive 635 or so ‘Bursts’ crafted in the year of 1960 before production stopped. One of a small number that were shipped to Europe and one of very few that survived. It surfaced in 2006 on a sunny day in August. A man in his early forties brought a black guitar case into the Max Guitar store in The Hague, Holland. This couldn’t be a late 1960 Les Paul? Could it? Rich, thick weather checking, fatty, greasy dirt on the instrument. Worn, yellowed plastic parts and Shrunken tuners, grooves in the dark fingerboard, Rusty strings making a grinding noise over the corroded frets. A seasoned instrument, Played & Loved for decades – Stored for safekeeping inside an upright piano for 18 years!

Just 300
Gibson picked up on this great find and is now releasing a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 300 replica’s of this extraordinary guitar, depending on demand.
A special order made at Gibson in late 1959 lead to the production and delivery of a special, unusual and perfect dark Les Paul Standard in 1960- An order from a Dutch jazz artist who used the guitar his entire life and eventually left it to his son – Stunning pinstripe flame top – Serial 011167 – One of the last of the illusive 635 or so ‘Bursts’ crafted in the year of 1960 before production stopped – One of a small number that were shipped to Europe – And one of very few that survived – A great piece of guitar history – Full of Gibson Mojo – Endowed with endless sustain – The stuff one dreams about – Luscious curves – Woman tone – Seasoned, Played & Loved for decades – Stored inside an upright piano for years – It surfaced in 2006 on a sunny day in August – A man in his early forties brought a black guitar case into a guitar store in The Hague, Holland – A refurbished case without any specific ‘Gibson’ markings – No immediate clue to what kind of guitar was in the case – Curiosity – Opening an old guitar case is like opening a birthday present – The excitement, the characteristic smell – Opening the case – Too good to be true – This couldn’t be a late 1960 Les Paul? – Could it? – checking the serial a dozen times – impressed by the sheer history that this guitar and its case ‘oozed’ – It seemed to have been sitting in the case for years – Hibernation – Rich, thick weather checking, fatty, greasy dirt on the instrument – Worn, yellowed plastic parts – Shrunken tuners – distinguished nickel – Grooves in the dark fingerboard – Rusty strings making a grinding noise over the corroded frets – Internal conversation: “This must be a 1960 Les Paul….at least it has all the hallmarks of one. It can’t be, but still it is!