Gibson MINT Les Paul R9 LP59 Brazilian Fretboard Custom Art & Historic 2003

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Early 2000s Gibson Les Paul 59 Reissue Les Pauls with Brazilian fretboards are special guitars -they're rare and collectors are sweeping them up.  

This one is a special example! 

The original owner of the guitar was a wood dealer - he sold quality woods to guitar builders.  He provided much of the wood to Gibson for this guitar, and others as well.  He purchased the guitar and stashed it, keeping it perfectly mint.  He squirreled away all the original case candy and paperwork as well.  You'll find some of these with the original cert, some hang tags, etc - but this one has it all, right down to the Custom Shop guitar picks.

The top is out of this world.  The fretboard is dark and delicious.  The straight, uniform grain of the back is perfection.

Of course, there are no repairs or issues.  The truss rod has room for future neck relief adjustments, and the guitar set up perfectly for us with little effort.

This is a rare opportunity to grab a mint 2003 R9 and make a great investment for the future!

• Color: Sunburst
• Weight: 8lbs 10.5oz
• Top: Flame Maple
• Body: Mahogany
  
• Neck: Mahogany
  
• Fretboard: Brazilian Rosewood
• Inlays: Mother of Pearl Trapezoid
• Frets: Original
• Fret count: 22
• Nut: Original
• Nut width: 1-11/16"
• Radius: 12"
• Scale: 24-1/4"
• Neck thickness at 1st fret: .92"
• Neck thickness at 12th fret: 1.02"
• Action 1st String at 12th Fret: 2/32"
  
• Action 6th String at 12th Fret: 2/32"
  
• Total length: 38-3/4"
  
• Lower bout: 13"
  
• Waist: 7-1/4"
  
• Upper bout: 9-1/4"
  
• Body depth/thickness outside edge: 2"
  
• String gauge: 10-46
  
• Hardware Color: Chrome 
  
• Bridge Pickup/Brand: Gibson Humbucker
• Bridge Pickup Reading: 8.24K
• Pickup Original?: Yes
• Neck Pickup/Brand: Gibson Humbucker
• Neck Pickup Reading: 7.73k
• Pickup Original?: Yes
• Pickguard: Original
• Bridge: Original
• Tuners: Original
• Knobs: Original
• Switch: 3 Way
• Pots/Codes: Original
• Case: OHSC
• Notes:

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