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2000 Gibson Les Paul Gothic Flat Black, Near-Mint w/ Case & Tags

$1,899.99
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Up for sale, a 2000 Gibson Les Paul Gothic in near-mint, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case and hangtags. Produced from 2000-2002, the Gothic series instruments feature sleek all-black aesthetics. This particular Les Paul Gothic was ordered by Gibson’s Japanese distributor Yamano; Gibson’s USA-made guitars distributed via Yamano are often considered to be among their absolute best, featuring the highest quality woods picked for Gibson’s discerning Japanese audience.

Tonewoods include a mahogany body, carved maple top, mahogany neck, and ebony fingerboard, and this Les Paul Gothic weighs 8lbs 13oz. The 490R and 498T Alnico magnet humbuckers cover tons of tonal ground: the 490R is Gibson's Modern Classic humbucker, featuring Alnico II magnets and a similar response to a PAF, yet with more midrange emphasis. The 498T bridge pickup has Alnico V construction, yielding plenty of muscle and growl, well-suited for high gain scenarios. This Les Paul Gothic 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 C, measuring .820” 1st fret, .860” 12th fret
  • Fretboard: Ebony, moon-and-star inlay (12th fret)
  • Frets: Medium jumbo, no wear
  • Scale Length: 24 3/4”
  • Nut: 1 11/16”, graphite
  • Headstock: Orville Gibson portrait on back of peghead
  • Tuners: Grover Rotomatics
  • Serialization: Eight-digit stamp dates to 2000

Body Specs:

  • Wood: Maple, Mahogany
  • Pickups: 490R/498T humbuckers
  • Controls: Volume x2, Tone x2, Three-way pickup selector
  • Harness: Gibson Alpha pots
  • Hardware: Nashville bridge, Stopbar
  • Plastics: Black bonnet knobs, one-ply pickguard

The smooth satin Flat Black nitro lacquer finish exhibits subtle checking, and cosmetic wear is limited to one small ding on the perimeter adjacent to the output jack, a scuff by the pickup selector switch, and a couple small marks on the body as a whole. The satin finish on the neck profile is smooth and clean save for two shallow nicks behind fret 7 that are not distracting to the palm while fretting. There are also a couple small finish chips on the top peghead edge.

The original Gibson USA brown tolex hardshell case is included, along with the Gibson/Yamano hangtags.