SOLD - Gibson Les Paul Deluxe 1973 Goldtop Player's Grade

SOLD!

Who buys vintage guitars?  We do! 

Call 530-570-1525 or email sales@maharsvintageguitars.com to sell your vintage guitar, bass, amplifier, etc - one piece or a collection!  We are always ready to buy instruments, amps and effects from Fender, Gibson, Martin, Epiphone, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Marshall, Vox and just about anything else related to musical instruments.   

No sales tax for customers outside California.

This 1973 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe is a gigging machine - a loveable and very playable mongrel.

The guitar weighs just 9 pounds, 4.5 ounces - not bad at all for an LP from this era!  A nice refret makes it a great player.  

You get extreme flexibility thanks to the coil tap, applicable to the late 70s/early 80s DiMarzio Super Distortion bridge pickup.  The bridge pickup area was routed to fit this pickup.  Another switch puts the pickups out of phase.  

Original parts include the bridge, the pots and tone caps, back plates, switch selector ring.  The D tuner is either a more shiny, period-correct replacement or a Gibson Deluxe marked repro.  The switch was updated at some point.  There is a cracked, plastic output jack plate in the case, but a black one isn't original to a Goldtop.  The one on the guitar is a replacement.  The pickguard is a 1980s Chandler replacement that was altered to accommodate the humbucker in the bridge position.  

The headstock has been cracked with a stable repair applied.  You can barely feel the line in the finish on the back of the neck.  The break did not go through the face of the headstock.

For a guitar with so many changes, it is in great cosmetic shape.

The truss rod has room for future neck relief adjustments, and the guitar set up perfectly with 10-46 strings.

A repro case is included.

• Color: Goldtop
• Weight: 9lbs 4.5ozs
• Top: Maple
  
• Body: Mahogany
  
• Neck: Mahogany
  
• Neck Profile: See picture
• Fretboard: Bound rosewood
• Inlays: Mother-of-pearl trapezoids
• Frets: Re-fret
• Fret count: 22
• Nut: Aftermarket, original included.
• Nut width: 1 11/16"
• Scale: 24 3/4"
• Radius: 10"
• Neck thickness at 1st fret: 0.79"
• Neck thickness at 12th fret: 1.00"
• Action 1st String at 12th Fret: 2/32"
• Action 6th String at 12th Fret: 5/64"
• Total length: 38 7/8"
• Lower bout: 13"
• Waist: 7 3/16"
• Upper bout: 9 3/16"
• Body depth/thickness outside edge: 1 13/16"
• String gauge: .010-.046"
• Hardware Color: Nickel and chrome
• Bridge Pickup/Brand: DiMarzio
• Bridge Pickup Reading: 14.02kl
• Pickup Original?: No
• Neck Pickup/Brand: Gibson Mini Humbucker
• Neck Pickup Reading: 6.35k
• Pickup Original?: Yes
• Pickguard: Aftermarket
• Bridge: Original
• Tuners: 5 original, 1 reproduction, the G string tuner button shaft has a slight bend
• Switch: Replaced
• Pots/Codes: Original
• Case: HSC
• Notes: Broken headstock re-glued and stable. 

Shipping policy:

There are two shipping cost options for purchases made on our site for these states and those to the east of them: Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas.  Select Standard shipping at checkout and your item will be shipped via UPS three-day-air.  Select Economy shipping and your item will ship via UPS ground.  For Reverb purchases, there is one cost option for these Eastern states and shipment will be made by UPS three-day-air.  Shipments will require signature on delivery, no exceptions.  If there is damage, the buyer must retain all packing materials intact and picture them immediately and send them to sales@maharsvintageguitars.com.  Less than 1% of our shipments are damaged in transit, and we are committed to making sure your item arrives safely, but we are taking these additional measures to make sure you are happy with your purchase.