'56 Les Paul Goldtop VOS
http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electri ... p-VOS.aspx

$2600 pls tx at GC.
They said it's new but has been on the wall for about a year.
Headstock was kinda dusty.
What say you, did I get ripped?
Sure would like to find a Ser Number decoder. (know any?)
mine is 6 6xxx

Congrats, dig it.

Answers are likely on the Gibson forum.

thanks JSJH,
done posted my Q.
Funny isn't it? Post a question like this somewhere it doesn't necessarily belong and find it is kinda like fishing.

Darn thing is I've joined so many forums as of late I am worried about losing track of my passwords.

Anyway, the guitar is indeed very nice.

thanks again.

If I were going to buy a guitar for $2000+, I definitely wouldn't mind it being that one. Congrats!

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You got a great deal considering they go for 4 Grand usually according to GC's website

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Thanks texasguitarslinger.
It's kinda surreal that I actually have a guitar that I never even dreamed of
owning.
I bought my Blues Deluxe RI last August (for my classical) and not too long after that, I visted the same store and they had this guitar down on the floor. I think
it was $3300 at that time - I'm not sure. Anyway, I picked it up and plugged it into another BDRI and was very impressed with the sound I
was getting out of the combination. I had already checked out the AM Standard Strat and Teles when I bought my amp so I could get a sense of how they would sound, which was good. This time, just on a whim, I tried
the Goldtop. Again, very impressed.

My circumstances changed between that time and it's not a pretty picture.
A case of bittersweet. I am trading a South Bend Heavy 10" lathe which I used to make some balusters which paid for my new AM STNDRD Strat. (Black w/mple neck 706) for this Goldtop.
It's painful to tell you the truth.

anyway, thanks.

Bangi'n guitar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...Nice Price!!

No problems here..........................


Congrats...................

OZZY RULES!!!

Thanks Bob. That's just it. I cannot visit GC because my computer's op system is so outdated so I couldn't know what GC was asking for this model. It leads me to suspect if it was used. Perhaps a return deal or ??
I just polished the stop bar as it had a light film on the chrome.
I understand that the original stopbars were made of zinc, aluminum and brass (chrome plated I presume).

Oddly, the "Gibson" inlay on the headstock looks more like a decal than true inlay. That sure would be a dirty trick on Gibson's part if you asked me. I say this as there is a very, very fine outline just so far outside of
the lettering as you would see on a decal. I could be wrong and I don't
really want to sound like I am nitpicking but being a perfectionist visual artist, I'm just kinda sensitive to finer details of things others might overlook. Again, I could be wrong and it just may be the way the paint flowed from the lettering.

Other than that, it really is beautiful guitar and it has a beautiful tone.

Congrats on a beautiful guitar Twinhit! Play on Bro!

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Thanks Solid,
You know, it's not really all that bad. The neck is a smidgeon thicker
than the AM Standard Strat but does not seem as bad as I thought.
I think can adapt to both the strat and LP very nicely.

What a beauty.You'll enjoy it for years to come, congrats........... Mike

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I haven't seen one of those yet. Have you played one? How's it sound and play?

Here's my all original '54 Goldtop been passed down for generations

Sweet guitar Twinhit,definitely a great deal at less than half the MSRP, with those P-90s she should sound out of this world.Having 2 guitars with P-90s myself I know that you'll become addicted to the sound.What's the neck like is it thin or thick? I'm asking that because a lot of 50's Les Pauls had very thick necks given the unflattering nickname baseball bats.

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I really like the 56's. You still get the P90's, but a Tune-o-matic w/tailpiece as well.

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