Overview
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Product:
- electric guitars
Series name:
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Dates of manufacture:
1980 to 1982
The LES PAUL HERITAGE SERIES AWARD model was made between 1980 and 1982. It was like the LES PAUL HERITAGE SERIES STANDARD 80 ELITE but had gold hardware, a flamed maple cherryburst top and an individual oval shaped serial number plate attached to the back of the headstock. The Heritage Award is the rarest model from the Les Paul Heritage 80 Series, only around 50 were made.
Specifications (28)
Body
Body material | mahogany body |
Body shape features | carved top, single cutaway |
Body style | Les Paul-style body |
Body top material | flamed maple body top |
Pickguard shape | raised pickguard |
Hardware
Bridge | tune-o-matic bridge |
Hardware color | gold hardware |
Tailpiece | stop tailpiece |
Tuners | Grover tuners |
Fretboard
Fingerboard inlay material | mother of pearl fingerboard inlay material |
Fingerboard material | ebony fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | trapezoid fingerboard position markers |
General
Finish colors | red finish |
Finish effects | sunburst finish |
Made in | USA |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Scale length | 24.75 inches scale-length |
Neck
Headstock inlays or logos | pearl headstock inlay/logo, serial number plate on headstock |
Neck joint | set neck |
Neck material | mahogany neck |
Number of frets | 22 fret |
Peghead (headstock) | black face headstock |
Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Controls
Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
Tone controls | 2 tone controls |
Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
Electronics
Pickups brand and model | Gibson Tim Shaw PAF pickup(s) |
Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |