GIBSON PETER FRAMPTON SIGNATURE LES PAUL

  • Gibson Peter Frampton Les Paul electric guitar
    Gibson Peter Frampton Les Paul

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2000

The Gibson Peter Frampton Signature Les Paul is made by the Gibson Custom Shop based on the three pickup 1954 Les Paul Custom given to Frampton by Mark Mariana (a fan) in 1970 in San Francisco. That guitar became a favourite of Frampton but was presumed lost in 1980 in a Venezuelan plane crash. Gibson’s Custom Shop reissued it in 2000 as the Peter Frampton Les Paul.

The Gibson Peter Frampton Les Paul has a high-gloss ebony black “black beauty” finish (the original 1954 guitar had been refinished like this in 1960), gold-plated hardware, multi-ply body and headstock binding, and a decorative mother-of-pearl “split-diamond” headstock inlay and block position markers in a Richlite fingerboard. There are a few new modifications requested by Frampton.At Frampton’s request, however, including a slim-carved neck profile, and a weight-relieved mahogany body and carved solid maple top. Hardware includes a classic Tune-o-matic bridge and stop-bar tailpiece. Pickups are three exposed humbuckers of Frampton’s own specification—a 57 Classic in the neck position, a 57 Classic Plus in the middle, and a 500T in the bridge. The 3-way selector switch is custom wired so that the middle pickup is always on. The outer pickups share volume and tone controls, with dedicated set of volume and tone knobs for the middle pickup.

In 2012 the original 1954 guitar that was presumed lost in the 1980 plane crash was found, restored and returned to Frampton. Gibson Custom Shop resissued a faithful reproduction of this original in 2015 as the Gibson Peter Frampton "Phenix" 1954 Les Paul Custom.

Specifications (28)

Controls

Number of control knobs4 control knobs
Pickup selector controls3-way selector switch
Tone controls2 tone controls
Volume controls2 volume controls

Electronics

Pickups brand and modelGibson 500T pickup(s), Gibson 57 classic pickup(s)
Pickups configuration3 humbucker pickups

General

Finish colorsebony finish
Made inUSA
Bindingmulti-ply binding, neck binding
Number of strings6 strings
Scale length24.75 inches scale-length

Body

Body materialmahogany body
Body styleLes Paul-style body
Body top materialmaple body top
Hollow bodysemi-hollow body

Hardware

Bridgetune-o-matic bridge
Hardware colorgold-plated hardware
Tailpiecestop tailpiece

Fretboard

Fingerboard inlay materialmother of pearl fingerboard inlay material
Fingerboard materialphenolic fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersblock fingerboard position markers

Neck

Headstock inlays or logospearl headstock inlay/logo
Neck jointset neck
Neck materialmahogany neck
Neck profilethin neck profile
Neck width1.69 inches wide at nut
Number of frets22 fret
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Prices (2)

DatePriceConditionNameComments
2018$6000excellentTone.EPerson I bought from, bought it in the USA, and it came home to Oz with him. Has the case and "candy". Is in same condition as when I bought it, July 2019. I put 2018 in list above, cozz there was no 2019 available. Was curious as to current price. Cheers,T.M.
2017$4500excellent

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