guitarpartsvintage.com » Gibson Deluxe http://www.guitarpartsvintage.com Fender and Gibson Vintage Guitar Parts from the 50's and 60's Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:49:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe ( 1969-1985 ) http://www.guitarpartsvintage.com/20090501-gibson-les-paul-deluxe-1969-1985/ http://www.guitarpartsvintage.com/20090501-gibson-les-paul-deluxe-1969-1985/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 02:02:22 +0000 http://www.guitarpartsvintage.com/?p=954 pete townshend playing the gibson les paul deluxe
The gibson les paul deluxe electric guitar was originally released in 1969 , it was a renamed guitar and originated from the Gibson Les Paul Standard ( goldtop model ) . The main feature of the gibson les paul deluxe was its mini humbuckers .

The humbuckers produced a nice tite crunch and the result pleased many guitar players including pete townshend who used them in several concerts . The guitar appeared on the gibson price list in 1969 for $425 and was fairly succesful .

In 1969 the gibson lp deluxe featured 2 mini humbuckers ,maple top , mahogany body , a goldttop finish , pantograpgh logo and a 3 piece neck . During the mid seventies regular sized humbuckers were optional and few were also produced with p-90 pickups.

1972 gibson les paul deluxe goldtopFrom 1970 to 1985 features basically stayed the same accept for minor detail changes and were produced in various beautiful colors such as cherry red sunburst , red wine , goldtop , blue sparkle in 1974,76 and 77 , red sparkle in 1975 . ( custom sparkle colors are worth more and are highly in demand by collectors ) . Discontinued in 1985

In 1978 gibson also introduced the gibson les paul pro-deluxe which featured 2 p-90 pickups , chrome hardware and were made in various colors .

In 1991 and on gibson made several other models of the deluxe such as the les paul deluxe hall of fame , and the deluxe 30th anniversary….

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