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1963 or 1967 Gibson LesPaul - in fair
condition with original case and no known shop repairs, but modified keys. I re-soldered wires to Vol and Jack with silver solder. The lacquer coating is original but cracked or grazed due to storage or
use in
cold weather. The photos with flash show the grazing very well. In normal lighting it is not nearly as prominent. The same guitar
in similar or worse condition asks 3k to 10k on ebay.
If it had original keys, and no cracks on varnish, this would be considered excellent condition.
This was given to Zack in Joplin, Missouri
Good case - no key to the lock
Sustain is great - keeps tune forever if strings are well used
Cracks in varnish are amplified by the flash of the camera
No dings anywhere on this guitar - the only wear is noted below
Made in USA over Serial # 00125614 with German keys modification
This guitar has number 00125614 which makes it a 1963 or 1967 by this list. The info below says all 67's started with a "0" and have 6 digits. The modified keys make it a collectors hesitation. I remember the original 60's guitars with original keys. They usually didn't work well (about like wooden pegs) and everyone was changing them to this model of keys. These are properly installed and probably done in a music shop. The sound is perfect and has three position selection on two pickups. Gap at the 12th fret is just over 1/8th inch on all strings. I picked up this guitar in Shreveport about 1981.
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The following information originated from http://www.provide.net/%7Ecfh/gibson.html#serial I can't vouch for it's accuracy, but there are many resources and more information on the web.
Stamped in serial numbers, used from 1961 to 1969. The 1964 number on the left is still a "pressed in" number, though gibson has inked the impression to make it more readable (they started doing this about 1963 or 1964, when serial numbers went to six digits). The number in the middle is from 1964 (on an ES-335), and the number in the right is from 1961 (on an Les Paul TV Special). Note the lack of "Made in USA", thus denoting these are pre-1970 guitars.
Gibson Serial Numbers, Feb 1961 to 1970.
All models, stamped in back top of peghead. No "MADE IN USA" stamp below serial number! Note many serial numbers are duplicated from 1963-1969. In these cases, to figure out which is the exact year for a guitar, see the General Specs section for more details. ALSO note: It is easy to confuse 5 digit and 6 digit serial numbers from this era, and hence get the wrong year for a guitar. That is, 55555 is not the same number as 555555 (but when reading the number off the back of a Gibson peghead, these two numbers do look very similar!)
Range Year
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0100 to 42440 1961
42441 to 61180 1962
61450 to 64222 1963
64240 to 71040 1964
71041 to 96600 1962, a few from 1963/1964
96601 to 99999 1963
000001 to 099999 1967
(all 6 digit numbers starting with "0" are 1967)
100000 to 106099 1963 or 1967
106100 to 106899 1963
109000 to 109999 1963 or 1967
110000 to 111549 1963
111550 to 115799 1963 or 1967
115800 to 118299 1963
118300 to 120999 1963 or 1967
121000 to 139999 1963
140000 to 140100 1963 or 1967
140101 to 144304 1963
144305 to 144380 1964
144381 to 149864 1963
149865 to 149891 1964
149892 to 152989 1963
152990 to 174222 1964
174223 to 176643 1964 or 1965
176644 to 250335 1964
250336 to 305983 1965
306000 to 310999 1965 or 1967
311000 to 320149 1965
320150 to 320699 1967
320700 to 329179 1965
329180 to 330199 1965 or 1967
330200 to 332240 1965, 1967 or 1968
332241 to 348092 1965
348093 to 349100 1966
349121 to 368638 1965
368640 to 369890 1966
370000 to 370999 1967
380000 to 385309 1966
390000 to 390998 1967
400001 to 406666 1966
406667 to 409670 1966 to 1968
409671 to 410900 1966
410901 to 419999 unknown
420000 to 429193 1966
500000 to 500999 1965, 1966, 1968, or 1969
501009 to 501600 1965
501601 to 501702 1968
501703 to 502706 1965 or 1968
503010 to 503109 1968
503405 to 520955 1965 or 1968
520956 to 530056 1968
530061 to 530850 1966, 1968, or 1969
530851 to 530993 1968 or 1969
530994 to 539999 1969
540000 to 540795 1966 or 1969
540796 to 545009 1969
555000 to 557999 1966
558000 to 567400 1969
570087 to 570643 1966
570645 to 570755 1966 or 1967
570857 to 570964 1966
580000 to 580080 1969
580086 to 580999 1966, 1967 or 1969
600000 to 600998 low end models, 1966, 1967, or 1968
600000 to 606090 high end models, 1969
700000 to 700799 1966, 1967 or 1969
750000 to 750999 1968 or 1969
800000 to 800999 1966, 1967, 1968 or 1969
801000 to 812838 1966 or 1969
812900 to 819999 1969
820000 to 820087 1966 or 1969
820088 to 823830 1966
824000 to 824999 1969
828002 to 847488 1966 or 1969
847499 to 858999 1966 or 1969
859001 to 895038 1967
895039 to 896999 1968
897000 to 898999 1967 or 1969
899000 to 899999 1968
900000 to 901999 1970
910000 to 999999 1968
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