Thanks for further info. Don't know when the Historic Division moved. probably easier to separate into guitars made by "Gibson USA" and guitars made by "Custom, Art and Historic" division. I know the Custom, Art and Historic shop was running in the early/mid 90s, but genuine new Historics were like hen's teeth here in the UK.
Sewood, why do I get the feeling you could contribute quite a lot to this list? (Stole the '54 info from another thread...
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Going to ponder the best way to do that so for the meanwhile I've updated a little...
Sunbursts
Heritage Les Paul introduced 1980
Les Paul '59 reissue introduced 1985 (Could even be 82/83)
Les Paul '60 reissue introduced 1990
Les Paul '58 reissue introduced 1993 - 1995 ("Re-introduced" in 2001 with "less figured" Top)
Les Paul '57 reissue introduced 1985
Les Paul '56 reissue introduced 1989
Les Paul '54 reissue 2001 - 2004
Les Paul '52 reissue introduced ??
Nitro cellulose finish
Nickel hardware
Small headstock
Holly veneer headstock
Corrected tuner angle 2003
Correct body binding around cutaway
Long tenon body/neck join
Classic 57 pickups
Burstbuckers 2002
Bumblebee caps 2003
CTS pots 2003
Authentic neck profiles 1992?
Brazilian rosewood fingerboards available ?-2003?
Tops get ridiculously "curly"
"Aged" guitars available from factory
Plain tops available 2001?
VOS 2006
Lightweight tailpiece
Wired ABR1
Non wired ABR1 2002 only
60s neck available from 1990
Junior/Special
Les Paul Junior '54 1986-1991 (Not stop-bar)
Les Paul Junior '58 (DC) 1986-1987 (Not stop-bar)
Les Paul Special '58 1976-1979
Les Paul Special Single cut reissue 1988 - 1998 (Grovers and P100, not stop bar, available HC, TSB or TV yellow, 60s neck)
Les Paul "Junior" Special 1999? - 2003 ("Green" kluson type, P100s, not stop bar, only available in natural finish. Supposed to be 60s neck but quite chunky.)
Custom
Black Beauty '54 Reissue 1992
Black Beauty '57 Reissue 2PU 1992
Black Beauty '57 Reissue 3PU 1992
Custom reissue '68