SOLD! 2014 Gibson Les Paul AAA Flametop Special with single “F” hole… SOLD!

[pro.sa]

The Carmel-burst Flametop is STUNNING in person!

This is one of only 400 made exclusively for Guitar Center by Gibson and is in Fantastic condition.

She has the sought after ‘57 pickup in the neck and the Super ‘57 in the bridge. This guitar also has “coil taps” to allow Fender single coil tones making this one of the most versatile LP’s you’ll find. The neck is somewhere between a full 50’s and thin 60’s… I would call it a medium C. The frets have lots of life with no indents or any funny business. Weight is under 8lbs according to my digital bathroom scale.

This Gibson is all original with no issues and very little play wear. You’ll be hard pressed to find another anywhere. Includes the original hard case.

Features:
AAA flame maple caramel-burst top
Mahogany body
South American rosewood fingerboard
57 classic & super 57 humbuckers with coil splitting
Weight Relieved F-Hole semi-hollow body
TonePros locking bridge
Limited to only 400 worldwide

If you have been thinking about getting a Les Paul this is the one to get!!!

$1899 shipped to CONUS.

 

[Leee]

I had one of these.
Definitely a cool guitar.

 

[TXOldRedRocker]

Wanna trade?

 

[Leee]

You might want to make clear in your info that this is a FLAT TOP Special.
Not a carved top like some of the Les Paul semi-hollows Gibson has done over the years.

That was a constant thing with mine, guitar guys would look at it and say, “Oh, that’s a flat top.”

Like they we’re surprised.

I guess we are all conditioned to seeing nice Maple on a carved top, so people simply presume that it is.
Way back when, in statistics, I think they called this confirmation bias.


Great player and I love ‘57 Classics.
Only reason I sold mine was simply to make room for something else.
I already had my ES-335 and Taylor T-3.

 

[redcoats1976]

that is nice...i would need to move my 2016 trad HP first though.

 

[Brazilnut]

What a beauty!

 

[pro.sa]

I’ve been asked a couple times about a trade and I have to say I’d prefer an outright sale but may consider a trade if the deal is right

 

[pro.sa]

Just for clarity this guitar has a flat top as suggested by the “special” designation given by Gibson. That’s kind of what gives it such a unique place in the Gibson hierarchy... single F hole with a real maple flame on a flat top. As far as I’m aware that had never been done before by Gibson and they publicly stated that they will never make this model again. Plus having the 6 different tones at you fingertips is really great and there’s hardly any volume loss when using the pickups in “single coil” mode.

 

[redcoats1976]

cant believe its still here...

 

[pro.sa]

I completely agree with you!

 

[pro.sa]

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[redcoats1976]

still watching...if you werent so far away id offer a trade but shipping scares me.too many baggage handlers that like to throw things.

 

[thefishingline]

with no binding on neck and dot markers this is a studio version isn't it?? What's written under the bridge pickup??

 

[Nick-O]

They were a spec run done for GC.
I had one in 2014, great light guitar.
There were no alternate versions.
They've skyrocketed in resale value.

 

[thefishingline]

Doesn't answer my question this is a studio LP right?

 

[TorzJohnson]

Doesn't answer my question this is a studio LP right?

It's a Special. The absence of neck binding is not unusual in the various versions of "Specials" over the years. A Studio would have a carved top.

 

[pro.sa]

Direct from Gibson’s marketing team, this should answer most questions about this model.

LES PAUL SPECIAL AAA FLAME TOP
SEMI-HOLLOWBODY
Featuring a AAA flame caramel-burst top on a weight-
relieved mahogany body, this semi-hollow Les Paul Special
is the stuff of which dreams are made. The '57 Classic and
Super '57 humbuckers round out the package for classic
Gibson tone that'll last a lifetime. Limited to 400 at select GC
locations nationwide.

 

[Leee]

Here’s the one I had.
(Finally found a pic)

A buddy of mine bought it new.
He had been pursuing the “one guitar does it all” theory for years, convinced that he could find one guitar to do everything he would ever want.

After a few years of playing this one, he pretty much stopped playing electrics and stuck it in the case.
When he finally got serious about selling it, he offered it to me.

I put locking Rotomatics and black plastic on it.
I played it now and then, and it was cool enough, but it did nothing spectacular.

Biggest problem is that I have plenty of other guitars.
I have other Les Pauls, and it really does not compete with any of them.
It certainly is not going to replace my ES-335.

So I posted this guitar online and it found a happy home in Arizona - which is ironic, considering that’s where it was bought new.

I had bought a Taylor T3 and was blown away, and I enjoyed it so much more than this hollow LP.
I thought it was sneaking into ES
-335 territory, but I just couldn’t put my 335 away for long.
As a result, I sold the T3 as well.

I will say that these hollow LP Specials are definitely cool.
If you don’t want to bother with a bunch of different guitars, the one offered by the OP here just might be the one that does it all.
Cool sound, and some tapping/switching options onboard.

 

[pro.sa]

I find that the tone on this particular guitar is much closer to “Les Paul roar” than a 335 when the volume is wide open and then exhibits a bit of the ES qualities when the volume is rolled off a bit.

Overall it is a fantastic sounding and visually stunning USA Gibson Les Paul with quite a few tricks up it’s sleeve.

 

[pro.sa]

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