UsedCustom ShopLegacy stock
Gibson Custom Shop 61 SG (Les Paul) Vibrola
Guitar description
Another rare find has come our way in the form of this superb 2000 year Gibson 61 SG (Les Paul Model) Vibrola VOS in faded cherry. Made in the early days of the Gibson Custom Shop and at a time when Gibson were noted for making some of the best guitars in their history. This one is light, woody, resonant and with a lovely vibrant acoustic energy. There is no doubt that this has been extremely well crafted from very high end materials and selected woods. Plugged in it sings with a classic vintage vibe, Synonymous with Clapton’s Cream era in the 1960s this has all those classic tones. It's very unusual for us to come across these, especially the Vibrola models and like all high end instruments in this category they are rising in price dramatically.
Guitar specification
| Country of manufacture | USA |
|---|---|
| Fret board radius | 12 |
| Body | Mahogany |
| Candy | No cert was supplied when new, Gibson didn't do them in 2000 |
| Case | Original case |
| Frets | Medium Jumbo |
| Neck | Mahogany |
| Neck shape | 1960 Slim |
| Number of frets | 22 |
| Pickups | Custom Buckers (Original Gibson CS) |
| Neck depth @ 12th fret | 22.55mm |
| Neck width @ 12th fret | 52.09mm |
| Nut slot depth | 21.57mm |
| Nut width | 42.99mm |
Guitar condition
Superb condition for it's age. Has been used and played but very well looked after and has plenty of fret life left. A few little marks here and there, nothing major.
What did we do?
- Action setup and string-height adjustment
- Cleaned
- Fret dress and polish
- Fret level
- New strings
- Nut lubrication
- Tremolo balance setup
- Truss-rod adjustment
- New strings — D'Addario EXL110-10P 10-46
Gallery uses 6 preserved photographs selected in backup filename order from the 35-image backup.
