Grog

Your Les Paul Recording is also the last year/variation of the model. It is standard LP size vs the larger size used since 1972. It has a maple top. They moved two input jacks on the edge eliminiating the control plate cracking issue & the need for a Low-High Impedance switch. The pickup selector switch is in the normal Les Paul location vs on the control plate. Different control plate configuration.

Looks like a Chibson to me……….

There are two on Reverb now that look pretty much the same. They are listed as 40th Anniversary models. One is $1,650. The other $2,000. Not that they are selling for that, the $2,000 guitar has been listed for a year……… $600 could be a flag.

The VG Price Guide lists it between $2,250 & $3,000. Most sellers likely will list them higher……

Looks to be an early, around ‘72 seventies EB-0L. They went to a three point bridge about ‘73. From the photo it looks worth restoring.

69…….

The day before I got married Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane crashed. I was too busy to watch the news so didn’t even hear about it till days later.

The shape of the cutaways would be different in a 1960 VS a later sixties ES335. They refer to the earlier shape a “Mickey Mouse Ears”. Not to mention nickel hardware VS chrome & a late sixties would have “Witch Hat” knobs VS reflector knobs. Here is a photo of my 1967 ES335.

On the "Les Paul Forum", there is a member who was a Gibson employee I believe at this time who likely will have your answer. Nice guitar!! Where are they now... | The Les Paul Forum P.S. The thread is a few pages back in the “Other Gibsons” topic………

The Kalamazoo plant was union. The Nashville and all plants after that I believe were non-union.

Try a Gator GW-335 case at a store like Guitar Center. They seem to have a longer headstock pocket, (at least they do in their Les Paul cases) and they are easy to modify if necessary. I had to add 3/4” on the bottom & it worked well………..

I ended up dragging this Wiggy amp home after seeing it on Craigslist for way too long. It was supposedly designed in collaboration with Frank before he passed & then Dweezle was said to help finish it. I guess the head is suppose to look like Franks Corvette dash. It’s an oddball for sure……..

This was a photo I had on file from another topic.

The headstock rests on the bottom of the case.

Another example of a lousy rectangular Gibson HSC from the early seventies. The neck rest is literally a solid block of foam……