NySoFlaRob

Just out of curiosity - what is the point of the metal nut? In terms of sound etc ... ? Also - in a thumbnail those models look like they have a sticker of Dr Evil on the back of the headstock.

Thanks for the reply. Looking closer at my photos from social media it looks like the earliest photo I can find is from December of 2015... could be my memory is just off, and it was purchased around Oct-Nov of that year I guess. Some images of the tuners, headstock, and nut ... https://ibb.co/tMv3zJX https://ibb.co/XW8jTnb https://ibb.co/k1qqBwS https://ibb.co/8ggVs2K

I have a Les Paul Traditional purchased new, a few years ago - and just this evening found myself looking at the headstock and noticed (for the first time) it says "Made in the USA Model 2016 " So - I wondered ... because I could have sworn I bought the thing in probably 2014ish ... I know I have photos on my social media where I can see it in the background from at least mid 2015 - and couldve sworn I'd had it for a bit by then. So I thought maybe the 2016 doesn't correspond to the year it was made but the model... like a car maybe? So I checked the serial number on a Gibson ID website and got ... 2 possibilities? 160025043 Made in USA 2016 Model Either: Your guitar was made at the Bozeman Plant, MT, USA on August 22nd, 2012 Production Number: 43 Or: Your guitar was made at theNashville Plant, TN, USAin 2016Production Number: 2504 According to this site - all electric models are made in Nashville, and acoustics are made in Bozeman ... So it should be the Nashville 2016 - but I have an image of it in my home in 2015 on my instagram ... And being a LP it wouldnt have been made in Bozeman, and if it were made in 2012 it wouldnt have been sitting brand new in the shop I bought it from in probably 2014 (maybe 2015?). So - not sure what I have. A model 2016 made in late 2014 or early 2015 maybe? Is that feasible? Cheers!