Cobretti86 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 i have a chance to buy a 76 les paul artisan walnut with 3 humbuckers. its good overall with wear but no cracks or anything. new frets and almost all orig. just wondering how rare and what the value of these guitar are/ also how are they for playing i know they are fairly heavy guitars. is it worth my while to pay $1200 - $1400 (Canadian dollars) for a guitar like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 It certainly souds a very good deal to me! Basically it is a special limited edition of the LP Custom. I can't fill in much in the way of detail regarding numbers and weights etc., (although regular Customs from this period do tend to be weighty beasts) but the following is what they had to say about it in "The Gibson Guitar vol II" (1979); "The Les Paul Artisan. This is an all new Les Paul model and is to be introduced as a limited edition in late 1977...It is equipped with 22 frets, a 24 3/4" scale and ebony fingerboard with a very appealing, depending on your taste, 'hearts and flowers' inlay. The centre pickup is a 'Super humbucker' and the other two are of the "Series 7" variety." Keep us informed, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanC Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'd like to see a picture!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'd like to see a picture!! I'm afraid this is the only one I have at the moment. It's copied from the aforementioned book. It was an official Gibson shot at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 That looks really cool. Sounds like a good deal too. I bet it's value will appreciate better than a Custom of the same time period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Here is a link of interest to those who covet an Artisan. Some great info if you click on the 'Mike Slubowski's Artisans' bit after all the snaps and listings. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.muc.de/~hm/music/Guitars/gibson-lp-artisan-00230976/Les_Paul_Artisan_06203941-001.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.muc.de/~hm/music/Guitars/gibson-lp-artisan-00230976/&usg=__xOr4k4cFdXnpbSMRCskolmlPEnw=&h=576&w=382&sz=50&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=mdLo1IRL0wQnSM:&tbnh=134&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgibson%2Bles%2Bpaul%2Bartisan%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DX%26um%3D1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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