mbrooks0711 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Okay guys, I need your help on this one. I can't seem to find much information on google or by any other normal means, so I'd figure I'd ask here. I'm a regular over on the Epiphone part of the forum, but I'd thought I'd venture over here to get y'alls expert knowledge. Here's the specs that I know, and I need your help getting a model name. I'll bold the things I found weird. Gibson Les Paul ___________? 1980? model (serial 8XXX0XXX, i think i remembered the coding correctly) BOLT-ON NECK Flat top (like an LP special) Two humbuckers, but with both humbuckers have magnets on bottom, like two bridge pickups) Two 3-way switches kind of below the bridge, left of the knobs; no 3-way switch in normal LP position At first, I thought this was some catastra**** of a crack-head's dream, but the control cavity on the back seems to be large enough to accommodate the two 3 way switches, so it SEEMS like this was standard from the factory. Okay, the backstory and why I don't have photos. Saw it in a local pawn-shop today, but I didn't get to play it or take pictures of it (so people can't tell the po-lice that it's really their property and was stolen). Condition was okay (not bad for being 30 years old) and the price was just a shade over $300, which is the real reason I'm asking about it at all. Does ANYBODY know if this guitar was something Gibson actually produced, or is it botched up nightmare from the early 80's? Muchos Gracias for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 . Sounds like a Gibson Sonex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 did it look like any of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Woah, whats that last les paul there? ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbrooks0711 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 did it look like any of these? Nope, sorry. If anybody else has good places for me to dig for information, I'd appreciate that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbrooks0711 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 . Sounds like a Gibson Sonex. Nope, not a Gibson Sonex from what I can tell. I've looked at the first 3 or 4 pages of google images, and it's close but no match. The two switches are underneath the bridge. As in south of the humbuckers. This is driving me crazy! Thanks for the help so far though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFrills Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Sorry I can't help but I really dig the black Gibson posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Sorry I can't help but I really dig the black Gibson posted. That's a Gibson Sonex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Well without any pictures I would have to say that the guitar in the pawn shop is not a gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Woah, whats that last les paul there? ^ that is a Gibson Challenger, I believe 1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbrooks0711 Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 It seems that what I might have found is a "Gibson Les Paul Artist Active model" http://www.tdpri.com/forum/bad-dog-cafe/124149-1981-gibson-les-paul-worth.html I found this thread that seems to describe what I found pretty well. Not hardly any info around the internet on the "Active" Artist model. For around $300 would this be worth getting? Any real value in a one-off sort of prototype 80's Gibson be worth anything eventually? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 it's not the Les Paul Artist, the Artist has a set neck and also has the pickup selector switch in the upper bass horn where it normally is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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