NGD: Gibson Les Paul 60’s Tribute

[AlbertA]

I found this used at the local guitar shop.

A 2018 60’s tribute Les Paul with a satin honey burst finish and a slim taper neck profile.

The fretwork and setup was a bit rough but having had experience with another Tribute, these seem to have fairly good bones.
I leveled, crowned and polished all the frets and addressed the fret ends which where getting my rag caught.

I’ve also set it up to my specs - .005” relief at 6th fret, 1.5mm bass/1.25mm treble action at the 12th fret.

And it plays great now.

I put in an order for locking tuners however and a new Graphtech nut.

 

[Los-D]

Those are awesome, bang for buck Gibsons imo. Congrats!

 

[AlbertA]

Those are awesome, bang for buck Gibsons imo. Congrats!

They are! I already had a 2011 goldtop Tribute with P90s so I knew what to expect in terms of neck profile.

 

[gearJunkie]

Great find. Congrats!

 

[SillyOctpuss]

They are! I already had a 2011 goldtop Tribute with P90s so I knew what to expect in terms of neck profile.

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I always loved the p90 goldtop tributes

 

[EOengineer]

Awesome guitar. The thing I really like about the tributes is that they get all the big stuff right. Good bones, if you will.

I once had a 50s tribute that was one of my best sounding guitars but JFC the thing weighed almost 12 lbs.

 

[AlbertA]

Awesome guitar.

The thing I really like about the tributes is that they get all the big stuff right. Good bones, if you will.

Yes, at lest these two I have did have good bones. Though I am replace the tuners with locking tuners and putting in a GraphTech nut.

I once had a 50s tribute that was one of my best sounding guitars but JFC the thing weighed almost 12 lbs.

12 lbs???

This one seems chunkier than my Goldtop tribute - I haven't weighted it yet - but this one feels like 8-8.5lbs

 

[EOengineer]

Yes, at lest these two I have did have good bones. Though I am replace the tuners with locking tuners and putting in a GraphTech nut.



12 lbs???

This one seems chunkier than my Goldtop tribute - I haven't weighted it yet - but this one feels like 8-8.5lbs

8lbs would be awesome. I’ve seen some light tributes so at least they aren’t all boat anchors, fortunately.

Also, I’ve graphtech’d all my Gibsons. They might even be using those from the factory now? Pretty sure my standard 60s has one. Anyway, solid move. Some Gibbys get finicky about tuning stability due to binding - I find these dramatically reduce those problems.

I liked the tuners on my tribute. The keystones you have on there might be fine once you swap the nut.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Awesome guitar. The thing I really like about the tributes is that they get all the big stuff right. Good bones, if you will.

I once had a 50s tribute that was one of my best sounding guitars but JFC the thing weighed almost 12 lbs.

I played a Japanese les paul copy that was over 12lbs once. The brand name was Vester or something like that. I was round at a guys house buying a jap 335 and he had this cool looking 'burst' sat on a stand. i couldn't believe how heavy it was.