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. Mine was.

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.

 

[greatmutah]

HNGD! That looks gorgeous. I love the 50s P90 GT Tributes too. I want one so I can sticker it up like Mike Ness's Goldtop.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Play well and prosper! Congrats.

 

[KFF]

I found this used at the local guitar shop.

Stunner!