Gibson Les Paul Special SL with Humbuckers, 1998 (USA)

This Gibson Les Paul Special SL has a neck that's a breeze to play, smooth the whole way up with nothing sticky about it, gliding easily up and down the fretboard. The original Gibson 490R and 498T humbucker pickups cover a lot of ground too, equally happy cranking out rock tones or sitting back into something sweeter and jazzier.
 
It's a solid flat slab mahogany body, no maple cap, with a belly cut on the back that's specific to the SL line rather than the vintage-spec Specials. The neck is set-in, one-piece mahogany, cut to a slimmer, faster '60s profile rather than the chunkier '50s neck found on the P-90 versions.
 
Condition is immaculate, almost no wear anywhere on it bar a small marking on the back of the neck. No noticeable fret wear, and the action's great, ready to go straight out of the box.
 
Features
Pickups: Gibson 490R (neck) and 498T (bridge) Alnico humbuckers
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3-way toggle switch
Body: Solid flat slab mahogany (no maple cap), belly cut contour
Neck: Set-in, one-piece mahogany, slim '60s profile
Fingerboard: Unbound rosewood with pearloid dot inlays
Frets: 22 medium-jumbo frets
Scale Length: 24.75"
Bridge: Chrome-plated Nashville Tune-o-matic with stopbar tailpiece
Tuners: Gibson Deluxe vintage-style strip tuners, green keystone buttons
Finish: Satin Natural, "SL" (sans-lacquer), thin open-grain finish
Weight: 4.19kg
Serial: 93458419
AU$1,600
Case: Hard case
 
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