Million Dollar Les Paul: In Search of the Most Valuable Guitar in the World

by Tony Bacon

In 1958, Gibson introduced an electric guitar called the Les Paul Standard, a solidbody electric with mahogany body, two pickups, and a three-colour sunburst maple top, priced at $280. About 1,500 were made before production ceased in 1960 of what was - at the time - a not-particularly-successful model. But when guitar heroes such as Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page began to play examples in the 1960s, the legend of the 'burst' began. The guitars became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906002142
• ISBN13: 9781906002145
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Jawbone Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.4"