Description
What makes this guitar special: The Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom is crafted with the traditional ingredients of the Les Paul Custom circa the early to mid-1970s. Its carved Grade-A maple top is joined to a Grade-A mahogany body that is weight relieved to reduce the load and enhance resonance. This classic tonewood pairing gives you the blend of maple’s snap and articulation with mahogany’s depth and warmth, cornerstones of the legendary Les Paul sound. Loaded with three period-correct, double-cream DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups for maximum rhythm crunch and lead tones of unparalleled fire and fury. To maximize the sonic versatility of the traditional three-way toggle switch and four-knob control section, the guitar is wired to select the neck pickup alone in the switch’s upper position, both middle and bridge pickups in the middle position (sharing the lower volume and tone controls), and bridge pickup alone in the lower position.
Cosmetic Condition: Superb condition & very clean with only a few minor nicks & dings.
Neck: The quarter-sawn mahogany neck is carved to a traditional slim, yet rounded, profile with cream binding & black side-dots. Richlite fingerboard with white acrylic block inlays. Frets are in perfect shape with no wear. Bound headstock with mother of pearl split diamond inlay. Grover tuners with pearloid banjo buttons in perfect working condition. 1 11/16" nut width; 24 3/4" scale length. Neck is straight & truss rod is in perfect working condition.
Body: Solid mahogany body & maple top with 7-ply binding. There's actually some really nice birdseye figuring in the top. Stopbar tailpiece & Tune-O-Matic bridge with chrome hardware. Single-ply cream pickguard & chrome jackplate. Guitar weighs exactly 9 lbs.
Pickups: Open Coil, DiMarzio Super Distortion (Ceramic) humbuckers with cream bezels. Dual volume & tone controls with gold speed knobs; 3-way toggle switch. All electronics are in perfect working condition.
Case: Original hardshell case included along with original Gibson paperwork.
