# Guitar help! 1976 Gibson Les Paul Special price? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-1976-gibson-les-paul-special-price/609129 "2012-01-11T04:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-1976-gibson-les-paul-special-price/609129/21 "2012-01-12T12:53:07Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Can we have a shot of the front of the headstock? I have a theory: the ‘Gibson’ is just carved in and not inlaid. If so, it’s a Firebrand series. Though that had different tuners and a relocated switch. That all mahogany body screams low-end to me, though, no maple cap. > > Probably just a Standard. (Still more expensive than any guitar I own) That’s a good thought about the Firebrand series. But it’s not a Standard. Standards have carved maple tops and binding. As far as I know, nothing with an unbound slab-type body like this has been called a Standard. A picture of the front of the head stock would help in figuring out what this is. And based on **WordMan** ’s most recent post, it’s probably a Special (like the OP said)l with humbuckers. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-1976-gibson-les-paul-special-price/609129/22 "2012-01-12T13:51:47Z")
[http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Les-Paul-Special-hard-case-Mint-condition-/260929388879?pt=Guitar&hash=item3cc09a814f](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Les-Paul-Special-hard-case-Mint-condition-/260929388879?pt=Guitar&hash=item3cc09a814f) [http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-LES-PAUL-SPECIAL-GUITAR-2005-USA-GIBSON-SOFT-CASE-GREAT-CONDITION-/200697266528?pt=Guitar&hash=item2eba7d4160](http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-LES-PAUL-SPECIAL-GUITAR-2005-USA-GIBSON-SOFT-CASE-GREAT-CONDITION-/200697266528?pt=Guitar&hash=item2eba7d4160) [http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-2002-Cherry-Les-Paul-Special-Body-Neck-/180790690263?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a17f701d7](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-2002-Cherry-Les-Paul-Special-Body-Neck-/180790690263?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a17f701d7) [http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-Les-Paul-Special-2004-Black-/200691459619?pt=Guitar&hash=item2eba24a623](http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-Les-Paul-Special-2004-Black-/200691459619?pt=Guitar&hash=item2eba24a623) ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-1976-gibson-les-paul-special-price/609129/23 "2012-01-12T14:47:22Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > [http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Les-Paul-Special-hard-case-Mint-condition-/260929388879?pt=Guitar&hash=item3cc09a814f](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Les-Paul-Special-hard-case-Mint-condition-/260929388879?pt=Guitar&hash=item3cc09a814f) > > [http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-LES-PAUL-SPECIAL-GUITAR-2005-USA-GIBSON-SOFT-CASE-GREAT-CONDITION-/200697266528?pt=Guitar&hash=item2eba7d4160](http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-LES-PAUL-SPECIAL-GUITAR-2005-USA-GIBSON-SOFT-CASE-GREAT-CONDITION-/200697266528?pt=Guitar&hash=item2eba7d4160) > > [http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-2002-Cherry-Les-Paul-Special-Body-Neck-/180790690263?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a17f701d7](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-2002-Cherry-Les-Paul-Special-Body-Neck-/180790690263?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a17f701d7) > > [http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-Les-Paul-Special-2004-Black-/200691459619?pt=Guitar&hash=item2eba24a623](http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-Les-Paul-Special-2004-Black-/200691459619?pt=Guitar&hash=item2eba24a623) Except for the absence of a pick-guard on the guitar in the OP, the first two links look like a match. ETA: Make that links 2 and 3. ---
**Author:** ![sssteeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sssteeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sssteeve)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-1976-gibson-les-paul-special-price/609129/24 "2017-07-15T07:58:35Z")
FWIW I bought a Gibson like this new for around $600 in 2004 although it had a pair of P90 pickups instead of humbuckers. It was called a Les Paul Junior Special (or Special Junior - I forget which.) Without a carved top, binding or a nitrocellulose finish it would probably sell for around $500 today (2017). EDIT I just found one of these listed at [Reverb.com](http://Reverb.com) for $595 + $40 s/h. It is a Gibson Les Paul Special 2002 Faded Cherry and comes with 490R and 498T humbuckers which are still used on many Gibson guitars. Steve A. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-1976-gibson-les-paul-special-price/609129/25 "2017-07-16T12:58:59Z")
Welcome to the board, **sssteeve**. If you - like many of us - found this board by way of a web search, you likely would not have noticed that this thread was posted a few years ago. You can check the date on the most recent post before yours to see what I’m talking about. Around here, old threads that get resurrected (typically by accident, happens fairly often) get referred to as “zombies”. Often, people will then post whatever references to zombie guitar players, zombie pegheads, etc., that they can work in, all in good pun. Stick around, and see if you like the place. Since you play a Les Paul, maybe you’ll take an interest in **The Great Ongoing Guitar Thread** , where new posts are actively encouraged. > **[The Great Ongoing Guitar Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=550219)** > > Face it, there’s been a lot of guitar threads over the last month or so. Some of us are pro-quality players, some of us (like me) are just starting out again for the third time. And some of us just like to sit around and bullshit. There’s been a lot... Hope to see you there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-1976-gibson-les-paul-special-price/609129/26 "2017-07-16T14:04:32Z")
**EtF** , I suspect this zombie was recommended in order to work in the link to the Reverb ad. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-1976-gibson-les-paul-special-price/609129/27 "2017-07-16T14:13:57Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > **EtF** , I suspect this zombie was recommended in order to work in the link to the Reverb ad. OOK. So nave. No more posting before coffee. Anyway, thanks \*\* WordMan \*\*, and welcome to the board! Please take a look around… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-help-1976-gibson-les-paul-special-price/609129.md?page=1)