![]() The most famous finish applied by Gibson in a production model is the GoldTop of the model Les Paul from 1952, who was born at the end of ’51 ES-175 presented by Les Paul himself. Subsequently, the Cherry Red color was available in many Gibson models, either as a standard finish or as an option, before becoming the main color of the new solid and electric SG-style bodies in 1961.īlack and white’s use for decades aside, Gibson’s first non-traditional finish was blue that was applied to the renewed Lap Steel Century of 1951. Factory records indicate that the color was originally used in ’57 only on an ES-295 guitar. The creation of the Cherry color in Les Paul Special and Junior dates back to the year 58. While competitors such as Fender, Gretsch, Harmony and Rickenbacker did not stop expanding their range of finishes with a multitude of colors, Gibson continued with his (more traditional) strategy. ![]() It was not contrary to personalized work or colorful finishes, but I saw them more as a result of its wide range of string instruments: acoustic, electric and other instruments. ![]() Gibson unlike Fender did not easily adopt the concept of offering custom color finishes.
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