2007 GIBSON LES PAUL JUNIOR - INSPIRED BY SERIES THE JOHN LENNON MODEL LES PAUL - EX RICHIE SAMBORA
Here is a very collectible John Lennon LP Junior having the extra benefit of being owned by Richie Sambora. Fully authenticated and documented with a picture of Richie with the guitar and a Letter of Provenance signed by Richie himself. Number 087 of 300 made. Has the Gibson Custom Shop COA, all the correct factory period ageing and chips and dings. 
 
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 16, 2007) - Gibson has announced the new Custom Shop John Lennon Inspired By Les Paul guitar. The guitar features a Charlie Christian pickup in the neck position, just like Lennon’s modified 1950s Gibson single-cutaway Junior. Only 300 of these special limited-edition guitars will be produced.
Lennon owned many equally well known guitars during his lifetime, including a Gibson J-160E and Epiphone Casino. The guitars Lennon chose to play often seemed to reflect his ideas, beliefs, and lifestyle. The image of Lennon playing his modded ‘50s Junior during his famous live performance at New York’s Madison Square Garden on August 30, 1972 is an unforgettable one – one that guitar luthier Ron DeMarino helped to shape through the assistance he provided to Lennon in modifying the guitar in the early 1970s.
The Gibson Custom Shop has worked with Yoko Ono in the recreation of this famous modified Les Paul Junior guitar, with Yoko Approving a complete hands-on review of the original for the design team to use as a reference point. The Inspired By Les Paul guitar is aged to look just like Lennon’s original once it was sanded down to the solid mahogany body and includes the famous Charlie Christian neck pickup as well as aged chrome hardware.
Gibson’s John Lennon Inspired By Les Paul specifications:
Model: John Lennon Les Paul
Pickups: P-90 Single Coil in the bridge position & Charlie Christian in the neck position
Hardware: Aged Chrome
Fingerboard: Rosewood Scale: 24 ¾”
Nut Width: 1.689”
Nut: Corian
Bridge: Chrome ABR-1 with stopbar tailpiece
Neck Material: One-Piece Mahogany with Long Neck Tenon
Body Material: Solid Mahogany
Controls: Single volume, single tone, 3-way pickup switch
Color: Aged Faded Cherry
Date Available: July 12th, 2007
 
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