You may have wondered why 1969 Gibson Les Paul Goldtops are so rare and amazing? It's because they were never built or assembled...they are all MINED from veins of solid white quartz here on Guitar Island just off the coast of Beigeland, USA. Our ever scrumscious and indefatigable mine engineer, AnnMarie, is shown extracting a mid 69 Goldtop, complete with patent number decal mini humbuckers, at the -1200 foot level of the Eagle mine, after blasting away the parent rock with high explosives, she then transports the gold to the assay station near the glory hole to check the gold content. The mine lizards then transport the guitar ore to the 5 stamp mill at the surface for serialization and final preparation. It is a long process with innumerable hazards at every turn of the tunnel and stope chute. This is a high grade goldtop just under 9 pounds. As all rare goldtops it has issues and inclusions. Most notable here is the very very slight enlargement of the mini humbucker pickup routs, a nashville harmonica bridge, and an upgrade change to Grover tuners. It has a pair of "goof rings" included that hide the slight enlargements, should the new caretaker desire that. No "Made in USA", no volute, no volare...woo-oh!, pancake body and three piece waffle neck made of old growth Honduran mahogany, original lightweight 1.1 oz tailpiece, and a Brazilian rosewood fretboard. The neck profile is medium, the vibrancy and resonance are to die for-one of those very special woodsy tone exceptional guitars that just vibrates everything in a very excellent fashion. You players know what I mean. New Gibson's just don't have that quality anymore as corporate logic replaces quality craftsmanship and materials with proletariat style mass produced units in Nashville. Has a nice condition Gibson period correct violin case-black with purple interior! Small inconsequential crack was epoxied even though it stayed in tune unfixed. Didn't separate under full tension, just a precaution. Non issue 69's fetch 12,000 and more. This one a player's grade due to the inclusions, and this 39 year old Gibson works and plays excellent, and It is sold as-is. but superior in every way to any new Barbie & Ken doll guitars inspired by Gibson's parent company, Toy's R US. :Oooooh, get the robot guitar with the new purple dress...Oooooh! Those are for sheeple! This is a man's guitar! Not $6,969.69???? Instead try-NO RESERVE!! Or, paypal $4969.69 to monolith19@hotmail.com and BUY IT NOW!! The goof rings around the pickups have now been put back on. See last picture. Everyone should get a chance to enjoy a great 69 at some point in their life?

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On May-07-08 at 12:43:53 PDT, seller added the following information: