1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard Dirty Burst + OHSC
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We have to. You're considering spending a lot of money with us and you would obviously like your valuable musical instrument to arrive at your door, without drama, fuss or damage.
We have many years (stretching way back in to the last century) of packing and shipping fragile musical items all over the world - in fact the number of sometimes priceless, vintage instruments we have shipped is in the thousands.
When you buy a vintage or second hand item from us, it will be hand packed by one or more of our specialist, in house staff and then shipped in our own custom made cardboard boxes (If applicable).
We normally ship via our preferred carriers UPS, DPD, Parcelforce and Royal Mail for smaller items such as straps and leads. Tracking numbers are always provided.
Shipping prices vary by item and by location, please see the individual products for details but as a guide, prices for a guitar is usually:
UK - £50
Mainland Europe - £75
USA - £200
Rest of World (rates can vary a lot depending on country) - £250
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All our base prices are in £GBP Sterling and exclude delivery.
Payments can be made by bank transfer (up to any amount) or credit/debit card through our website (up to £10,000.) Due to fraud risks we do not take payment by phone. We accept and use many online payment services that work by way of bank transfer and recommend Wise.com who will in generally offer far better exchange rates than banks.
Do your prices include VAT?
All prices include UK VAT but most used or vintage guitars are sold under the UK marginal scheme for secondhand goods which means you will not get an invoice with the VAT amount shown separately, neither will you be able to claim this VAT element back if you are VAT registered, and the VAT element cannot be deducted for export sales.
For new items such as some guitars, pedals, straps, cables etc 20% UK VAT is included and if you are in an export country, which since Brexit now includes Europe and of course the US, this 20% VAT will automatically be deducted at checkout for you. You may have to pay local taxes and duties when your goods arrive in your home country, we advise you to check with your local customs office to be sure.
Can I reserve or put an item on hold?
Yes you can. Items can be put on hold for a deposit payment of 10%. This will hold the item for up to 30 days but this deposit payment is non refundable in the event of the buyer failing to complete the sale.
A further 10% payment at the end of the initial 30 day period will extend this period for another 30 days and subject to individual approval, this arrangement can be extended at our discretion. ATB Guitars holds title to the goods until paid for in full and if the buyer should change his/her mind for any reason, a restocking fee equivalent to to 15% of the total purchase price will be deducted from any refund given.
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1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard Dirty Burst + OHSC
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Here is 'Burst' number 0 0252, previously undiscovered until a phone call from a local teacher changed everything...
Description of guitar is exactly how we received it and at the request of the new owner, exactly as it was sold to him.
Number 252 was bought in 1967, according to its owner, for £50 after seeing Eric Clapton play one at the Marquee in London. It was then played heavily right up to the late 70’s after which it was put in a closet and has not seen the light of day until now. There is a lot more to this amazing story but if you want to know more we have done a whole YouTube video which will appear on our channel just as soon as we finish editing it!
It is in awful condition. It is covered in dirt, grime and other stuff. The fingerboard has dried out so much that in places it barely looks like rosewood any more. It has an added Bigsby and the arm has been lost, the pickups have been out and spliced back in, they have probably been rewound as there is cheap plastic lead out wire fitted and at the moment they are not reading right but this may be due to the dirty pots. We will not find out for sure until they are de-soldered.
It has been refretted but thankfully and unusually, the refret has been done with small frets which has not damaged the fingerboard. So often we see these re-fretted with 'railway sleepers' that leave marks on the fingerboard when proper size frets are put back in.
The bridge posts have snapped clean off and will be a challenge to remove them neatly but it can be done. The ABR-1 bridge at the moment is resting on gaffa tape and loose washers so it probably sounds crap but we don't know as we haven't even plugged it in or tuned it up as the tuners are pretty much shot.
The ABR-1 no wire bridge is so choked up with gunk and dirt that the saddles are seized up and stuck in there - you don't have to worry about saddles dropping out on this bridge and you won't need a wire (until its cleaned of course).
Other things to note is the switch tip has been replaced, there are two extra screw holes by the bridge, the pickguard has a big slide switch mounted in the middle of it, a lot of the screws have been replaced and the D string is a bronze wound acoustic - this is exactly how it was presented to us.
The good news is it is all original, faded finish with no touch ups or overspray anywhere and there are no breaks or repairs. It includes a Cali Girl case which if you watch the YouTube video has an interesting story in itself.
It also has a cool set of double white and zebra PAF's and all the plastics (with the exception of the switch tip) are original including those rings.
So... they are out there. But I do not think this will be an every day occurrence finding one like this. Yes, sure it needs a bit of work to say the least but when this work has been done, we have the feeling it will turn out to be quite a killer Burst and has already attracted a lot of attention and interest..
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We are not box shifters, we take your packing and shipping very seriously..!
We have to. You're considering spending a lot of money with us and you would obviously like your valuable musical instrument to arrive at your door, without drama, fuss or damage.
We have many years (stretching way back in to the last century) of packing and shipping fragile musical items all over the world - in fact the number of sometimes priceless, vintage instruments we have shipped is in the thousands.
When you buy a vintage or second hand item from us, it will be hand packed by one or more of our specialist, in house staff and then shipped in our own custom made cardboard boxes (If applicable).
We normally ship via our preferred carriers UPS, DPD, Parcelforce and Royal Mail for smaller items such as straps and leads. Tracking numbers are always provided.
Shipping prices vary by item and by location, please see the individual products for details but as a guide, prices for a guitar is usually:
UK - £50
Mainland Europe - £75
USA - £200
Rest of World (rates can vary a lot depending on country) - £250
How can I pay?
All our base prices are in £GBP Sterling and exclude delivery.
Payments can be made by bank transfer (up to any amount) or credit/debit card through our website (up to £10,000.) Due to fraud risks we do not take payment by phone. We accept and use many online payment services that work by way of bank transfer and recommend Wise.com who will in generally offer far better exchange rates than banks.
Do your prices include VAT?
All prices include UK VAT but most used or vintage guitars are sold under the UK marginal scheme for secondhand goods which means you will not get an invoice with the VAT amount shown separately, neither will you be able to claim this VAT element back if you are VAT registered, and the VAT element cannot be deducted for export sales.
For new items such as some guitars, pedals, straps, cables etc 20% UK VAT is included and if you are in an export country, which since Brexit now includes Europe and of course the US, this 20% VAT will automatically be deducted at checkout for you. You may have to pay local taxes and duties when your goods arrive in your home country, we advise you to check with your local customs office to be sure.
Can I reserve or put an item on hold?
Yes you can. Items can be put on hold for a deposit payment of 10%. This will hold the item for up to 30 days but this deposit payment is non refundable in the event of the buyer failing to complete the sale.
A further 10% payment at the end of the initial 30 day period will extend this period for another 30 days and subject to individual approval, this arrangement can be extended at our discretion. ATB Guitars holds title to the goods until paid for in full and if the buyer should change his/her mind for any reason, a restocking fee equivalent to to 15% of the total purchase price will be deducted from any refund given.
Do you have a mailing list?
The best way to get on our mailing list is to submit the form at the bottom of every page on our website. Also follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ATBguitars as most new items are posted there as soon as we buy them and before they go on the website. If you are searching for a specific guitar then send us an email and we will attempt to alert you once one has been found.
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