As a Gibson guitar expert, it's my job to be able to help assess a vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar for these categories. It's important to compare a Gibson Les Paul to the exact same year, model, features, and condition to know what pricing a collector may be willing to pay. The demand side of the equation for Gibson Les Paul guitar values is a bit more difficult to assess. More importantly, we can search the currently available market for similar guitars from the same time period, model, and condition. Many of those guitars are no longer in existence but at least we know that there aren't any more than 429. The Gibson Shipment Totals: 1937-1979 book by Larry Meiners tells us that only 429 Gibson Les Paul TV model guitars were shipped in 1958. In the case of this Gibson Les Paul TV 1958, we can actually find close to the amount of supply at least in 1958.
Vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar values are based off of the relationship between supply and demand for the exact year, model, features, and condition. For more on Gibson guitar dating, check out How to date a Gibson Les Paul. Using the serial number, potentiometer codes, and features we can easily date this Gibson Les Paul TV model to 1958. The double cut body style began in 1958 and lasted until transitioning to the carved SG body style in 1961.
We can then move to what we know about Gibson history and features. I wasn't able to get a picture of the codes here, but I believe they were "134 839" indicating the 39th week of 1958. The serial number on this Gibson Les Paul TV is ink stamped and begins with an "8" prefix.Īfter the serial number, we can also check the potentiometer codes to date this Gibson Les Paul TV.
Vintage Gibson serial numbers on Les Paul guitars in the 1950s are ink stamped (not impressed), have a single digit prefix indicating the year, which is followed by either four or five following digits. If you're curious about how to date a Gibson Les Paul, here are the steps I take to find out the year it was made: serial number, potentiometer codes, and features.
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