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Les Paul Classic, TransPerformance
Gibson American
TransPerformance, LLC
Jimmy Page British
Not on view
In 1990, Jimmy Page became the first endorser of Les Paul's TransPerformance self-tuning guitar system. He played this guitar on the 1993 Coverdale-Page tour, the 1995 Page-Plant tour, and the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion at London’s O2. It remains in active use today.
Technical Description:
Mahogany body and neck, carved maple top, rosewood fingerboard; 24¾ in. scale; metallic magenta finish with cream binding; set neck with pearloid trapezoid inlays and cream binding; truss rod cover inscribed “Classic,” inlaid mother-of-pearl Gibson headstock logo; two humbucking pickups, three-way selector switch, two volume and two tone controls; TransPerformance bridge, nickel-plated Grover tuners, clear and black plastic barrel knobs, black plastic pickguard; digital self-tuning bridge system with locking nut installed, controls mounted on upper bass bout with digital display on player side
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