Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
A NORLIN era GIBSON Les Paul that is a little special! A LES PAUL PRO DELUXE from 1978. Wow!
I had a loan of this fantastic guitar for a week. Damn, I wish I could have kept it.
Model: Gibson Les Paul Pro Deluxe
Finish: Ebony
Year: 1978
Made In United States
Body Material: Mahogany
Top Material: Maple
Fretboard Material: Ebony
Neck Material: Maple
Number of Frets: 22
Scale Length: 24.75"
Series: Gibson Norlin Era
The Gibson Les Paul Deluxe was released as a replacement for the Les Paul Standard in late 1969, equipped with mini-humbuckers sourced from Gibson's purchase of the Epiphone factory, and a new headstock "volute" implemented to better prevent headstock breaks, the Les Paul Deluxe otherwise very similar to the Standard model.
Some time during the late 1970s, Norlin-era Gibson decided that the mahogany available to them was of poor quality and switched essentially all production guitars to laminated 4- to 6-piece maple necks before going back to mahogany in the early 1980s. The Cherry Red and two "Sparkle" finishes in particular are quite rare and command significantly more money in today's market.
A NORLIN era GIBSON Les Paul that is a little special! A LES PAUL PRO DELUXE from 1978. Wow!
I had a loan of this fantastic guitar for a week. Damn, I wish I could have kept it.
Model: Gibson Les Paul Pro Deluxe
Finish: Ebony
Year: 1978
Made In United States
Body Material: Mahogany
Top Material: Maple
Fretboard Material: Ebony
Neck Material: Maple
Number of Frets: 22
Scale Length: 24.75"
Series: Gibson Norlin Era
The Gibson Les Paul Deluxe was released as a replacement for the Les Paul Standard in late 1969, equipped with mini-humbuckers sourced from Gibson's purchase of the Epiphone factory, and a new headstock "volute" implemented to better prevent headstock breaks, the Les Paul Deluxe otherwise very similar to the Standard model.
Some time during the late 1970s, Norlin-era Gibson decided that the mahogany available to them was of poor quality and switched essentially all production guitars to laminated 4- to 6-piece maple necks before going back to mahogany in the early 1980s. The Cherry Red and two "Sparkle" finishes in particular are quite rare and command significantly more money in today's market.
