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1961 Ad For The Gibson Les Paul

Did you know that if you purchased a Gibson Les Paul in 1961 it would have looked like this? In 1961, Gibson stopped producing the traditional shaped Les Paul in favour of a lighter redesign, which was later called the Gibson SG. Here is an early ad from that year.

 

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