Gibson Les Paul Standard / Deluxe

Gibson Les Paul Standard / Deluxe (1975)

Body:

Mahogany body with maple top (3-piece maple top common by 1975)

“Pancake” body construction (thin mahogany/maple/mahogany sandwich) up to around mid-1975

Flat (non-carved) back with rear control cavity route

Weight: typically 9–11 lbs

Neck:

3-piece mahogany neck (some late ’75s used 3-piece maple necks)

Set neck joint

Bound rosewood fingerboard with trapezoid inlays

22 frets

24.75" scale length

Nut width ~1.68" (43 mm)

Headstock:

“Gibson” logo in mother-of-pearl

Serial number printed and impressed into the back of the headstock

Made in USA stamp
Les Paul Deluxe printed on headstock back

Hardware:

Tune-O-Matic Nashville bridge

Stop tailpiece

Chrome hardware

Gibson “Deluxe” tuners 2 ring buttons

Electronics:

2 × Humbucking pickups

2 volume, 2 tone controls, 3-way toggle switch

Pot codes usually CTS with 13775xx (indicating 1975)