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Gibson Les Paul Price Comparison from Multiple Retailers
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How do I find Gibson Les Paul prices?
Browsing major retailers is the simplest way to find Gibson Les Paul pricing. On most major retail websites you can sort by brand and then even by body types within that brand.
This will at least give you a rough estimate of what you can expect to pay and which Les Paul version you need to target.
For example, the Les Paul Custom is going to be way more expensive than the Les Paul Studio.
A brief look around Sweetwater or Musician's Friend will help you start making those distinctions.
Then, every time you see a Les Paul Custom you'll know more of what to expect.
You can also check used markets like Reverb and eBay. But keep in mind, those prices will change more and will depend on a number of factors, primarily the following:
Used Gibson Les Paul Price Factors
- Year version (2017, 2018, etc.)
- Condition of the guitar (acceptable, good, mint, etc.)
- Mindset of the seller (just want to get rid of it, trying to turn a profit, etc.)
- Inventory/rarity: How many of the guitar you're looking for are available on the used market?
- Demand: How many people are looking for this particular guitar?
New Gibson Les Paul Price Factors
All of these factors impact the used market a lot. And some of them even impact the new Les Pauls. Here are the new model price factors to keep in mind:
- Commodity costs: Price of tonewood, metals, and electrical components can change
- Timing of new versions: New year Les Paul models will be more expensive and old year models will go down in price before they're replaced
- Types of pickups used: Pickup type and quality contribute significantly to the price of Les Pauls
- Amount and detail of body carving
- Quality of tonewood
- Inventory (same as used market)
- Demand (same as used market)
- Retailer and manufacturer profit margin
Gibson Les Paul price points will make a lot more sense when you know which factors to pay attention to. Every price, price difference, and price movement happens for a reason. The best way to find pricing for these guitars is to just browse and pay close attention to the aforementioned factors.
What are the best Gibson Les Pauls?
Our favorite Gibson Les Paul to recommend is the Studio model, which you can read more about in the following article:
Read more: Best Gibson Les Paul overall
It's important to understand that when we recommend a best option of any particular product within a category, we are basing that on several factors, primarily the following:
- Lowest possible price
- Highest possible quality
- As many high-dollar features as possible
- Personal experience
- The product that would be most ideal for the largest number of people
In short, we're looking for value, where value is defined as the intersection of the lowest possible price with the highest possible level of quality.
Value is defined as the intersection of the lowest possible price with the highest possible level of quality.
This means that the best of any one product category is not going to simply be the most expensive. If it were, finding it would be easy. The most expensive is the highest quality option, but usually comes with a prohibitive price tag.
Value and the Les Paul Studio
So getting back to the Gibson Les Paul Studio: The Studio satisfies all of the requirements listed and is what we would consider the highest value Gibson Les Paul that will be the most ideal option for the largest number of people. Hopefully all that makes sense.
Which features are the most important?
Now we can get into more specific features that are important when it comes to the Gibson Les Paul. This includes a lot of what we mentioned in the above tables, but we'll add some more detail here and re-list the others for people that have skimmed to this section.
- Humbucker type/brand/quality
- Humbucker arrangement (usually dual humbuckers but not always)
- Tone, volume, and pickup switching arrangement
- Tonewood species/quality
- Body design (solid, semi-hollow, hollow)
- Body carving
- Type of finish
- Hardware quality
- Interior electronics quality
Among this list, pickups, body carving, and tonewood type play the biggest role in determining cost. Pay particularly close attention to those as you shop.
How are these prices determined?
Prices are set by the manufacturer based on what it costs to build a Gibson Les Paul. From there, the resellers that have agreements with Gibson will set their price point based on MSRP and/or a recommended price from the manufacturer.
That resell price is what you end up paying as the consumer. But at the end of the day it's quality that has the final say in what a Gibson Les Paul costs. Since they meet a high quality standard, they're also prone to meet high prices. As always, you get what you pay for.
Questions and Comments
Do you have questions or thoughts about our Gibson Les Paul price guide? If so, feel free to jump in via the comments section below and we'll help out as much as possible. We'll see you there.
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Written by Bobby Kittleberger on Amps & Roundups
Written by Bobby Kittleberger on Electrics & Roundups
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looking for the value of a Les Paul #92592360, don’t know the year, it was mt brothers who passed away. thank you!
Hey David – my apologies for taking so long here. This comment just slipped under my radar.
I take it the LP is a Standard? What year is it?