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“It’s a really interesting piece. Was it a mistake? Was it a prototype?”
This is a Gibson SG Special-style prototype guitar from 1960, and it doesn’t say ‘Les Paul’ on the headstock. Les Paul’s relationship with Gibson deteriorated for a period of time and his contract eventually expired. [First shipped with rounded double-cutaways in early 1959 after transitioning from a single-cutaway design, the Les Paul Special was rebranded SG Special in late 1959 before changing to pointed double-cutaways in 1961.] With dual
