1973 Pearl Japan PE-2162 Les Paul Custom (Black)

1973 Pearl Japan PE-2162 Les Paul Custom (Black)Made in Japan in the early 1970's, Pearl branded guitars are some of the era's most sought after by collectors. Solid Les Paul Custom look and feel with a chunky "U" profile neck that almost delves into "V" territory. Open book headstock, block inlays on the bound rosewood fingerboard, it weighs 3. 6kg's. Loaded with the original hardware and original Maxon made humbuckers. Good overall vintage condition with plenty of wear from general use but no

recently serviced including a deep clean

full sized pots and a Wilkinson tremolo system

Info below from Bacchus (full specs available on their site)

Australian made in the 1950's

it came to us from Japan but it's hard to confirm where it was built

received a full professional setup and service prior to listing including fret polish

The RG441 was offered only in Japan and was discontinued after 1987

as well as a trio of knobs for volume

the EX55 features an alder body set to a maple neck with a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (44mm nut width

Italia ‘C’ profile

Very high end specs on this one including a nitro finish on a solid Spruce top

as the guitar found its way into the fabric of "teen music" and became the pre-eminent musical instrument of the 1960s - and beyond