Gibson Les Paul Goldtop

guitar · 1954–2023

Typical used€2,650Thin · 14 used sales

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Why this number?

The typical used price is the median of 14 used sales observed in the last 6 months, with outliers removed and the figure rounded. An observed sale is often the last asking price rather than a confirmed hammer price.

Typical used price€2,650median sold, rounded
Most sold between€1,650–€4,000the middle half alone; more than one kind of item sells under this name
Windowlast 6 monthsthe tightest of 90 days, 6 months and 24 months with 8 used sales
Sample14 used salesthin data, treat as a rough guide
By condition€3,700very good, median of 8 sales, same window
Time to sell—only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet
Sell-through3%71 watched listings resolved, 6 months
Didn’t sell here€5,450median ask of 69 listings that ended without a sale, 6 months; 59 from Japan at €6,050, the other 10 at €2,500, 6% below typical used; 66 withdrawn by the seller, 3 with no bids
Live asks€4,372typical ask across 82 listings, 65% above typical used
Outliersdroppedbeyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos
All-time€2,150603 used sales, 2013–2026; not used for deals
Sales on record677all-time, all platforms
Closest new€2,390Gibson Les Paul at Thomann; a relative’s price, not this model’s

Typical prices are rounded (to 5 / 10 / 50 / 100 by size, in whichever currency you read); asks and the chart are exact. As of 18 October 2026. Full method, including what each badge means

About the Gibson Les Paul Goldtop

The Goldtop is the original Les Paul: it came out in 1952 with a gold top over a mahogany body with a maple cap, and on most the back and neck are natural mahogany. Guitars under this name are 1950s originals, Custom Shop reissues of them and a later double-cutaway run. The first 1952 version had a trapeze tailpiece; 1954 examples have a stud-mounted wraparound tailpiece in its place, and by 1956 it had an ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge with a stop tailpiece, still with two P-90s. In 1957 two humbuckers replaced the P-90s.

The Custom Shop reissues follow those years: '54 and '56 reissues carry Custom P-90s, '57 reissues CustomBucker humbuckers. They have a solid mahogany body, a hide-glued long-tenon neck joint, a chunky 1950s neck profile, Kluson tuners and a truss rod without the tubing. Weighed solid-body reissues come in at about 8.25 to 9.3 lb (3.7 to 4.2 kg). Recent ones come in a brown/pink Lifton reissue case with a certificate of authenticity. Besides the standard gold, reissues come in a darker Double Gold or with a dark back, and Murphy Lab versions are aged at the factory, from Light Aged to Ultra Heavy Aged. The double-cutaway Goldtop, dated 2009 and 2011, has a chambered mahogany body with a maple top, a slim '60s neck, two P-90s and one volume and one tone control.

For sale right now

The best-priced as cards, a row of them; every other ad as a line, by ask. Each ask is the seller’s own number; the platform’s mark opens the listing. Each one says when we last confirmed it at its source: the price and availability are from that visit, so check the marketplace before you go.

One email when a listing shows up 15% or more under typical, or typical itself drops 15%. Never more than one a day. No account; a link to stop in every email.

1 local pickup ad in Portugal, on OLX Portugal.

2 local pickup ads in Germany, on Kleinanzeigen.

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Good deal
€1,606
United States United States
Last confirmed 5 days ago
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Good deal
€1,954
United States United States
Last confirmed 9 h ago
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Good deal
€1,981
Very good typical €3,700
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Last confirmed 8 h ago
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Good deal
€2,024
Very good typical €3,700
EUAustria Austria
Last confirmed 3 days ago
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Good deal
€2,060
United States United States
Last confirmed 5 days ago
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Good deal
€2,141
United States United States
Last confirmed 5 days ago

54 more live · €2,142–€5,944 · typical ask €4,372 · 23 Japan · 14 United States

44 more · €3,123–€5,944 · Japan, Germany, United States, Italy and 4 more

Price history

€10,000Jul 2014 quarter: median €9,067, 4 salesOct 2014 quarter: median €1,724, 5 salesJan 2015 quarter: median €2,574, 7 salesApr 2015 quarter: median €2,409, 5 salesJul 2015 quarter: median €2,545, 7 salesOct 2015 quarter: median €2,319, 7 salesJan 2016 quarter: median €2,605, 14 salesApr 2016 quarter: median €2,320, 14 salesJul 2016 quarter: median €3,015, 9 salesOct 2016 quarter: median €2,375, 15 salesJan 2017 quarter: median €3,408, 9 salesApr 2017 quarter: median €2,327, 6 salesJul 2017 quarter: median €1,717, 21 salesOct 2017 quarter: median €2,409, 11 salesJan 2018 quarter: median €1,726, 19 salesApr 2018 quarter: median €1,855, 23 salesJul 2018 quarter: median €2,029, 22 salesOct 2018 quarter: median €1,971, 12 salesJan 2019 quarter: median €1,635, 23 salesApr 2019 quarter: median €2,332, 26 salesJul 2019 quarter: median €2,900, 19 salesOct 2019 quarter: median €1,783, 18 salesJan 2020 quarter: median €2,070, 23 salesApr 2020 quarter: median €2,061, 15 salesJul 2020 quarter: median €2,880, 20 salesOct 2020 quarter: median €2,148, 15 salesJan 2021 quarter: median €2,409, 29 salesApr 2021 quarter: median €2,664, 18 salesJul 2021 quarter: median €2,406, 14 salesOct 2021 quarter: median €1,983, 15 salesJan 2022 quarter: median €1,984, 17 salesJul 2022 quarter: median €1,963, 12 salesOct 2022 quarter: median €2,365, 8 salesJan 2023 quarter: median €2,474, 10 salesApr 2023 quarter: median €2,064, 9 salesJul 2023 quarter: median €1,850, 8 salesOct 2023 quarter: median €2,845, 6 salesJan 2024 quarter: median €2,054, 4 salesApr 2024 quarter: median €2,372, 5 salesJul 2024 quarter: median €3,181, 8 salesJan 2025 quarter: median €3,666, 4 salesApr 2025 quarter: median €2,364, 6 salesJul 2025 quarter: median €2,197, 8 salesOct 2025 quarter: median €1,638, 9 salesJan 2026 quarter: median €1,908, 13 salesApr 2026 quarter: median €2,453, 12 salesJul 2026 quarter: median €1,639, 5 sales201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

What it sold for, quarter by quarter, since Jul 2014: 589 sales in quarters with at least three, and the bars along the floor show how many each quarter. The shaded band is where the middle half of sales landed.

Recent sales by listing date

14 used sales · last 6 months · middle half €1,650–€4,000 · thin

ListedPriceConditionFromPlatformThe listing
15 Oct 2026€4,105$4,601 as soldvery goodEUSweden SwedenReverbDetails
21 Sept 2026€1,596$1,786 as soldexcellentEUNetherlands NetherlandsReverbDetails
18 Sept 2026€6,673$7,478 as soldnewUnited Kingdom United KingdomReverbDetails
6 Sept 2026€1,583$1,799 as soldvery goodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
21 Aug 2026€2,226$2,495 as soldpartsUnited States United StatesReverbDetails

A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in August 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.

Show the last 50 of 677 recorded sales
ListedPriceConditionFromPlatformThe listing
18 Aug 2026€1,639$1,900 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
17 Aug 2026€1,125goodEUGermany GermanyeBay GermanyDetails
13 Aug 2026€1,682$1,950 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
30 Jul 2026€1,937$2,200 as soldnewUnited States United StateseBay United StatesDetails
4 Jul 2026€4,706$5,275 as soldvery goodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
11 Jun 2026€4,015$4,500 as soldvery goodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
6 Jun 2026€3,377$3,925 as soldvery goodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
27 May 2026€2,835$3,295 as soldvery goodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
26 May 2026€2,415$2,800 as soldgoodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
18 May 2026€1,291$1,500 as soldvery goodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
16 May 2026€3,882$4,500 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
6 May 2026€2,491$2,895 as soldgoodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
23 Apr 2026€4,732$5,500 as soldvery goodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
20 Apr 2026€3,807$4,425 as soldnewEUItaly ItalyReverbDetails
20 Apr 2026€3,807$4,425 as soldnewEUItaly ItalyReverbDetails
10 Apr 2026€1,873$2,095 as soldmintUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
4 Apr 2026€1,248$1,450 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
3 Apr 2026€2,322$2,699 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
2 Apr 2026€1,592$1,850 as soldvery goodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
23 Mar 2026€1,908$2,150 as soldgoodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
17 Mar 2026€2,143$2,495 as soldgoodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
16 Mar 2026€1,784$1,999 as soldvery goodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
15 Mar 2026€1,850$2,150 as soldgoodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
2 Mar 2026€1,251$1,450 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
23 Feb 2026€2,185$2,540 as soldgoodUnited Kingdom United KingdomReverbDetails
17 Feb 2026€2,497$2,895 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
5 Feb 2026€9,726$10,899 as soldnewUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
5 Feb 2026€1,634$1,899 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
2 Feb 2026€2,624$3,050 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
30 Jan 2026€1,544$1,795 as soldgoodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
20 Jan 2026€2,022$2,350 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
20 Jan 2026€1,892$2,199 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
16 Jan 2026€3,131$3,499 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
30 Dec 2025€3,093$3,595 as soldvery goodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
14 Dec 2025€4,007$4,489 as soldvery goodUnited Kingdom United KingdomReverbDetails
13 Dec 2025€1,721$2,000 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
6 Dec 2025€1,568$1,757 as soldvery goodEUBelgium BelgiumReverbDetails
18 Nov 2025€1,490$1,732 as soldnewEUGermany GermanyReverbDetails
15 Nov 2025€776$900 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
15 Nov 2025€1,638$1,899 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
2 Nov 2025€1,549$1,800 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
28 Oct 2025€15,918$18,500 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
25 Oct 2025€1,488$1,668 as soldnewEUGermany GermanyReverbDetails
3 Oct 2025€1,026$1,189 as soldgoodUnited States United StatesReverbDetails
22 Sept 2025€1,592$1,850 as soldexcellentUnited States United StatesReverbDetails

A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in August 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.

Where it’s cheapest right now

What sellers are asking today, by country. Asking prices, not sales; shipping, fees and any customs or import VAT between you and the seller are not included.

CountryLiveMedian askCheapest askCheapest vs typical
United States United States26€3,472€1,606€1,044 under (39%)
United Kingdom United Kingdom2€3,154€1,981€669 under (25%)
EUAustria Austria1€2,024€2,024€626 under (24%)
Australia Australia1€2,266€2,266€384 under (14%)
EUGermany Germany12€4,199€2,278€372 under (14%)
Japan Japan35€5,002€2,533€117 under (4%)
EUItaly Italy1€3,130€3,13018% over typical
Canada Canada2€6,595€3,82044% over typical
EUSweden Sweden1€4,109€4,10955% over typical
Switzerland Switzerland1€5,831€5,831120% over typical

In one paragraph

The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.

Sellers are asking a median of €4,372 for the Gibson Les Paul Goldtop today, 65% over the €2,650 it actually sells for (14 recorded sales, last 6 months; most sold between €1,650 and €4,000). The current version, the Gibson Les Paul, costs €2,390 at Thomann (read 14 October 2026). There are 82 listings live right now across eBay United States, Reverb, eBay Germany, from €1,606 asking. Figures computed 18 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.

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