Gibson Slash Signature Les Paul Goldtop

About the Gibson Slash Signature Les Paul Goldtop

The 2008 signature Goldtop was a Gibson USA limited run of 1,000: a goldtop with a very dark back, Seymour Duncan APH-1 Alnico II Pro pickups, a factory treble bleed circuit, the skull logo on the headstock face, 9-hole weight relief and a slim neck, sold in a skull-graphic case with a hand-signed certificate on a display stand. Gibson billed it as a one-time run, so the 2020 Victoria, the same guitar in tribute with Gibson pickups, a thicker neck and no limit, is a sore point with 2008 owners. Copies exist; a genuine serial is stamped lightly and the certificate alone proves nothing.

What owners have said elsewhere

Paraphrased from 111 discussion threads among 34 owners, 2019-2026. No names, nothing quoted.

Owners call it one of the best goldtops Gibson has made and a guitar that ends up on stage more than their other Les Pauls, with the APH-1 pickups and the treble bleed as the things that set it apart. The knocks are the stock pots and capacitors, which many replace, the thin neck for some hands and the skull silk-screen. Collectors take the 2008 over the 2020 Victoria for the limited run and the signed certificate; players who only want a goldtop are told a Custom Shop 57 darkback at the same money is the better guitar, and several who sold a 2008 to buy one say so.