GIBSON LES PAUL KALAMAZOO (LES PAUL KM) Description
- single sharp cutaway solid mahogany body, bound carved maple top, raised cream pickguard, mahogany neck, 22-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl trapezoid inlay, Nashville tune-o-matic bridge/stop tailpiece, large blackface peghead with pearl logo inlay, "Les Paul K.M." engraved on truss cover, 3-per-side Grover tuners, nickel hardware, 2 cream colored covered humbucker pickups, 2 volume/2 tone controls, 3-position switch, available in Antique Sunburst, Cherry Sunburst, or Natural finish, approx. 1,050 mfg. 1979 only.
This was GibsonĀ“s first nationally distributed flame top reissue. The first production run of these instruments exhibited a metal plate with engraved custom-made logo below the tailpiece.