What do you get when you cross a Les Paul and an Explorer?! We aren’t sure either, but it went something like this
Built in 1985 when Gibson was experimenting with some of their rarest builds, this is a super versatile rock machine! Looking to revive the classic Les Paul Jr double Cut body shape whilst spicing up their mid 80’s range for the rise in hard rock players, Gibson added a slim taper neck and an Explorer-style hockey stick style headstock to create the Les Paul XPL. Put all this together and you get the familiar comfort and feel of a Les Paul but with the added flair and attitude of the XPL (Explorer…. you see what they did there) headstock.
If owning a rare 40-year-old Gibson wasn’t enough for you, it’s packed with other little hidden surprises – the bridge is loaded with a very rarely seen and collectable ‘double cable’ Dirty Fingers humbucker providing huge tones, splittable with the tone pot. On top of that, you have a rare Gibson-branded Kahler stud mount trem system, which featured on only a few models in the mid 80’s before switching to Kahler branding. Because the Kahler is stud-mounted, if you want to take it off and put a standard tune-o-matic bridge on with no modding, it’s as easy as undoing 4 screws and putting a tune-o-matic in its place! Add to this the 2 Gibson single coils selectable with individual on/off switches, you’ve got an incredibly versatile guitar. It’s been gigged hard and we can see and hear why – comfort, looks and tone!
This competition is open to UK residents aged 18 or over.
The total amount of tickets available for this competition is (9999).
Live draw date: October 27, 2025. We never extend our draws regardless of how many tickets have sold. If a competition sells out early then we will bring the draw date forward to the next available live draw.
You may enter this competition up to 999 times.
Your ticket number(s) will be randomly allocated when ordering and you will receive an email confirmation of these numbers. They are also available to see in your account on our website.
You must answer the competition question correctly to be entered into the live draw. Incorrect entries will not be notified or entered into the live draw.
The live draw will take place on the Guitar Gear Giveaway Facebook page and the Guitar Talk Youtube channel using Google’s random number generator to select the winning ticket number from all Entrants.
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