Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Cherry Sunburst

The Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Sunburst cherry sunburst-finished electric guitar from the Deluxe series of Les Paul guitars. It was built with maple flame top, solid mahogany body, rosewood fingerboard, rounded "C" mahogany neck and Mini Humbucker pickups.

Steve Hackett used an original Les Paul sunburst Deluxe for a short time during the Selling England By The Pound era in 1973, following the theft of his Les Paul Custom guitars. He is seen playing this guitar in the Shepperton Studios concert amongst others. However, this guitar ended up being stolen on 22 November 1973 and was held ransom. A Les Paul Goldtop would eventually replace this one, which has been Steve's go-to guitar since.

There is a Les Paul (refinished sunburst) which was claimed to be Steve's lost LP - the owner even contacted Steve via management and received a reply confirming this. Except it turns out to be an LP 'Standard' series Sunburst model from 1974(!) and not the LP 'Deluxe' series Sunburst he once had, as described here (and seen in photos). So the said LP Standard isn't Steve's lost one, despite him confirming the guitar as such.