Artisan Les Paul Style - Have you heard if this?

by Aldo
(Edinburgh)

Hi, I'm from Edinburgh in Scotland & noticed a decent looking guitar selling for £42 in a second hand store. The name on the head is Artisan. It's a copy of a Les Paul and is silver with the usual Les Paul 4 knobs & toggle switch in the correct places. There is no model number. At first I thought it could be the Gibson Les Paul Artisan series but it had Artisan on the head not Gibson. And it doesn't seem like it I'd from the 'Artisan' shop & website I'm struggling to find a guitar anywhere online that actually has Artisan written on the head. Can anyone help me out? It's possible that this is custom built with a random head put on it. Thanks.

ANSWER

Hi, Aldo--

Here is the only info in the Blue Book regarding Artisan Guitars:

"Instruments previously manufactured by Eikosha Musical Instrument Co., Inc. of Nagoya, Japan. Distributed in the U.S. by V.J. Rendano, located in Boardman, OH."

There is no pricing info provided.

If your guitar has a headstock like the one in the above picture, it is a Gibson. The Gibson logo is in script at the very top of the headstock.

Let me know if this is the guitar and I will send pricing info.

Lynne

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