Yesterday, I received word from my friends at Nash Guitars that the Les Paul that I sent down to Washington weeks ago is now in the final stages of production and will be ready to send back shortly. There was a delay in the painting process of the guitar. It was decided that this guitar would be best suited to be refinished as a gold top. Problem was, there was a backorder on the gold paint needed. You may be thinking, how hard is it to get gold paint. I thought the same thing initially. However, apparently, this particular gold paint is quite specific and only available from a few sources so if you have to wait, you have to wait. Anyone who knows Bill Nash knows that the one thing he will not do is compromise when it comes to making his guitars look authentic. In any case, the paint is in so my brand new Gibson Les Paul Traditional will soon be back with us only as a '57 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top. Anticipation levels are pretty high over here at the store as the last Les Paul that we got (just a few weeks ago) sold in less then 3 hours. It is pictured on our Nash page but we can tell you that it played and sounded as sweet as it looked. Stay posted for the arrival news.