Les Paul Identification:

From what little I can see my best guess is a 2015 Classic. Heritage Cherry Sunburst.
Look like it has the wider neck with fret-over-binding, max grip knobs.

Gibson.com: Les Paul Classic 2015


Edit - looks like we posted at the same time and with the same conclusion. I am pretty certain that's what it is.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
My least favorite Les Paul color.
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My favorite :whistle:

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Simply put Robert. In the old days with those old school builders you and I talked about, the frets used to be slightly longer than the wood fingerboard and cover part of the bindings with certain models like Standards and Customs having what is known as nibs covering the ends of the frets.

Current nibs are chunkier and more obtrusive and Gibson essentially chops the fret ends shorter which requires fatter plastic binding nibs and even a scenario leading to the joint of the binding nib and fret having slight cracks that can cause a bent or fast played string to catch in that crack

Then there is fret OVER binding completely, No Nibs to catch a string. Hence many advocate this as better.

Go here and read this thread too.

Fret Nib Separation
 
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Ask DonP about how he has had to massage some of his nibbed fretted areas because even outside of string catching issues, his high E has some frets where the string if pressed directly down on the fret, it would land on a tapered down area and not a nice flat proper surface area for fretting.
 
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