Here is one legendary Custom Shop guitar. This Randy Rhoads VOS is in excellent condition and complete with COA and original hardcase! Here is the story from Gibson:

Having reintroduced the Les Paul Custom just six years before (following eight years without a true single-cutaway Les Paul in the catalog), Gibson was working through the design for several years, making minor changes along the way while progressing toward the ultimate solidbody electric guitar. Les Paul Customs of the early to mid-'70s have become particular favorites with many great rockers, and possess a combination of details that were only present for a short period – all in evidence here on the Randy Rhoads 1974 Les Paul Custom.

To recreate this iconic metal machine, Gibson Custom uses the solid carved maple top with three-piece body consisting of two mahogany slabs with a thin maple center section, as used in Les Pauls of the period. Also present is the three-piece mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard and Custom fiber headstock veneer, on a 17-degree back-angled headstock for optimum tone and sustain, of course. To recreate the sweet, yet aggressive tone of Les Pauls of the era, Gibson Custom has developed the new Super '74 Humbucker, first used here on the Randy Rhoads 1974 Les Paul Custom, and a big part of this guitar's fiery, singing, sustaining sound. To get the look of the guitar just right, all of the original 1974 Custom's ornate details are painstakingly recreated, including the split-diamond headstock inlay, mother-of-pearl block fingerboard inlays, six-ply white/b/w/b/w/b body-top binding and four and five-ply back and headstock binding respectively, and gold-plated hardware.

The piece de resistance, of course, is the nitrocellulose lacquer finish: dubbed "Randy Rhoads White," the finish on each of two versions reflects the look of a white Les Paul Custom that has aged and yellowed for three decades.