Photos: Gibson frets over custom guitars

At the Gibson custom factory in Nashville, Tennessee, the famous guitar manufacturer makes its most expensive and exclusive instruments, including an ongoing series of limited-edition replicas of historic Les Paul instruments.

Here are dozens of finished guitars that are awaiting a case and shipment to a dealer. The guitars can easily go for more than $10,000 (£5,000) at retail and some, like a very small series of Les Pauls that Jimmy Page played and signed, are worth more than $100,000 on the open market.

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