Check out the sweet 1980 Les Paul Pro Deluxe! This guitar in in excellent condition for a 46 year old instrument. It has some light scratches, small dent and finish chips here and there, as pictured. The nut is non original and so is the bridge, with the original being included in the case. One of the tone caps has been changed to an orange drop cap. The guitar has just recently has a fret dress by local legend, Ken McNally, and it is playing very nicely. The guitar comes complete with the original Gibson hard case, as pictured.

Courtesy of vintageguitarandbass:

The Les Paul Pro Deluxe was first available in 1978, described as "a hybrid version of our popular Les Paul Deluxe model". Like all late 1970s Les Pauls it had a maple neck, but also features of the Les Paul Custom (ebony fingerboard), the 1950s or reissue 1960s Les Paul Standard (P90 single-coil pickups) and trapezoid inlays and headstock inlays common to the Deluxe and Standard. The truss rod cover engraving is simply has the word Pro in script. In some Gibson literature of the time, the 'Deluxe' is dropped, and this model is referred to as the Les Paul Pro.

At the time of Pro Deluxe's inception, Les Pauls were selling well, and Gibson released a plethora of new variants. As can be seen from the pricing below, this guitar was somewhere in the middle of the Les Paul range; finely built and appointed, the cream pickups, pickguard and binding giving it a very distinctive look.

The Pro Deluxe was available until 1982; it was included in price lists from May 1978-Jan 1982. Unusually, it was launched in Europe some months prior to being available in the USA.

The Gibson Les Paul Pro Deluxe was listed in just two US catalogues, the 1978 and the 1980, but also one by UK distributor Rosetti. Follow the links below to see this model as listed in the catalogues of the time.

Available finishes for the Les Paul Pro Deluxe were Gold, Ebony, Cherry Sunburst and Tobacco Sunburst. 

Model: Les Paul Pro Deluxe

Production Years: 1978–1982

Body Style: Les Paul

Body Material: Solid Mahogany

Top: Carved Maple

Body Dimensions: 17 3/8" Long × 12 31/32" Wide × 1 15/16" Thick

Neck Material: Three-Piece Maple

Neck Construction: Set Neck

Fingerboard Material: Ebony

Fingerboard Inlays: Deluxe Inlays

Scale Length: 24 3/4"

Number of Frets: 22

Nut Width: 1 11/16"

Bridge: Tune-O-Matic

Hardware Finish: Chrome

Neck Pickup: P-90 Single-Coil

Bridge Pickup: P-90 Single-Coil

Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone

Pickup Selector: 3-Way Toggle Switch