Gibson Les Paul Old Hickory

The Gibson Les Paul Old Hickory guitars were made around 1998 from historic trees downed by a tornado at The Hermitage.  The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson (AKA Old Hickory), suffered extensive damage in the storm, especially the loss of a 275-year-old tulip poplar tree - a state record holder in age and size. This poplar tree was already an old tree when Andrew Jackson lived at The Hermitage from 1804 to 1845.