Gibson Brands, Inc., is looking for a ledger -- not just any ledger.

And it's ready to pay well if someone has it.

The company, which began as the Gibson Guitar Corp. 126 years ago in Kalamazoo, is on the hunt for a late 1950s shipping ledger that's gone missing -- and was last seen, in fact, in Kalamzoo before the company clsoed up shop there in 1984 (it's now based in Nashville). The record, which spans 1958-61, details the manufacture and sale of 643 Les Paul model sunburst guitars, one of the most collectable models in Gibson's history, as well as some of its Flying V and early SG guitar models.