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Gibson Les Paul Studio - Blue Stain

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Les Paul Studio - Blue Stain
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Looking for a full-bore Gibson USA Les Paul at a trimmed-down price? The Les Paul Studio Faded with Maple Top fits the bill in spades. This model includes all the classic ingredients that have made the Les Paul Standard legendary since humbuckers first hit the Goldtop in 1957, along with a familiar played-in look and feel, at a price that any hard-working guitarist can sink their teeth into. Right from its introduction in 1983, the Les Paul Studio model has been a firm favorite with guitarists looking for genuine Les Paul tone and performance in a down-to-business package that is light on frills, heavy on swagger, and easy on the pocket. Several Studio models offer this in an all-mahogany body, but now the Les Paul Studio Faded with Maple Top adds this dense, hard wood top to the package for enhanced clarity and outstanding sustain, just like the original Les Paul Standards. Not one element of construction or component quality is sacrificed to bring you this high-performance electric guitar, and the Gibson USA Les Paul Studio Faded with Maple Top takes this thinking one stage further, in a guitar that offers the pre-aged look and feel that so many guitarists prefer.

A handful of cosmetic simplifications help to bring this Les Paul in at a truly astounding price. A minimalist finishing process leaves the beautiful grain of the carved maple top in full luscious view through your choice of Maple Top, or two gorgeous new options, Blue Stain and Ebony Stain. A lack of binding around the body top and fingerboard also gives a tactile, organic look and feel to the instrument as a whole. Where tone and performance are concerned, however, the Studio Faded model stays right in the legendary Les Paul Standards wheelhouse, with the timeless hardware that has helped to make Les Pauls total sustain monsters for more than five decades, andthis time outa set of upgraded humbucking pickups, the same high-performance PAF-style Burstbucker Pros that are included on several top-shelf guitars from the Gibson Custom Shop. Wrap it all up, and its an unparalleled package for anyone from the discerning studio musician to the hard-touring artist in search of a no-nonsense tone machine. And at this price, theres no reason not to check out the Les Paul Studio Faded with Maple Top todayand make it your very own.

Newly designed Mahogany back with Maple cap50s rounded neck profile
Baked Maple fingerboard for Worn Brown and Worn Cherry. Obeche fingerboard for Blue Stain and Ebony Stain
Pair of Burstbucker Pro pickups
Grover tuners with vintage-style green keys

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I just LOVE this guitar

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I bought this guitar about a week ago and since I have owned it I have had such a hard time not playing it. There is something so nice about having a chance to play on a good guitar and the price difference between this and some of the Higher Epiphone models is close but the performance is so noticeable. I absolutly love playing this instrument.
Posted by anonymous on Jun 12, 2012
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Best Bang for your buck

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Closest Store   Vancouver, British Columbia
This was my first Electric Guitar, thus I spent tens of hours on the internet and in the shop testing loads of different guitars. I did the Fender/Gibson test, the Semi-hollow/solid body test. I realized I wanted humbuckers for that creamy tone. I play Blues/jazz/rock, so I was really attracted to the '57 classic humbuckers in my model. (In my opinion, the best stock pickups Gibson makes.) But now a breakdown of the individual aspects of the guitar. Pickups: Amazing. The '57 Classic have this creamy tone I love and are really dynamic and smooth. Great response. Neck/body: I hate glossy finishes on necks, so the satin finish on mine is highly appreciated. The body is just sexy, I've always loved the LP shape. The wood is nice and resonant, and is actually quite loud for an electric even without an amp, and rings beautifully. The neck is comfortable for bending, and fast. (Not speed metal fast, but fast enough.) Setup: This is my main problem with the guitar. It is always worth setting up the intonation and action. But the stock Gibson strings are really crap. I replaced the regular 9's with flatwound 11's and it not only sounds a LOAD better, but is more resonant. Overall: I've followed the whole "Epiphone is as good as Gibson if you modify it" and let me tell you, it isn't. You just cant beat the craftsmanship, and the feel of playing something made by a company with high standards. If you're caught between the 600 Epiphone or the 850 GIbson, go for the Gibson. It'll make you a) want to play, b)be a guitar you want to KEEP, and c) make you sound way better. You can't beat pulling out your guitar, looking at those sexy curves, smiling at the "gibson" on the headstock, and then plugging it in and getting butterflies when you realize what an amazing guitar YOU own. :)
Posted by anonymous on Mar 6, 2012
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