Gibson Les Paul Sudio Worn Finish - Satin TV Yellow
In the early days of television, black and white TV cameras often reacted badly to white objects making them black and sometimes obscuring most of the picture with a blackout if the white object occupied more than a small percentage of it. White shirts were replaced by TV blue or pink versions on broadcasters so that they would be white on-screen with no flares. In the latter-mid 1950s Gibson responded by introducing their historic TV Yellow finish on the Les Paul Junior and Les Paul Special. The unique finish thus became a Gibson classic.
About the Studio Faded:
Just like the most revered Les Paul Standards of all time, this Les Paul Studio Faded starts with the classic tonewood combination of a mahogany body with solid carved maple top. Together, these woods offer outstanding tonal depth and richness from the mahogany, with superb clarity and snap from the maple. In this model, the strategic placement of several tone chambers enhances resonance while also reducing the guitars overall weight considerably, without sacrificing an ounce of punch or sustain. And even in this more affordable instrument from Gibson USA, the glued-in solid-mahogany neck is cut to the superior quarter-sawn grain orientation for superior strength and optimum resonance transfer between neck and body.
To further maximize all that vibrational energy, Gibson includes its legendary Tune-o-matic bridge and stud-mounted wraparound tailpiece, arguably the most storied hardware combination in the history of the electric guitar. Designed to allow precise intonation of individual strings for perfectly in-tune playing, this bridge and tailpiece pairing also provides rock-solid string anchoring at the body end. Of course, to make optimum use of all that sweet resonance and singing sustain you need a couple of superb pickups, a pair of the very best: updated from the acclaimed Burstbucker pickups that populate numerous instruments from Gibson Custom, the Burstbucker Pros on this model give you all the renowned warmth, growl and zing of genuine PAF humbuckers, with biting Alnico V magnets. The set includes a slightly overwound bridge pickup for searing lead tones, and both pickups feature wax-potted coils to squelch microphonic squeal at high volumes. Together, they provide everything from warm, vocal blues tones in the neck position, to snappy in-between settings, to phenomenal crunch and wail in the bridge position.
All this tonal splendor would do you little good without superb playability, and the Les Paul Studio Faded with Maple Top excels in this department, too. A rounded 50s neck profile is extremely comfortable in the hand while still fast and supple under the fingertips, and the rosewood fingerboards 12-inch radius and 22 medium-jumbo frets offer easy bending with no choking out. To top it all off, the Les Paul Studio Faded with Maple Top looks great in your choice of Faded Cherry or Worn Brown finish, both in genuine nitrocellulose lacquer, naturally. All this, and your guitar comes protected in a Gibson Deluxe Gig Bag
Pickups and Electronics
The Les Paul Studio Faded with Maple Top carries two of Gibsons most successful PAF-humbucker reproductions, a Burstbucker Pro Lead in the bridge position and a Burstbucker Pro Rhythm in the neck. Both are designed as updated renditions of Gibsons famous PAF humbucker of the late 50s and early 60s, modified for improved versatility, and routed through the classic Gibson four-knob and three-way switch control section.
The Les Paul Studio Faded with Maple Top is crafted in classic Gibson style with a glued-in neck made from solid quarter-sawn mahogany and topped with an unbound rosewood fingerboard. It has an angled headstock for superior resonance, and its rounded 50s profile and 1 11/16 wide Corian nut help to make is supremely playable.
Hardware
The hardware set on the Les Paul Studio Faded with Maple Top echoes that worn by Les Paul Standards since 1956, and includes Gibsons hallowed Tune-o-matic bridge, stopbar tailpiece, and vintage-style tuners. A classic of 20th century guitar design, the Tune-o-matic provides excellent resonant coupling, while offering efficient independent adjustment of each saddle for precise intonation.
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| Les Paul Sudio Worn Finish - Satin TV Yellow | 359820 |
