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Gibson merges the ES and the Les Paul

Traditional guitar manufacturer aficionados always ask for new shapes. Gibson listened and innovates by combining two classics.

Gibson Memphis combined a solid-body Les Paul Standard to a semi-hollow ES-335 and introduces today the ES-Les Paul, a semi-hollow guitar with a Les Paul shape.

Specifications:

  • Laminated maple semi-hollow body
  • Solid mahogany center block
  • 2 f-holes
  • Mahogany set neck
  • Rosewood fingerboard with 12” radius and Trapeze pearl inlays
  • Cream bindings
  • Nut width: 1.670”
  • Les Paul-type headstock
  • Kluson Single Ring tuners with Tulip buttons and 15:1 ratio
  • 2 MHS (Memphis Historic Spec) Custom Bucker AL3 (neck) and AL5 (bridge) pickups, wounded to reproduce the vintage PAF tone
  • 2 volume and 2 tone knobs, 3-way pickup switch
  • Ceramic capacitors
  • ABR bridge and Stop Bar tailpiece
  • Nickel plated hardware
  • Nitrocellulose Light Burst or Black Top finishes with Walnut Stained back and sides
  • Ships with a hardshell and a Gibson Memphis certificate of authenticity

The Gibson ES-Les Paul MSRP is $2799. Discover this new model at www.gibson.com.

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