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Published on 09/15/11 at 14:00The Gibson Les Paul is one of the best rock 'n roll and metal guitars there's ever been created. When they first came out back in the 50s guitar players at that time refused to play them because they were so use to fender style guitars. This was made of mahogany wood which is good to give it a warmer and fatter tone which most of the music then was based around the clean side of music, and when I meet clean, I mean clean amplifiers. This guitar doesn't really shine when it's in a clean amplifier setting. It really shines when it's coupled with a high gain amplifier such as Marshall amplifier, Mesa boogie, or any other high gain amplifier.
UTILIZATION
* Body Wood: Chambered mahogany
* Top wood: Figured maple
* Scale Length: 24-3/4"
* Neck Joint: Set-in
* Neck Wood: Mahogany
* Fretboard: Rosewood
* Neck Plek'd on Gibson Plek Machine
* Neck Shape: Asymmetrical
* Frets: 22
* Inlays: Figured acrylic trapezoid
* Nut Width: 1.695" ±.050"
* Fretboard Radius: 12"
* Bridge: TonePros locking Tune-O-Matic
* Tailpiece: Locking TonePros stopbar
* Pickup Bridge: Burstbucker Pro with Alnico V
* Pickup Neck: Burstbucker Pro with Alnico V
* Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone with gold-plated Bourns-designed pots, 3-way pickup selector
* Knobs: Amber top hat
* Tuners: Locking Grover keystone
* Jack: Neutrik locking
* Hardware color: Chrome
* Binding: Antique cream top and neck
* Finish: Lacquer
SOUNDS
This is a kind guitar that you can use primarily any pop, rock, or metal setting. If you play this guitar with a clean and you're not really going to find that it's not that usable and not brilliant and bright in tone. Since it has a mahogany body and neck with the rosewood fretboard which this is generally a thicker and fatter tone which is not that conducive to clean playing. But it does excel when you have a lot of to distortion or distortion from your pedals. Not that these guitars can't play a clean amplifier but they just don't have that tone because of the warm body of the mahogany wood. The Fender guitars are best in a clean setting and medium gain settings because of the single coils and generally they use in alder wood, ash wood, and a maple wood. So therefore the clean are going to be very responsive and very articulate.
OVERALL OPINION
I recommend anyone to get a Gibson Les Paul guitar because are very versatile and they sound amazing. They have a good chunky thick neck which gives a great tone and overall is a very fun and exciting guitar play. Especially if you're in hard rock, pop, or metal band. These are fun guitars and you can find the menu used section pretty easily. I would recommend playing one first because sometimes it gets Les Paul's can vary from guitar to guitar. That is the downside of guitars is that sometimes one of them is going to feel a lot better than the other. They seem to be inconsistent in recent years so my advice is to play it before you buy it.
UTILIZATION
* Body Wood: Chambered mahogany
* Top wood: Figured maple
* Scale Length: 24-3/4"
* Neck Joint: Set-in
* Neck Wood: Mahogany
* Fretboard: Rosewood
* Neck Plek'd on Gibson Plek Machine
* Neck Shape: Asymmetrical
* Frets: 22
* Inlays: Figured acrylic trapezoid
* Nut Width: 1.695" ±.050"
* Fretboard Radius: 12"
* Bridge: TonePros locking Tune-O-Matic
* Tailpiece: Locking TonePros stopbar
* Pickup Bridge: Burstbucker Pro with Alnico V
* Pickup Neck: Burstbucker Pro with Alnico V
* Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone with gold-plated Bourns-designed pots, 3-way pickup selector
* Knobs: Amber top hat
* Tuners: Locking Grover keystone
* Jack: Neutrik locking
* Hardware color: Chrome
* Binding: Antique cream top and neck
* Finish: Lacquer
SOUNDS
This is a kind guitar that you can use primarily any pop, rock, or metal setting. If you play this guitar with a clean and you're not really going to find that it's not that usable and not brilliant and bright in tone. Since it has a mahogany body and neck with the rosewood fretboard which this is generally a thicker and fatter tone which is not that conducive to clean playing. But it does excel when you have a lot of to distortion or distortion from your pedals. Not that these guitars can't play a clean amplifier but they just don't have that tone because of the warm body of the mahogany wood. The Fender guitars are best in a clean setting and medium gain settings because of the single coils and generally they use in alder wood, ash wood, and a maple wood. So therefore the clean are going to be very responsive and very articulate.
OVERALL OPINION
I recommend anyone to get a Gibson Les Paul guitar because are very versatile and they sound amazing. They have a good chunky thick neck which gives a great tone and overall is a very fun and exciting guitar play. Especially if you're in hard rock, pop, or metal band. These are fun guitars and you can find the menu used section pretty easily. I would recommend playing one first because sometimes it gets Les Paul's can vary from guitar to guitar. That is the downside of guitars is that sometimes one of them is going to feel a lot better than the other. They seem to be inconsistent in recent years so my advice is to play it before you buy it.