All user reviews for the Gibson Les Paul Studio

This is the left handed Gibson Les Paul Studio. The Studio is the workhorse of the Gibson line. Before the faded guitars and all that came out the studio was the budget model. Today even still its the cheapest Les Paul that still has all the features of a real Les Paul. Being lefty thats even more important because the after this model the left handed versions of the higher end Gibsons are rediculously priced. The features on the current Studio are pretty much the same as they have always been. Its pretty much a Standard without the binding. The guitar has a chambered mahogany body with a set mahogany neck. The neck is the fat 50s profile. The neck on this one has a rosewood fretboard with 22 frets. Older ones have dot inlays but now they come with the trepezoids. It comes with standard gibson 490R and 498T pickups. It has the standard Les Paul control layout with a volume and tone for each pickup and a 3 way toggle switch.

UTILIZATION

You get all the real Les Paul feel with this guitar the good and the bad. This guitar has the huge old neck profile that some people love but most people hate. ecause of the set neck design there is a large neck tenon and joint. This can make the upper frets hard for some people to reach because the body essentially joins the neck at the 17th fret. After the 17th fret you are reaching around the body to get to the frets. Because there is no binding the guitar will be more likely to have sharp fret edges when you first get it. This guitar is a lot lighter than most Les Pauls due to it being chambered. This means they cut wood out from the inside of the guitar so it is almost like a semi-hollow.

SOUNDS

The pickups in this are what you get on most Gibsons now a days. These mid to lower end Les Pauls do not have the classic Les Paul tone in my opinion due to the chambering. The chambering mixed with the mediocre pickups means the tone on a lot of the mid to lower end Les Pauls is lacking. If you play a chambered model next to an older non chambered model you will hear the difference. The neck pickup is a bit smooth. The output is pretty low for modern standards. It wouldnt be bad if it was going for a PAF type tone but its just bad low. The bridge is a bit hotter. It has a wide open crunch sound to it. It has more of a classic rock voicing. You can get a screaming lead tone if you use the bridge position.

OVERALL OPINION

At 1500 USD this guitar is way more expensive than it should be just because it is left handed. You can get a brand new Les Paul Studio for as low as 800 dollars at this time. The most expensive right handed Les Paul studios are still 1300 dollars and they have way better features than this model. It is pretty sad how guitar makers can still get away with this. You can get a fully custom left handed Carvin for less than this and they do not upcharge for left handed units. If I had 1500 dollars to spend on a Gibson style guitar I would get an Edwards and probably save around 400 dollars. Nowadays the best way to get a Gibson is to buy something else.

Before there were a million different Les Paul models there were about 3. You had the Custom at the top, the Standard in the middle and the studio was the budget model. Nowadays there are many more models and there are Les Paul models cheaper than the Studio but the Studio to me is the cheapest real Les Paul, any cheaper than this and you are getting very spartan models that are lacking finish. The only thing the Studio is missing compared to the Standard is binding and lots of people like the clean unbound look. This is the alpine white model which I think is the best in the line up. This model has a chambered mahogany body with a maple top. It has the fat 50s mahogany neck with an ebony fretboard. Only the white model comes with an ebony fretboard. You get chrome tuners and a tune-o-matic bridge with standard Gibson pickups. The controls are standard Les Paul with a volume and tone for each pickup with a 3 way toggle on top.

UTILIZATION

This studio has the classic Les Paul playability, if you like it that is up to you. Having an ebony fretboard is nice compared to the Rosewood you get on every other model. The neck is still a fat 50s baseball bat. This might be uncomfortable for some people. Because there is no binding the guitar will be more likely to have sharp fret edges when you first get it. This guitar is a lot lighter than most Les Pauls due to it being chambered. This means they cut wood out from the inside of the guitar so it is almost like a semi-hollow.

SOUNDS

The factory tone of the guitar isnt great. It has generic Gibson pickups and since the whole body is chambered out you lose the thing mahogany base tone that real Les Pauls have. You can compare a chambered Les Paul to a non chambered Les Paul and you can really hear the difference. A non chambered Les Paul will sound more solid. The mahogany wood give the guitar a really deep sound even though the body is not that big. If you want to play heavier music you may want to change out the pickups. The Gibson pickups are medium output and are voiced more for classic rock. You can get a decent crunchy sound from the bridge pickup. If you put on a ton of gain you will lose definition in the notes though. The neck pickup is bright but kind of smooth. It is not really the neck position sound I go for personally. Putting in some Classic 57s is what I would recommend or some Seymour Duncans.

OVERALL OPINION

If I was looking for buy a Les Paul and It had to be a Gibson I wouldnt buy anything lower than A Studio. The Studio has all the stuff the standard has that effects the actual sound of the guitar. The faded models with the lack of finish on them are not as durable and the different finishing methods effect sound. If you are looking at a Studio I would recommend also Looking at Edwards guitars. They cost about the same and for the price of a real Gibson Les Paul studio you can get an Edwards Les Paul Standard or Custom.

It's a real Les Paul American, without decoration (although I've never been fanatic bindings of all kinds and I liked the decor simple: mine is black with gold hardware).
And it has everything a Les Paul!
- The same wood (mahogany body with maple table, mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard)
- The same pickups (a standard), two microphones, two tones, two volumes, a toggle switch
- The same hardware (tailpiece, bridge, mechanical ...)
- The same production (excluding bindings): set neck Gibson in tune (the one that fits in the hand), cellulose varnish, etc ...
- Case Gibson (yes, with the wig pink inside ...)

It seems that the only differences are:
- Less wood "chosen" aesthetic (mine is black so how do you know?)
- A body just a bit thinner (although it seems to me that when I compared mine to a standard at the time of purchase, it was really the same thickness, I'll have to check). Anyway, today they are a bit of a tad thinner.
- No binding on the body and the handle (decoration very expensive to carry out properly)

UTILIZATION

Scoop: This is a Les Paul!
It's heavy as a Les Paul and comfortable like a Les Paul (standing, is the strap that I destroyed the shoulder, sitting is the edge that I destroyed the ribs)
The neck is thick with the Les Paul
Routing microphones like Les Paul the whole family. Usage is simple: two microphones, each with its volume and tone. A toggle switch for routing.

The Les Paul is not the most ergonomic guitar (no weight and muzzle), so no note max.

SOUNDS

The sound is known: it is the sound LesPaul.
Sounds clear, smooth handle microphones, microphones croaking bridge (I have not found better as defined)
Distorted sounds: neck pickups with big sound, microphones rack teeth
Both pickups together = the mixture of everything. Pretty versatile but always in the register Gibson. It also buys for that.

A play full on amps not too dirty, to avoid drooling too (unless we look like this: I have already connected to the pedal drive Expandora of Bixonic and there it can be very zztop-discharge)

OVERALL OPINION

At the time, I bought it for the sound of a Les Paul at a lower cost. Contract filled!
In 1995, I bought it for 5700 USD NEW Pigalle. Yep, you read that right, happy time of the weak dollar and importers understanding.

With the price difference there was between a LP Studio and an LP Standard at the time, I do it again the same choice. Today, not sure the difference is as important (in any case, Gibson's overpriced), and the Standard is still the legend!

Gibson studio United States
22 frets
easel very practical tune o matic (it does not break the strings conytrairement to fender)
2 humbuckers
A 3-position selector
1 Volume 1 Tone by micro
Mahogany neck easy to play al

UTILIZATION

The handle is nothing more enjoyable (small lack of finishing, but I think it has to c is less CHRE)
The cutaway to facilitate Access in c sharp but fairly even when dlicat
The weight and shape are the major weaknesses BEYOND guitar: It's your MIDI shoulder and thigh sitting upright. A guitar for those who are not afraid to suffer so

SOUNDS

C his views against the top by: Gibson's big is the power and unique agressivit
His bold, punchy, comes in, the door's notes
Obviously it's not a versatile guitar but when it's not a Gibson achte to the bagpipes too ...

OVERALL OPINION

I got 3 years
default: the change mcaniques absolutely!
quality: the sound simply, once you accept the finishing average mcaniques rotten and the weight of the bte, it remains the standard and its beautiful ...

For it is against trs CHRE today (1500) I got it for 500 okaz the era
It is the right choice for the rock / metal.
It is the right choice if you do not play in clean sounds.

Guitar factory in the United States. Body and 22 frets Mahogany neck, button Ebne, medium frets ... Like all the Les Paul, it is heavy the matron. 2 HB pickups (498T and 490B).
What's classic!
Mine in 1991, she possde a acastillage dor which partially cleared out ... some do not like but I think it has charm as a. .. nothing beats a avcu guitar.
Look sober (wine red finish) suggesting the veins of the table. The handle is built for the loggers, they may even feel some twigs Exceeds ... (not just kidding).

UTILIZATION

The weight of the Les Paul may still be the only black ... and not the Studio n'chappe RULES. The poor sitting balance that allows the instrument to switch from cot body requires time to adapt to find the correct position of the game .. but then got used to it quite easily ... and then play standing up, not bad too.
The size of the handle can Drout some, too, requires men to paw out the master (whatever!), It is far from the profile of Asian highways clbres or m I still others amricaines Chres Randy ... but we can do many things on it. I use a deep draft of strings for better stick to the spirit of the guitar, I do not for one of the virtuosos of the instrument, but a Gibson is not made to handle dbouler unbelievable speed .. is only a gibson you dcoller finger skin!

SOUNDS

Whether on an amp lamps (ENGL 30W), a transistor (Peavey Bandit 112 gnration Transtube before), or even directly in a pod, we have the Gibson sound. Not the prcis all, but the spirit is l. The micro granular desire is serious, it dgouline greedily, it makes you cry the amp.
The microphone is acute insist, violent, full of harmonics and what a pleasure ....!!!
The sounds are typs, cantons few styles (blues sound very fat and very heavy) but you get what you are entitled to expect from a Gibson. Not the most versatile ... but it is trs what to do.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years. She has an uncle who is now part type beef with jimi, stevie and other ...
I love this shovel, his look, all the scars that make it an instrument part. She has me and has no price.

Gibson Studio United States:
- 22 round boxes, glued in mahogany, rosewood fingerboard, perloid benchmarks.
- Mahogany body with maple veneer table 3 parts.
- Tune-o-matic, 6 mechanical means (replaced with Sperzel locking for the LP that I have here).
- Two double Gibson Alnico, one volume and one tone with microphone toggle switch 3 positions.
- Channel 50's type, thicker and narrower than the 60's found on the Special, the Classic, etc.. A real tree trunk.
- Diapason ridiculously small compared to "stratabound" (24 3 / 4 instead of 25 1 / 2).
- Wood quality but nothing special, fairly good gold hardware, pickups ok. Honestly though chick finish compared to other models: no net edge key, edge body, let alone head table in maple who throws less than on other models (including the Studio Plus).

UTILIZATION

- Frankly, the Les Paul, it's misery ... the handle is too thick, too narrow, the boxes are dwarf, have to get used.
- Access to treble is almost zero, because of junction design body / neck dating from the 50's.
- Same for ergonomics pathos of the beast: the body shape is awkward (although very sexy!), Seated, ask for the cut on the leg is too close to the handle, so the guitar is unbalanced. No cut "stomach", you end up with the ridge of high skyscraper in the ribs ... no cutout for the forearm, so we rubbed the elbow a little too much cash ...
- Get up, things are better on that side, but it weighs a dead donkey ...
- In short, it is clear that technical advances in instrument making, it is useful.
- "Do you get a good sound easily ?...": There's interest!

SOUNDS

- Sound?? B'en is the only thing good with a Les Paul for rock, it sounds! At the same time, with a beam of 15 kilos Mahogany, if it sounds no more!
- It is not addressing a bunch of different styles, with the tab and legendary sound typical Les Paul.
- The metal passes not bad either, she balks at nothing!
- I had the "pleasure" of playing on this LP (which a friend made me try once in a while for me to get into the clan-maso Gibsonian) on my usual stuff, it sounds b'en! The clean sounds are quite plump, especially with the micro neck, the crunch going well, scratch that cry alone!
- Large distos not sound bad, although ultra saturated, the microphones go hand and begin to like common bavouiller Duncan. Boarf, with Zakk Wylde EMG chtit kit, everything is in order, but the LP purists will want to burn me on a cross.

OVERALL OPINION

- I B'en ploïnk ploïnk once a month on this LP studio buddy, and that's it! I really like to suffer for the sound.
- Ergonomics dingy, the outrageous price compared to the quality of finish continue to convince me that, yeah, you really be in love with the LP to buy one. Personally, I find more temperamental than "nature" ...
- Clearly, an LP is the legend But, hey, even one day in a flame, it will be a model not only sexy but also playable, if not comfortable.

Made in the United States
Two double mic 490B and 498T (microphones commonly used on the Les Paul)
A selector 3 positions, one for each microphone and to couple the two
knob a flight and a micro tone.
Channel not so big, depending on taste. It is far from invincible

UTILIZATION

Access to acute certainly a little hard but I speak good treble very high in the neck
On the issue of weight, it's correct this problem because my date of July 2004 so the model is ultra new and so I was very pleasantly surprised at the weight. It is very very slight, I compared with the oldest studio of a friend and therefore it is undeniable, bcp mine is lighter.

SOUNDS

I think this guitar charm bcp its big range of sounds. Only by having acquisition and played on this guitar that I realized what a power chord
So the big pickup bcp oriented rock and the neck pickup is bcp softer more pastel, very nice for jazz and blues
I am very very happy with the sound of this guitar

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 month on a home triamp mk2 Hugh and Kettner
I had the opportunity to play on bcp very different models of guitars and this price is the best I could find.
I bought it new in Germany 1000euros
If I hesitate to do it again absolutely not.

Handle a little big but not invincible, the weight that hurt shoulder for some al. 22 frets and two microphones that all the world connais.Pour me I adore the aesthetic

UTILIZATION

Especially for any rock, a lethal weapon for the Nu metal it goes very well in places drop.Pour clean sound very good too

SOUNDS

Impressive sustain more than 6 seconds in his heat bocoup clean with a huge attack of his first crunch.Elle is best served by an overdrive by the distortion.

OVERALL OPINION

A-, as it was al school. I help the last 6 months I begin to see its limites.L aesthetic I like, I like the sound, the quality / price makes it one of the best guitare.Je bought 1000 euros new al abroad, and if c had to be rebuilt I do it again without hesitate one second

The studio is Gibson factory in the United States. It is a model 22 frets, original microphone gibson 2 double humbucker.
The bridge is tune-type 'o matic with stop tailpiece a bar.
The guitar has a volume of a tone for each microphone and a slecteur 3 positions.
The neck is mahogany, rosewood fingerboard.

UTILIZATION

The models on rcents (or not too old), the sleeve is trs enjoyable ... It was well in hand, not too big nor too late. any ca fawn remains a matter of habit ... ACCESS Aiges is good without being exceptional. However, I find this very scratching equilibrated enjoyable to play. For weight, it is a bit heavy, but good to know what you want: mahogany is often heavy ... But it sounds.
The sound is very typical Gibson, now we like it or not

SOUNDS

Personal mtal I play with the scraper. Do not expect to sound sharp and prcis as Vigiers guitar, ibanez etc .... is not the registry.
This guitar is destined to sound heavy, with a big substain, sounds a little fat so ....

I use it with a couple marshall JCM 2000 DSL50 the couple Gibson / Marshall trs is not original, but very effective! his bold guarantee, after c a matter of taste, I love it!

Now if you want a little more precision, tight deadlines to drop low and medium Whereas the amp and find a good compromise between treeble and presence. But it will never be the precision of guitars made for this.

This guitar is my favorite ... I wish the sound was fat (even if in the neck position is a bit too).
I was told that the major weakness of "small" silent gibson mics. I tried a Seymour HS-5, but frankly the diffrence is minimal and I put my original microphone ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since 2000. I love the sound of this guitar, I love his aesthetic, I love the same weight lol: it feels good! I find the handle very comfortable for phrass agreements or even solo.

The charge could be making strong "factory". Indoor trs not price a bit careful when lev same (ditto for most of the fenders and other common brands).

At the same time, this was my first good guitar, so the comparison is made soon lol. But today I have tried to Outher guitar and I confess particulirement love the ease of playing Gibson.

If it again, without hsitation .....

Grat United States with the same CHARACTERISTICS any other Studio

UTILIZATION

Has my Premire surprise his touch: what Ouhahahah flexibility, I felt more play, not to mention her, but hot prcis both a joy ...
A default well-known weight. But a Les Paul lgre is it still a Les Paul and is not a guarantee of solidity

SOUNDS

Of the Varitoche mtal, Blues in Reggea, Jazz to Rock ...
You can do everything with a Les Paul!!
Even with a small amp (Peavey Rage 158), there's a too well, I must solemnly declare.
So I talk even when no plugs into an amp lamp! A A A A

OVERALL OPINION

was going to do my three years Grat delights me every day and really j'hsite reconnatre City Hall ...
T I a fan of Strat before becoming fully dpendant of my Les Paul and I confess that personally I prfre Gibson, more playable, warmer sound easier apprcier .
Nevertheless it is true that for a long concert, it's not IDAL (weight, weight tooujours ...)

A United States, then immediately made mieu
22 frets. Guitar pickups gibson team of two: a 490R (neck or rhythm in English) and 498T (acute or treble in English) as the Gibson Les Paul Standard
A round profile 59 ', so quite late for a gibson

UTILIZATION

Channel trs enjoyable, easy to play a gibson, but of course not as thin as ibanez not ex
Yes it is a bit heavy, but you must know what they want: a wooden crate guitar or a gibson so heavy but that sounds good ...

SOUNDS

Little while to play beginners because the les paul prvu silent for jazz, but it excels in the old school fat. In fact all the amp dpend will DRIRE: If you pull up a big stack 4X12 cranked, you Alez you hit the head against a wall and break everything ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for three years and I can tell you that she has never and it's never had a problem.
Of course it is not worth a les paul standard or custom, but the sound is still in the same spirit and is close to paradise
For the price there is no better now

Good on paper this LP gre lot: beautiful woods, made in good microphones and USD.
I will not repeat the dtail, see below.

UTILIZATION

So it's the other thing: the guitar is a LP studio finishing trs simple (I want to say plutt mdiocre ...). The main problem is at its handle, fairly thick and wide, I find no binding trsdsagrable use: it's hard to walk around on the stick and the CASC to acute is harder than on other LP.
The body is quite nice but the same, we feel that the finish is not trs shoot, the lacquer layer Paisse only accentuated the impression of "coarse"

SOUNDS

L is plutt got a story. I test a Mesa Triple Rectifier stack and personal well I find the sound a bit messy, not trsdfini. This is a history of preferences, it may agree some looking for a little saturation "grimey".

OVERALL OPINION

Trs trsdu this guitar. I think it has the name of Gibson, for me it's a guitar sham "and yeah I have a Gibson guitar Made in America" ​​while his finishing is not an Epi LP suprieure standard. The craziest is that cete guitar s'achte new for 1500!
APRS this test I took out my Epi LP Custom Ace Frehley (DiMarzio) and I connected to the mesa and well y'avais no photos, distos were much cleaner, the sound more Dfine The finish much nicer and comfortable to boot. The owner of the studio could not get him to hallucinate and even the sound of the Epi.
In conclusion, we must really try and love this guitar and its distinctive sound before you buy. Do not buy especially not by saying: "I have not in the standard for when I take the studio"; surtoutr for 1500, even as a still super expensive for what it is. If you want good sound for 1000-1500 Les Paul, buy an Epi LP custom plutt + and keep only the (beautiful) violin and change pickups and hardware (or electronic). You will come out for 600 for the scratches and you put as much as you want in the upgrade (400 parat trs has me well) and the output you get a wonderful guitar with a sound that hard.

My Les Paul is 1990 and t makes the United States. 2 pickups with chrome cover. Chevalier micro cordier.Selecteur 3 positions.

UTILIZATION

The handle is a bit pais but you get it quickly. Access in acute is correct. It is difficult enterme balance weight which makes it somewhat enjoyable sitting at stake. It is quite heavy but when you buy this type of guitar, it is done knowingly.

SOUNDS

Plutt I play blues, rock and blues rock with a small Kustom amp KGA15 (to train is not too bad). The neck pickup is awesome, we get a really top heat, it is clear that both saturated. The bridge pickup is not bad for sound sharper.

OVERALL OPINION

I possde this guitar for 6 years and I do not regret my choice. I like the sounds, the handle and rglages effective, well obviously it is heavy and the holding of agreement could be better but just to play with her little default forgive him. I once had an rplique stratum, comfort was better but I was looking for other sounds. I bought this as an opportunity to Gibson in 99 4500ff. I would, even without the hsiter. on the other hand try before it is not for all the music.

Makes the United States has nashville
22 fret two humbuckers 490R 498T
Tune o matic
glue stick Profile 50

UTILIZATION

Handle very pleasant and accessible to acute is correct without the need to admit it. the weight is heavy when playing for hours it feels.
the sound is awesome! incredible! the two microphones of the Pearl
I put 9 because of the weight

SOUNDS

But versatile enough for rock blues ... I play soul funk blues and much of this guitar suits me quite.
I play with a little amp peavey 10 watt and the sound is great n I imagine not even with a tube amp!

OVERALL OPINION

I have the past few months. it is to buy 890 euros in 2004 as new. for me There is no picture to compare with fender strato etc ... c is the sound that I had.
I remake that choice without a moment's hesitation.
this guitar is a jewel!!

Gibson makes the United States, she wants a version "less luxurious" of the "Standard"
Body and handle (al mahogany, rosewood fingerboard, 2 humbuckers Gibson 498T & 490R served by 2 vol and 2 tone. Fixed bridge, slecteur 3 positions, mechanical Gibson Deluxe.
Mine is a specially SERIES, black hardware with a touch dor especially bne.
It's really short but dpouill aa charm.

UTILIZATION

Ergonomics is the main problem of this guitar: no bevels, guitar poorly balance (ct leans right), weight consquent, sharp enough to not so good.
In points ngatifs it should be noted also that the mcaniques in that they are not autoblacantes, impose many racordages and the microphones slecteur quite difficult to ACCS.
However for the comfort it's perfect left hand (in my case).
This is the second time I find one that suits me perfectly round as though the guitars I've tried many (Vigier, Lag, United States Jackson, Music Man, ESP, Fender, Ibanez). THE FIRST c'tait with a Music Man silhouette.
All the plans that did not go out on my Lag Beast pass here without problem, it's amazing how a simple change of scratches can affect the game

SOUNDS

The sound is with the comfort of the handle my main selection criteria in the purchase of a scratch, and I can say that a ring!
the microphone produces sound serious round and warm, ideal for plain phrass jazz as saturated. Intermdiaire position is exploitable in many books but gives her best even for its rhythmic and arpges clear.
The bridge is sending double the sauce, it is not done too much for clean sounds, however saturated by the sounds are trs beautiful, round and fat.
There is just saturated mtal trs o he loses a little precision, but I think a change of micro dsagrment overcome this.
In the absence of split, the sound palette is quite limited and limmite styles temperatures requiring the roundness in the sound, which is not a problem since I have not bought to funk.

OVERALL OPINION

This is an excellent guitar, with all its "small" default.
The sound and comfort of the handle to outweigh its lack of ergonomics.
The Les Paul has his characters who Difference from all other guitars and that's good. It complte Fawn idalie a stratum for which a search for sounds ct dlicats and the other sounds plush and drooling.
Regarding the price, correct a few years ago, it became a bit expensive (1500).
On the other hand used it must surely be some good deals.