All user reviews for the Gibson Les Paul Studio

The Les Paul Studio is always one of those guitars that a lot of people tend to stay away from as it lacks the true construction that a normal Les Paul has. I tend to agree, but these are still pretty solid, especially for their used prices. The guitar features a mahogany body, mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard, 22 frets, trapezoid inlays, pickguard, no binding, hard tail bridge, two humbuckers, two volumes, two tones and a three way switch.

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These guitars seem to be built fairly nice, but I experienced some fretwork issues on a few that were in the store. Gibson still has some QC issues, so you really need to play all of these before ultimately buying them. The good thing is that they were all fairly resonant sounding. That means that any fretwork issues or nut issues can usually be corrected by a competent luthier without too much of a hassle.


SOUNDS

This guitar actually had EMGs installed in it, so I'll be going by those instead of the standard pickups. The guitar had an EMG 81 in the bridge and an EMG 85 in the neck. The 81 in the bridge sounded thick, but it had enough bite to cut through without a problem. It worked awesome for metal tones; in fact, it was crushing. I was really surprised how nice it sounded. The 85 in the neck was super thick and worked awesome for those legato and shred leads. The clean tones were pretty awful on these, but that's fairly typical with EMGs. However, since it's geared towards metal, the clean tone doesn't really matter that much.

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If you swap the pickups in these models, you can get a super fat sounding guitar. It won't have that top end sparkle that the normal Les Paul has, but some people like the darker tone of the all mahogany models. It really depends on what you're going for, but I find that these can be pretty solid if you find one used in good condition. Just be sure to check the frest and nut as those'll be your biggest issue.

The Les Paul Studio is always one of those guitars that a lot of people tend to stay away from as it lacks the true construction that a normal Les Paul has. I tend to agree, but these are still pretty solid, especially for their used prices. The guitar features a mahogany body, mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard, 22 frets, trapezoid inlays, pickguard, no binding, hard tail bridge, two humbuckers, two volumes, two tones and a three way switch.

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These guitars seem to be built fairly nice, but I experienced some fretwork issues on a few that were in the store. Gibson still has some QC issues, so you really need to play all of these before ultimately buying them. The good thing is that they were all fairly resonant sounding. That means that any fretwork issues or nut issues can usually be corrected by a competent luthier without too much of a hassle.


SOUNDS

This guitar actually had EMGs installed in it, so I'll be going by those instead of the standard pickups. The guitar had an EMG 81 in the bridge and an EMG 85 in the neck. The 81 in the bridge sounded thick, but it had enough bite to cut through without a problem. It worked awesome for metal tones; in fact, it was crushing. I was really surprised how nice it sounded. The 85 in the neck was super thick and worked awesome for those legato and shred leads. The clean tones were pretty awful on these, but that's fairly typical with EMGs. However, since it's geared towards metal, the clean tone doesn't really matter that much.

OVERALL OPINION

If you swap the pickups in these models, you can get a super fat sounding guitar. It won't have that top end sparkle that the normal Les Paul has, but some people like the darker tone of the all mahogany models. It really depends on what you're going for, but I find that these can be pretty solid if you find one used in good condition. Just be sure to check the frest and nut as those'll be your biggest issue.

Everyone knows what a Les Paul is. The Les Paul guitar has been an icon in the guitar world for nearly 60 years now. The shape is a classic shape and the design is timeless. There have been countless version of the Les Paul released. Many are short lived but there are a few variations that Gibson has decided to make regular. The Les Paul Studio has been a common model for the last 20 or so years. The Les Paul Studio is a no frills version of the Les Paul. The guitar is pretty much a Les Paul Standard without any extras. There is no binding anywhere to be found. Most models come with a rosewood fretboard but some have ebony which I do not understand. They have 22 frets with trapezoid inlays now. They use to come with dot inlays. The neck is the baseball bat 50s style. It comes with standard gibson 490R and 498T pickups. It has the standard Les Paul control layout with a volume and tone for teach pickup and a 3 way switch.

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No frills reaches into the area of playability also. With the 50s style neck some players might have some problems. They have put the 50s profile Gibson neck on this guitar so the neck is huge. People call the 50s profile neck the baseball bat neck. This may make it hard for some people with smaller hands to play. Because 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. If you x-rayed the guitar it would look like it was made out of swiss cheese with little circles cut out of it. Gibson still isnt putting locking bridges on their guitars. When you change strings the bridge can come off because it is held on by string tension. If this happens make sure you put it on the right way because you can put it on backwards and your intonation will be horribly off. When this happens your guitar will sound in tune on the open strings but any chords you play will sound off. Companies like ESP have been putting locking tune-o-matic bridges on their guitars for years.

SOUNDS

Being a low end Gibson it has the generic Gibson pickups. These pickups are not anything special. With the chambering the natural tone of the guitar is really effected. 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. Putting in some Classic 57s would be okay if you want to keep it all Gibson but I recommend some Seymour Duncan pickups for a guitar like this.

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This guitar sells for about 800 dollars. At that low a price there are better guitars out there if you are not just buying it for the Gibson logo on the headstock. A high end Epiphone which would be about 100 dollars less is just as good if not better than this guitar. The money you save getting the high end Epiphone you can put towards some nice pickups and you would have a much better guitar then. You can find some Edwards guitars for this cheap and they would also be much better since they are non chambered and come with aftermarket pickups and ebony fretboards stock. If you are looking for a cheap Les Paul and it has to be a Gibson they dont get much cheaper than this.

The Gibson Les Paul Studio is generally the guitar that people first buy when they get into Gibsons. The guitar features a mahogany body with a mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard, 22 frets, tune-o-matic bridge, two humbuckers, two volumes, two tones, a pickguard, trapezoid inlays and a three way switch.

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I generally find these have the most iffy fretwork out of the entire Gibson lineup. They're generally crowned decently, but how level they are and how much the edges stick out really depends on how the luthiers were feeling at the time of day the guitar was made. The guitars also can exhibit some nut binding issues, too. If your guitar has any of these issues, you'll want to go ahead and have a lutheir do a fret level and redo the nut. That should make the guitar play like butter. Aside from that, the guitar is pretty much a standard Gibson Les Paul minus the maple top.

SOUNDS

The guitars generally sound darker and thicker than a normal Les Paul. They're also somewhat lighter due to the lack of a maple top. The bridge pickup is decent, but I find they're very medium output. This can prevent you from really dialing in a good metal tone if you're into that. The neck pickups are kinda bright for me. I'm a fan of really dark and smooth neck pickup tones, and I don't really like Gibson pickups for that kind of tone. If you're going to replace them, I recommend something like the JB/59 combo. That should really make the guitar scream and come alive.

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If you're looking for a cheaper Gibson, get an Edwards, Burny, Tokai or something like that. You'll be much better off than buying one of these. The quality is iffy on these, they don't sound like a normal Les Paul and they lack some of the ascetics that a normal one would have.

. Mahogany body with arched maple table
. Mahogany neck / rosewood fingerboard 22 frets
. 490R and 498T pickups 2
. 2 volume and 2 tone, 3-position selector
. Bridge tun-o-matic / Stop bar tailpiece
. Grover oil bath
. Brushed steel fittings
. Supplied in silver Gibson hardshell case box

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The handle is very nice fingers "slide" on it ... literally
The access to acute could not be easier ... even the guitar to little fingers will get there! <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" />
The ergonomics are very good in general despite the weight of the guitar ... but it is a Gibson among others ... slightly different anyway ... it weighs maybe a little heavier than the other versions by studio finishing "all brushed steel" ... That said, it seems that the body is not full ...
Nothing to say about the sound, I tried a dark studio, if the finish creates a difference, it is, I think, very small ...

SOUNDS

It is well suited to my style of music even if it is part of a "panel" sounds ... So I would say rather that it fits well my collection of guitar!
Good presence, the warmth of a Gibson!
With this guitar, you get to cover much of the "spectrum" ... fat to "almost" crystalline ... but always with great precision.
For my part, I have a preference for sounds mediums ... good presence and "subtlety" of sound.

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I use it for a few months ...
The characteristic I like most? "/>
ALL! It has the sound of a Gibson but in a very original finish!
This guitar is also released in limited edition ... 500 copies!
It's simple, body and handle are painted in silver gray, all lifts are brushed steel, which gives a very unusual side to this guitar.
Little more about this model ... and rare in Gibson (even on more expensive models): the mechanical oil bath! All (brushed steel, matt and metallic paint) is very successful! In addition, it is sold in hard case dressed in a beautiful silver-gray fabric, too ... which gives a certain class to the whole guitar / case ... one side "precious" itself!
I wanted a Gibson, so I tried several before choosing this one ... his question, the differences are not obvious between a studio and a custom ... but the price, it is very different ... Then I came across this guitar look very original ... and I cracked! "/>
So again this choice? Yes, definitely! But even if it is that this model is still available ... I found a site that references the guitars "unconventional" and limited editions ... but that did not sell ...
A month of research to finally order it in England ... found in France!
This ...
Enjoy!

Gibson Les Paul Studio 1993.

See product

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I use it since 2000. It's a very nice guitar to play even though initially I put a little time to get used to (coming from a metal handle typed).

Access to treble is good but not obvious in this case should not buy a Les Paul.

Is connected and it sounds ...
Tested and approved in a Line 6 Pod 2.0, SansAmp GT2, Marshall JCM 2000, Marchal Valvlestate 100 W, 15 W Kustom ...

SOUNDS

Mine is an "old" but it sounds really good. With distortion is royal. The pickups (490R & 498T) its very polyvalent.s

On the bridge pickup, it is assumed crunch costo very bluesy rock to heavy metal limits. By tuning down is the orgy. In his clear, the sound was typical les paul (amateur sound buy a fender crystalline ...) But it sounds.

On the neck pickup, sounds very 70's sounding rhythmic type (Sabbath, ...) but I think it proves that lead to wonderful. It's bold, hot ... Gary Moore had better watch out. In his clear, very round but again quite bold.

These microphones are great when you play with the gain level of knobs.

The combination of both on the other hand is not necessarily the one I use most ...

In general, it is fat, warm but with good equal, it can become sharp boundary ...

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A very good guitar on which I played for 10 years ... I love the violin very simple (black, silver hardware) which is also one of the reasons for the price ... (It's worth it to not like the bling-bling

The only one of my guitars on which I have not changed. To advise emergency. I heard some on this forum compare gibson epiphone studio has ... I think we do not speak the same guitars. After testing standards recent ... my old studio need not be ashamed ...
+ Quality of the handle
+ Versatility in its saturated (from blues to metal)
+ The sound
+ Sobriety of violin (but personal taste and therefore subjective)
+ Good ratio Q / P

- The weight because you have to find something wrong but ... paul)

Gibson Les Paul Studio Alpine White, American-made, 22 frets, 2 alnico humbuckers 490R/498T humbuckers, 2 volume 2 tone, mechanical Gibson, ebony fingerboard, 22 frets,, Tune-O-Matic, chrome hardware. Like most current Gibson: the body is not mahogany! No vendor tell you ... but once you have received the instrument, any letter written in the doc's in the box!

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Like all of these Les Paul series (after 2002), frets are a little square .. and not very pleasant! the handle and the type of varnish that covers are fast so unbearable it gets dirty, and it fits very fast ... but with a good luthier, and a steel wool pad you get a quality instrument and gameplay ( ?) higher. For the sound, let's be clear, this is NOT the mahogany, but vendors say (I stress). The pickups are powerful and bold, but would sound better ... with the mahogany models are unstable at the violin first years (the time that the wood dry?) I can only advise you to settle the often the first 2 years if not hello galleys. Also change the mechanics, you will not regret it.

SOUNDS

When you buy a Les Paul is not for the finesse nor very clean. So for the lens, look elsewhere!
I play with a Mesa, a NOS, a Hohnner and VHT, and ... it sounds! It's very dynamic, it's pure Gibson juice. The guitar rock and roll!

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I've had it 3 years, I like the jaws of the instrument, its balance, its true ebony. I regret that it is not mahogany, frets a little rough. I tried almost 25 different models of Les Paul before choosing one. This model is the cheapest, but not the best finish by comparing all others (except one model at 5500 euros, really exceptional) it was the best by far. The woods were the same, the pickups almost always, and I think all these problems have wood dry. So my advice: if you currently looking for a cheap Les Paul: Take this model, plan a budget luthier therefore, change the mechanical wait 2 years and everything will be fine! The more expensive models having the same problems, only the aesthetic is the price difference. Or if not, buy the hand to someone who has already made the manip!
Value for money means the price maker, but if compared with what is being sold at 3000 euros (I will not quote marks): instruments that must be addressed, plan, made of wood not dry .. . well, what value for money is perhaps not so bad.

Model USA 2008
BODY
Top Species: Carved maple top
Back Species: Mahogany

Fingerboard
Fingerboard Species: Rosewood, Ebony is Classic / Alpine Wht
Scale Length: 243 / 4 "
No. Frets: 22

ELECTRONICS
Neck Pickup: 490R Alnico magnet humbucker
Bridge Pickup: 498T Alnico magnet humbucker
Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch

FLIGHT CASE
Interior: White Plush
Case Exterior: Black Reptile Pattern Hardshell
Silkscreen: Silver 'Gibson USA' logo
NECK
Species: Mahogany
Profile: '59 Les Paul Rounded

HARDWARE
Plating Finish: Chrome
Tailpiece: stopbar
Bridge: Tune-o-matic
Knobs: Black Speed
Tuners: Tune-o-matic

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Thick handle and round, getting used to if you play on a round end type Ibanez
access facilitated by the sharp cutaway
weight = excellent, lighter than the old LP and its still as punchy

SOUNDS

Guitar to do everything, all styles (I play metal), microphones in his round and hot, big potato on the rhythm game, held in perfect harmony.
a quality guitar that I use with a jack Monster Cable (60 euros) Plug in Line6 Flextone3 a combo, the sound is simply excellent, both in specific saturated clear that every note comes off even with LOTS of gain.
I played so far on an Ibanez Sabre SFM mounted EMG 81/85, I had to adapt to the neck and microphone, I have even more fun to play on this guitar.

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I've had it 2 months, I was amazed by the build quality and especially its nothing but empty! an investment and will improve over time as any Gibson. Guitar that I recommend to try to go all left still struggling to find a good instrument. For 1000 euros, go ahead, Gibson made an effort so that everyone can afford an instrument that you keep.
A word to the end, the guitar comes in a pouch inside Super White with certificate of authenticity and a small manual.

U.S. manufacturing, electronic hardware and classic product.
Nothing special to report archi-known model.

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Some will find the handle a little big for me no problems.
The same applies to weight, if one uses a fairly wide strap is very bearable.
Sound, it's no surprise du0 LP and after testing I have found no difference with a standard. Clearly the binding only increase the price.

SOUNDS

I used to play the blues she knows very well, but for some titles I replace it with a Strato sounding less fat.
I'd say the neck is very good microphones, mixing handle / stand is good too but the bridge pickup alone does not please me I find it a bit garish.

I plug in a 6L6 tube amp 40w 1 X 12 "Celestion and a reverb pedal and a Boss character Sansamp California. In this configuration I get a crunch sound not too runny.

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I just take it after 2 ½ months of waiting. Nothing to say about the store that gave him his job, but instead is Gibson's trade policy to be reviewed in depth. Being unable to give a delivery date for a manufacturer of this size is not acceptable. Better! Do not give retailers information on orders is equivalent to making fun of customers.

Then the product quality. Again there to review, a mechanism is installed wrong, the wrong key is sanded on the sides, in short, it's slapdash, the quick by fucking again the customer.
A Chinese manufacturer malformed do stupid things like that we can understand, but for a box of 150 years old gibson as it is beyond comprehension.
In conclusion it will be the last gibson for me.

It's a gibson studio 1991, so the keys are ebony and I love this hit. The handle is very nice, thinner than other Gibson I've tried. I like the single cutaway so I find it ergonomic, but it's subjective

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The handle is for me a highway. This guitar has great sustain, I tried an sg faded and a studio recently, it has nothing to do. The note never stops, it's great. I found super micro but I had not found a suitable gibson me at the sustain and playability,

SOUNDS

For sounds, I put a video on youtube, a cover of wake up by mad season, you will understand, I use a blackstar ht5s a cry baby wah. This is the perfect guitar for solos. In his clear, I love it. For heavy rhythms, it's not a guitar made for that, I have two custom 77, with a seymour SH4, the other with the dimebucker. With three guitars I have all the sounds I like.

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played with for a month, I had tried other Gibson did not suit me (I often do not like the sleeves that I find too big, although it is good guitars), I also played on sg faded one that disgusted me, so it was rotten. There are excellent Gibson, but I think the quality is very very very uneven. Much buy my custom 77 on the net with your eyes closed as much a gibson it must absolutely try to avoid any unpleasant surprises. I loved this guitar so that I sought another in Alpine white (mine is red wine) but only 90 years max 2004, before it's too expensive and then I not too confident. I recently played a new studio, it is lighter so less sustain, and small defects in finish, the sound was OK, but the rosewood fingerboard bother me. For those who love Gibson but do not want to ruin or divorce is the perfect guitar

Made in USA.
Mahogany body with rooms.
Maple table.

Mahogany, Rounded profile.

Ebony.
Acrylic trapezoid markers.
Not binding.
22 frets.

Tune O Matic bridge with tailpiece stopbar.
Mechanical Green Key.

Pickups: 2 humbuckers - 498 T - 490 R
2 Volumes, 2 Tones, 3-position selector.
Gibson Case.

Finishes quite correct, but not perfect either, forced to see. White finish, of course, it does not leave room for error, the smallest defect is visible. On mine, I notice a small flaw in the application of varnish on the back of the neck, and the junction between the nail of neck and fingerboard, which is perfect.

Nothing really bad, it's details. No impact on gameplay.
I buy mine online. I had no choice, waiting time in the store was really too long.

I wish other mics ...

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The shape Les Paul is the perfect shape for an electric guitar I think.

Rounded handle Gibson is the profile that I prefer (I have big hands).

The body with the chambers, AC reduces the guitar actually not bad (compared to a Les Paul Edwards, solid body). This is far from unpleasant.

Access to acute is that of a les paul, ie pretty bad in the 16th Box ...

The settings are very comprehensive and effective ...

The varnish is a bit "sticky", it must do ... and is highly fragile, should keep the guitar in his box (I had the audacity to put it on a stand, the varnish has yellowed a little, very quickly. Fortunately, I saw it once and it was washed away now .. phew). Finally, I wanted a Les Paul with an ebony fingerboard, then here ...

But next, it'll be a Gibson Custon Ebony tubeless (the 68 or 57) ...

SOUNDS

... Because the rooms, I think it means ...

I do not really know if it comes from 498T or rooms, but the Les Paul has a sound reminiscent of a Hollowbody (type ES335, for example) ...

But I do not know if it comes from or room mics ...

Anyway, the guitar is perfect for rock, blues, country, jazz ... for clean tones, crunch (what bliss) for the distortion a little fat old school ... on the other hand for modern metal sounds, she is doing, but no more.

The micro 490R is fine, but I already knew (on a SG).

The 498T microphone, it is quite powerful and quite rough. The term "the fat" takes any definition ca. You understand that the modern metal, AC can be a problem. Got to see the amp settings.

See my config 'on my profile picture.

Edit: I replaced the pickups with Gibson a couple of Seymour Duncan SH1 '59 ... Finish this "draft" ... The '59 is less loaded medium, have a lower output level, but are much more versatile ... The modern metal, no problem ... It's the sound that should have a Les Paul in my opinion. Vintage, but well defined and balanced ... Perfect ...

(I already have two guitars with a couple SH1 and SH4, so I took two SH1 '59 for it, I'm not disappointed).

OVERALL OPINION

I have for 5 months.

I had a lot of guitar, see the advice that I could do on the guitar that I had or have in my possession.

I like the ebony fingerboard, the form of Les Paul, the weight content, the neck, the playability (free of defects), the sound in general ...

I like the sounds in the least saturated fat with the 498T (too rough with my equipment). Small defects in finish, this can make out some of their hinges (I do not care).

The varnish is very fragile and white, does not forgive any mistakes.

I would do if that choice. In this budget, yes ... If I can get the triple, no, I take a custom with a full body.

The price / quality ratio is very correct. Approximately € 900

edit: I did not like the pickups ... I found my happiness with Seymour Duncan SH1 '59 ...

Made in USA
498R and 498T microphone
Gold hardware

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Pleasant handle the weight and the weight of a gibson ACCS to acute FACL
the sound is very good for blues, rock or even metal amp with pedal in addition

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we get what we want in terms of his character jai a marshall jcm 900 50/100w lamps and a digitech RP7 valve pdalier and I happened to have what I want to be saturated tb and clean sounds idem

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I've had it for 2 years that I like his versatility and his mouth is with his splendid dress red wine
J had a fender mex upgrad DiMarzio with two x2n an ibanez saber for me the quality gibson enlve any report on price I ressigne
1100 euros as new
between 750 and 900 used

Made in USA entry model from Gibson: it shows, it feels.
Pickaxe handle, set up to overcome the deplorable factory for the coating, a painter if you torch your doors and frames in the same way you would do him a trial. Anyway, Gibson is the logo, combined with legendary guitar etc ... then you pay, it closes its mouth and sing the praises of a shovel that is not worth its price.

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I do not have this guitar, It belongs to a music workshop for 5 years and therefore passes through various hands. Since nobody seems to want to stick to it I did the interview yesterday (disinfection of the (covered with a jinx that has agglomerated over the years) and slagging of the body (sweat, dust, traces of fingers) smanche, The profile of the handle is a matter of taste. Personally I would do myself but am not a fan. After 5 years the varnish (applied to the brush line presumably) already cracks in the head and a weird moire s is formé.Je am told that some varnishes Gibson react more than others sweat. I think that is ecas here. After some playing time, the itch "glue." Not very agréable.Encore once, other brands are doing better on this plan.Pour keeping the agreement Mecas (honest without more) are only one parameter of the problem. A well-cut nut (not "greenhouse" no strings in gorges) will improve the stability of the agreement, as a suitable mounting string (max 2 turns around the axis mechanics and a good stretching). On a guitar this price, decency and respect for the client wants offered him the adjustment nut when you buy according tirantr strings he chooses). Anyway I'm dreaming here ...

SOUNDS

After cleaning, installation of new strings, I plugged into a Marshall AVT150 ​​available to members of the musical workshop.
His clear: Yeah, no one buys this kind of guitar to play the bagpipes UAIS to send heavy spot right? In this regard it is served! Great sustain too.

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I have other guitars that I find both a more modest budget (Ibanez SZ, Ltd. EX401) and I owned a Cort M520 which was bluffing a lot of people side tones and playability If I buy one day Lespaul this one will be in Gibson and especially not entry level. But I will look elsewhere first (Ltd, Custom 77, Hagström ...). Forget DECALCO to 2 balls and do tend to trust your hands and ears.

The Gibson Les Paul is an icon in the music world. One of the most popular guitars of all time, the classic solidbody shape is equally at home in rock, country, pop, metal, blues and just about every other genre of music.

The Studio model (mine dates from 1995) is Gibson stripped down offering of the popular Les Paul. It doesn't have a figured top or fancy binding on the body, but it delivers all the Gibson tone!

It came equipped with two Gibson alnico humbuckers: a 498t in the bridge and a 490 in the neck position.
These pups deliver a classic "PAF on steroids" tone and feel and are constructed with Alnico V magnets which give them a muscular, yet classic tone.

The body is crafted of mahogany with a plain maple cap, and the glued-in neck is mahogany with a rosewood fingerboard and "trapezoid" pearl inlays.

Standard fixed, stop tailpiece bridge, dual humbuckers with three way pup selector, and 4 knobs (two volume, two tone) are some of the features on this classy instrument. There is no coil-tap option.

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Upon delivery of the Studio, my initial thoughts on it's playability were just, well...meh. It felt a bit stiff and the intonation was off. I took it to my guitar teacher (I was young and didn't know how to set up an axe yet and he lowered the action, adjusted the pickup height, and fixed the slight intonation issue. Now this guitar played pretty nicely. It took me a little while to get used to the neck thickness and the shorter 24 3/4" scale as I had been playing a strat and a Jackson "super-strat" guitar with thinner necks and 25 1/2" scale, but once I got used to the thick neck I loved how it felt. To this day I prefer a wider 50's style neck.

The guitar does have some clumsy feeling qualities and attributes, which I'll get into later...

SOUNDS

This is why you buy a Les Paul; the SOUND!!! Nothing sounds like a Les Paul. Its thick singing sustain and full clean tones are to die for!

The 498T alnico pup in the bridge delivers a very good tone for rock, blues and some metal. Though with the body's thickness and weight, I feel that a slightly underwound design, or maybe an Alnico II based pup would be more appropriate. Don't get me wrong, this thing sounds phenomenal on cleans and sings on leads, but it sounds just the slightest bit congested. A more "airy" pickup would benefit this guitar, but the stock pups are not bad at all. In fact they are great and would probably sound amazing in a thinner bodied guitar, like an SG or a lighter, thinner Les Paul.

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Now for some negative qualities. For all that great LP tone, you unfortunately must sacrifice some playability. The vintage style Gibson tuners are absolutely AWFUL!!! There's no excuse for how poor these tuners are, and it's not just me who feels this way. It's widely known that Les Pauls do not stay in tune well. If you are a lead player who likes to bend notes on the G, B and E strings, you MUST change tuners and possibly the nut as well (I replaced both) in order to stay in tune, and even then for some reason, the guitar still isn't completely stable.

I don't understand why Gibson doesn't use locking tuners and self-lubricating nuts. Some models come stock with Grovers, which are a huge improvement, but still not as stable as locking tuners.

For the price you pay for a Gibson, you should get quality parts and features that are superior to other lower and equally priced instruments, but that's just not the case. I've played $400 dollar Schecters and ESP LTD guitars that stay in tune perfectly after having been dropped or thrown across the stage (seriously) and the Gibson goes out of tune if you look at it wrong...not cool. Carvin is another example of perfect tuning stability in an inexpensive instrument. What are you doing GIbson???

All in all, I'd have to recommend this guitar, only because I feel every guitarist should own a Les Paul, just as every one should own a strat. Only a Les Paul can deliver the thick singing tones that they made famous. The bad part is that if you want this guitar to play as well as it sounds, you have to do some modifying, which is unfortunate because the cost of the guitar is already high and should include quality parts. It's a love/hate thing...

guitar made in usa
tune o matic bridge
22 frets
490R pickups (neck) and 498T (bridge)
1 volume and 1 tone micro
A 3-position selector
wine red crayon
chrome hardware and black

UTILIZATION

For my part, I find the handle very nice, it's not too big (for LP) and glides well. Like all the LP, it is its weight but it is correct. Level stability on the other hand, nothing to say. The guitar does not move a hair. The access to treble is not the best in the world but it is playable. I easily found a sound that suits me with the microphone serious but it was a different story with the microphone acute that I always found too rough. What bothered me the blow position as intermediary. I have since changed the pickups to put ESP LH200. And my children, at all the same story. The sound is nickel on the 3 positions, as in clean distortion. It sounds a bluesy wish.

SOUNDS

My style of music and rock and blues instead. Say I'll easily Who and Led Zeppelin to Iron Maiden through ACDC, Guns, SRV and Rory Gallagher. And this guitar has no problems even with the original pickups to manage all this. Since I am not a follower of fact to find the sound of one or that one by changing the settings, I can not tell you what is obtained by changing parameters. Pltuot I found the sound that pleases my ears and fingers after they are doing the rest. The amp I use at the present time is a ValveKing VK 112, which goes very well with this guitar. But I admit that a Vox AC15 or a Peavey Classic 30 would make me very happy. Mechanisms have been changed to Tulip has Gotoh locking, the tuning is better.

OVERALL OPINION

I use for 1 year and a half and I do not sell it for anything. This guitar has been a favorite, I entered the store, I saw, I bought it. I must confessed that due to the acute Paulita. Thereafter, the only thing that displeased me a little was acastillage Black (pickguard, pots, and seélecteur entourage microphones). I have to change that and while passing standart finish (cream and gold). since it gives me a supermodel.
despite the changes I make, I have no regrets and I do it again this election if the opportunity presents itself
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