All user reviews for the Gibson Les Paul Supreme

I preferred to buy in the U.S. so as to be on the guitar has not been disturbed by a dealer benevolent but who can not necessarily do so.
I found a site where large dealer Gibson mentioned the weight of the instrument (my concern LP) and detailed photos of the model sold, I had more chances to buy a guitar straight from the oven!
round handle 59.
WARNING! The key is believed ebony is RichLite, composite utlise also Martin for some keys, although the descriptions of the dealers say it's ebony.
The 2006 that made me want to buy mine was also RichLite.
Side settings, I would have preferred an overall volume control instead of two individual, it's the same for all Les Paul, but it can change.
Difficult to do on the Supreme because it must pass through the plate jack!

UTILIZATION

This is a Les Paul, but supreme.
The average weight 9livres LP, but some 7.2 or 10livres.
Mine 8.6 pounds

SOUNDS

You want to play that goes with the sound of the guitar, and as a wide range is available, you can not stop.
What surprised me most is the side without acoustic amp, which allows working unplug.
Connected, plain neck pickup or both, it is a LP with more body, its close on Larry Carlton's 335. For big sound no surprise, it sends very strong. The LP that I had, luxury 68, 25/50 anniversary, custom shop85 Standard is the most versatile.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two months.
For over fifty years since I played, I just tried everything. I still have a couple of guitars, but the Supreme does not duplicate in the park.
The icing on the cake is that you can work without the plug.
The beauty of the instrument itself is worth the price alone, then with SOUND more ...
With experience, I make this choice without hesitation.

I bought this unit at a guitar center in town. I thought it looked appealing and semed to ask me to buy it. So I went ahead and shelled out $850.

I like the high output on the humbuckers

The only thing I have to complain about is the body shape. if they made it single cutaway it would be better

The construction is solid and sturdy. When i first bought the unit it was nice and shinny, but after playing it its become a little worn.

I thought this was a great guitar for all levels of playing and the Humbuckers give out an amazing sound.

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Color: Heritage Cherry Sunburst
Top and back: Carved AAAA flamed maple
Body: Chambered mahogany
Neck: Mahogany with 1950s style rounded profile
Fingerboard: Ebony with split block pearl inlays
Number of frets: 22
Pickups: Two Humbucking pickups (490R and 498T) with Alnico V magnets
Controls: Two each tone and volume with three-way pickup selector switch
Machine heads: Grover Keystone
Hardware: Gold plated
Case: Black reptile pattern hardshell

It's also worth mentioning that these are technically hollowbody guitars, which seems to be something a lot of people miss when they buy these. A quick note about this. Most Les Pauls are chambered or weight relieved which is totally different from being a hollowbody, which the Supreme is. That, along with different inlays and tuners and a 50's neck is what set this apart from it's cousin the Les Paul Custom.

UTILIZATION

I have smaller hands and the neck is sort of a love hate thing for me. It can be awkward for certain chords but on the bright side, my hand rarely gets tired after 3 hours of playing like on some smaller necks. Overall I'm fine with it. This is a lighter guitar than it looks due to the hollow construction. It's a little thicker than your normal Les Paul. Feels more like you're playing a jazz body to be honest. Other than that it's pretty familiar. Controls are the same. Tuners are solid.

SOUNDS

I think this guitar gets a bad rep because players buy it expecting a suped up Les Paul Custom. It's not that kind of guitar. This is in truth more like an ES175 than anything. It's a jazz guitar. Super resonant and prone to feedback just like any hollowbody, you have to be mindful of a guitar's construction and what that means. Gibson picked the wrong pickups for this guitar. It sounds monumentally better with 57 classics than the very non complimentary set they put in it. Unfortunately due to the design it's very hard to change pickups although not impossible. I use it to play at church. It's very resonant and kind of heavenly sounding so it works great for that. This is not a guitar for hard rock. A lot of guys get that idea and it has resulted in some bad rep for the Supreme.

OVERALL OPINION

I really love mine and considering the luxury features the high price actually makes sense. I can imagine these are pretty expensive to make. Gibson should really put some different pickups in these...I don't know what they were thinking. Also the headstock is a bit ugly. I have a lot of people come to me asking what model this is because it's a rarity and oddity to most. Still it's a fine guitar when used for the proper style.

The Gibson Les Paul guitar is not flashy guitar and certainly not some sort of boutique guitar. Sometimes when they have the quilted or flamed maple tops they can get really gorgeous and exotic looking. But overall these guitars are meant to be played and meant to be used. But not really showroom pieces and collectors items really guitars are meant for the active and professional musicians. If a great time to great feel and overall and extremely versatile guitar.

UTILIZATION

* Body: Mahogany
* Top: Carved maple
* Back: Mahogany
* Neck: Set mahogany
* Neck Profile: '60s
* Headstock: Angled
* Scale length: 24-3/4"
* Fingerboard: Bound Rosewood
* No. of frets: 22
* Nut width: 1.69"
* Inlays: Trapezoid
* Binding: Antique
* Bridge: Tune-O-Matic with stopbar tailpiece
* Tuners: Locking Grover
* Hardware: Chrome
* Bridge pickup: potted BurstBucker 3 humbucker with push/pull coil splitting
* Neck Pickup: '57 Classic with push/pull coil splitting
* Electronics: 2 volume with push/pull coil-splitting, 2 tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector
* Knobs: Vintage Gibson top hats
* Pickguard: Period-correct
* Case: Hardshell
* Other: Plek setup


SOUNDS


I really like the tone of these guitars with high gain amplifier in mind. Preferably I'd choose Marshall amplifier's because it seems to be just a great classic connection between this guitar and those amplifiers. It must be the voicing or just the overall chemistry of the two pieces of gear when they unite together. But they sounds so great together that it's very addicting tone to have on hand. The overall feeling I get when playing a Marshal or a high gain amp with a Les Paul is almost instant gratification. It is so smooth and full of tone that is almost impossible to put down.

OVERALL OPINION

You can find these guitars for right around $1899 in most guitar shops and online retailers. These are very cool guitars for the moment and a much improved step up from eh Studio models of the Gibson Les Paul guitars. I would recommended this guitar o anyone who doesn't need the cool flamed maple tops and still wants a rocking guitar without paying the Custom LP prices.

United States Model
22 frets, humbucker gibson
Tune o matic
2 volume and 2 tone selector with three positions
Handle very nice and very beautiful with genuine mother of pearl

UTILIZATION

The handle is great. I had a standard etr I find a good already but we are a step up. Note slides perfectly.
CHAC in acute and very good. Warning, this is not a SG but a Les Paul.
The weight balance and very good despite weighing in itself a minor. Mieu worth well have a good wide strap.
The sound is easy to obtain.

SOUNDS

It suits perfectly to my games. a guitar plugged into the Marshall that "it
fun.
The sound is warm and wonderfully fatty. By lowering the volume a can, is obtained and blues sound
vintage rock's thunder.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year. Unfortunately obliged to part with it causse money.
I look at her and it's much better than a standard.
Report qualitprix good but it's still the high end so it is paid.
I would do without this choice problem when the money will flow again.

Gibson made in United States Supreme ebony nashville
22 boxes, the good old classic of modern micro gibson ie in the 498T bridge and neck position, the 490R
Fixed bridge, tune o matic.
Channel 50's rounded type

UTILIZATION

The handle: rounded 50's is very nice. At the beginning when it was not used because it is destabilizing a handle big enough and after a few minutes wow! in fact it is great it is fast enough (I play metal rather violent and technical), proof watch a video of Mr Zack Wylde ...
Quality has a lot to handle ... Indeed, a patent "less sticky" than a gibson std and a touch lala a friend! an ebony fingerboard with a smooth (touch) amazing!
The frets are very nice, it goes all alone, not addicted ...
Those who know will know that the Gibson Les Paul saw the point of access to acute and ben is not very easy but it gets there ...
It is a very well balanced scratches as well when playing sitting and standing.
The weight and ben y'en that says it's heavy and a LP ben I not tell you more than anything else ... no seriously we see that it's solid, it's not a skyscraper in plastoc! good but the weight is not excessive and is very tolerable. Personally I do not suffer at all ...

SOUND! ahhhhhhhhhhh is a killer! is not a supreme for nothing! you plug you play it as simple as that and the worst is that it sends live!

SOUNDS

For me I could not find a better scratch! damn she is just amazing! clean the lens well (yes I assure you even for an LP) has the distortion of ill sends it's delirium! every time I play I will not believe my ears!
I said her name is not supreme for nothing!
To tell you ... already the custom mailings serious but it's not clear c but the supreme ecstasy is the level above. If so I assure you, I have compared since before I had a custom ...
Well I not play on the amp rotten I agree ... I play solo mesa pfffffffff correct and you plug it sounds ... not need to look ten years! I have a friend who plays on an ESP with EMG and all that goes with Ben and my friends ... Means the difference ... The Supreme puts him a good slap has ESP! my buddy does it have still not recovered!
She can do anything from blues to death. So all sonnorités suit me!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 months
What I like least ... pfffffff nothing! is an exceptional guitar.
If the patent can be a little grip handle that but hey it's really not a problem ...
I love its versatility and sound! what sound!
My opinion is high praise I know but I tried many guitars before, and of all, ESP Eclipse ESP viper, Gibson LP Standard 2002 60's (which I very well but the level below) Gibson LP Custom, Lag Roxanne Floyd, XTSA Godin, PRS custom 22, therefore, very good guitars have their strengths and weaknesses, but not at the LP Supreme. I was blown away when I heard and when I played.
The value for money is still not terrible! it is super expensive especially in France! it is a shame! Of course you pay the brand but still!
I was forced by my wallet and my common sense (yes there's no strong cash cow!) To buy it abroad (Netherlands) to 1,100 euros less than in FRANCE!

With the experience I remake that choice even if I have to eat my legs for several ... and I hesitate to sell my other guitars to buy me another in order to bring in another tuning.
Frankly I am super fan of this guitar ... I love it!

Personal I have a les paul supreme "guitar of the week" autumn burst, they have not yet REFERENCE on the site so I class in the Supreme gnral paul.
it is a good made in United States
2 double gibson pickups (490R and 498T) three positions, two volume and two tone (what a les paul).
Tune o matic
a Mahogany neck bne (rather rare for gibson) which gives a precision that leaves no room for error!
the body is beautiful with a table Saddle flame on both sides (no plate derrire disassemble the guitar is the pickups or other).
mcaniques all spices are gold plated and the frets are gold alloy, beautiful !!!!! with nice logo on the supreme head

UTILIZATION

A handle end for a les paul, very modern with a good evolution (in large handle for beginners and refined arrangements for solos)
Accessibility assistive trs correct one for a les paul cen'est not the handle of a 1950 for example
the advantage of this gibson is that it does not pse a dead donkey, and finally this is not a strat disont but that the body "curly ebony" Allgemeine guitar without affecting its .
the sound is very easy to get a les paul is primarily so ... all is said

SOUNDS

I play rock, mtal, pop, blues, so it is perfect this style, Deplus branch in a good light and a marshall rolls!
the sound is typical gibson, bold and full of serious mdium a little runny but so enjoyable!
in the rack is a well rounded crmeux in the neck position and treble in the bridge position convaiquant
Most impressive is the sustain, monstrous! I test in the store on the rplique Jimy hendrix marshall and I felt I feedback in the amp that came back to vibrate in the body of the guitar to finger ... sensation ever seen with another guitar, I'm falling in love.

OVERALL OPINION

I recently (a surprise gift from my wife, I know why I push!)
what I like most is its looks, class and trs is vintage but not too much (I'm not a fan of guitars that are so old they're new, or the colors a little r tro, which gives the impression of being dull fadace. is a matter of taste, but in the store, there was no photo. Deplus manufactured 400 examplaires this makes it a pice of a rare especially as autumn color burst is not a current color that gives the impression that the Les Paul of all the world (it is original brief).
what I like least about this guitar is ... nothing
the limit for beginners that there is no overlay on the handle (the assumed) can be debilitating, although there are points on the edge of repre run but it's a good dtail for some that can be boring.
then report quality price: great! certe cen'est not a guitar Euro 1000 but it is worth the cost and it is far from the price of PRS (Gibson has made an effort in its tariffs)
Whether I would do this choice without hsiter

Good characteristics are the same as in previous opinions of course! (Exceptional)

UTILIZATION

-At first I thought that the handle does not slip much (it hung a little) when making rapid movements of great but I must admit that after a month or it is smoothed, or I got used to, but exceptional (and yes no other words to describe this guitar)

Talk-weight, absolute fan of gibson I've tried several, my favorite ones, in sound and design, it is YOUR custom black beauty but the downside was its weight ... The Supreme is the ideal weight (for me anyway)

SOUNDS

I play on line6 but sometimes on marshall (unable to separate myself from my old amp) and must say that the sound is terrible as the one over the other. When I start to ask more I get the guitar. Whether it's a big solo attack or it makes perfectly!

I am a bit disappointed with the clean sound but I think my amp settings are not optimal but frankly, here is the distortion that is expressed ...

OVERALL OPINION

So ultimately already owned several guitars, I would be willing to sell them all to keep this one because for me unbeatable (even custom Gibson and PRS are not up) and 12/10 overall rating is just for if 15/10 price.

Last remark unfortunately no way to find it I went around Europe (by itself) to the European importer, and then the parent company in Nashville United States, must answer the same everywhere to find in an old stock at an official dealer ...
Me I was lucky after a long search, I ended up in Canada and find grace to the 'decline of U.S. dollar' I made a crazy business!

For our fter two years of marriage I split a small notice on Mrs!

Fidler tradition, it is manufactured in the United States, the plant's 641 Massman Drive Nashville. THE FIRST ft produced in 2003
A handle 22 boxes with frets alloy Nickel / Silver Dor complexion but here the most beautiful effect. Repre-pearl Split Block (found on the Super 400 for example), all based on a key bne.
The handle is made of a single pice of mahogany, round type '59, my taste a bit thinner than that of a custom, and still is not sure sure it is al ... according to the classical mthode have found on the Les Paul.
The electronic is identical to a Les Paul Custom: 490R and 498T place respectively in the neck and bridge.
But the really RSID or intrt of this model is the body.
Corps Chamber mahogany sandwiched between two tables Saddle sculpted flames at the highest grade (AAAAA/5A) The models for translucent varnish and plain top for finishing paints (black and alpine white).
It is a beautiful inlay on the head and neck REPRESENTATIVES Globe griff "Supreme", a round plate SETTING THE golden claw Les Paul ... is b.
For more details in the image, I reference this site a lot done in English:
http://www.lespaulforum.com/slubarticle/supreme/supreme.html

Otherwise, it remains in the CHARACTERISTICS of a Les Paul Custom, a Tune-o-Matic Nashville with his Fidler Stop Bar, with heads of mcaniques Grover Kluson type, 2 volumes, 2 tones, a slecteur Switchcraft 3 positions, multi-binding on the head, the body above and below, single layer on the handle, color white, full color hardware Or ..
Only problem, there is not the electronic ACCS the rear. Oversized jack plate is in place to remove the electronic in case of change or failure. This can dconnecter dernire foreign exchange small tube-shaped connectors for the free cblage on the other hand for slecteur must disassemble the neck pickup ... way but because we do not touch the beautiful table Saddle the rear ... So I put him ... 9

UTILIZATION

For those sleeves Gibson habitus, it will not dpayss. Indeed, one case of a conventional trunk, we like it or not. But when you love, it is found trs comfortable! Mine the lgrement be softened at the edges of the button, I do not know if it's the same on all ...

Regarding Access in acute ... The again, it faces the problem of the classical Les Paul. The heel is pretty big, bigger even than usual, because remember the LP, the Saddle supplmentaire a table at the back which adds a thick heel of about 3/4mm...On is far from the All Access ... Ibanez is a choice.
So getting started as it is, it remains for us to apprcier the lightweight weight gain by the GNR mahogany body and acoustic chambers. I miss all my duties but I have not done any comparisons on the scale. A saw it .... I would say one can be two pounds ... see. Bte the same right balance, its shape is a pleasure whatever the height of the strap, short ... My back is happy, my ears too. Because its level is frankly a DLIC and this, IMMEDIATE ... I put a 10 because I have big hands so good, the heel ....

SOUNDS

"- They are suitable your style of music?"
Ben ... Les Paul is my 4th (a Classic, a custom, a classic Custom) so unless the teston be frosted, I am not yet ready to tell me "look, I'll still Regout history of being on ... even if has cost a burn ".
I play it and its cousins, a Mesa Boogie Road King 4x12 Recto cabinet with v1 and / or 2x12 depending on needs, a set of the old pedals (Rotovibe an old Danelectro Cool Cat etc ...) .
The sound obtained are compared with a Les Paul Custom "Normal" because it is the level CHARACTERISTICS closer.
Whatever his / rglage chosen one notices ds THE FIRST seconds the incredible "vibration" of the guitar. To the acoustic chambers could limit the play without the plug in and work it so its range of sound power.
Its clear it was a warm, round and soft, a bit more slamming a LP Custom, Dynamic trs prcis wish. Personally, I would enlve notches on February 1 SETTING THE bass amp to avoid replacing my bass player because I really abuse a low branch when I ... The game is gorgeous to the fingers to play the mdiator makes you want to do some good cocottes ben supported or plant a jazzy chorus well .... Intermdiaire position reminds me a really custom. In short it's clear again b!
In crunch, it falls against the LP Custom 100% I have not found any diffrence, not even sustain level ... the crunch, my house is the same.
We then go to channel Disto (or blow dry ... as you will). L .... is rich with cons. The bridge pickups send really heavy rhythmic snapping at the rate of gain can perhaps be according to the amp lose precision, attention then ... It is impeccable in chorus'! Excellent sustain, a grain perfect, clear, clean and prcis. The neck pickup and when he openly GRAS! Difficult to use in rhythm with a big win trs on the other hand in chorus or slide ... we get the really pure juice! It's hot, plump wish, although compress ... rgale real! Defines the notes well from each other APRS. I RULES gain gnral of 13h or 14h, for a big sound but keeping even a cot when lgrement vintage microphones leaving the possibility to qualify as m me and purr if they want ... I can not get below 10 it is against my religion ...

OVERALL OPINION

To conclude on these two years I will not make a Statement in public but ...

For me, Gibson was able to replace the Custom (Part strutting Custom Shop in the street opposite the last few years, but fortunately still with us) a MODEL worthy of the name.
-Flawless finish
Species-beautiful
Tradition-brand and meets Mr Les Paul (compared to the poorly finished MODELS Standards, trs species not always beautiful, worthy of a weight balsa, but hey I abuse)
A typ-its versatile but not necessarily affirmbr />-A prize also respecting the tradition ... Unfortunately ...

In short, I test a bunch of Les Paul and a half (almost all those I meet, it's a disease) and she is one of several MODELS of this century, left the factory " Series "that are worth. With the return of the Les Paul Standard Traditional version, Gibson United States survives even when, despite the criticism ... The Custom Shop s'tant affirm the years, it was feared that really Massman Drive parte lollipop too ... Fortunately, no!
That said, given its price, it is not a play. It is therefore difficult to see or to have one at home (I speak especially for us moves away from stores in Paris and especially my dpartement-Var-specially in the old ...)
Relative quality of the guitar good, big prizes, great quality ... um

And the famous final question:
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
bah ... with the 18 pages I just write I think I t clear ... is a YES!
A 9 to be global because even when not DCON ... nothing and no one is perfect ... and all this is only my humble opinion.

Made Nashville TN USA.
22 frets golden microphones 490R / 498T Alnico magnet humbucker * *.
Tune-o-matic stopbar gold.
2 volume, 2 tone, 3-position selector.
Channel rounded ebony, inlaid mother of pearl & abalone.
* Grover tulips oil bath.
Body (2 sides), head & neck contours of a beautiful bending several folds (such as the Customs LP).
Logo & abalone shell on the head is very luxurious.
Engraved gold truss rod Les Paul.
Acastillage gold.
Comes with Gibson USA case (+ wider than the other boxes padded leather handle and LP!) Black reptile, white plush interior with silk flap.
Limited to 400 copies (Guitar of the week 22).



UTILIZATION

Nice round handle (between the 50's and 60's): Perfect.
Access to acute like all Les Paul.
Beautiful arched back (rare) very nice, well balanced instrument.
Easily obtained a good sound, sensitive and effective settings (Tone).
Instrument born of a coupling between the LP and the LP Custom Elegant
A little less, a rather heavy scratching anyway although his body "chambered".

SOUNDS

Sounds quite varied, from jazz to hard, Blues, Pop, Rock ... We spend a CRUCH its crystalline fatty Jazzy just lowering the volume of the microphones. Very warm and round the edge with no worries.
Its pickups are amazing, you'd think one of my ES-335 * Fender Blues Deluxe.
I love above all its depth and its présence.Gros, sustain very present!

OVERALL OPINION

Any new, I use it for several days.
His back arched fascinates me, plain sheets without any access to either the selector knobs ... These are accessible via the jack plate (+ large as the other Les Paul).
His body is also slightly wider than the others + LP.
The price is quite high given the luxury finishes and the hair of this beauty.
Guitar of the Week # 22 very successful!
One of the guitars + luxury I've seen so far, worthy of a Custom Shop!

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The Supreme models were a set of models Gibson made that were placed above their Custom level guitars. Now only one model remains in the Supreme line and it is the Les Paul Supreme. This guitar has some crazy features no other Les Paul has but then it has some antiquated features Gibson should have changed decades ago. The most noticable feature is the AAAA figured maple top on this guitar. It is really beautiful and has a really deep look to it. The guitar is your standard Les Paul shape. It has a mahogany body and a fat mahogany neck with an ebony fretboard. The fretboard has 22 frets and has split block inlays I dont think Gibson puts on any other guitar. The pickups in this guitar are a pretty strange choice. The SG Supreme I am comparing this to came with Classic 57s while this guitar has a 490R in the neck and a 498T in the bridge. I dont know why they would put seemingly worse pickups in the Les Paul Supreme I was expecting them to have similar electronics and its not like you can easily upgrade the pickups on the Les Paul Supreme like you can on the SG Supreme the Les Paul Supreme has no control cavity plate cover. It has a guady Gibson globe Logo on the headstock instead of the split diamond and a gold truss rod cover. It has non locking Grover Tuners on the headstock also with a standard tune-o-matic as the bridge.

UTILIZATION

You can really see that Gibson put form over function with this guitar. To show off the fancy wood they used for the tops and back of the guitar they did not put a control cavity plate on the back. If you are to do any modifications of the inside of the guitar you will have to do it all through the jack plate. I hope you have small hands. The neck on this guitar is pretty fat so you will have to get use to it if you are more accustom to guitars with more modern neck shapes. The tuners are non locking and the bridge is non locking which is more of a gripe for me. With standard tune-o-matic bridges when you are changing strings or working on the guitar the bridge can fall off when it doesnt have string tension. This can easily mess up your intonation making the guitar sound off. There are no straplocks either so be careful if you play this guitar standing up. These are things I would upgrade immediately but I should need immediate upgrades on a guitar that cost 5000 dollars. There are 600 dollar ESP's and Epiphones that have these features why cant Gibson put them on a 5000 dollar guitar. This guitar cost 2000 dollars top to produce a set of 10 dollar tuners are not going to hurt Gibson.

SOUNDS

I dont know who would have picked these pickups for this guitar. I think Classic 57s would have worked better all around. The 498T is a pretty hot pickup to be in a classy Gibson like this. I think the output is around 13k. This is pushing into heavy metal output territory. This is a far cry from the smooth tones you would get with a PAF or something similar. The neck position 490 is overly dark and muddy. You can not get any clarity with the neck position on this guitar unless you crank on the tone knob. Normally a set of lousy stock pickups isnt much of a problem but with this guitar you have no real choice unless you are an expert luthier use to working on hollowbody guitars. This guitar has no control cavity cover plate. So any internal work you do on this guitar has to be done through the input jack plate which is about 2 inches by 1.

OVERALL OPINION

I think this guitar is more of a collectors piece than a real player. This guitar has less features than a standard Les Paul and tries to make up for them by looking pretty. Pretty wood does not equal good tone all it equals is pretty wood and theft target. If you have the bread and are considering a Les Paul Supreme I would strongly recommend you try out a standard Les Paul Custom first. The Custom is a time tested design and sounds good and is more of a player than this guitar. The Supreme is just a pretty face. This cant be said of the SG Supreme which has the pretty face and all the playability of a normal SG.

The Les Paul Supreme was a model that Gibson released to really show off what they can do. While the outside looks the same, it's actually a bit different. It still has a mahogany body, high quality flame maple top, set mahogany neck, ebony fretboard, 22 frets (gold colored), two humbuckers, two volume knobs, two tone knobs, a three way switch and a TOM hard tail bridge. The biggest and most significant feature would be the chambering in this guitar.

UTILIZATION

The guitar is absolutely gorgeous, and the flame on this thing is sick. The new inlays help show off that it's a bit different than your standard Les Paul, as well as the gold frets. The back on this is actually curved or beveled, so it feels a little different in your lap when playing it. It also has no control cavity on the back; it's a gorgeous piece of flame maple. The neck on this is your standard Les Paul neck, and the gold hardware on this really makes the guitar pop. Aside from that, the 12'' radius is also great for lower action and greater bending without fretting out.

SOUNDS

Given that it's chambered, this guitar will sound different from other Les Pauls. It seems to have a softer top end and a looser bottom end that may or may not be pleasing to your ears. One thing that really gripes me is that there's no rear cavity due to the chambering. Because of that, replacing the pickups is ridiculously hard. Since I'm not a fan of the standard pickups, this is an issue for me. However, most people seem to generally enjoy the standard Gibson pickups, so it shouldn't be too much of an issue for most people.

OVERALL OPINION

The Les Paul Supreme is quite different from the other Les Pauls out there, and it costs a ton of money. It's hard to recommend for most standard guitar players, but if you're looking for one of the most elegant looking Les Pauls ever released on the market, this is the guitar you want to check out. Keep in mind that this has no control cavity, so replacing pickups will be a huge pain.

The Les Paul Supreme was a model that Gibson released to really show off what they can do. While the outside looks the same, it's actually a bit different. It still has a mahogany body, high quality flame maple top, set mahogany neck, ebony fretboard, 22 frets (gold colored), two humbuckers, two volume knobs, two tone knobs, a three way switch and a TOM hard tail bridge. The biggest and most significant feature would be the chambering in this guitar.

UTILIZATION

The guitar is absolutely gorgeous, and the flame on this thing is sick. The new inlays help show off that it's a bit different than your standard Les Paul, as well as the gold frets. The back on this is actually curved or beveled, so it feels a little different in your lap when playing it. It also has no control cavity on the back; it's a gorgeous piece of flame maple. The neck on this is your standard Les Paul neck, and the gold hardware on this really makes the guitar pop. Aside from that, the 12'' radius is also great for lower action and greater bending without fretting out.

SOUNDS

Given that it's chambered, this guitar will sound different from other Les Pauls. It seems to have a softer top end and a looser bottom end that may or may not be pleasing to your ears. One thing that really gripes me is that there's no rear cavity due to the chambering. Because of that, replacing the pickups is ridiculously hard. Since I'm not a fan of the standard pickups, this is an issue for me. However, most people seem to generally enjoy the standard Gibson pickups, so it shouldn't be too much of an issue for most people.

OVERALL OPINION

The Les Paul Supreme is quite different from the other Les Pauls out there, and it costs a ton of money. It's hard to recommend for most standard guitar players, but if you're looking for one of the most elegant looking Les Pauls ever released on the market, this is the guitar you want to check out. Keep in mind that this has no control cavity, so replacing pickups will be a huge pain.