Gibson Les Paul Model Guide

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Heres a guide to all the les paul models, maybe a sticky?

All prices are the Guitar Center list price.


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Les Paul Standard Plus - $2699.99



Crank up a 2008 Les Paul Standard Plus Electric Guitar and experience the power and performance that more than 40 years of craftsmanship and innovation can produce.

Pioneered and developed with the assistance of legendary jazz-pop guitarist Les Paul-one of the world's greatest musical and technological pioneers-the Gibson Les Paul has become the standard by which all electric guitars are judged. With fat, rich tone and incredible sustain, the Les Paul lends itself to every style and generation of music. From the sweetest jazz to the heaviest rock and metal, the Les Paul can do it all-it is one of the most powerful and versatile instruments of all time.

The 2008 Les Paul Standard Plus continues to alter - and inspire - the sounds of today's ever-changing musical landscapes. It features a hand-carved figured maple top with matched chambered mahogany back outlined with single-ply binding. The neck is crafted from a single piece of mahogany. Carefully glued into the neck cavity of the body, the neck functions as a single unit with the body. Its asymmetrical shape is the most comfortable neck offered on a Les Paul Standard.

The BurstBucker Pro humbuckers have Alnico V magnets with slightly mismatched windings to deliver an enhanced "Patent Applied For" tone with more bite and brilliance.

All Les Paul Standard necks receive precision fret dressing and setup with the Plek system. As the guitar lies in a cradle, a computer-controlled robot arm moves along the neck measuring each fret's height, the fingerboard radius, even the bow in the neck. Using that data, the Plek machine adjusts the truss rod, cuts the nut slots for optimal spacing and height for each string, files each fret to a hundredth of a millimeter accuracy, and then polishes the frets. In a fraction of the time it takes a skilled technician, the Plek machine eliminates buzzing strings and dead spots, producing a neck with flawless intonation and superb action.

NOTE: To give you a choice of how your Les Standard should look, the pickguard is not attached but included in the case. To install the pickguard, holes will need to be drilled into the body.

Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus Electric Guitar Features:

* Body Wood: Chambered mahogany
* Top wood: Figured maple
* Scale Length: 24-3/4"
* Neck Joint: Set-in
* Neck Wood: Mahogany
* Fretboard: Rosewood
* Neck Plek'd on Gibson Plek Machine
* Neck Shape: Asymmetrical
* Frets: 22
* Inlays: Figured acrylic trapezoid
* Nut Width: 1.695" ±.050"
* Fretboard Radius: 12"
* Bridge: TonePros locking Tune-O-Matic
* Tailpiece: Locking TonePros stopbar
* Pickup Bridge: Burstbucker Pro with Alnico V
* Pickup Neck: Burstbucker Pro with Alnico V
* Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone with gold-plated Bourns-designed pots, 3-way pickup selector
* Knobs: Amber top hat
* Tuners: Locking Grover keystone
* Straplocks: Dunlop
* Jack: Neutrik locking
* Hardware color: Chrome
* Binding: Antique cream top and neck
* Finish: Lacquer

Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus Electric Guitar Includes:

Gibson hardshell case


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Les Paul Standard - $2499.99



Crank up a Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar and experience power and performance that has more than 40 years of craftsmanship and innovation behind it.

Pioneered and developed with the assistance of legendary jazz-pop guitarist Les Paul-one of the world's greatest musical and technological pioneers-the Gibson Les Paul has become the standard by which all electric guitars are judged. With fat, rich tone and incredible sustain, the Les Paul guitar lends itself to every style and generation of music. From the sweetest jazz to the heaviest rock and metal, the Les Paul is a guitar that can do it all-it is one of the most powerful and versatile instruments of all time.

The Les Paul Standard Guitar debuted in 1952 as Gibson's first solidbody guitar, and has evolved over the course of time to stand today as the benchmark for all electric guitars.

The Les Paul Standard continues to alter and inspire the sounds of today's ever-changing musical landscapes. It features a hand-carved AA maple top with matched chambered mahogany back outlined with single-ply binding. The neck is crafted from a single piece of mahogany. Carefully glued into the neck cavity of the body, the neck functions as a single unit with the body. Its asymmetrical shape is the most comfortable neck offered on a Les Paul Standard.

Burstbucker Pro pickups containing Alnico V magnets wound to vintage specs and with wax potting deliver original "Patent Applied For" tone.

All Les Paul Standard necks receive precision fret dressing and setup with the Plek system. As the guitar lies in a cradle, a computer-controlled robot arm moves along the neck measuring each fret's height, the fingerboard radius, even the bow in the neck. Using that data, the Plek machine adjusts the truss rod, cuts the nut slots for optimal spacing and height for each string, files each fret to a hundredth of a millimeter accuracy, and then polishes the frets. In a fraction of the time it takes a skilled technician, the Plek machine eliminates buzzing strings and dead spots, producing a neck with flawless intonation and superb action.

NOTE: To give you a choice of how your Les Standard should look, the pickguard is not attached but included in the case. To install the pickguard, holes will need to be drilled into the body.

Gibson Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar Features:

* Body Wood: Chambered mahogany
* Top wood: Plain maple
* Scale Length: 24-3/4"
* Neck Joint: Set-in
* Neck Wood: Mahogany
* Fretboard: Rosewood
* Plek'd on Gibson PLek Machine
* Neck Shape: Asymetrical
* Frets: 22
* Nut Width: 1.695"
* Fretboard Radius: 12"
* Bridge: TonePros locking Nashville Tune-O-Matic
* Tailpiece: Locking TonePros
* Pickup Bridge: Burstbucker Pro with Alnico V
* Pickup Neck: Burstbucker Pro with Alnico V
* Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone with gold-plated Bourns-designed pots, 3-way pickup selector
* Tuners: Locking Grover
* Strap locks: Dunlop
* Jack: Neutrik locking
* Hardware: Chrome
* Binding: top and neck
* Finish: Lacquer

Gibson Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar Includes:

Gibson hardshell case

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Les Paul Traditional - $2189.00



The Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Electric Guitar earns its name thanks to the traditional features you expect in a Les Paul guitar: mahogany body, set neck with rounded '50s profile, maple top, and a pair of Gibson's '57 Classic humbucker pickups. One significant, yet not-so-traditional improvement: the neck is analyzed by Gibson's Plek machine. Using computer precision Gibson Plek files the frets and cuts slots in the nut to an accuracy of a hundredth of a millimeter for optimal action and intonation without string buzzing.
Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Electric Guitar Features:

* Body Wood: Mahogany, non-chambered weight-relieved
* Top wood: Plain maple
* Scale Length: 24-3/4"
* Neck Joint: Set-in
* Neck Wood: Mahogany
* Fretboard: Rosewood
* Plek'd on Gibson Plek Machine
* Neck Shape: '50s rounded
* Frets: 22
* Nut Width: 1.695"
* Fretboard Radius: 12"
* Bridge: Nashville Tune-O-Matic
* Tailpiece: Stopbar
* Pickup Bridge: '57 Classic Plus humbucker
* Pickup Neck: '57 Classic humbucker
* Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way pickup selector
* Vintage speed knobs
* Tuners: TonePros Kluson-style
* Hardware color: Chrome
* Binding: top and neck
* Finish: Lacquer

Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Electric Guitar Includes:

Black snakeskin hardshell case

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Les Paul Traditional Plus - $2299.00



The Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Plus electric guitar has all the traditional features you expect from a Les Paul: mahogany body and set neck, figured maple top and a pair of Gibson's awesome '57 Classic humbucker pickups. The Plus on this guitar is the gorgeous, figured maple top—just the right touch on this iconic rock machine. One not-so-traditional improvement—the neck has been dressed by Gibson's Plek machine, a computer-controlled robot that analyzes the neck, files the frets, and cuts the slots on the nut to a hundredth of a millimeter accuracy for optimal action and intonation without string buzzing.
Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Plus Electric Guitar Features:

* Body Wood: Mahogany, non-chambered weight-relieved
* Top wood: Figured maple
* Scale Length: 24-3/4"
* Neck Joint: Set-in
* Neck Wood: Mahogany
* Fretboard: Rosewood
* Plek'd on Gibson Plek Machine
* Neck Shape: '50s rounded
* Frets: 22
* Nut Width: 1.695"
* Fretboard Radius: 12"
* Bridge: Nashville Tune-O-Matic
* Tailpiece: Stopbar
* Pickup Bridge: '57 Classic Plus humbucker
* Pickup Neck: '57 Classic humbucker
* Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way pickup selector
* Vintage speed knobs
* Tuners: TonePros Kluson-style
* Hardware color: Chrome
* Binding: top and neck
* Finish: Lacquer

Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Plus Electric Guitar Includes:

Gibson hardshell case

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Les Paul Traditional Pro - $1899.99



Taking design and visual cues from the Les Pauls of the '80s and '90s, the Les Paul Traditional Pro features BurstBucker 3 and '57 Classic pickups with coil-splitting, '60s neck profile, Grover locking tuners, antique binding, period-correct pickguard, vintage Gibson top hat knobs, and the revolutionary Plek set up.

With all the fat, sweet, snarling Les Paul tone that purists love, the new Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Pro sports a non-chambered mahogany body with a thick maple cap for the perfect blend of warmth and clarity. The top is finished in high-gloss lacquer, while the back, sides, and neck have a smooth satin finish that feels great and lets the wood resonate fully. Each Les Paul Traditional also comes with Gibson USA's standard black snakeskin case.

Period-Correct Pickguard
The creme-colored pickguard has been a Les Paul staple dating back to the models of the late 1950s and the early 1960s. Many players, however, removed the pickguard from their Les Pauls to show off the beauty of the flame maple tops, moving Gibson to stop installing the pickguard altogether. During the 1980s and 1990s, Gibson began reinstalling the pickguard in the factory, and the Les Pauls from this era once again arrived in stores bearing the classic, creme-colored pickguard. The Les Paul Traditional comes equipped with a period-correct pickguard, designed to protect the maple top.

Pickups: Neck - '57 Classic; Bridge - BurstBucker 3
Among the qualities that make Gibson's original "Patent Applied For" humbucking pickups so unique are the subtle variations between coil windings. For the first few years of their productions—1955 to 1961—Gibson's PAF humbuckers were wound using imprecise machines, resulting in pickups with slightly different output and tone. The BurstBucker 3 and '57 Classic Plus pickups are the result of Gibson drive to capture and recreate this characteristic. Introduced in 1992, the '57 Classic provides warm, full tone with a balanced response, packing that classic Gibson PAF humbucker crunch, inspired by those original PAFs that received a few extra turns of wire. Both are made by Gibson to the exact same specs as the original PAFs, including Alnico II magnets, nickel-plated pole pieces, nickel slugs, maple spacers, and vintage-style, two-conductor braided wiring. Gibson added poly-coated wiring, which improves consistency by eliminating thick or thin spots on the wiring, and wax potting, which removes all internal air space and any chance of microphonic feedback. Both pickups offer coil-splitting for single-coil sounds via push/pull switching in the volume controls.

Revolutionary Plek Set Up
The Les Paul Traditional is the first model from Gibson USA to utilize the revolutionary Plek machine in setting up the guitar. The Plek is a German-made, computer-controlled machine that carefully measures each fret, along with the fingerboard height under each string, and then automatically dresses each fret, virtually eliminating string buzz and greatly improving the overall playability of the guitar. This pioneering process does in minutes what it takes a luthier several hours—sometimes even days—to accomplish. Every fret is accurately aligned, and the guitar is properly intonated, leaving the instrument "Plek'd" and amazingly playable.

Antique Binding
To see the process of putting the binding on the Les Paul Traditional is to really appreciate the effort and attention that Gibson puts into each instrument. A lone craftsman will carefully glue and fit two pieces of binding around the entire body of a Les Paul. He then winds a single, very long piece of narrow cloth around the entire body until the entire surface is nearly covered. The body is then hung to dry for a full 24 hours before it is unwrapped and moved into the next phase of production. It has been done the same way for over 100 years. Some question the value of adding binding, but Gibson believes it is a fundamental part of our rich guitar-making history. The binding adds elegance to the Les Paul Standard, and helps protect the edges of the body. The neck binding is installed over the fret ends, which eliminates sharp fret edges and provides for a smooth neck and easier playability.
Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Pro Electric Guitar Features:

* Body Style: Non-chambered
* 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 coil-splitting
* Neck Pickup: '57 Classic with 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 Set-up

Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Pro Electric Guitar Includes:

Gibson hardshell case

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Les Paul Studio - $1299.99



The Gibson Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar has become one of the most desired Les Paul guitars for its tremendous harmonic and sonic capacities. The studio guitar is coveted by musicians from all genres of music and offers Les Paul performance with a modern, no-frills attitude. This Silverburst edition is lighter weight and offers a distinct look and modern features.

The Les Paul Studio guitar marries a lightweight chambered mahogany back to a maple top. The mahogany set neck has a 22-fret fingerboard that is constructed from high-grade ebony. The resilience of this dense and durable wood makes the fingerboard extremely balanced and stable, and gives each chord and note unparalleled clarity and bite. The flatter 12" fingerboard radius promotes smooth note bending and eliminates dead or choked out notes—a common occurrence on rounder, smaller radius fingerboards. The Les Paul Studio guitar's '60s neck profile is slim tapered emulating the neck shapes of the 1960 Les Paul Standard.

The Les Paul Studio Guitar shares the same quality electronics as some of its more expensive siblings. The Gibson 490R pickup has the tonal characteristics of an original PAF, but with a slight increase in upper mid-range response. The Gibson 498T bridge pickup is the 490 pickup's ideal complement. Taking the 490 one step further, the 498 swaps the Alnico II magnet with an Alnico V, thus making it a slightly hotter pickup with emphasis on mid-ranges and highs. The pole pieces on the 498T are also aligned a little further apart to accommodate the spacing of the strings at the bridge. Both pickups can be split via push/pull volume controls.
Gibson Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar Features:

* Style: Les Paul
* Body Back: Mahogany
* Body Top: Carved maple
* Neck: Set mahogany neck with '60s profile
* Scale length: 24-3/4"
* Fingerboard: Ebony
* Number of frets: 22
* Inlays: Trapezoid
* Bridge pickup: Gibson 498T
* Neck pickup: Gibson 490R
* Controls: Vol/Vol/Tone(push/pull)/Tone(push/pull) with 3-way toggle
* Bridge: Tune-O-Matic with stopbar tailpiece
* Tuners: Grovers
* Hardware: Chrome
* Finish: Silverburst

Gibson Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar Includes:

case

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Les Paul Custom - $3899.99



The Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar features a one-piece mahogany neck, carved maple top and warm-toned mahogany body. An ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlays gives it a bright attack. 490R and 498T Gibson humbuckers deliver warm rhythm and hot, solid lead sounds. Gibson also includes a Tune-O-Matic bridge, stopbar tailpiece, and bound body, neck, and head with gold hardware.
Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar Features:

* One-piece mahogany neck
* Carved maple top
* Warm-toned mahogany body
* 24-3/4" scale
* Ebony fingerboard
* 22 frets
* Figured acrylic block inlays
* Gold hardware
* 490R neck humbucker with Alnico II magnets
* 498T bridge humbucker with Alnico V magnets
* Nashville Tune-O-Aatic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
* Metal tulip tuners
* Body, neck, and headstock binding
* 1-11/16" nut width
* Includes Gibson Custom Shop hardshell case

Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar Includes:

Gibson Custom Shop hardshell case, custom care kit, and a certificate of authenticity

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1959 Reissue - $5999.00



This 50th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Sunburst Reissue Electric Guitar with a stunning Faded Maple Leaf finish offers you an exact duplicate of the original 1959 guitar. You get all the benefits of a new guitar, with all the mojo of a vintage Les Paul. Hurry if you want one cause this limited edition Gibson Custom guitar won't be around forever.

The only major change to the Gibson Les Paul "Sunburst" in 1959 was the addition of wider, fatter jumbo frets which facilitated more dramatic bends. The real force of this change was not felt until the late 1960s when rock and blues players like Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, and Peter Green began to discover the fat, warm voice of the '59 Les Paul which they dubbed "Sunburst." This moment in history marked the beginning of the idealization of the 1959 Les Paul Sunburst as the quintessential electric guitar in the minds of guitarists and collectors everywhere.

Using a combination of traditional hand craftsmanship and modern technology, the luthiers of the Gibson Custom Shop painstakingly reproduce the key elements that define stunning, vintage looks, flawless playability, and incredible tone. Solid mahogany back, historically accurate long neck tenon for superior strength and sustain, period correct neck profiles, hardware and electronics, and 100% nitrocellulose lacquer are all part of this special Gibson Custom Shop 50th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul guitar.
Gibson Custom 50th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Sunburst Reissue Maple Leaf Electric Guitar Features:

* 2009 R9 Changed Features:
* Nylon 6/6 nut
* Improved ABR-1 bridge (no-wire, tighter tolerances)
* Historically correct nickel-plated brass bridge saddles
* Correct alloy saddle adjustment screws
* Bridge height-adjusting thumbwheels are now thinner
* Neck profile changed - now has less "shoulders"
* Audio taper CTS pots
* '50s wiring
* Pickup routes adjusted so that pickups will be parallel to the strings
* Top carve changed to be closer to several original '59s that were scanned
* Body perimeter change - slightly tighter in waist, cutaway area refined to be more like originals
* The maple cap is very slightly thinner, the mahogany body is very slightly thicker
* The fingerboard is slightly thinner
* The step from neck heel to back of body is taller and more correct
* The taper of the "maple window" under the binding in cutaway is more accurate
* The maple spline (filler strip) in the tenon is more accurate
* The edge radius on the backside of the body is tighter (less rounded)
* The "mustache curve" of the headstock top has been flattened slightly
* The control cavity plate has been relocated, has the correct side taper, and now uses the correct ABS plastic
* The pickguard shape has changed slightly
* The pickguard bracket and screw have been changed
* The truss rod cover has been reshaped to be more accurate
* The serial number location is slightly lower and more correct
* Dial pointers are less sharp
* The strap button screws are longer
* The jack hole is now the correct 1" diameter
* The toggle switch nut has more correct knurled pattern

Gibson Custom 50th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Sunburst Reissue Maple Leaf Electric Guitar Specifications:

* Faded Maple Leaf finish
* Rare select carved figured top
* New nylon nut material
* Thinner fingerboard
* Ultrathin nitrocellulose lacquer finish
* 24-3/4" scale length
* '59 rounded neck profile
* Trapezoid inlays
* Gibson BurstBuckers pickups
* Thin single-ply white binding on neck
* Nickel hardware
* Faithful recreation to original 1959 Les Paul Standard specs
* Vintage correct body shape
* Taller, vintage correct neck heel
* 3 degree angle pickup route
* Lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece
* Wireless ABR-1 bridge
* Snug fitting brass bridge saddles
* Vintage correct thumbwheel material and shape
* Vintage correct bridge post material and shape
* Historically correct backplate and switchplate material and shape
* Vintage correct pickguard shape and placement
* Vintage correct strap button placement and screw size
* Back and top thickness
* Vintage tulip tuners
* "50s style electronic wiring
* Audio taper CTS potentiometers
* Vintage correct dial pointers
* Bumblebee capacitors
* 1" diameter jack hole
* Toggle switch nut knurling

Gibson Custom 50th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Sunburst Reissue Maple Leaf Electric Guitar Includes:

Custom Shop hardshell case, certificate of authenticity, custom care kit

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1960 Reissue - $5999.00



The Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul Reissue Electric Guitar is a beautiful Les Paul that you'll want in your collection. In 1960, the Les Paul Standard still had the flame maple top, sunburst finish and BurstBucker pickups of its predecessors with an added slim-tapered neck for a decidedly different feel. This 1960 Reissue Les Paul captures the essence of the original guitar accurately and in great detail. Gibson includes a hardshell case with your reissue Les Paul.

Gibson's Custom Shop produces some of the finest electric guitars on earth. Using the best materials money can buy, a staff of skilled luthiers reproduce some of the greatest Gibsons of the past and create stunning new instruments for players and collectors who demand the best.
Gibson Custom 1960 Les Paul Reissue Electric Guitar Features:

* Top wood: Figured maple
* Back wood: Solid mahogany
* Binding: Single-ply cream on top
* Neck construction: 1-piece mahogany with original-style truss rod route
* Fingerboard: 22-fret rosewood
* Inlays: Vintage trapezoid (accurate shape and color)
* Neck binding: Single-ply cream
* Profile: 1960 slim taper
* Scale length/Nut width: 24-3/4"; 1-11/16"
* Pickups: Burstbucker 1 (rhythm), Burstbucker 2 (treble)
* Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switching
* Hardware color: Nickel
* Bridge/Tailpiece: ABR-1/Aluminum stopbar
* Tuner style: Vintage tulip

Gibson Custom 1960 Les Paul Reissue Electric Guitar Includes:

Gibson Custom Shop hardshell case, custom care kit, and a certificate of authenticity

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1958 Reissue - $3900.00



The Gibson Custom Shop 1958 Les Paul Standard features a carved plain maple top, solid mahogany back and sides, and single-ply cream binding on the top. The rounded-profile neck is one-piece mahogany with the original-style truss rod. The rosewood fingerboard is finished with 22 frets, vintage trapezoid inlays, and single-ply cream binding. Seriously scorching output is delivered through dual BurstBucker pickups, tone and volume controls, and a 3-way switch. Electronics include the original CTS pots and bumblebee capacitors for a signal path that's truly vintage.

To protect your investment in quality, this guitar comes complete with a Gibson Custom Shop case and a Certificate of Authenticity.
Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar Features:

* Carved plain maple top
* Glossy finish
* Solid mahogany back and sides
* Mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard
* BurstBucker pickups

Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar Specifications:

* Top: carved plain maple
* Back wood: solid mahogany
* Binding: single-ply cream on top
* Neck construction: one-piece mahogany with original-style truss rod route
* Fingerboard: 22-fret rosewood
* Inlays: vintage trapezoid (accurate shape and color)
* Binding: single-ply cream
* Profile: early '50s rounded
* Scale length: 24-3/4"
* Nut width: 1-11/16"
* Strings: Vintage Reissue .010-.046
* Pickups: BurstBucker 1 (rhythm), BurstBucker 2 (treble)
* Other: CTS pots and bumblebee caps
* Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch
* Hardware color: nickel
* Bridge/tailpiece: ABR-1/aluminum stopbar
* Thin, original-style toggleswitch washer and jackplate
* Tuner style: Vintage tulip
* Accessories: Custom Shop case, Certificate of Authenticity, Custom Care Kit

Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar Includes:

Gibson Custom Shop hardshell case, custom care kit, and a certificate of authenticity

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Les Paul Supreme - $3409.00



The apex of Les Paul luxury with highly figured AAAA maple on the back as well as the top!

Everything about the Gibson Les Paul Supreme Figured Electric Guitar looks distinctive: Custom binding all around; deluxe pearl-on-ebony fingerboard inlays; gold frets; and an abalone, pearl, and brass globe inlaid on the headstock. Chambered mahogany body takes a load off your shoulder and enhances resonance to aid the 490R and 498T alnico humbuckers in generating miles of smooth sustain. Includes Gibson hardshell case.
Gibson Les Paul Supreme Figured Electric Guitar Features:

* AAAA maple top and back
* Chambered mahogany body
* Mahogany neck with ebony fretboard
* Custom binding on top, back, fretboard, and headstock
* Abalone, pearl, and brass globe headstock inlay
* 24-3/4" scale
* 1-11/16" nut width
* 2 volume, 2 tone controls
* 3-way selector
* Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
* Gold hardware

Gibson Les Paul Supreme Figured Electric Guitar Includes:

Gibson hardshell case

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Les Paul Junior



Today's Gibson Les Paul Junior electric guitar captures many of the same details and intensity as the original, including a 24" scale length mahogany neck that meets the body at the 16th fret, a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard (ebony on the Satin white finish model), Gibson's traditional round neck profile, a wraparound bridge/tailpiece, and a single Gibson P-90 pickup that faithfully delivers all the power and punch expected from their single-coil pickup. Includes all chrome hardware, acrylic dot inlays, Gibson's silk-screened logo on the headstock, and a corian pre-radiused nut. The Les Paul Junior comes with a plush Gibson gig bag.

Gibson's legendary P-90 guitar pickup
The legendary P-90, introduced in the early 1950s, is Gibson's truly legendary single-coil pickup and offers the soulful, classic tone that only a P-90 can. Delivering more warmth than a standard single-coil pickup, with higher output and sweet treble response, the P-90 continues to be one of the most popular pickups today, offering a distinct and powerful tone that remains unmatched in the face of relentless impersonation.

As the competition to develop and market affordable and professional built solidbody electric guitars was heating up in the mid 1950s, Gibson branched out into new directions that would yield a wide variety of innovative Gibson products at various price points. Among these new products was their Les Paul Junior single cutaway model, which quickly became Gibson's best-selling model and the instrument of choice for such legends as Leslie West, Steve Marriot, Keith Richards, Mick Ralphs, Mick Jones, Billie Joe Armstrong and Paul Westerberg.
Gibson Les Paul Junior Electric Guitar Features:

* BODY
* Style: Les Paul Junior
* Body Species: Mahogany
* Back Species: Mahogany
* Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
* FINGERBOARD
* Fingerboard Species: Rosewood
* Scale Length: 24"
* Number of Frets: 22
* Fretwire: Nickel and Silver Alloy Medium
* Radius: 12"
* Nut: Corian, Pre-radiused
* Nut Width: 1.69"
* Inlays: Acrylic Dots
* ELECTRONICS
* Bridge Pickup: P-90 Single-Coil
* Controls: One Volume, One Tone
* NECK
* Species: Mahogany
* Neck Joint: Set
* Neck Profile: '50's Round
* Nut: Molded Plastic
* Nut Width: 1.695"
* Head Inlay: Signature on Headstock
* HARDWARE
* Plating Finish: Nickel
* Color: Nickel
* Bridge: Vintage Style Non-Compensated Wraparound Bridge
* Knobs: Black on CW, Amber on EB, Gold on VS
* Tuners: Grover
* Case: Gibson Plush Black Cordura Gig Bag

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I hit most of the main ones without going crazy with all the custom shop models,

Ill update later with some more models, because i know i missed a few




All info was taken from the guitar center website.

[Bing17]

Um... unless you give credit to the original author(s), this could be construed as plagiarism. Probably not a great STICKY but a really good idea! Try using your own words or credit the author(s) (or the site from which it came) and I'd vote for it to be a STICKY.

[kip0909]

Originally Posted by Bing17

Um... unless you give credit to the original author(s), this could be construed as plagiarism. Probably not a great STICKY but a really good idea! Try using your own words or credit the author(s) (or the site from which it came) and I'd vote for it to be a STICKY.

Credited good ole guitar center in the bottom.



but thanks!

[Bing17]

Originally Posted by kip0909

Credited good ole guitar center in the bottom.



but thanks!

Of course! It was under the Les Paul jr. info. That's why I missed it. I've heard enough about LP jr.'s for one day.

Good post and good idea, in that event.

[dspelman]

And so they've discontinued the Axcess?

[kip0909]

Originally Posted by dspelman

And so they've discontinued the Axcess?

sorry, might of missed that.

read the bottom of the OP

[GibsonRocker]

Is there not something like this from R9?

[i am wet]

Thats not a regular studio

[LeoZeppelin]

Ought to be a sticky ! All information about LP consolidated and compiled (And can be expanded, if needed).

Thanks for the effort kip0909.
- Leo

[kip0909]

i have a better idea.

instead of a sticky, maybe just a link to this thread in the les paul 101 thread that's stickied

[Telecaster]

I think this is a brilliant post......

[Howard2k]

Like it, but those larger pictures need to be reduced in size to keep the page cleaner.

[FastFret]

Originally Posted by kip0909

i have a better idea.

instead of a sticky, maybe just a link to this thread in the les paul 101 thread that's stickied

Great Idea Brotha! Great Post!

[tw1st40]

If this is gonna be sticky quality, all the images need to be the same size, as previously noted.
Also, the text needs to be dolled up a little.
The specs should be put in an actual bulleted list instead of asterisks, etc.

[Lowdown]

Good stuff mate.

[JIM'S GoldTOP]

Very Cool thread

[rockstar232007]

What if some of the models mentioned (Supreme/Silverburst Studio) are discontinued/discounted?

This thread would be cool, if the guitar, or more specifically, the LP market wasn't such a roller coaster, but then again it is almost a year old.

[Lowdown]

Who cares.
I just liked gawking at the pics.

[gpivet]

Lot's of models missing... would be cooler if more complete... more about the discontinued models and stuff... and text could be more technical no so "salers-talk"... but great ideia... can turn into a great topic.

thank you bro

Gabriel

[Telecaster]

Originally Posted by Lowdown

Who cares.
I just liked gawking at the pics.

Me to....................