Lets see your mod'd Studios!

[Pwrmac7600]

My blacked out White studio. Here's the kicker though, this thing is actually bone stock. It's from a limited run Gibson did on the 60's studio LP, I think offered through GC. Alpine White, All Black Chrome hardware, Black knobs, black grover tuners, and an ebony fret board to top it off. It's similar to the studio deluxe, including coil taps on both pickups (496R, 500T).
Specs: Gibson.com: Gibson Les Paul Studio '60s

Nice guitar, would look even cooler if you modded it to have black binding!

 

[MattyV751]

2011 aw with ebony fb. pups swapped for wcr godwood/darkburst set, tops/mirrors/thumbcutters, 5 ply pickguard, schaller locking tuners, faber abr1 for nashville equipped guitars, gibson tp-6 microtuning tp, 2x 550k cts vol pots, 2x alpha push-pull tone pots, russian nos pio caps, 50's wiring. 8 months old and turning yellow.


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Awesome! It's a shame these threads are so old...nice Studio...I'm gonna post mine now

 

[MattyV751]

Hey guys,

So I went total 'Bare Bones', started with a 2005 Faded Cherry and then started my first 'project ' guitar.

Grover Deluxe Tuners
Gibby Switch and Washer
Duncan 59' Neck Pup
Dimarzio Super Distortion Bridge Pup
Gibby Pickguard/Jack Plate and Input.
Schaller Locking Tuners
59 Top Hat Style Hand Relic Oxidized Knobs
Tune Pros Gold Tune o Matic Bridge and Tail piece
Perfect blend of Blues and 80s Hair Metal.Haha!
Slinky 10 Gauge and now she's my GO TO Axe...
For life!
Hope you guys enjoy...

Matt...

 

[MattyV751]

I wouldn't have expected a comment like this from someone who's been here for a while. I don't see YOUR Studio with "gutsy" mods in here. So I'm thinking there's no reason for you to bash on others' guitars.

Ric

Check mine below. She plays equal, or better than an LP Standard...In my humble opinion of course

 

[Christosterone]

-Chris

 

[Kaptain kaos]

Shame the thread is quite old. Here's my faded studio with cream plastics and gold knobs that go to 11 (that's louder than 10)

 

[MattyV751]

-Chris

Simply Gorgeous!!! Nicely done Sir!!!The hollow body is amazing!!!

 

[MattyV751]

View attachment 248718 View attachment 248719 View attachment 248720 View attachment 248721 Hey guys,

So I went total 'Bare Bones', started with a 2005 Faded Cherry and then started my first 'project ' guitar.

And now she's been sanded sown to the bare mahogany and Maple. And added a beautiful Bigsby to finish her off.My favorite Axe by FAR!!!!️

Grover Deluxe Tuners
Gibby Switch and Washer
Duncan 59' Neck Pup
Dimarzio Super Distortion Bridge Pup
Gibby Pickguard/Jack Plate and Input.
Dimarzio HB rings/Gold HB covers
Schaller Locking Tuners
59 Top Hat Style Hand Relic Oxidized Knobs
Bigsby 700 Gold
Tune Pros Gold Tune o Matic Bridge and Tail piece
Perfect blend of Blues and 80s Hair Metal.Haha!
Slinky 10 Gauge and now she's my GO TO Axe...
For life!
Hope you guys enjoy...

Matt...

 

[Les Paul Newb]

Here we have my 2007 Vintage Mahogany...


-Refinished in Fender Shoreline Gold
-Stinger added (no, not to cover a repair)
-Neck has been strategically stripped of nitro, leaving it only raw, SMOOTH mahogany
-PUP covers removed from burstbucker pros
-Black plastic switched to cream
-ABR bridge with brass saddles
-Knobs & trussrod cover changed

And I think that's it. I may be missing something. But everything else is stock, wiring, pots, nut, etc.

 

[TheZ]

Here we have my 2007 Vintage Mahogany...


-Refinished in Fender Shoreline Gold
-Stinger added (no, not to cover a repair)
-Neck has been strategically stripped of nitro, leaving it only raw, SMOOTH mahogany
-PUP covers removed from burstbucker pros
-Black plastic switched to cream
-ABR bridge with brass saddles
-Knobs & trussrod cover changed

And I think that's it. I may be missing something. But everything else is stock, wiring, pots, nut, etc.


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Really nice work!

 

[Les Paul Newb]

Really nice work!

Thanks man. I wish I could claim it as my own. (The work, not the guitar). I got it that way 6 years ago in a trade. It's definitely my go-to and plays like butter. The seller was a Fender guy (hence the shoreline gold color) and I'm a Gibson guy, so I traded him a strat for it. He got the better deal if we're talking stock value, but I got the better guitar imo.

 

[MattyV751]

Really nice work!

Gorgeous!!!

 

[MattyV751]

Check mine below. She plays equal, or better than an LP Standard...In my humble opinion of course

 

[MattyV751]

Y'know, I was going to post my studios... but now I'm not sure that replacing the pickups, caps and 50% of the hardware counts as "modding"

So what counts as modding?
Oh Master of Les Paul Studio Mods.
Lmao....funny guy.

Matt V
1979 Fender Strat
1968 Martin D28
1997 Tele Deluxe
Vox AC 30
2005 LES PAUL STUDIO CUSTOM NATURAL
MODDED!
1972 Gibson Hummingbird
2009 Ibanez RG
2012 Martin OM 28

 

[MattyV751]

The pickup rings on my V are like that....and I'm pretty sure both the top of the V and the bottom of the pickup rings are flat.....

So half of us are amateurs???
Lol....

 

[Scozz]

2006 Studio Premium Plus.

I purchased this Studio new in September 2006 from a GC in Tampa. It came with gold hardware and 490r/498t pickup combo. I changed out the pickups to double cream Dimarzios... DP223 in the neck position and Dimarzio DP224 in the bridge position. I also changed out the gold hardware to nickel, Gotoh aluminum tailpiece and Gotoh Nashville bridge. Grover vintage green key tuners, and various other nickel screws, and other nickel hardware pieces.







Something that's really cool about this Prermium Plus Studio is the Flamed Mahogany neck and headstock!

 

[drkato]

Not exactly mod'd per se, but the 2009 all maple "Raw Power" is definitely rare.

 

[Les Paul Newb]

What's the tone difference like from having the rhythm pickup backwards? Is it very noticeable? Is that to emulate someone famous?

 

[Les Paul Newb]

I meant to quote @MattyV751 on my above post.

 

[Les Paul Newb]

Not exactly mod'd per se, but the 2009 all maple "Raw Power" is definitely rare.

What an awesome studio, the complete opposite of my vintage mahogany, but even that has a RW FB, yours is all maple.

I see only 2 of yours for sale online, and neither has the natural finish. One blue, one black. You'd think they'd sell for more considering the lack of supply. The raw power Standards in your finish are more common for sure.