Preferred color on worn brown/red studio?

[lpstudiored]

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[DuffB]

Thanks for the great feedback and pictures.

I ordered a worn brown and it will be here tomorrow. I will not be able to play it first but have played a couple before. If it doesn't sound great I will return it and give another one a try, as I have had to do before only rarely.

I'll take some pictures after it arrives and I re-string it with some slinky's or D'darrios.

 

[klparker]

brown is the color of poop... trying look at it that way

 

[DuffB]

Brown is also the natural color of many beautiful woods and blends with the rosewood fretboard gracefully. Brown is a good color and many very beautiful guitars are brown, like cedar top acoustics.

The red one is also a very beautiful hue and looks great polished.

A lot of people here like the brown and a lot the red. No need to devolve to foolishness just because you like red better. There is something wrong with that perception that should get looked into by a professional.

Some people make themselves look good by their own merits; others try to make themselves look good by putting other people down. This is just a fact of life and immature, foolish comments are to be expected.

We will roll with whatever color we like, it's our decision.

It would be interesting to know, however, what the distribution of Gibson's sales of the worn finishes sold actually is. I don't suppose this would be easily obtainable.

 

[sonar1]

...It would be interesting to know, however, what the distribution of Gibson's sales of the worn finishes sold actually is. I don't suppose this would be easily obtainable.

Before the Studio faded brown and red versions came out there were Vintage Mahogany models that were popular too.

They make production runs of various models and see what sells. Must've had decent results with the VM's I figure, because a faded brown with the mahogany cap is a lot like the previous VM model.

 

[tolm]

I much prefer the brown finish on the LPs - had a great one which got sold to help fund my R8 but kinda wish I'd kept hold of it, lovely guitar.

Weirdly, I much prefer the cherry on the faded SG models, though!

 

[newsat]

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[Neil(UK)]

Red for me.

 

[strat les sg]

red for me,just got 2 of them a studio pro faded and the one at american musical sells with the maple cap and is very red

 

[DuffB]

Received a new worn brown Gibson studio. It was just made late last month. I'll take some pictures.

It is the maple cap one that I wanted and sounds great with low action and beautiful tone.

Curiously, however, my Agile AL 3100 double bound cherry burst LP copy sounds very close to the same and is not weight relieved. It cost half the price of the Gibson but does not superficially appear to be made of the same high quality woods as the Gibson, but it is a great guitar none the less.

My cherry burst Epiphone 1960 Tribute LP does not sound as bright as the Gibson and the maple cap does not appear to be nearly as thick on the Epi and I wouldn't be surprised if the maple top is very thin. This Epi is a great guitar that sounds great but has a deeper tone than the Gibson with the maple cap. This could be because the strings on the Epi are old and are nines instead of the tens on the Gibson.

I like the maple grain pattern better than the old style with the mahogany top. This is a personal thing. I also like the maple top on the Epi Tribute, I like it better than the flammed maple veneer on my Epi LP Standard Plus Top in solid amber that has Seymour Duncan nickel plated pickups - a bridge JB and a 59 neck: this Plus Top sounds and plays great and I have not compared the sound to the Gibson yet. It isn't weight relieved either.

Speaking of the chambered body, I don't mind it at all and don't think it makes a difference in tonality, like I used to think. It is only a little lighter and has excellent tone. The chambered body doesn't bother me at all. Actually I like it.