Studio - Yes, they are good

[6stringer]

Nothing wrong with a studio at all! I love mine to death. I had the cash for a standard, but chose to bring this one home because it spoke to me. Something about the Alpine white w/ebony board perhaps. Or maybe because it played like a raped ape!

 

[theroan]

I can't say that I fully agree. The solid mahogany ones just don't cut it in my opinion.

 

[Leumas]

I can't say that I fully agree. The solid mahogany ones just don't cut it in my opinion.

Yeah, that's a different animal right there. Prior to those all studios had the exact same construction sans binding, with the mahogany ones you're talking about changing a significant piece of building material.

 

[Leumas]

OKay, i didn't know they've made them with Ebony boards too. Sounds like a cool combination!

Mine too my man. I didn't know what any of it meant when I got it, but after playing a few I'm glad I have that ebony board!

 

[Strikerfox]

Cool Story Bro.

 

[loneguitar]

My '95 Wine Red also has an ebony board. Studios are the working man's LP, all the LP character with no frills.

 

[Gizzorge]

I got one of the last Maple Board raw power Studios Gibson had last year. Freaking love it. Unique guitar! Anyone else have a studio with 57s in it? Great marriage with the maple body!

 

[Memphs202]

I love my alpine white studio and to me the ebony bored makes it for me i think for this reason alone other then my dads ( witch i have so its kind of mine ) standard i will probably own customs or something with ebony bored

 

[tonymich]

I love mine.

 

[timgman]

They are great guitars. I just prefer the bound neck..
I don't think it's a status thing but a player thing.

 

[laz7]

I had two in the past.
They just don't have the singing mid-range as the Standards and the Historics do.

 

[LPCustom72]

I played quite a few Studios over the years, IMO they are normally great guitars. Gotta say, there was some quality in feel and sound with the '80s and '90s ones i've played that many of the newer ones do not seem to have. Maybe just a coincidence..

Wine Red and white are my favourite finishes on a Les Paul Studio.

One of the threads on this forum discusses LP manufacturing from the late 80s to the early mid 90s. For Studios, Classics, Standards and Customs, the mahogany blanks all came from the same stack. No grading or differentiation. The difference came in the maple cap, electronics and details. No suprise Studios from that era are an amazing bargain. I have a 92 Classic. It is a great guitar. My brother had a 92 Studio, a similarly great guitar.

 

[hobbyman]

I have a quasi-n00b question about my Studio. Its a 1987 black Gibson LP Studio. As far as I know, everything is factory. For some reason, it's output is very low. Last night I ran through all of my guitars as a trouble-shooting exercise (including other Gibson LPs) - they ALL sounded better. I was playing through a JCM2000 on the lead 1 channel with a good amount of gain and volume (attenuated with a 16ohm hotplate). I was getting significantly less gain/overdrive/breakup, which I want when using this one LP Studio. This older Studio which is my main live guitar (which is probably just for sentimental reasons) just doesn't have the "balls" some of the other guitars have. (Even an Agile LP with their stock pickups sounded much better - ugh).

Is there any reason this particular guitar has less of an "output" for lack of a better term? would replacing the pots, etc help? or is it just a case of needed different pickups.

I know this is a very simple suggestion, but have your tried adjusting your pickup height closer to the strings? I bought a tele-style guitar late last year and the neck pickup was very weak IMO, so I decided to try a pickup height adjustment before anything else. I was a total newbie with Teles, so I had to get on here and ask for advice on how to adjust the height, but once I did it, I noticed a big difference. I didn't mess with anything else after that. The improvement was good enough for me.

I don't know what else to suggest, since I know next to nothing about the guts of a guitar, but I decided to reply because I noticed you're new here and your post was being ignored. I know how that feels. It happened to me a few times when I first joined and would ask questions. Good luck to you!

 

[bevdaddy]

I know this is a very simple suggestion, but have your tried adjusting your pickup height closer to the strings? I bought a tele-style guitar late last year and the neck pickup was very weak IMO, so I decided to try a pickup height adjustment before anything else. I was a total newbie with Teles, so I had to get on here and ask for advice on how to adjust the height, but once I did it, I noticed a big difference. I didn't mess with anything else after that. The improvement was good enough for me.

I don't know what else to suggest, since I know next to nothing about the guts of a guitar, but I decided to reply because I noticed you're new here and your post was being ignored. I know how that feels. It happened to me a few times when I first joined and would ask questions. Good luck to you!

thanks for the reply, hobbyman. i will definitely give it a try when i get home from work tonight. i just checked out some tutorials on raising the pickups. if that fixes it, i'll owe you one!

 

[Leumas]

I had two in the past.
They just don't have the singing mid-range as the Standards and the Historics do.

Could be pickups, could be perception, who knows.

 

[hobbyman]

thanks for the reply, hobbyman. i will definitely give it a try when i get home from work tonight. i just checked out some tutorials on raising the pickups. if that fixes it, i'll owe you one!

You're welcome! I hope it works for you!

 

[dcmey]

I played quite a few Studios over the years, IMO they are normally great guitars. Gotta say, there was some quality in feel and sound with the '80s and '90s ones i've played that many of the newer ones do not seem to have. Maybe just a coincidence..

Wine Red and white are my favourite finishes on a Les Paul Studio.

The new ones are very good, here is the deal the one's in the 80's and 90's were not chambered like the new ones. The chambered ones are lighter and the tone is slightly differant but they sound great and play great. The quality is still as good as it used to be.

 

[dcmey]

I can't say that I fully agree. The solid mahogany ones just don't cut it in my opinion.

A lot of people here that own them on this forum would disagree with that opinion myself included.

 

[Satch0922]

AFAIK, the Wine Reds have the Rosewood board and Classic/Alpine Whites have the Ebony one.

Ummm I realize my picture sucks but...wine red - ebony

 

[Satch0922]

There is my 93 in between my 84 and 91.....The 91 is an f'in bad ass instrument as well (as you can tell from the beating it has taken......it has gotten played a lot!!)

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