Gibson Les Paul Studio, Alpine White - Nearly New

Full Description

Arriving in 1983, hard-working guitarists have found the Les Paul Studio to be a favourite. This version has been stylishly revamped for 2012, continuing to bring tonal power and unparalleled quality and playability made the Les Paul Standard legendary 60 years ago. It boasts classic tonewoods, along with Gibson's acclaimed set-neck construction for optimum resonance and sustain. This guitar comes in a nice Alpine White finish.

Les Paul Studio Construction

This Les Paul Studio boasts the legendary tonewood combination of a mahogany body with solid carved maple top; the mahogany bringing amazing tonal depth and richness and the maple offering incredible clarity and "snap". It has a new, modern weight relief its body which enhances resonance while considerably reducing the guitar's overall weight.

The glued-in solid-mahogany neck is cut to the superior "quarter-sawn" grain orientation for excellent strength and optimum resonance transfer between neck and body. The neck is carved to a slim, fast '60s-style profile which measures .800" deep at the 1st fret and .875" at the 12th. This is topped with a rich brown fingerboard made from granadillo.

This Les Paul has a PLEK-cut Corian nut and Gibson's legendary Tune-o-matic bridge and stud-mounted stopbar tailpiece, with high-quality vintage-style TonePros™ tuners up at the top.

Modern Classics Pickups

Get great tone out of Gibson USA's acclaimed Modern Classics pickups. With coils wound to the specs of original PAF humbuckers and made with an Alnico II magnet and coils wound to the specs of original PAF humbuckers, the 490R provides creamy, warm tones with outstanding articulation in the neck position. Made with an Alnico V magnet and extra turns of wire for added punch and grind, the 498T in the bridge position provides wailing leads and thundering crunch tones.

Gibson also includes independant coil-split switching for increasing sonic versatility exponentially. Pop up either the pickup's volume control to access a new frequency tuned coil tap for a fatter single coil tone and better output balance, with hum canceling when both pickups are combined, and low-noise operation when used individually.

Case Included

This guitar comes with a Gibson Hardshell Case.

Features/Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Top: Maple
• Back: Mahogany
• Bridge Type: Tune-o-matic
• Bridge Plating: Chrome

Neck

• Species: Mahogany
• Profile: Slim, Fast ?60s-Style
• Truss Rod: Traditional Adjustable
• Joint: Mortise & Tenon

Fingerboard

• Species: Granadillo
• Frets: 22
• Radius: 12"
• Scale Length: 24.75"

Pickups

• Neck Position: Coil-tapped 490R (Alnico II)
• Bridge Position: Coil-tapped 498T (Alnico V)

Electronics

• Pots: 2 Push/Pull Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls

Accessories

• Strings: .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings
• Case: Gibson Hardshell Case

This item was returned unwanted from a customer. The original boxing is scuffed and all the seals are broken. Otherwise, the instrument itself looks and plays as new, and has only been used a couple of times.

This is a great opportunity to buy a fully functioning product at a discounted price, supplied with a two year warranty.