DISC Gibson Les Paul Studio, 70s Tribute, Satin Vintage Sunburst

Full Description

Gibson USA brings the Les Paul Studio '70s Tribute, designed to capture the look, feel and tone of the Les Pauls of the 70s that were key to some of the great music at the time. This Les Paul Studio provides that Studio range quality and performance, which has been popular with hard-gigging guitarists since it was introduced in 1983, however, with crucial updates that ally it with many legendary Gibson guitars of the 1970s. Furthermore, this Les Paul Studio '70s Tribute comes in a nice Satin Vintage Sunburst finish.

Construction with Quality

The guitar boasts a thin-to-thick neck profile that starts out slim at the lower frets and becomes increasingly chunky up the neck. This '70s Tribute has a classic tonewood combination of a mahogany body with solid carved maple top; the mahogany bringing incredible tonal depth and richness and the Maple providing amazing clarity and "snap". The mahogany back is strategically weight relieved to both lighten your load and improve resonance. Like many Les Pauls of the '70s, the neck is made from maple and carved to a profile unique to the era, which measures .800" deep at the 1st fret and increases to .963" at the 12th, with a volute behind the nut to both strengthen the headstock joint and enhance neck resonance. The chocolate-brown baked maple fingerboard boasts traditional trapezoid inlays, and guitar has a PLEK-cut Corian™ nut with a width of 1-11/16".

Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers & Tune-O-Matic Bridge

This Les Paul studio is equipped with Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers, which improve upon the best attributes of the former Mini Humbuckers seen in the Les Paul Deluxe in the '70s, and the different Firebird Mini Humbuckers of the early '60s. The humbuckers have an efficient design that uses dual steel blades and an Alnico magnet to create a vintage voice that still retains plenty of chime. They are calibrated for balanced output between the neck and bridge positions, yielding everything from singing bluesy neck tones to crunchy and wailing leads, and have solid chrome covers. They are routed through the traditional four-knob and three-way switch wiring set up. The Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece provide optimum sustain and precise intonation. The guitar has a set of vintage-style TonePros™ tuners with pearloid keys.

Gigbag Included

This 70's Tribute comes with a Gibson gigbag and owner's manual.

Features/Specifications:

Body & Bridge

• Top: Maple
• Back: Mahogany
• Colour: Satin Vintage Sunburst
• Bridge Type: Tune-o-matic
• Bridge Plating: Chrome

Neck

• Species: Maple
• Profile: Unique '70s, Thin-To-Thick with Volute
• Truss Rod: Traditional Adjustable
• Joint: Mortise & Tenon

Fingerboard

• Species: Baked Maple
• Frets: 22
• Radius: 12"
• Scale Length: 24.75"

Pickups

• Neck Position: Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbucker (Alnico II Deluxe)
• Bridge Position: Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbucker (Alnico II Deluxe)

Electronics

• Pots: 2 Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls
• Toggle Switch: Three-way Switchcraft with Cream Plastic Tip (Black Tip on Cherry and Silver Burst)

Accessories

• Strings: .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings
• Bag: Gibson Gigbag