S t e v e Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 i like Crucial elements of the Les Paul Studio Pro Plus' design include the carved, Grade AAA-figured maple top and chambered mahogany body, a classic tonewood combination that is legendary for its blend of clarity, sustain, depth and richness. A solid one-piece mahogany neck is glued in with a traditional mortis & tenon joint, and carved in the fast and comfortable SlimTaper profile. Faced with a rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium-jumbo frets, with a 12" radius for each choke-free bending, the neck is topped with a headstock with the preferred 17-degree backward pitch for improved string pressure in the PLEK-cut Corian nut. In keeping with the dressed-down Studio series, body and fingerboard are left unbound, to show the beauty of the wood and provide a natural feel under the fingers. Traditional elements of Les Paul styling remain, however, in the acrylic trapezoid fingerboard inlays and the time-tested pairing of a Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, both made by TonePros for locked-and-loaded sustain and solidity. A set of Grover kidney-button tuners-a popular upgrade for more than half a century-top it all off in grand style. Your tone slams through two uncovered humbucking pickups, a set that comprises a pair of Gibson USA's finest. A 490R in the neck position offers rich, warm Alnico II goodness, while a BurstBucker Pro in the bridge yields the tighter, more aggressive PAF voicings from an Alnico V magnet and a few extra turns of wire. Upping the ante in tonal versatility, both pickups are wired to individual push/pull Volume pots, allowing you to split the coils of either pickup or both together for a wide array of single-coil tones, or single-coil and humbucker voices mixed. Finally, each example of the Les Paul Studio Pro Plus looks stunning in your choice of four genuine nitrocellulose finishes: Antique Natural, Red Velvet, Manhattan Midnight, and Trans Black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Looks nice, you gettin' one??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Looks nice, you gettin' one??? mate, i've had cash waiting for my next gibson purchase but not gonna rush into anything as i wan't to make the right choice...and i'm spoilt for choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 That is one kick a$$ studio. Any idea of pricing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 That is one kick a$$ studio. Any idea of pricing? £1349 over here in london Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 That is one kick a$ studio. Any idea of pricing? In the MF book, it has a list price of $2200.00, and a selling price of $1600.00...... Which, all things considered, as new, is reasonable...Beautiful ???? IMHO, yes..... Stunning....I also see the L6-s re-issued......Wow, I loved mine before it died........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 In the MF book, it has a list price of $2200.00, and a selling price of $1600.00...... Which, all things considered, as new, is reasonable...Beautiful ???? IMHO, yes..... Stunning....I also see the L6-s re-issued......Wow, I loved mine before it died........... you ROCK too mate, i changed my username by way of tribute to you also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 you ROCK too mate, i changed my username by way of tribute to you also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Too expensive for what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 $1600.00 for a Studio...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 looks sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 $1600.00 for a Studio...? do you like it? forget the price... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 do you like it? forget the price... Yeah i like it but it's stilla Studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Yeah i like it but it's stilla Studio. what LP you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 what LP you got? The USB one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 The USB one. please, jokes aside... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 You asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 You asked. robot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 First, as most longtimers here might know, I'm not an LP fan in general. But on this particular guitar, my thoughts are that it's clean looking - and frankly more the "sleeper" sorta look that I generally prefer. Kinda the guitar version of putting a sports-racing car chassis and drive train under a four-door sedan body. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Binding kills tone...... [flapper] .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 In the MF book, it has a list price of $2200.00, and a selling price of $1600.00...... Which, all things considered, as new, is reasonable...Beautiful ???? IMHO, yes..... Stunning....I also see the L6-s re-issued......Wow, I loved mine before it died........... Hell Yes!!! Bring Back The L6-S, with the Vari-tone and all..... I have a friend that has one, and although I think most players I know have nice git's, his is the only one I have ever truly coveted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Hell Yes!!! Bring Back The L6-S, with the Vari-tone and all..... I have a friend that has one, and although I think most players I know have nice git's, his is the only one I have ever truly coveted. The only drawbacks with this re-issue, IMHO, is the price, and, they replaced the Varitone with a varitone looking knob that coilsplits......I imagine it could be re-modded to be like the original...Sinner 13, yeah, my main guitar was a 1979 LPC until I picked up the L6-S.....Solid maple body, and, something really special about the pickups.....A light tone monster..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 1600 is kinda pricey. getting closer and closer to new trad range, especially with trad pros at 1800? nahhhhhhhh if all that's really changed is the top, i don't think its worth a 300 dollar markup if dem00n and I get elected mod, we will talk to henry and influence lower priced, higher quality models for the every day player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaj Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 £1349 over here in london Steve, take a look at Thomann. You could save 2OO quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG FAN Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 For that price you could have an SG Standard and plenty of cash left over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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