Product Overview
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- Model name: Gibson Les Paul Studio Mahogany
Body style: single-cutaway carved top Les Paul
Top wood: Mahogany
Body wood: Chambered mahogany
Finish: nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck: solid quartersawn mahogany
Neck profile: '50s rounded
Neck joint: set
Nut: Corian
Fingerboard: Baked Maple
22 jumbo frets
Fingerboard inlays: figured acrylic trapezoids
Hardware plating: Chrome
Tuners: Vintage-style pearloid key tuners
Neck pickup: Gibson 490R humbucker
Bridge pickup: Gibson 498T "Hot Alnico" humbucker
Pickup selector: 3-way
Controls: volume, volume, tone, tone
Knobs: Black top hat
Pickguard: black
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: stopbar
Gibson Guitar Case: Hardshell case
Product Details
Gibson Les Paul Studio Mahogany Electric Guitar
Ever since its introduction in 1983, the Les Paul Studio model has been enormously popular with players seeking the power and versatility of the original Les Paul Standard in a ready-for-action package, with a price to match. The instruments' reduced ornamentation—lacking body or fingerboard binding, and using plainer tops—has helped to put them in the hands of many more players, while their adherence to the Les Paul's hardware, pickup, and construction traditions retained all the thick, meaty tone and unsurpassed playability for which the Standard has been known for nearly 60 years.
The Gibson Les Paul Studio Mahogany combines these assets in a new instrument with a carved mahogany top for a subtle tonal shift when compared to the traditional maple top, and two exclusive finishes: Worn Satin White and Worn Satin Ebony, both with a Baked Maple fingerboard. Combine all this with a pair of Gibson's most popular humbucking pickups ever, and a classic hardware complement, and you have a no-nonsense classic for rock, blues, fusion, or any musical style you care to apply it to.
The Les Paul Studio Mahogany is equipped with a pair of Gibson's Modern Classics humbucking pickups, a 490R in the rhythm (neck) position and a 498T "Hot Alnico" in the lead (bridge) position. This calibrated pairing offers an excellent output balance between pickups, with tremendous tonal versatility between the individual and combined switch settings. Gibson's 490R uses an Alnico II bar magnet for a smooth, warm tone, while the 498T uses an Alnico V bar magnet for a sharper, punchier response. Gibson's Modern Classics are among the most popular humbucking pickups in modern guitar making, and offer tone and performance suitable for a wide range of musical styles. Both the bridge and neck pickup yield plenty of richness and clarity, and can dial in great clean tones when required, but will also push amps and effects a little harder when desired. The 490R in the neck position is warm, rich, and round sounding, while the 498T in the bridge position is hotter and meatier, with excellent midrange punch, a sizzling lead tone through a high-gain amp or pedal, and excellent sustain.
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