Gibson Les Paul Studio

                  Up for auction; Gibson Les Paul Smartwood Studio (Chancharana)
                                          The Gibson Les Paul Smartwood Studio is a variant of the Studio
model. It is made from wood certified by the Rainforest Alliance. While the back and
the neck are made from mahogany, the carved top each of the six models
in the SmartWood line featured tops made from a different but equally
stunning wood: Curupay has a deep chocolate-walnut richness; Peroba
recalls the orangey hue of the old pine ceiling beam; Banara has a
golden, banana-like glow; Ambay Guasu boasts the even lightness of
maple; Taperyva Guasu is reminiscent of a sun-bleached rosewood, and
Chancharana is a deep, warm-brown russet.and the fretboards are all made
from "Curupay harvested from forests certified in accordance with
the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
The mahogany used in the construction of this model is from similarly
certified forest