Gibson Les Paul Studio

Gibson Les Paul Studio, Gold Hardware

This is a Gibson Les Paul Studio, Black in color and comes with a OHSC.  I love the gold hardware on this!  This was a show room model that I purchased and has been sitting on my shelf since.  So technically it's new with some wear.  It has a couple very light scratches on the front and rear and on the pick guard.  

The arrival of the Gibson Les Paul Studio
Electric Guitar in 1983 offered guitarists all the essential elements of
a Les Paul Standard, including a carved top and humbucking pickups. Its
simple yet elegant design quickly helped it become the most popular
model in the Les Paul Series. Cutting-yet-rich tone—the hallmark of the
Les Paul—pours out of the 490R and 498T Alnico II magnet humbucker
pickups (BurstBucker Pro on faded models), which are mounted on a carved
maple top with a mahogany back. The Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar
includes a Gibson hardshell case (Faded and satin finish models come
with a gig bag) and a limited lifetime warranty.

Body and Finish
A
solid, carved maple top and chambered mahogany body give the Les Paul
Studio the same tonewood combination that has been helping Les Paul
Standards rock for nearly 60 years. And each of its four available
nitrocellulose finishes makes for a stunning looking guitar, even while
its no-frills approach eliminates body binding and pickguard.

Mahogany
is a medium-dense wood with excellent resonance and superior sustain,
and it offers a rich, round, warm tone, but with plenty of high-end
sheen and good mid-range presence. Add a solid maple top, and the
guitar's tone is enhanced with added clarity, sustain and definition.
The body's chambering also enhances its mellow acoustic resonance, and
adds further air to the midrange content.

Pickups
Gibson's
498T and 490R pickups ("T" for treble, and "R" for rhythm) have the
traditional characteristics of the original "Patent Applied For" pickups
of the late 1950s, with a few upgrades. These pickups take advantage of
wax potting, which does away with any air space inside the pickup,
therefore lessening the chances of microphonic feedback. The result is a
humbucker with the tonal characteristics of an original PAF, with a
slight increase in upper mid-range response. The Gibson 498T bridge
pickup is the 490R's ideal complement.

Taking the 490R one step
further, the 498T is wound a little hotter and also swaps the Alnico II
magnet for an Alnico V, giving it more punch and greater emphasis on
midrange and highs. The 490R/498T is one of the most versatile
humbucking pickup sets available. In the neck position, the former
yields juicy, warm vocal tones with outstanding clarity, while the
latter in the bridge position excels at everything from bright jangle
through a clean amp to wailing overdrive with near-infinite sustain
through a high-gain amp. Selected together, the pair gives you
everything from funky to greasy, depending upon amp and effects
settings.

Features

• Carved maple top
• Mahogany body with chambered weight-relief
• Mahogany neck, '50s Rounded Les Paul
• Rosewood fingerboard (Ebony on Alpine white)
• 22 frets
• Corian nut
• Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge with stopbar
• Gold hardware
• 490R and 498T Alnico 2 magnet humbucker pickups (BursBucker Pro on faded models)
• 2 volume and 2 tone knobs with black speed knobs, 3-way switch
• Vintage-style 14:1 tuners with perloid buttons

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