Looking for something a little different in a Les Paul? The Les Paul Studio Pro Plus features the same back-to-basics feel of a Les Paul Studio but without compromising on what makes a Les Paul a special guitar to own! The Les Paul Studio Pro Plus features a flame maple figured top; 490R/Burstbucker pickup arrangement for the best of Gibson Les Paul tone - old and new; and high quality hardware to ensure that the Les Paul Pro Plus is ready for whatever you throw at it whether that be a casual bedroom jam or a gig at an arena!
Here's what Gibson say about the Les Paul Studio Pro Plus
Stripped down it might be, but this exclusive from Gibson USA is a feature-packed Les Paul with both the versatile tone and the stunning looks to stand with the finest single-cutaway electrics ever produced. Since 1983 Gibson USA has been proving not only that less is sometimes more, but also that less can sometimes knock your socks off-when it comes in the form of the popular no-nonsense Les Paul Studio model, at least. Originally designed as a model for studio artists but adopted wholeheartedly by countless players of all stripes, the Les Paul Studio combines stripped-down appointments with the full tonal splendor and unrivaled playability of a Les Paul Standard at a significant financial savings. The Les Paul Studio Pro Plus from Gibson USA includes the minimalist appointments that players have come to love, but dresses up the theme in a range of exclusive finishes revealing gorgeous Grade AA-figured maple tops, and hotrods it with push/pull switching to offer independent coil tapping from two of Gibson's most popular humbucking pickups. All in all, it's a Les Paul for the ages, primed for rock, blues, pop, fusion, or whatever music you want to make.
Crucial elements of the Les Paul Studio Pro Plus' design include the carved, Grade AA-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.
Wrap it all up, and there's no better looking or more sonically versatile Les Paul out there than the Gibson USA Les Paul Studio Pro Plus. Each guitar comes protected in a formfitting Gibson hardshell case, and is covered by Gibson's famous Limited Lifetime Warranty and 24/7/365 customer service.
Product Features
- Mahogany body with AA grade figured Maple cap
- Fast, comfortable SlimTaper neck profile
- Rosewood fingerboard with Acrylic Trapezoid Inlays
- 490R neck pickup and aggressive BurstBucker Pro bridge pickup
- TonePros Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece
- Grover tuners with Kluson-Style green keys
Specifications
Body
- Top: Maple
- Back: Mahogany
- Body Type: Chambered
- Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50
Neck
- Species: Mahogany
- Profile: '60s SlimTaper
- Truss Rod: Traditional Adjustable
- Joint Angle: 5 degrees (+/- 15 seconds)
- Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50
Neck Fit
- Joint: Mortise & Tenon
- Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50
- Joint Angle Tolerance: +/- .005"
Fingerboard
- Species: Rosewood
- Frets: 22
- Radius: 12"
- Nut/E.O.B: 1.695"/2.260"
- Inlays: Figured Acrylic Trapezoids
Nut
- Material: Corian
- Width: 1.695
- Slots: Gibson PLEK System
Headstock
- Logo: Gold "Gibson" Logo with scripted "Les Paul Model"
- Truss Rod Cover: Black and White Antique Bell
Tuners
- Model: Grover Kidney Tuners
- Plating: Chrome
- Tuning Ratio: 14:1
Bridge
- Type: Tone Pro
- Plating: Chrome
Tailpiece
- Type: Tone Pro
- Plating: Chrome
Hardware
- Knobs: Black Speed Knobs
- Toggle Switch Washer: Black with White Silkscreen
- Control Plate Cover: Black
- Strings: .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings
- Strap Buttons: Aluminum
Pickups
- Neck Position: 490R (Alnico II)
- Bridge Position: Burstbucker Pro: (Alnico V)
Electronics
- Potentiometers: 2 Push/Pull Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls
- Type: 300k Linear Volume, 500k Non-linear Tone
- Coil Wiring: Machine Wound
- Toggle Switch: Three-way Switchcraft with Black Plastic Tip
- Output Jack: Traditional 1/4"
Finish
- Sealer: Nitrocellulose
- Process: 1-1.5 mils
Case
- Type: Gibson Gig Bag
- Case Exterior: Black
- Case Interior: Plush Lining
