Gibson Les Paul Axcess Standard Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose (with Case)

Manufacturer's Description for Gibson Les Paul Axcess Standard Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose (with Case)

For nearly six decades now, Gibson's Les Paul Standard has stood the test of time as the most playable guitar in the world. While others have attempted to imitate it, none have come close to duplicating the qualities of the finest six-stringed instrument on the planet. Yet each year, Gibson attempts to improve on the world's best guitar. Now Gibson introduces the new Les Paul Axcess Standard from Gibson Custom.

Player's have long asked, "Dare to be different?" The Les Paul Axcess Standard is more than just "different." It's the result of Gibson's drive to build the best Les Paul Standard possible, while staying true to the design and performance of the iconic Les Pauls of the past.

The new Les Paul Axcess Standard from Gibson Custom carries all the elegant styling, fluid body lines and rocking attitude of a classic Les Paul Standard from the golden era of the late 1950s. Upon closer examination, however, the Les Paul Axcess reveals a handful of upgrades -- all modifications made in the name of maximum playability and versatility.

Body and Neck

Encounter the clever structural alteration that gives this new model its name by taking the instrument in your hands and running your fingers up the neck. The Axcess sports what looks from the front to be a traditional Les Paul neck joint, yet the neck heel and portions of the back and neck joint at the upper cutaway have been contoured to provide a "heelless" feel, and an unimpeded reach right up to the 22nd fret. No more stretching against the traditional neck heel to achieve the upper-fret access that your lead style demands -- the Axcess gives you that legendary Les Paul playability all the way up the neck, welcoming you to take it right over the top. The one-piece, 24 3/4" scale length, mahogany neck features a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearloid trapezoid fingerboard inlays.

To further enhance playing comfort, this smoothly carved neck joint is combined with a "belly scarf" (aka ribcage contour) that allows the body of the guitar to hug closely to your own body in the playing position without digging in. Add to these contours the Les Paul Axcess's slightly thinner body, made from weight-relieved mahogany - with a carved maple top available in Iced Tea Burst or Gun Metal Gray finishes and single-ply cream binding on body top - and you've got an instrument that is refreshingly light, and a pure joy to play either strapped on, or in a seated position.

The Hardware

The most noticeable addition is the Floyd Rose tailpiece, a unit optimized for anything from subtle vibrato wobbles to dramatic, rumbling divebombs. On the Les Paul Axcess Standard the vibrato is installed right at Gibson Custom as part of the manufacturing process, which means this potent piece of high-performance hardware interacts seamlessly with the design of the guitar. Partnered with an R4 locking nut, it also guarantees outstanding tuning stability and return-to-pitch accuracy.

The Les Paul Axcess now comes juiced with two super hot Gibson pickups,the 498T and the 496R. These forces to reckoned with pickups yield numerous tonal opportunities and can help drive your favorite amp to ultra crunch and scorching - leads in addition to providing ballsy blues tones, warm - fluid vocal tones, snappy country, and fat - sweet growls. This is possible because these extraordinary,hot pickups are wired in hum cancelling series/parallel with a push/pull tone knob for each, providing even more tonal combinations than the first version Les Paul Axcess Standard. Simply pull up the treble and/or rhythm tone control knobs to "axcess" single coil tones and experiment with combining full humbucking with single coil tones.

These unique tonal combinations excel at delivering everything from singing classic rock lead tones to contemporary crunch to extremes of twang and jangle. Even the pure-nickel wound .10-.46 Gibson Vintage Strings it ships with contribute toward its rich, textured voice. Each instrument also comes with a Gibson Custom hardshell case and certificate of authenticity. zZounds is an authorized dealer of Gibson products.

Body
Body Style: Les Paul

Back: Weight-relieved mahogany with belly scarf

Top: Carved figured maple

Neck
Neck: 1-piece mahogany

Neck profile: Rounded neck profile with contoured heel cut

Peghead Pitch: 17 degrees

Neck joint Location: 16th fret

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Scale length: 24-3/4"

No. of frets: 22

Nut: R4 locking

Neck inlays: Pearloid trapezoid

Hardware: Chrome

Bridge: Floyd Rose

Knobs: Gold top hats

Tuners: Vintage Tulips

Electronics
Neck Pickup: 496R

Bridge Pickup: 498T

Controls: Two Volume, Two Tone, (push/pull switch on treble and rhythm tone control for series/parallel coil splitting), 3-Way Toggle Pickup Selector

Case: Custom Shop hard-shell

Collateral: Certificate of Authenticity

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging

Gun Metal Gray

Shipping Weight: 20 lbs

Shipping Dimensions: 45 x 17 x 7 in

Iced Tea Sunburst

Shipping Weight: 21 lbs

Shipping Dimensions: 44 x 17 x 7 in