Feature:
It doesn't have all of those things like coil tapping, or a tremolo but you never see those on a Les Paul, and I don't use them anyway. The tuners are great and look really good, they also keep this thing in tune forever. I like to mess around with blues stuff every now and then and they keep up pretty well. I tune maybe once every two weeks and even then it's not that bad. The pickup selector is in just the right place and it's really easy to change in the middle of a song. I would say that the best feature is the case: it really gives you a sense of security for your 'baby', it protects it, and I think that the combination lock on it is very nice to have. For more security, I suggest getting strap locks.
Quality:
Think of what you would like a guitar to feel like. It should be solid, strong, not to mention appealing to the eye. That is this guitar. Just holding it makes your heart skip a little. It is a very satisfying feeling. I challenge you to try and find a better feeling guitar.
Value:
This has great value as a gibson standard. I bought it online after not being able to find it in several guitar stores. The explanation at each of the stores was that "Everyone bought them all. We had three in stock last month and they all got taken." What does that say about this guitar?
Desirability:
I want it? Definitely. It is so sexy. Can you see in the photo? I have the Tobacco Sunburst and it is amazing. It is not so red as the photo, its what you think of when you think, well....tobacco... It is a beautiful color and the maple top is gorgeous. And the satin finsih is better looking than the lacquer, and doesn't show prints. It has all the right curves and the binding and inlays really set it off and give it class.
Sound:
This is a sweet sounding guitar. The pickups are not overly hot, but they can still get that sound with a little adjusting on your amp. When they say a seductive airy tone when both pickups are selected, they mean it! That tone sounds particularily good on distortion. The bridge pickups is awesome and is great for solos, as it should be. The neck pickup fills out its part equally well as a rythm pickup, though I tend to just use the awesome sound of both pickups when playing rythm. Selecting both pickups also makes palm mute riffs sound awesome, nice tone but with a bassier sound as well. When this baby is on clean, I swear that it is the sweetest sound you've ever heard, great for blues. I love it!
Ease of Use:
Very easy to use. Nothing hard about it and it's a pretty simple thing play. You can get many many many sounds out of it with just a tweak here and there. Nice, right?
Support:
I have not had to deal with any gibson support so I don't know. I don't think that I will ever have to though, this thing will last forever. I have asked a lot of the Zzounds support and they were very helpful. They made sure that all my needs were met, and in great time too.
Overall:
This is a guitar to cherish forever, and you will, trust me. This guitar perfectly fills that little niche between the Gibson studio models and the standard models. It is much nicer than the similaril priced studio plus. I chose it over many other, more expensive guitars that I would have had no trouble buying. Does that sum it up? This is one great guitar. If this were stolen from me, there is nothing that I would not do to get it back.
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