i wasn't really into the p90s until i picked this bad boy up. the tone is warm, but not too sludgy. purrs like a kitten.

how much can i say about features on a les paul... pretty standard stuff.

i agonize over every detail when i shop for gear. after a few months of looking around, i had pretty much settled on this one les paul studio. but when i went to pick it up, i saw one of these right next to it and figured i'd give it a shot despite it being a few hundred bucks cheaper, which i expected to hear. but it sounded better than the studio, and felt so much more comfortable and natural, so i walked out with it.

it felt better built than the studio that was several hundred bucks more. usa made and road worthy. for awhile i kinda worried about snapping the neck with the double cutaway but i got over it. it's a solid axe. only prob was that the tip of the pickup switch fell off and disappeared the day i got it. but who cares.

i'm realistic. this guitar will get it's ass kicked by many another guitar. but it's a hell of a value in terms of quality to average cost. it's comparable to most gibsons in the $1500 range, and i got mine for like $550.

support is a box of strings and a soldering iron for me.

way sexy. it's the les paul you get when you're sick of everyone and their mother getting les pauls with the same damn humbuckers and tone. it's the gibson quality noone can deny with a sleek and kinda vintage-y uniqueness. also in this category is the gibson bfg, but that one's a little farther out in left field with the killswitch and sandblasting.

active musician

from folk to blues to hardcore punk

Bridge is like a tele on steroids--except manly twang, not shreaky girly twang. Neck is silky smooth and purrs. Suitable for blues, rock, jazz, funk, and country.

separate tone and volume controls for each pickup. tune-o-matic bridge. non-locking tuners.

Quality is good, could be better. Some frets *slightly* protruded. Nut looks like it could be cut deeper.

For $600 you get the ULTIMATE classic rock and blues guitar, that can also do country, jazz, and funk. And it's made in America AND it's a Gibson. GO USA!

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Definitely a sexy guitar. The doublecut and body shape remind me of a sexy babe!

Rock, Funk, Country

Amazing you can reach a ton of tones, great for blues, rock, reggae, funk, anything. It is able to grab the chord, and can has great action and tension. I love it.

Only draw back for me is it's hard to play without a strap while sitting, it's off balance.

Amazingly easy to get anything out want out of this guitar.

Durable, looks really good, everything is amazing.

Easily one of the best guitars I have ever played I got it for cheap tooo, only $609.52

Only problem is the back humbucker came backwards but I easily fixed that.

I would have sex with it!

Active Musician

Everything

I bought this for my brother, and tried out about 8 guitars before being handed this one. The tone!!!! The P90's were fantastic and sounded great, even against humbuckers. He likes his older style rock and new this would suit him perfectly. I was actually tempted to keep this for myself.

I liked the P90's, the rest is pretty standard Gibson fare. The faded finish and the color (cherry) didn't exactly win me (or my brother) over to begin with. But at half the cost of a Les Paul Studio, you can't complain.

Since when are quality instruments hard to use?

The finish is meant to wear, and is one of the prime reasons it is a cheap Les Paul. As with all Les Pauls I've ever seen they have plastic tuner heads. But this seems like a solid hard working guitar.

I have to say that to get a Les Paul for so little (especially when compared to Aussie prices) this is nothing short of exceptional value.

Haven't had to deal with, as no problems.

Like I mentioned before, I was tempted to keep this one for myself.

Hobbyist 12yrs

Rock, Metal, Alternative, Jazz

wide range of sounds possible with separate tone and volume controls.not an overly twangy single coil sound.[thats a good thing]

not alot of features to speak of but what is there is very good quality and funtionable

good workmanship but always room for improvement

for the price a "real" Gibson not that Epiphone stuff

havent needed any in the three years I have played this guitar

it has a unique feel to it.looks like vintage out of the box

active musician

contemporary christian

I played 4 of them and picked the one I felt played the best for me. I put burst buckers in on the spot and for about a third the cost I have the tone and playability of a 57 LP. I am 80% stratocaster but I record and you have to have this tone and sustain. Actually I think I am falling to 60 something percent on the strats since I bought my JVM. A Marshall and a LP is a marriage that will never be broken!

The hotter pickups are to me a must and really the only thing that these Korean made LP's are missing. So for about 200 in pick ups that you turn around and get 125 back off eBay for the new ones you sell back you have a LP that will age better and sound as good as the top of the line LP.

I grew up on a strat so playing a LP is like cheating! It plays so easy and give you this amazing sustain and tone. I am prone to long jams when I start exploring my Marshall. This combo with the burst buckers is so classic to so many recordings that you have these epiphanies.

Solid but I think you will be blown away by the upgrade to better pickups.

Probably the best value anywhere! Hey if you are a poser you need to spend 3 grand.

Gibson is never going away. Easy to service yourself and I put the pickup on in under an hour myself.

The naked tone thing is a well known. If you want to take it up a notch drop in the better pickups you now have the best humbucker platform that exists!

Active Musician, Shared a english beer with Jimi Hendrix in 1968 when I was 16!

Rock and Funk

every guitar's a little different but you can't really go wrong with a gibson.

it has what it needs, nothing fancy.

in all honesty it's a cheap guitar, the body's a piece of wood stamped out in the lp shape, the fretboard isn't flush with the neck, and the worn finish doesn't look worn, just cheap.

i had a lot of money to spend but i decided on the faded dc because it works just fine. a hard case would be appreciated.

i'd imagine it'd be good

if you're looking for something flashy this isn't the guitar for you. there are better looking guitars out there.

active musician

jazz and stuff

I've heard this guitar before, sounds great.

Two pickups, each with its own volume & tone? I'm not used to that from Fender...

I've heard many good things about the quality, aside fro people cutting themselves on the fret ends...

For under $700, it seems like an awesome deal...

I'd expect it to be good, after all, it is a Les Paul by Gibson...

Perhaps my favorite guitar in terms of actual looks, in fact, I'm sure it is. Hands down!

Amateur Guitarist

Punk, Rock, etc.

I've owned many guitars and this one is my favorite. Very responsive mellow tones with lot of bite when you crank it. I set out to buy an american strat that day and after playing about ten of them I saw this one, pluged it in and fell in love. Highly recommend this gem.

The only thing I did'nt like is the fact it came in a git bag. A guitar like this deserves a hard shell case.

Sounds great, turn it up.

Humbucking pickups

Ease of neck, and not too heavy,pefect balance, nice full tone

Very well made. head seems a little fragile, keep a telecaster as a backup,as it it virtually indestructable, and doesn't go out of tune

Hvae been able to get Gibson pikups for other repair projects which worked out well

Avery good addition to an arsenal of guitars for exceptional tone and playability