Ever since its introduction in 1983, the Les Paul Studio model has been enormously popular with players seeking the power and versatility of the original Les Paul Standard in a ready-for-action package, with a price to match. The instruments' reduced ornamentation—lacking body or fingerboard binding, and using plainer tops—has helped to put them in the hands of many more players, while their adherence to the Les Paul's hardware, pickup, and made-in-the USA construction traditions retained all the thick, meaty tone and unsurpassed playability for which the Standard has been known for nearly 60 years.
The Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded is available in two worn finishes, Blue Satin and Ebony Satin. Combine all this with a pair of humbucking pickups with Alnico V magnets, a '50s rounded mahogany neck with black obeche fingerboard, and a classic hardware complement, and you have a no-nonsense classic for rock, blues, fusion, or any musical style you care to apply it to.
Handcrafted in Nashville, TN USA
Model name: Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded
Body style: Single-cutaway carved top Les Paul
Top wood: Maple
Body wood: Chambered mahogany
Finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck: Mahogany
Neck profile: '50s rounded
Nut: Corian
Fingerboard: Obeche
22 jumbo frets
Fingerboard inlays: Figured acrylic trapezoids
Hardware plating: Chrome
Tuners: Kluson 14:1 pearloid key tuners
Neck pickup: Burstbucker Pro
Bridge pickup: Burstbucker Pro
Pickup selector: 3-way
Controls: Volume, Volume, Tone, Tone
Knobs: Black speed
Pickguard: Black
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Gibson gig bag