The Gibson Les Paul Studio 2015 is an affordable stripped-down Les Paul with classic fat tones to coil splitting & a great tone that looks better than ever. In 2015 Gibson have taken the LP Studio up a notch with some great new features…
Made with a “Modern” weight-relieved Mahogany body has a lower profile that has been topped with a beautiful piece of figured Maple. The Mahogany slim taper neck with Rosewood fingerboard has been made slightly wider to provide you with a more modern feeling guitar. Loaded into these incredible woods you have a set of Gibson 57 and Gibson 57+ pickups with coil split options and orange cap capacitors to make sure your tone is consistent so your guitar won’t change night to night.
New and Improved in 2015…
- Gibson G FORCE™ Tuning System: Faster, more accurate, additional tunings
- Zero Fret Adjustable Nut (patent applied for): Added action adjustment
- Wider neck and fingerboard: Increased playing area with same string spacing
- Comprehensive wood selection and grading: Rarest and finest materials for best instruments
- Thicker Rosewood Fingerboard: Increased mass for sustain
- Pearl Inlays: Better appearance and value
- Smoother sanded, buffed and oiled fingerboard: Improved playability and feel
- Comprehensive Setup (Lower Frets, Improved Plek, Intonation): Silky smooth action and bending, improved intonation
- Improved contact output jack: Secure contact and uninterrupted signal
- More robust cables: Stronger signal strength
- Les Paul 100th birthday signature: Honoring a genius with a facsimile of his actual signature taken from a pickguard autographed by Les.
- Les Paul Hologram: Authenticity and tribute
- New & Improved Hardshell Case: Improved protection (up to 15 foot drop), sleek, ergonomic, made in USA
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Top Material: B-grade Maple
- Weight Relief: Modern
- Average Weight (body only): 2.36 kg / 5.2 lbs
- Body Contour Carve: slight
- Neck Material: 1-piece Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Slim Taper
- Scale Length: 62.865 cm / 24.75″
- Fingerboard Material: 1-piece Rosewood
- Fingerboard Inlay: Trapezoid Mother of Pearl
- Number of Frets: 22
- Headstock Angle: 17 degrees
- Nut: Zero Fret Adjustable Nut (brass)
- Binding: none
- Side Dots (Color): White
- Number of Pickups: 2
- Rhythm: 57 Classic
- Lead: 57 Plus
- Magnet Material: Alnico #2 (smooth)
- Coil Winding Process: Machine Wound
- Controls: Lead Volume, Lead Tone, Rhythm Volume, Rhythm Tone
- Control Type: Push/Pull 500K Non–Linear
- Tuning Keys: G FORCE
- Tuning Keys Material: Zamak
- Tuning Ratio: 40:1
- Bridge: Tune–o–matic
- Bridge material: Zamak with satin nickel plating
- Tailpiece: Stop Bar
- Tailpiece material: Zamak with satin nickel plating
- Control Knobs: Black supreme grip speed
- Truss Rod Cover: black bell hot stamped white “Studio”
- Colors: Manhattan Midnight, Wine Red, Desert Burst
Controversy raises its ugly head!
I picked up one in desert burst as the price fell once the 2016 line was announced.
Good guitar? Yes (obviously, it is a Gibson)
New for 2015 features? Yes (changes not appreciated by “Les Paul Purest”)
Good Investment? Yes (Any guitar from a famous maker made for only one year will go up in value. Being built in the U.S. only helps)
I am not a fan of change, but when certain changes allows me to purchase a quality instrument that plays and sounds exceptional with the added advantage of being able to purchase this instrument at 50% off the retail price new, then this seems to me to be a “no-brainer”.