Gibson Les Paul Studio
Worn Series Review
The Gibson Les Paul Studio Worn Brown/Cherry
is their most affordable model but with the quality you would expect from Gibson.
This is a no frills electric guitar but
plays and sounds like the more expensive models.
Gibson left the luxury behind on this guitar because
they realized that players want
the iconic sound and harmonic capabilities of the Les Paul for the studio or bedroom and
didn't want or need all of the extra features that
make a guitar more expensive.
So the Gibson Les Paul Studio Worn takes the Les Paul
back to the essential parts.
Features
50s Rounded Neck Profile
Angled Headstock
Adjustable Truss Rod
22-Fret Rosewood Fingerboard
Mahogany Back and Top
Nickel and Silver Alloy Fret Wire
Trapezoid Inlays
Set-Neck Construction
Chambered Body
Gibson Burstbucker Pro Pickups
Tune-O-Matic Bridge
Nitrocellulose Finish
Review
Features: Good volume and tone controls.
Easy to use toggle switch.
No fret buzz.
Low action.
Comes with a nice gig bag but.
I think it needs a hard case.
The tune o matic bridge is great and
doesn't go out of tune.
Quality: This guitar is extremely well built.
It comes set up just right.
The finish is a faded and down to the wood.
Value: I feel this is one of the best deals on the market.
Gibson's can be expensive but this is worth it.
Spend a few hundred extra and get this, you won't regret it.
Sound: Nice clean tone and lots of sustain.
With distortion you get a nice crunchy metal sound.
Great sound for blues on the neck pickup.
A good rock sound from the bridge pickup. Ease of Use: This is an easy neck to play on.
Easy to do bends and pull offs.
Overall: Best LP for the price you pay.
Features Expanded
50s Rounded Neck Profile
The Gibson Les Paul Studio neck has
a thicker, rounder profile, like
1958 and 1959 Les Paul Standards.
The neck is machined with wood shapers
to make the initial cuts.
Once fingerboard is glued on
the rest is done by hand.
So no two necks with the exactly same.
Gibson's Burstbucker Pro Pickups
490R Humbucker (neck)
It's made with a special Alnico II magnet.
498T Humbucker (bridge)
Made with a slightly hotter Alnico V magnet
and a specially wound coil combo.
The Burstbucker line came out in the early 1990s.
Those Burstbuckers—Types 1, 2, and 3
successfully captured the subtle variations of true,
classic humbucker tone with
historically unmatched bobbin windings and Alnico II magnets.
In 2002, Gibson followed this up with
yet another breakthrough in pickup design-
The Burstbucker Pro,
designed specifically for the new Les Paul Standards.
Like all Burstbuckers,
the Burstbucker Pro has asymmetrical coilswhich supply a more open sound.
The Burstbucker Pro Neck is wound
slightly less than the original PAFs.
The Burstbucker Pro Bridge is slightly overwound
for increased output.
The Burstbucker Pro pickups are also wax potted
to allow loud volume pressures with minimal feedback.
22-Fret Rosewood Fingerboard
The fingerboards are constructed from
the highest grade of rosewood.
The resilience of this dense and durable wood
makes these fingerboards extremely balanced and stable, and,
gives each chord and note unparalleled clarity and bite.
The 12-inch radius of the fingerboard provides
smooth note bending capabilities and eliminates
"dead" or "choked out" notes.
Mahogany Back and Top
Mahogany is known for its warm sound with lots of sustain.
The studios back, top and neck are made from
the highest quality wood.
The wood is dry to a constant humidity which
guarantees tight-fitting joints and no expansion, and
controls the shrinkage and warping of the woods,
in addition to reducing the weight.
It also improves the woods
machinability and finishing properties, and
adherence to glue.
Consistent moisture content means that
a guitar will respond evenly to
temperature and humidity changes
long after it leaves the factory.
Chambered Body
The equilibrium the guitar is done by
carving carefully mapped-out chambers in the
solid mahogany back
using a Computer Numeric Controlled (CNC) router.
The positioning of the routes was established after
careful examination of the resonant characteristics of the Les Paul.
These lighter Gibson guitars also
enhance the tone palette in a manner
unique only to these guitars.
The results are
comfortable, lightweight guitars
that are acoustically louder,
with increased sustain and resonance.
The Gibson Les Paul Studio sounds great and plays great
like you would expect from a Gibson Les Paul
but without the price tag.
If you can live without
the fancey frills
of the more expensive LPs like
The Les Paul Standard
then this is the one to go for.
As for me,
I think the Gibson Les Paul Studio Worn brown/cherry
look is great and
I prefer it over
the common colors found on most
Les Pauls.
Try one out and buy it, you will be glad you did.
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