![]() Pickups and electronics The guitar carries a pair of legendary ’57 Classic humbuckers, made in the tradition of the hallowed PAF, but updated for the demands of today’s music. The white bound rosewood fingerboard is topped with a GraphTech™ nut, and carries 22 cryogenic-treated frets for long life and corrosion resistance, with traditional trapezoid inlays and a commemorative 120th Anniversary inlay at the 12th fret. It has a glued-in mahogany neck with a comfortably rounded ’50s profile. It is made from a solid mahogany back with traditional weight relief for enhanced resonance and a lighter strapped-on feel, with a carved AA figured maple top (other than guitars finished in Ebony) trimmed in deluxe three-ply W/B/W binding. It all looks superb in your choice of Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Ebony, Vintage Sunburst, Honey Burst, Wine Red, or Caribbean Blue all but Ebony with a AA figured maple top, and a commemorative Les Paul signature pickguard.īody and neck The Les Paul Classic 2014 is crafted in the image of the original Les Paul Standard. The 120th Anniversary features package includes new larger no-slip strap buttons, black Max Grip Speed Knobs, a black GraphTech™ nut, long-life Cleartone™ coated guitar strings, cryogenic treated fret wire for longer life and corrosion resistance, undercut frets over neck binding, a full PLEK setup, a 120th Anniversary logo inlay at the 12th fret, and a vintage-brown hardshell case with pink lining. Top it off with the Min-ETune™ automated tuning system, and the Les Paul Signature is the perfect reinvention of the world’s most prized electric guitar. Two 57 Classic open-coil pickups with push-pull coil splitting, a built-in 15 dB boost on a mini-toggle switch, and a master tone pot with Orange Drop capacitor yield an astounding array of tones. Hot-modded electronics take it from there and launch it right into the stratosphere. Time-tested Les Paul tonewoods with a figured AA maple top and elegant three-ply W/B/W binding kick it all off. The Les Paul Signature 2014 captures all the essential elements that made the vintage “Burst” the icon that it is, while stirring in next-generation upgrades and a host of new features released to coincide with Gibson USA’s 120th Anniversary celebrations. Now 120 years after it all started, Gibson USA brings you a cutting-edge evolution of the Les Paul in a guitar that perfectly blends legendary tone, classic elegance, and 21st century innovation, all at truly astounding price. ![]() Gibson unveiled the world’s most desirable solidbody electric guitar in 1952. Orville Gibson invented the archtop guitar in 1894. 15db boost accessed by mini toggle switch.Two 57 classic open-coil pickups with push/pull coil split.Figured AA maple top with three-ply black.white/black binding.There's plenty here to get stuck into, so read on for the complete rundown including full specs for each new model and much more besides.įor more information, visit the official Gibson website. Other new additions include redesigned strap buttons, cryogenically treated fret wire, Max Grip speed knobs and the widespread deployment of GraphTech nuts. In celebration of its 120th anniversary, Gibson has rolled out a whopping 28 models, many of them with distinctive new pickups, features and finishes.Īmong the new features are a 120th Anniversary logo at the 12th fret position on many models, the widespread implementation of the Min-ETune automatic tuning unit, PLEK fingerboard set ups and four new pickup types, alongside undercut frets (meaning many models with lack the 'nibs' of binding that have traditionally covered fret edges on Gibson fretboards). ![]() Gibson has revealed its full guitar line-up for 2014, and it's made big changes across the board. ![]()
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