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Gibson Les Paul Studio 70's Tribute
Goldtop Nitrocellulose Satin Lacquer Finish
Unplayed - New in Box condition
2012 Limited Edition
This 2012 Les Paul Studio '70s Tribute achieves the unique feel of a 1970s Les Paul with a thin-to-thick neck profile that starts out slim at the lower frets and becomes increasingly chunky as you slide toward the cutaway. For tone, it carries a pair of new Gibson Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers for a vintage-edged tone with great versatility, and a visual nod toward the Les Paul Deluxe of the '70s. To top it off, the Les Paul Studio '70s Tribute looks great in grain-textured satin nitrocellulose lacquer.
Like the most revered Les Paul Standards, the Les Paul Studio '70s Tribute starts with the classic tonewood combination of a mahogany body with solid carved maple top. Together, these woods offer outstanding tonal depth and richness from the mahogany, with superb clarity and "snap" from the maple. In this model, the mahogany back is strategically weight relieved to both lighten your load and improve resonance.
Like many Les Pauls of the '70s, the neck is made from maple and carved to a profile unique to the era, which measures .800" deep at the 1st fret and increases to .963" at the 12th, with a volute behind the nut to both strengthen the headstock joint and enhance neck resonance. A chocolate-brown baked maple fingerboard carries traditional trapezoid inlays, and terminates in a PLEK-cut Corian™ nut with a width of 1-11/16". Like many Studio models, the Les Paul Studio '70s Tribute keeps it all down to basics by omitting neck and body binding. Its look is complemented by a cream pickguard and pickup rings and gold knobs and traditional gold Gibson and Les Paul Model silkscreens.
The Les Paul Studio '70s Tribute rocks with unparalleled character and articulation with a pair of Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers. Entirely new pickups from Gibson USA, these units improve upon the best attributes of the former Mini Humbuckers seen in the Les Paul Deluxe in the '70s, and the different Firebird Mini Humbuckers of the early '60s, in an efficient design that uses dual steel blades and an Alnico magnet for a vintage voice that still retains plenty of chime. These pickups are calibrated for balanced output between the neck and bridge positions, yielding everything from singing bluesy neck tones to crunchy and wailing leads, and are dressed in solid chrome covers. They are routed through the traditional four-knob and three-way switch wiring set up, and partnered with a Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece for optimum sustain and precise intonation. A set of vintage-style TonePros tuners with pearloid keys rounds out the guitar.
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