Gibson Les Paul Studio Silverburst Electric Guitar  

How can you beat the classic looks and the finish on this guitar? You can't period.

I've had the guitar for about 3 months so it's time to offer my comments about my experiences. The guitar's construction and finish were absolutely perfect when they arrived, and given the price, I went over it with a fine tooth comb so to speak. The case was well protected by the heavy cardboard shipping box. One bit of advise I would offer others who purchase the guitar is to order a set of .10 ga Gibson Vintage Reissue strings and replace the ones that come with the guitar. There isn't anything really wrong with the original strings except they have probably been sitting in storage at a warehouse for a while and like any string just lose their edge over time. You will be amazed at the difference new fresh stings will make. Also, make sure you use a good cable. I had a cheap cable and there was a constant hum when the guitar was sitting in a stand. I bought a Monster cable and the hum was gone.

Buy a cheap imitation of this guitar and you will have a cheap imitation of this guitar, buy quality and you get quality. This guitar is simply quality at its finest. I just went to a Peter Frampton concert and guess what, he was playing mostly Gibson guitars including a Gibson Les Paul Studio. Pretty good recommendation I would say.

I'm sure there are lots of great guitars out there but for me, and I just play because I enjoy it, the search for the perfect guitar has now ended. I love the way it plays, feels and looks. In my book that's good enough.

just recived this guitar today.  i have played  alot of guitars but only word can describe this  guitar       AWESOME

great workmanship love the sound of the pickups/ the neck of it is great

it was more than i thought it would be great work gibson

will be sure to buy another one of these guitars for sure. it is more than what i thought it would be

What a beautiful guitar.  Just opening the case and seeing this guitar for the first time live was amazing.  The finish was awesome, and everyone that saw it for the fist time had their chins dropped and eyes open wide.  The Silverburst design is as brilliant as gold and stands in a class all of its own.  SWEET!!

I really enjoyed the fact that it was setup and ready to play right from the start.  Just a little tweaking to get it tuned and away I went.  This guitar played flawlessly without a single buzzing fret and the string height was meant to be for my fingers.

There is just a slight humming from the pickups when untouched, but when the jamming started, it was totally unnoticable.  I have played it through my Peavey Bandit 112 and rocked the house.  Plugged into my Little Fender Frontman and the blues came through with sweetness.

This guitar is easy to adjust for tonal quality and switching between the pickups is effortless.

I waited 30 yrs to finally get a Les Paul and this little studio is my new gem.

Everything I read about this guitar has so far stood up to the test for me.  The finish is brilliant, the playability is so sweet.  It has made me wish I could have afforded one sooner.  At least I have it for the rest of my playing days.  My collection of guitars just got a boost and all eyes are on this one as soon as I stand it next to my others.

The case it came with is also very well made and fits the guitar like a glove.

This guitar is on the higher end of the market for a LesPaul studio, but since I have waited so long to finally purchase one, I believe the style and playability of this Silverburst model has made it worth every penny for me.  I'm not a professional, but like a friend of mine once said, " If you can make a bad guitar sound good...you can make a good guitar sound BAAAAAD!!"  and for me, I can make this guitar sound GREAAAAT!!

This has been a major purchase for me.  I have waited for a long time to get a new guitar and this Silverburst Studio is my new gem.  The quality of mine right out of the case was surprising.  I expected to have to do a setup on it before I could really enjoy it, but it played beautifully just moments after tweaking it into tune.

For most hobbyest guitarists, the lesser priced model would probably be just as sweet.  I went with the Silverburts because the look best fits my personality and since it may be some time again before I could go all in on a new guitar, I wanted the best I could get while I could swing it.

The slight hum from the pickups when not in play might bother some players, but for me, once the jammin started, the hum was lost in translation and I was in another world where for the moment I was king.

Because of the higher end price and the slight humming, I give this guitar only an overall of 8.  Price it the the realm of most of the basic styles of studios and my eval would have topped the list.

I have always enjoyed the sound of the Gibson guitars and am now a very proud owner in what I hope will be a wonderful partnership.  Thanks Gibson and Steve Krenz for giving me another burst of "I wanna play guitar energy!!"

For me, this is the Holy Grail minus binding:

60's Slim Taper Neck

REAL Rosewood

Grovers!

490R/498T - My fave Gibby PUPs

Nice Finish

Coil Tapped

First one went back - Middle position did not work on PUP selector switch.

Second one had no sound out of the neck PUP

Rather than a second return, I had ny tech put in a new switch and then he found that the ground wire was on the neck and vice-versa. All is good now, but come on Gibson! Good thing my tech works cheap...

Finish was good, frets good (love Plek'd frets!), but the pickup selector switches issues had me cussing.

The tone, for me, is excellent. Tone is a very personal thing, but this guitar can do my raunchy power chords and heavy blues solo's great. Think Angus & Johnny Winter rolled into one. Therefore a 10 - now! However, don't be surprised if you have a selector switch issue...

Gotta love the pull out pots to switch to coil tap mode: increased variety of tones this beauty can dish out.  Very nice strings, beautiful rosewood fretboard (not ebony like on the Epiphone clone) and stunning chrome hardware complete the look.  Beautiful silverburst and chrome color scheme really does it for me.

Amazingly enough came ready to win right out of the box, all I had to do was tune the strings for 3 minutes and she was ready to break some hearts and save some souls!  Action is perfect, there iare absolutely no flaws in the guitar's finish or any other component.  The only weird thing is that I found a red rubberband around the tuners on the right side of the headstrock.  Didn't really seem necessary so I took it off.

The only guitar I've had that compares in terms of quality was an American made Fender Stratocaster.  The difference is all in tone, and what a tone!  The Strat is a nice guitar with good playability but you haven't really played an electric solidbody guitar until you've tried out a really good Gibson Les Paul.

The Gibson Les Paul is a touch on the expensive side but when I stack it up against the Fender Strat I used to have the quality level, playability and tone of the GLP just blows the competition out of the water.

What can I say, Gibson has acquired it's reputation for amazing guitars for good reason.  The Strat, to its credit, had a ton more technology that makes it appealing if you like that kind of thing in terms of getting more variety of tones but if you want a guitar where you do't have to fiddle around with all your effects chains and the guitar hardware itself and swap out pickups and such to get a good tone you're looking for the Gibson Les Paul.

Playable right out of the box and the checklist card comes autographed by the individual who personally inspected the instrument before shipping instead of some anonymous robot number.  After playing for about 15 minutes I understood that I wasn't going to have to perform any setup changes on this guitar at all, the first time I've had this experience.  An absolute home run, you will not be disappointed in buying this guitar.