Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus Electric Guitar with Case - Desert Burst, Dent & Scratch

Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus Electric Guitar with Case - Desert Burst, Dent & Scratch

The Iconic Les Paul Standard Plus from Gibson USA kicks the legend of the Les Paul into a whole new dimension, loading an ergonomic new fingerboard radius and incredibly versatile pickup switching functions onto a guitar that otherwise still embodies everything that made the Standard legendary. Add two Gibson BurstBucker Pro pickups switchable between humbucking, low-noise single coil, out-of-phase, and direct-through tones and top it off with a Grade-AAA figured top

Key features include a superbly comfortable new asymmetrical rendition of the SlimTaper neck profile that fits the player’s hand like a glove, a compound-radius rosewood fingerboard, and stealth wiring for the great BurstBucker Pro 1 and 2 pickups that provides individual coil splitting, phase reversal, and Pure Bypass switching all without changing the look of the classic control layout.

Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus Electric Guitar Features

• Solid Mahogany body with grade AAA-premium figured Maple top
• Modern Weight Relief
• Mahogany neck with Asymmetrical SlimTaper profile
• Compound Radius Rosewood Fingerboard
• BurstBucker Pro 1 and 2 Humbucker Pickups in the neck and bridge
• TonePros Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece
• Includes Gibson Hardshell Case

Construction
The Les Paul Standard Plus for 2013 follows the same formula as the most beloved Les Pauls of all time. The guitar shows off its looks with a gorgeous Grade-AAA Figured Maple top. The marriage of solid maple top and mahogany back, treated to Gibson’s new modern weight relief pattern for improved comfort and enhanced resonance, provides a blend of richness, depth, punch, and clarity that no single-wood guitar can provide.

A solid, quarter-sawn mahogany neck is carved in a new asymmetrical version of the popular ’60s profile, making it one of the most appealing necks Gibson has ever produced, and its topped with a bound rosewood fingerboard with a superbly playable compound radius that’s rounder down in the open chord positions and flatter up in the lead zone. Traditional trapezoid inlays keep it all looking just right, along with cream binding, pickguard, and pickup rings, amber top-hat knobs, and a traditional black-and-white bell truss rod cover.

Electronics
Real surprises lurk in the Les Paul Standard Plus Electric Guitar’s upgraded pickups and extremely clever wiring and control setup. A pair of BurstBucker Pro pickups, a #1 in the neck position and #2 in the bridge, follow the blueprint for Gibson’s hallowed PAF humbuckers of the late ’50s, but are updated with potted coils for howl-free performance at high volumes, and four-conductor wiring that allows for incredible versatility.

The independent volume pot for each pickup has push-pull switching to independently split the coils for single-coil tones, with hum-cancelling performance in the middle position thanks to a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity bridge pickup. Pop up the neck pickup’s tone control for reverse-phase tones, or lift the bridge pickup’s tone knob to tap Gibson’s new Pure Bypass setting, which routes that pickup straight through to the output jack, bypassing the volume and tone controls for a hotter, clearer sound, making it a great instant lead preset.

Hardware
The innovative pairing of a locking TonePros Tune-o-Matic bridge and Stopbar tailpiece ensures solid sustain and precise intonation, while a set of high-quality locking Grover kidney-button tuners ensures smooth, accurate tuning.

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