Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? So far no issues or problems with reliability, it is a brand new guitar but it is breaking in quite well Reliability How has it stood up over time? Too new to know but it is a solid guitar and I expect it to hold up as well as my other Gibson has General Your general opinion of this product. I love this guitar, it is slightly thinner yet much heavier than a standard Les Paul, the pickup combination is fantastic, the P90 breaks up very nicely and provides and excellent crunch, the 498 is a known quantity and is a great pickup for lead and blues riffs Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? Don't kid yourself, this guitar is heavy...it also has a composite fretboard which looks wonderful and is very very fast to play everything is laid out as it always has been on a Les Paul and works just fine...I like the chrome speed knobs Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? Tone is a little different than a standard Les Paul due to the P90 which gives you more crunchy options at lower volumes the 498 is a classic and provides that excellent LP tone Finish How did the stain or paint job look? The construction of the guitar is interesting and actually the reason I purchased the guitar...the finish is awesome and it really is a work of art...everyone who has seen it up close refers to it as "the jawbreaker" I do wish they offered the LP Zoot in the other color options the way they have with the SG but I am overall very very happy with it...it looks like no other guitar Action How was the action out of the box? Action was ok...had to do a little work to set it up exactly as I wanted

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? I think this guitar is well built . it is so solid.Very state of the art . Reliability How has it stood up over time? I have had it a day and i played it for 4 hours just love the feel . its a Gibson they all stand the test of time . General Your general opinion of this product. It is something to look at and to play. the fret board is fast and ever thing is Top notch .Just another nice guitar AMS sold me. Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? It is fast and its heavy do to the solid guitar but well balanced. And it has a great solid feel to it. Gibson has done a great job with this Zoot Suit Les Paul. every thing is laid out great just like any other Les Pauls. Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? With the pick ups it does it all what a rocker and then right to blues . Great sound Finish How did the stain or paint job look? The pictures do not do it any justice. Its a work of art to bond all the layers of wood. and the satin finish is great. Action How was the action out of the box? The action is great all i did was stretch the strings and tune it