Gibson Custom Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top Review

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Overall Rating 3.11

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Features 2.58

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Quality 3.7

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Reliability / Value 2.65

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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Finish: Lacquer  
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  • Binding: Creme  
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  • Neck Shape: '50s  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: 12.00"  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Trapezoid  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Bridge: Burstbucker 3 Pickup Neck: Burstbucker 2

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Gibson Custom's Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top is fairly good guitar. Not a brilliant one, but Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top will serve you until you decide it's time to go for a bit more expensive guitar. You will not go wrong if you go ahead with Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top.

Some say that the average is golden, and maybe that is true for Gibson Custom's Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top as well. There are musicians who would like to see more features on Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top, but Gibson Custom felt that Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top provides enough features for a given price and the market that Gibson Custom aims for. Perhaps there are better equipped guitars then this one, but Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top will deliver what it's built for.

Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top guitar has a huge sound that sits shoulder to shoulder with sound produced by the guitars of the highest rank. It's easily controllable and even easier to shape to your own personal music style and style of playing. It's an easy task to adjust the hardware to make this guitar truly fit your playing needs. Gibson Custom has produced a guitar that is capable of achieving that huge and expensive sound which you can hear on records, played by world's top musicians.

Though it could be better, action of Gibson Custom's Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top is not that bad at all. It may go out of tune when mistreated, but it's easily tuned back in no time. You won't be let down while playing Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top's neck. Guitar does feel a bit cheaper, but it will last you a long time, if you handle it with care that each instrument should be getting anyhow.

Some might say that Gibson Custom didn't go all the way in providing a reliable and durable instrument, but Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top isn't that bad. It will serve you well most of times, though you should be wary and have backups in situations where you feel Chambered Les Paul Class 5 Figured Top might let you down, such as gigs and studio sessions.