Gibson Custom Joe Perry Les Paul Review

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Overall Rating 3.69

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Features 3.65

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Quality 3.83

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Reliability / Value 3.55

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  • Body Shape: LP  
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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 Construction: Single cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Binding: Creme  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Neck Construction: 1-piece neck  
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  • Neck Shape: Rounded  
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  • Neck Joint: Mortise & Tenon  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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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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  • Tuners: Vintage Style  
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  • Bridge: ABR-1  
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  • Bridge: Stoptail  
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  • Hardware: Aged Nickel  
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  • Fret Size: Medium Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Burstbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Burstbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Pickups: BurstBucker 2 (rhythm), BurstBucker 3 (treble) Neck pickup has reversed polarity

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Gibson Custom's Joe Perry Les Paul certainly has some people voting in its favor, and some against, but overall, Joe Perry Les Paul deserves your attention. Every player emphasizes different things about its features, so the opinions are divided. The best advice is to check out the guitar features yourself, and try to see if Joe Perry Les Paul is the right one for you.

Carefully chosen set of features makes Gibson Custom's Joe Perry Les Paul a really good guitar. Some might say that it lacks some of the features, but Joe Perry Les Paul's features still fulfill an average musician's needs. You won't be wrong to go for this axe 'cause it has a wide array of different sounds and a lot of possibilities for tweaking the sound to make it yours. Getting one of Gibson Custom's Joe Perry Les Paul is a way to go.

Tone delivered by Gibson Custom's Joe Perry Les Paul makes it a serious sounding instrument that gives Gibson Custom a lot of reasons to be proud of it. Somewhat limited when playing certain music styles doesn't mean that Joe Perry Les Paul will make your tone to sound poor, quite the opposite, because Joe Perry Les Paul provides rich and versatile tone that you'll be happy with.

Another reliable model from Gibson Custom brings us to a guitar that handles well and plays well. Finish doesn't feel bad at all, and the hardware is good. It stays in tune for most of the time, so if you take the time to adjust the action & pickups the way you want them, you will feel comfortable while playing Joe Perry Les Paul.

This is a solidly built guitar that will play well live and in studio. It does provide a fair amount of confidence, and it can serve well both as a replacement and a first choice guitar for gigs and rehearsals. Gibson Custom feels confident in its Joe Perry Les Paul and it will serve you well in most situations. Durability and reliability are evenly balanced with this instrument.