Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Review

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Overall Rating 4.53

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Features 4.28

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Quality 4.23

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Reliability / Value 4.45

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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: White  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: '50s  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Figured Acrylic Block  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Bridge: Stoptail  
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  • Hardware: Gold  
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  • Fret Size: Medium  
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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: Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • 490R neck humbucker with Alnico II magnets,498T bridge humbucker with Alnico V magnets,Nashville Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece,Gibson Custom case and certificate of authenticity included

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Gibson Custom is a company that you can count on and be sure that they know their job, and that's building great instruments. Another model from Gibson Custom named Les Paul Custom outperforms and outranks sound-wise many other models in its price range. It's well worth the price.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Gibson Custom's Les Paul Custom an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for Les Paul Custom's features!

Tone delivered by Gibson Custom's Les Paul Custom 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 Les Paul Custom will make your tone to sound poor, quite the opposite, because Les Paul Custom provides rich and versatile tone that you'll be happy with.

Ready to play out of the box, Gibson Custom's Les Paul Custom is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Gibson Custom put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as Les Paul Custom does.

If you need an instrument that withstands live performances and studio sessions, rehearsals and practicing, you should rest assured that Gibson Custom's Les Paul Custom is the right choice. This instrument is definitely built to last and will do so , through fire and flames. Gibson Custom has the knowledge and experience you can rely on, and that kind of experience is well built into Les Paul Custom.