Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top Review

Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top has been rated by 6 musicians.

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Overall Rating 2.8

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Features 2.18

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Quality 3.49

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Reliability / Value 2.5

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Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top Specs

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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Binding: Multi-ply  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Tuners: Kidney Bean  
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  • Hardware: Gold  
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  • Fret Size: Medium Jumbo  
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  • '57 Classic humbucker pickups

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Gibson Custom's Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top is fairly good guitar. Not a brilliant one, but Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame 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 Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top.

Gibson Custom could throw in a bit more features into Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top but this guitar is definitely a usable musical instrument. Whether it's the price cut, or Gibson Custom felt that simplicity is a good way to go, Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top is built with a limited set of features, so one needs see if it fits the need. Not the best equipped instrument, but Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top will do well for some musicians.

Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame 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.

You could find a better fitted guitar, but Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top is ready to be played by any musician willing to take time and adjust it to his/her needs. Gibson Custom built a guitar that has nice finish but it lacks something that would make it feel even better. Guitar stays in tune reasonably well, if you don't force it too much, and the Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top's neck is playable.

Some might say that Gibson Custom didn't go all the way in providing a reliable and durable instrument, but Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame 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 Les Paul Custom Premium Grade Flame Top might let you down, such as gigs and studio sessions.