Gibson Les Paul Menace Review

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Overall Rating 4.32

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Features 4.41

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Quality 4.07

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Reliability / Value 4.42

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Gibson Les Paul Menace Specs

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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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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: '60s  
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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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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Nut Width: 1.695"  
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  • String Nut: Corian  
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  • Bridge: Stoptail  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Black  
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  • Fret Size: 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: Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • 490R Smoky Coils neck pickup 498T Smoky Coils bridge pickup Two volume and two tone controls, 3-way switch

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Les Paul Menace caused an increasing interest with guitar players, especially when you consider that it's built by a renowned guitar manufacturer such as Gibson. It performs well both in studio and on stage, and will fit many different playing styles.

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's Les Paul Menace an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for Les Paul Menace's features!

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

Ready to play out of the box, Gibson's Les Paul Menace 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 put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as Les Paul Menace does.

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