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Gibson craftsmen hand-rub the traditional sunburst finishes on the new Les Paul Standard Faded models. A satin treatment gives the Standard Faded the weathered look of an old favorite without the wear and tear.

What you end up with is a weathered and played in look and feel. It also features Zebra Burstbucker Pro pickups with Alnico V magnets. Theses pickups produce the most authentic, vintage Les Paul tone of any previous Standard pickups. They produce more bite and a seductive airy tone with both pickups on.

The all-time favorite Gibson model, the Les Paul Standard is recognized the world over as an icon for rock and roll. As Gibson’s first solidbody electric guitar, the Les Paul Model made a lasting impression when it debuted in 1952, and it continues to shape the sounds of popular music today The all-time favorite Gibson model, the Les Paul Standard is recognized the world over as an icon for rock and roll. As Gibson’s first solidbody electric guitar, the Les Paul Model made a lasting impression when it debuted in 1952, and it continues to shape the sounds of popular music today.

Fitted with single coil P90 pickups.

The all-time favorite Gibson model, the Les Paul Standard is recognized the world over as an icon for rock and roll. As Gibson’s first solidbody electric guitar, the Les Paul Model made a lasting impression when it debuted in 1952, and it continues to shape the sounds of popular music today.

Fitted with p90 pickups.

The Gibson Les Paul Standard is outfitted with the new BurstBucker Pro pickups with Alnico V magnets producing the most authentic, vintage Les Paul tone of any previous Standard pickups. BurstBucker Pro's produce more bite and a seductive 'airy' tone with both pickups on. Mahogany body and neck with maple top and rosewood fingerboard.

The BurstBucker Pro pickups add Alnico 5 magnets to the original BurstBucker design, which captured the subtle variations in true humbucker tone thanks to historically accurate "unmatched" bobbins. Used in the bridge position, the BurstBucker Pro delivers rich, smooth low end response along with a complex, satisfying midrange crunch. Burstbucker Pro pickups sound great clean or they can be used to push your amp into overdrive for the fat deep sound you can only get with a humbucker. All BurstBucker Pro pickups are wax potted to minimize feedback and noise.

The Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s neck is considered to have a faster, slimer taper than the fatter, rounder 50s neck.

The Gibson Les Paul Standard is outfitted with the new BurstBucker Pro pickups with Alnico V magnets producing the most authentic, vintage Les Paul tone of any previous Standard pickups. They produce more bite and a seductive 'airy' tone with both pickups on. Mahogany body and neck with maple top and rosewood fingerboard.

The BurstBucker Pro pickups add Alnico 5 magnets to the original BurstBucker design, which captured the subtle variations in true humbucker tone thanks to historically accurate "unmatched" bobbins. Used in the bridge position, the BurstBucker Pro delivers rich, smooth low end response along with a complex, satisfying midrange crunch. Burstbucker Pro pickups sound great clean or they can be used to push your amp into overdrive for the fat deep sound you can only get with a humbucker. All BurstBucker Pro pickups are wax potted to minimize feedback and noise.

The Gibson 50s neck is considered to be broader and rounder than the slim tapered 60s neck.

The Gibson Les Paul Standard is outfitted with the new BurstBucker Pro pickups with Alnico V magnets producing the most authentic, vintage Les Paul tone of any previous Standard pickups. They produce more bite and a seductive 'airy' tone with both pickups on. Mahogany body and neck with maple top and rosewood fingerboard.

The BurstBucker Pro pickups add Alnico 5 magnets to the original BurstBucker design, which captured the subtle variations in true humbucker tone thanks to historically accurate "unmatched" bobbins. Used in the bridge position, the BurstBucker Pro delivers rich, smooth low end response along with a complex, satisfying midrange crunch. Burstbucker Pro pickups sound great clean or they can be used to push your amp into overdrive for the fat deep sound you can only get with a humbucker. All BurstBucker Pro pickups are wax potted to minimize feedback and noise.

The Gibson 50s neck is considered to be broader and rounder than the slim tapered 60s neck.

The Gibson Les Paul Standard is outfitted with the new BurstBucker Pro pickups with Alnico V magnets producing the most authentic, vintage Les Paul tone of any previous Standard pickups. BurstBucker Pro's produce more bite and a seductive 'airy' tone with both pickups on. Mahogany body and neck with maple top and rosewood fingerboard.

The BurstBucker Pro pickups add Alnico 5 magnets to the original BurstBucker design, which captured the subtle variations in true humbucker tone thanks to historically accurate "unmatched" bobbins. Used in the bridge position, the BurstBucker Pro delivers rich, smooth low end response along with a complex, satisfying midrange crunch. Burstbucker Pro pickups sound great clean or they can be used to push your amp into overdrive for the fat deep sound you can only get with a humbucker. All BurstBucker Pro pickups are wax potted to minimize feedback and noise.

The Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s neck is considered to have a faster, slimer taper than the fatter, rounder 50s neck.

The Gibson Les Paul Standard is outfitted with the new BurstBucker Pro pickups with Alnico V magnets producing the most authentic, vintage Les Paul tone of any previous Standard pickups. BurstBucker Pro's produce more bite and a seductive 'airy' tone with both pickups on. Mahogany body and neck with maple top and rosewood fingerboard.

The BurstBucker Pro pickups add Alnico 5 magnets to the original BurstBucker design, which captured the subtle variations in true humbucker tone thanks to historically accurate "unmatched" bobbins. Used in the bridge position, the BurstBucker Pro delivers rich, smooth low end response along with a complex, satisfying midrange crunch. Burstbucker Pro pickups sound great clean or they can be used to push your amp into overdrive for the fat deep sound you can only get with a humbucker. All BurstBucker Pro pickups are wax potted to minimize feedback and noise.

The Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s neck is considered to have a faster, slimer taper than the fatter, rounder 50s neck.

Gibson USA les paul studio, with a satin finish, includes Gibson USA hard case.

The Gibson Les Paul Studio Worn Cherry has Gibson 490R and 498T humbuckers. The Gibson 490R pickups feature tonal characteristics similar to the '57 Classic, but deliver a slight increase in the upper mids, for a more contemporary humbucking sound. The special Alnico II magnet gives these beauties a singing quality that delivers on demand. Put a slightly hotter Alnico V magnet into a specially wound coil combination, and you get the 498T "Hot Alnico." With its higher output and emphasis on mid-ranges and highs, the 498T is the perfect rock pickup. These pickups come with chrome covers. The 498T comes with four conductor shielded wiring for series/parallel/split coil variations.

The arrival of the Gibson Les Paul Studio in 1983 offered guitarists all the essential elements of a Les Paul Standard, including a carved top and humbucking pickups, in a simple yet elegant design. The Gibson Les Paul Studio quickly became the most popular model in the Gibson Les Paul Series. Cutting-yet-rich tone -- the hallmark of the LP -- pours out of the 490R and 498T alnico magnet humbucker pickups mounted on a carved maple top with a mahogany back. Rosewood fretboard with trapezoid inlays makes for great looks while dual volume and tone controls provide complete command of your sound. Includes Gibson hardshell case.

The Gibson Les Paul Studio has 490R and 498T humbuckers. The 490R pickups feature tonal characteristics similar to the Gibson Les Paul '57 Classic, but deliver a slight increase in the upper mids, for a more contemporary humbucking sound. The special Alnico II magnet gives these beauties a singing quality that delivers on demand. Put a slightly hotter Alnico V magnet into a specially wound coil combination, and you get the 498T "Hot Alnico." With its higher output and emphasis on mid-ranges and highs, the 498T is the perfect rock pickup. These pickups come with chrome covers. The 498T comes with four conductor shielded wiring for series/parallel/split coil variations.

The arrival of the Gibson Les Paul Studio in 1983 offered guitarists all the essential elements of a Les Paul Standard, including a carved top and humbucking pickups, in a simple yet elegant design. The Gibson Les Paul Studio quickly became the most popular model in the Gibson Les Paul Series. Cutting-yet-rich tone -- the hallmark of the LP -- pours out of the 490R and 498T alnico magnet humbucker pickups mounted on a carved maple top with a mahogany back. Rosewood fretboard with trapezoid inlays makes for great looks while dual volume and tone controls provide complete command of your sound. Includes Gibson hardshell case.

The Gibson Les Paul Studio has 490R and 498T humbuckers. The 490R pickups feature tonal characteristics similar to the Gibson Les Paul '57 Classic, but deliver a slight increase in the upper mids, for a more contemporary humbucking sound. The special Alnico II magnet gives these beauties a singing quality that delivers on demand. Put a slightly hotter Alnico V magnet into a specially wound coil combination, and you get the 498T "Hot Alnico." With its higher output and emphasis on mid-ranges and highs, the 498T is the perfect rock pickup. These pickups come with chrome covers. The 498T comes with four conductor shielded wiring for series/parallel/split coil variations.

The arrival of the Gibson Les Paul Studio in 1983 offered guitarists all the essential elements of a Les Paul Standard, including a carved top and humbucking pickups, in a simple yet elegant design. The Gibson Les Paul Studio quickly became the most popular model in the Gibson Les Paul Series. Cutting-yet-rich tone -- the hallmark of the LP -- pours out of the 490R and 498T alnico magnet humbucker pickups mounted on a carved maple top with a mahogany back. Rosewood fretboard with trapezoid inlays makes for great looks while dual volume and tone controls provide complete command of your sound. Includes Gibson hardshell case.

The Gibson Les Paul Studio has 490R and 498T humbuckers. The 490R pickups feature tonal characteristics similar to the Gibson Les Paul '57 Classic, but deliver a slight increase in the upper mids, for a more contemporary humbucking sound. The special Alnico II magnet gives these beauties a singing quality that delivers on demand. Put a slightly hotter Alnico V magnet into a specially wound coil combination, and you get the 498T "Hot Alnico." With its higher output and emphasis on mid-ranges and highs, the 498T is the perfect rock pickup. These pickups come with chrome covers. The 498T comes with four conductor shielded wiring for series/parallel/split coil variations.

The arrival of the Gibson Les Paul Studio in 1983 offered guitarists all the essential elements of a Les Paul Standard, including a carved top and humbucking pickups, in a simple yet elegant design. The Gibson Les Paul Studio quickly became the most popular model in the Gibson Les Paul Series. Cutting-yet-rich tone -- the hallmark of the LP -- pours out of the 490R and 498T alnico magnet humbucker pickups mounted on a carved maple top with a mahogany back. Rosewood fretboard with trapezoid inlays makes for great looks while dual volume and tone controls provide complete command of your sound. Includes Gibson hardshell case.

The Gibson Les Paul Studio has 490R and 498T humbuckers. The 490R pickups feature tonal characteristics similar to the Gibson Les Paul '57 Classic, but deliver a slight increase in the upper mids, for a more contemporary humbucking sound. The special Alnico II magnet gives these beauties a singing quality that delivers on demand. Put a slightly hotter Alnico V magnet into a specially wound coil combination, and you get the 498T "Hot Alnico." With its higher output and emphasis on mid-ranges and highs, the 498T is the perfect rock pickup. These pickups come with chrome covers. The 498T comes with four conductor shielded wiring for series/parallel/split coil variations.

Not for the faint hearted! The Gibson Les Paul Menace looks black & sounds blacker. Equipped with a classic sounding 490R humbucker at the neck & a super hot wound 498T humbucker at the bridge, the Les Paul Menace is ready to rock. The Menace comes in a black body, with tribal style engravings on the top & round the edges - some say this makes you play faster & harder, but thats just a rumour!! Matching black hardware, & a "clenched fist" inlay at the 12th fret - you get the picture. I don't think the church band will be using these next Sunday.

This is one of the most popular incarnations of the legendary Gibson SG guitar. The Gibson SG Standard takes the best of the '62 original and adds the longer and sturdier neck joint of the late Gibson '60s models. All the classic features you'd expect from an historic instrument are here. Hot humbuckers go from rich, sweet lightning to warm, tingling waves of sustain. A silky-fast rosewood fretboard plays like a dream. The original-style beveled mahogany body looks dazzling. Plus, there's a tune-o-matic bridge and chrome hardware. Manufactured in Nashville USA. Includes Gibson hardshell case.

This Gibson SG Standard features a 490R humbucker in the neck position. The 490R "Modern Classic" pickup features tonal characteristics similar to the ’57 Classic, but delivers a slight increase in the upper mids, for a more contemporary humbucking sound. The special Alnico II magnet gives this beauty a singing quality that delivers on demand.

Put a slightly hotter Alnico V magnet into a specially wound coil combination, and you get the 498T "Hot Alnico". With its higher output and emphasis on mid-ranges and highs, the 498T is the perfect rock pickup. The Gibson SG Standard sport a 498T humbucker at the bridge.

Using the stripped down design of the Gibson SG Special, Gibson went one step further & stripped down the finish too! This wasn't done to save money though - this was done to give the guitar a kind of worn in look, and it works too! Other than that, the SG Special Faded is exactly the same as the regular SG Special.

Nothing can match the well-played look and feel of a favorite SG from the 1960s or '70s - except today's SG Special Faded. The "Worn" finish make these guitars feel like old friends, while humbucking pickups bring the SG Special to a level of performance the originals never had.

The Special has always represented a combination of looks, functionality, and value, and the new Gibson Faded SG Special Electric Guitar maintains this tradition. Under its attractive faded finish, it is the traditional SG, with mahogany body and neck, tune-o-matic/stopbar bridge, and alnico 490 pickups. Its faded finish gives it the look of an electric that started its rockin' days in the '60s.

The Les Paul Classic is very similar to the Les Paul Standard, but costs a little less. The Les Paul Classic only has one neck choice, but it's the '60s taper, which is by far the most popular neck that Gibson offer. It also has the 496R & 500T Ceramic Pickups, which are a hotter output than the humbuckers used on a Les Paul Standard, so the Classic will drive your amp a bit harder. You still get a carved maple top, but Gibson use a plainer grain for the Classic - if you want the flame tops then you'll need a Les Paul Standard.

The Les Paul Classic modernizes the legendary Gibson Les Paul, offering guitarists the combination of the slim-taper neck of a '60s Les Paul and the supercharged power of ceramic magnet humbuckers. The result is a screaming fast Les Paul, a new classic for rocking through the twenty-first century.