Friday, June 27, 2008
Gibson Les Paul Traditional
The Les Paul Traditional Electric Guitar got its name because Gibson gave it all the traditional features you expect from a Les Paul: mahogany body and set neck with rounded '50s profile, maple top, and a pair of Gibson's '57 Classic humbucker pickups. One significant, yet not-so-traditional improvement the neck has been Plek'd on Gibson's Plek machine. The neck and frets are analyzed by a computer-controlled robot and then the frets are filed to an accuracy of a hundredth of a millimeter for optimal action and intonation without string buzzing.
Gibson Les Paul Traditional Specs:
- Body Wood: Mahogany, non-chambered weight-relieved
- Top wood: Plain maple
- Scale Length: 24-3/4"
- Neck Joint: Set-in
- Neck Wood: Mahogany
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Plek'd on Gibson Plek Machine
- Neck Shape: '50s rounded
- Frets: 22
- Nut Width: 1.695"
- Fretboard Radius: 12"
- Bridge: Nashville Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: Stopbar
- Pickup Bridge: '57 Classic Plus humbucker
- Pickup Neck: '57 Classic humbucker
- Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way pickup selector
- Vintage speed knobs
- Tuners: TonePros Kluson-style
- Hardware color: Chrome
- Binding: top and neck
- Finish: Lacquer