If you have small hands you may have trouble playing this guitar. With the baseball bat neck it really fills your hand and then some. This is mostly due to the lack of excessive finish on the guitar. This guitar plays a little better than your typical boat neck SG which isnt saying much. You get a set of Classic 57 humbuckers thankfully with the standard Gibson control layout. To keep up with the cost cutting it has a standard black headstock that matches nothing on the guitar. The fretboard has 22 frets and white inlays that easily get lost in the maple fretboard. You get the standard SG shape with a maple body and a maple neck with a maple fretboard. I guess this is Gibson showing off the cheap route they developed in the mid 60s that caused them to switch to the large pickguard SG guitars over the original small pickguard design. You can see the routing on the SG through it. The natural version has a strange clear pickguard. The one I tested had the natural Satin finish and it is super mapley. These guitars are made from all maple to give a unique and bright tone. Equipped with a Gibson gig bag, the Les Paul Raw Power is ready to hit the road and roll.Gibson now has a seemingly standard series called the Raw Power series now. The Gibson Les Paul Raw Power features a glued-in set neck and is built to Gibson’s traditional 24 3/4″ scale length, with a neck width of 1 11/16″ at the nut. A Corian nut helps to ensure excellent resonance and sustain, as well as hitch-free performance. Gibson’s Tune-O-Matic bridge and stop bar tailpiece pairing aid tuning stability and enhance sustain, while green-key Grover Kluson-style tuners add subtle vintage elegance to their superior performance. In a variation from the majority of original PAFs, however, the ’ 57 Classics’ coils are wax potted to combat microphony and feedback squeal at high volumes so, while vintage voiced, they are also suited to high-gain playing. One of Gibson’s most popular pickups of all time, the 57 Classics employ Alnico II magnets, vintage enamel coated wire, nickel-plated pole pieces, nickel slugs, maple spacers and vintage-style, two-conductor, braided wiring, just like the legendary PAFs that they are based on. A pair of 57 Classic humbucking pickups offer a broad appeal for a wide range of playing styles. The solid mahogany neck is topped with an unbound maple fretboard, which is dressed with simple dot position markers, and graced with a traditional trapezoid marker at the 12th fret.Īdvanced electronics on the Gibson Les Paul Studio Raw Power speak volumes about their intentions. This sturdy tonewood offers a clear, well-defined sonic response, as well as looking great with minimal cosmetic treatment. The Gibson Les Paul Studio Raw Power feature unbound solid maple bodies, with a traditional carved top on the former. These is a grab’n’go workhorse guitar for tone-conscious rock and blues artists, and they wear their attitude on their sleeves. The Gibson Les Paul Studio Raw Power Maple follow the no-nonsense ethos of Gibson’s popular Studio series, and their down-to-business looks are packed with performance features that the hard-gigging modern musician will appreciate. The newly revitalized series of 2009 in a dressed-down styling and meaty performance package that so many players loved in the original release, but with notable added features to update the theme. Gibson Les Paul Studio Raw Power Maple, Natural Satin is inspired by the popular but short-lived Raw Power Les Paul of 2000-2001.
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