REVIEWGIBSON LES PAUL MODERN STUDIO
GIBSON LES PAUL MODERN STUDIO £1,999
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What You Need To Know
1 Modern? We want vintage!
Ha! Well, not everyone wants replicas of ’Bursts, and Gibson offers more vintage-style production models in its Original Collection, of course, not to mention the Custom Shop. The Modern series, meanwhile, is slowly evolving into a more than viable option for those players who want more sounds and slightly more contemporary style and playability.
2 Where does the Studio fit into Gibson’s Les Paul catalogue?
As the Les Paul Tribute models are outgoing, the Studio slots in as the most cost-effective proper Modern-style Les Paul priced under the Modern, Modern Figured and top-of-the-line Supreme.
3 What about the Modern Lite and the Les Paul Classic?
The satin-finished Modern Lite kicks off the series, price wise, but it doesn’t have the compound radius ebony ’board or the extra sounds from the pull-switch controls. The gloss-finished Les Paul Classic is still available and has a foot in both camps: standard 60s-style playability but with those extra sounds.
The Les Paul Studio was introduced way back in 1983 and although
