Gibson Les Paul Classic Custom Ebony - Quick Look

As with the best Les Pauls crafted since the early '50s, the Les Paul Classic Custom starts with the legendary tonewood pairing of a solid carved maple top glued to a mahogany body, strategically chambered to enhance resonance and reduce weight. Marrying maple's clarity and definition to mahogany's richness and depth produces a tonal complexity that no single-wood guitar has ever matched. Its resonance and sustain are only further enhanced by the deep-set quarter-sawn mahogany neck with 17-degree back-angled headstock. Optimum playability is ensured by a slim, comfortable neck profile that measures .800" at the 1st fret and .875" at the 12th. The guitar's 22-fret fingerboard is made from Baked Maple, a heat-treated hardwood that offers a clear tone and extreme durability, and inlaid with acrylic block markers, enhanced by a mother of pearl Gibson headstock logo and acrylic split-diamond inlay.

To ensure that all of these constructional features translate to the purest, richest tone possible, Gibson loads the Les Paul Classic Custom with a pair of '57 Classic humbucking pickups, routed through the traditional four-knob and three-way switch control section. Made with genuine Alnico II magnets and wound with enamel-coated 42-AWG wire just like the hallowed PAF pickups of the late 1950s and early '60s, the '57 Classics yield creamy warm tones in the neck position and plenty of growl and snarl in the bridge, with funky, round tones in between. A pairing of Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece ensure solid sustain and accurate intonation, while a set of premium Grover kidney-button tuners make tune-up a breeze.

Each guitar comes protected in a black hardshell case with plush lining, and includes an owner's manual and adjustment literature.

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[Metallica]

I don't know what's more beautiful, the playing or the guitar.

[MarcelGrebMusic]

this guitar will be MINE in a few months!

[dimlightbulb]

I'm really beginning to love the sound Gibsons with baked maple fingerboards. They sound so much brighter and punchier.

[RFV]

you guys need to do a review like this for the Standard Traditional Plus. that guitar needs a review like this b/c its a lot of people's first real les paul once htey hve the money and they want to make sure it's hte right choice

[malmmlam]

isnt that like gary moores demo of marshall amps a while ago? sounds freaking awsome!!!

[bluesboydude]

i wanted to buy me a martin guitar this month.. but i think i better get this baby!

[utooberblooper]

check out riot-thundersteel, riot -privilege of power all played on a gibson les paul black beauty(2 pickup model), very versatile axe, i had one too, loved it, sold it, bought an epiphone version

[Gibson]

thats such a nice guitar. ill take one with EMGs in it. just like nick cataneses old lespaul.

[MrMagnificents]

Do the Epiphone pick guards fit the Gibson?Epiphone did a Chrome pick guard that looked so sweet on the black

[kritolaos]

If not, at least it fits great to a massive hard rock sound in my opinion

[Emogal]

i'll either be getting this in cream or an sg standard, cnt decide XD

[jazz]

Hey I didn't know Gibson finally came out with the new floating effect lol.

[josephliptak]

I thought that custom lp's all have double binding on their bodies. Why doesn't this one have it?

[CatGoesBOOM]

The quality is the same, if not BETTER than a LPS. These axes are handcrafted just like the Standards. One thing though -- contrary to popular belief the Classic Custom is from Gibson USA, not Gibson Custom Shop.

[MrDandenio]

Can you still get these? I can't find them anywhere on the Internet :(

[PETEPOPGTR]

Great sound on this demo. To hear another, check out my my tune called Astral Acceleration on my channel, same guitar in wine red. Amp settings were first Green LED crunch and then Green LED metal towards the middle through to the end. This guitar is beautiful and incredible to play. If you are an aggressive player you will find that you'll be tuning it often though,

[ILLbiteURfaceCNT]

hows the quality of these? i can get one for 500 dollars cheaper than a standard

[BloodyMathios]

oh yeah in less than a week am gonna have this beautiful baby :D

[jasper_of_puppets]

Because this is not a "real" LP Custom. It's a Classic Custom, which is a more affordable hybrid of sorts between the LP Classic and LP Custom.

[mkismet]

That is so Jimmy Page's tone starting at :38