Gibson 2008 Les Paul Standard Plus Electric Guitar

The 2008 Les Paul Standard Plus continues to alter - and inspire - the sounds of today's ever-changing musical landscapes. It features a hand-carved figured maple top with matched chambered mahogany back outlined with single-ply binding. The neck is crafted from a single piece of mahogany. Carefully glued into the neck cavity of the body, the neck functions as a single unit with the body. Its asymmetrical shape is the most comfortable neck offered on a Les Paul Standard.

The BurstBucker Pro humbuckers have Alnico V magnets with slightly mismatched windings to deliver an enhanced "Patent Applied For" tone with more bite and brilliance.

All Les Paul Standards will be Plek'd on Gibson's Plek machines, a computer controlled device which scans and dresses a guitar under actual playing conditions, strung and tuned to pitch. This is a major breakthrough since the Plek machine identifies precisely what needs to be done for perfect fretwork, executes this rapidly, and delivers perfect results on the instrument when restrung.

NOTE: To give you a choice of how your Les Standard should look, the pickguard is not attached but included in the case. To install the pickguard, holes will need to be drilled into the body.

Features:

• Body Wood: Chambered mahogany
• Top wood: Figured maple
• Scale Length: 24-3/4"
• Neck Joint: Set-in
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Fretboard: Rosewood
• Neck Plek'd on Gibson Plek Machine
• Neck Shape: Asymetrical
• Frets: 22
• Nut Width: 1.695"
• Fretboard Radius: 12"
• Bridge: TonePros locking Nashville Tune-O-Matic
• Tailpiece: Locking TonePros
• Pickup Bridge: Burstbucker Pro with Alnico V
• Pickup Neck: Burstbucker Pro with Alnico V
• Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone with gold-plated Bourns-designed pots, 3-way pickup selector
• Tuners: Locking Grover
• Straplocks: Dunlop
• Jack: Neutrik locking
• Hardware color: Chrome
• Binding: top and neck
• Finish: Lacquer