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Gibson Les Paul Traditional Gold Top (Gold Top)

Item ID: LPTDGTCH

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Maple Top, Mahogany Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and Two Humbucking Pickups - Gold Top

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A Beautiful Les Paul Brimming with Classic Vibe and Tone!

The Gibson Les Paul Traditional solidbody electric guitar gives you the construction quality, performance, and great sound offered by the Standard models from the 1980s and '90s. The Les Paul Traditional features a carved maple top, non-chambered, weight-relieved mahogany body and a mahogany neck with a comfortable '50s rounded shape. It's loaded with '57 Classic and '57 Classic Plus humbuckers for maximum tone and ample output. Set up and ready to go for maximum playability, the Les Paul Traditional lets you create your own musical history!

Gibson Les Paul Traditional Solidbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:
  • Classic tone, time-tested tonewoods
  • Plek system setup
  • Powerful, punchy pickups

Classic tone, time-tested tonewoods
Taking design and visual cues from the Les Pauls of the ’80s, the Les Paul Traditional starts with an un-chambered mahogany body with traditional weight-relief holes for a beefy tone that maintains the resonance of modern Les Pauls. The body is capped with a carved maple top and the hand fitted neck tenon sports the rounded, C-shape profile common on the Les Pauls of the ’80s and ’90s.

Plek system setup
The Les Paul Traditional is Gibson USA’s first model to utilize the revolutionary Plek system - a computer-controlled set-up that carefully measures and dresses each fret, accurately measuring the height between the fingerboard and each string, virtually eliminating string buzz and providing unbeatable playability.

Powerful, punchy pickups
Two of Gibson’s best-loved humbuckers - a ’57 Classic in the neck position, and a ’57 Classic Plus in the bridge - give the Traditional the power, punch, and clarity of Gibson’s legendary PAF pickups. Other traditional appointments include vintage-style Gibson speed knobs, classic Kluson-style tuners by TonePros, which offer period-correct looks with a higher tuning ratio, and a chrome Nashville Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar. Each Les Paul Traditional also comes with Gibson USA’s standard black snakeskin case.

Gibson Les Paul Traditional Solidbody Electric Guitar with Plus Top Features:
  • Color: Gold Top
  • Body: Non-chambered, weight-relieved mahogany
  • Top: Maple
  • Neck: Mahogany, '50s rounded style
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood
  • Pickups: '57 Classic Plus (bridge) and 57' Classic (neck)
  • Controls: Two volume, two tone, 3-way pickup selector switch
  • Bridge: Chrome Nashville Tune-0-matic
  • Tailpiece: Chrome stopbar
  • Tuners: Tone Pro's Kluson-style
  • Case - Black snakeskin

The Gibson Les Paul Traditional gives you the great tone of the Les Pauls you grew up hearing!
Specification Detail
Body Material Mahogany
Top Material Maple
Body Finish Nitrocellulose
Color Gold Top
Neck Material Mahogany, Set
Neck Shape '50s Rounded
Scale Length 24-3/4"
Fingerboard Material Rosewood, 12" Radius
Fingerboard Inlay Figured Acrylic Trapezoids
Number of Frets 22
Nut Width 1-11/16"
Bridge/Tailpiece Nashville Tune-O-Matic/Stop Bar
Tuners Kluson-style Tone Pros with Green Tulip Buttons
Number of Pickups 2
Neck Pickup '57 Classic Alnico II Humbucker
Middle Pickup No Middle Pickup
Bridge Pickup '57 Classic Plus Alnico II Humbucker
Controls 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone, 3-way Pickup Toggle
Case Included Hardshell
Manufacturer Part Number LDTDGTCH1

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based on 2 reviews

Gibson Traditonal Gold Top

by George from New Jersey USA
March 26, 2009
Music Background: Recording and production......and a pretty damm good guitar player..
What a beautiful piece of art! This guitar plays like heaven! I have been playing for over 30 years now, and I must say this is right up there with the best......If you want to spend more for an ... read more [+]expensive model (year), go ahead? I am sure it will be just as good.......But this is one keeper for me...!!!!
You really can't go wrong with Gibson anyways....
I highly recommend you to get yourself an SKB Les Paul molded case to go with it, with TSA locks. In my opinion, the Gibson case is kind of "el cheapo".....I would not trust carrying my guitar around with that case!
It is ok, but.....get yourself an SKB...
The Gibson case is only good enough for shipping purposes......BUY THIS GUITAR....you will not be glad you did so......... close [-]

pleked?

by ron from boston,ma.
April 14, 2009
Music Background: punk
the thing i don't like on this,the fret edges have a dead spot,computers don't seem to get it right apparently....
otherwise,a great guitar

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