This 2015 9lbs 8oz Gibson EX Series Les Paul Studio Deluxe III Electric Guitar raises the bar with the Super ™57 and Classic ™57 humbucking pickups, which are mounted on a carved maple top with a mahogany back.
Both pickups offer coil splitting for single-coil sounds and a boost circuit via push/push switching in the volume controls.
Straight Split coil-splitting offers pure single coil tone and differs from LP Standards and Studios that have a œSuper Tap coil-tap, which still has a small amount of humbucking.
The boost circuit has a user-adjustable 10-dB boost for added power and frequency range for solos, single-note picking and dirty chording (depending on amp settings) and features true bypass that disengages the boost completely, ensuring pure passive Les Paul tone.
The Les Paul Studio Deluxe features a traditional-spec SlimTaper '60s neck that offers a comfortable playing experience for which Les Paul models of that era are famous.
The hardware is finished in chrome including Gibson's pioneering tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece.
The Les Paul Studio Deluxe is dependable, affordable, and is built without any compromises.
Classic ˜57 and Super ™57 Humbucking Pickups
Since their introduction in the late 1950s, Gibson' famous "Patent Applied For" humbuckers have been considered the ultimate pickup because of their smooth, velvety tone.
The Super ™57 uses slightly overwound balanced coils, exactly like the original PAFs of the late 1950s that accidentally received a few additional turns of wire.
They are the perfect bridge-position companion to the ™57 Classic, delivering just a little more of "the sweet stuff" without sacrificing any of the rich vintage tone.
The Super ™57 humbucker features the same enamel-like coated wiring, Alnico II magnet and maple spacers as in the original models, achieving a creamy, smooth output that sounds rich and full whether they'e being played clean or overdriven.
The Super ™57 pickups are so authentic that they even carry the original "Patent Applied For" decal on the baseplate.
All of them come with braided, two-conductor wiring and are fully wax potted to eliminate any chance of microphonic feedback.
Notable features
A user-adjustable 10-dB boost for added power and frequency range for solos, single-note picking and dirty chording (depending on amp settings)
Traditional '60s-style neck shape¢ True bypass: disengaging boost completely removes active circuit, ensuring pure passive Les Paul tone
Super ™57 humbucking pickup in the bridge position.
Classic ™57 humbucking pickup in the neck position
Easy-to-use push/push pots engage coil-splits and boost circuit.
Straight Split coil-splitting offers pure single coil tone.
Includes hardshell case
Body
• Body shape: Single cutaway
• Body type: Solid body
• Body material: Solid wood
• Top wood: Maple Carved
• Body wood: Mahogany
• Body finish: Gloss
• Orientation: Right handed
Neck
• Neck shape: '60s SlimTaper
• Neck wood: Mahogany
• Joint: Set-in
• Scale length: 24.
75"
• Truss rod: Standard
• Neck finish: Gloss
Fretboard
• Material: Rosewood
• Radius: 12"
• Fret size: Medium jumbo
• Number of frets: 22
• Inlays: Trapezoid
• Nut width: 1.
69" (43mm)
Pickups
• Configuration: HH
• Neck: '57 Classic
• Middle: Not applicable
• Bridge: '57 Classic
• Brand: Gibson
• Active or passive: Passive
• Series or parallel: Not applicable
• Piezo: No
• Active EQ: No
• Special electronics: 2 volume with coil splitting a tone has boost circuit via push/push switching.
Controls
• Control layout: Volume 1, volume 2, tone 1, tone 2
• Pickup switch: 3-way
• Coil tap or split: Coil split
• Kill switch: No
Hardware
• Bridge type: Fixed
• Bridge design: Tune-o-matic
• Tailpiece: Stopbar
• Tuning machines: Grover
• Color: Chrome
Other
• Number of strings: 6-string
• Special features: Tektoid nut, exclusive model, quick-connect control pocket assembly
• Case: Hardshell case
• Country of origin: United States