Gibson '60 Les Paul Classic

I think the problem here is some of the reviews are talking about different guitars. I'm talking about the 1960 Reissue Les Paul, it has 1960 engraved in the pickguard, slim taper neck. Gibson seems to have put out a few gutars with similar names, makes my think they'd like to confuse the buyer. Mine was a dog. Cherryburst, standard LP set-up with ceramic pups. The "features" haven't improved in 50 years, it's hard to offer much of a score.

Simply terrible. I have heard $250 China electrics that sound much better. I bought mine without plugging in, big stupid mistake. Very harsh pups, unbalanced, useless for anything but metal, weak sustain. The ceramic pups are to blame, but the body didn't resonate well at all..

Solidly built, good hardware, but terrible quality control. Frets we not dressed properly, jagged ends, finish problems around the heel. The slim taper neck is very annoying. One pot had friction problems. Cherryburst was very nice, but it didn't make up for the nonplayability of the fretboard.

Everything was very solid. No issues.

Long tine player, plenty of expensive gear. I was foolish to buy this sight unseen, too trusting in the Gibson quality name - remembering the brand from the orange label days. Playability simply wasn't there, it was a crime to release this guitar. Broke-even on resale, which has been a strong argument for buying Gibsons, assuming this continues. All I can say is be sure you get some quality playtime on your new or used Gibson before you put you money down, they've been putting out some clunkers.

6o's classic,22 fret honeyburst with the 496 and 500 pick-ups,factory tuners and completely stock

i play everything from 50's to modern,this is the easist best sounding guitar i have ever owned,you judge a electric guitar by the way it sounds dry{without a amp}it sounds deep rich,a full range of sounds.when people said this guitar is not what its cracked up to be,change your strings,change your tubes if you play a tube amp,this guitar has the hottest passive pick-ups gibson offers,if you used to play'in Paf style,you will need to dail this guitar in,this guitar rocks,i play thru a modded 120 blue voodoo{still cheaper and better sounding than a boogie or Marshall}and a sovtek Mig 100,every sound from cream,bb king,ACDC,nugent,aerosmith,and Guns and Roses it does it all,one guitar

i got guitar used,so it was set-up pretty nice,but i still tweak to my personel taste,i used ernie ball slinky strings{10's}workmanship top notch

a battle axe,just look at slash Joe Perry,brad whitford etc you get the point,tour proven,road ready,only thing i did is put straploks on it,stays in tune,a true workhorse

never had problem,gibson always friendly,find out everything i need to know,great website too

been playing the guitar since 1973,like any guitar you should play it before you buy it,no two trees are alike,no two guitars are alike,if it does'nt feel right,don't buy it,i played alot of gibsons les pauls,you must find the one thats for you,you will know it when you pick it up,if it was stolen,the hunt would be on to replace it without a doubt,this is a all around guitar,you spend a bit to get it,but well worth the price in the long run

Okay so I finally bought a Gibson Les Paul..!! Its a Classic 1960s re-issue and I love it.
I bought it used but in excellent condition. If the guy at the music store didn't tell me it was used I never would have guessed.
All the technical information on this guitar is posted on the Gibson website at:

http://www.gibson.com/Products/GibsonElectric/Gibson%20Electric%20Guitars/LesPaul/Classic/

It is a tad heavy but it's a Gibson Les Paul..so what were you expecting..?

The sound is just awesome..!! The neck pickup generates enough bottom end and the brigde is bright and sparkley....but not in the manner of Strat sparkle. I play blues and classic rock (including originals in the same genre) and this baby suits be just fine. In my opinion you could comfortably use this guitar for almost any genre and style (except maybe tuned down to infinity, "might as well play bass" nu-metal)

I bought mine used but it was a beautiful setup. Perfect playability and intonation NO FRET BUZZ...!!! The pickups were also setup just great.

This guitar is built tough. Since I got it I have not touched any of my other guitars. I have used it at practice and a couple of gigs without carrying a backup. However if you are a professional musician (unlike myself) then you would know better to carry a backup guitar and strings no matter what you use..!!

Never had to deal with Gibson.

I have been playing for about 3 years now. I run my guitar via a home made pedal board (after being inspired by Zakk Wylde's pedalboard) which has a BOSS TU2 Tuner, CS3 Compression Sustainer, CH1 Chorus,MT2 Metal Zone, DS1 Distortion, Ibanez DE7 Delay, MXR EVH90 Phase unit and a Cry Baby wah (not in that particular order)

I love the feel and the tone of the Classic. I have an Epiphone Les Paul (with Seymour Duncan in the bridge (PAF) and neck(Screamin Demon))and a Mexican Strat (Seymour Duncan JB Jrs in the neck and bridge (the centre pickup is stock single coil)but this baby rocks..!!

If I lost this guitar I would buy another one immediately or a Gibson Standard Les Paul.

See all the above

Sorry for my english,,im from Quebec...I just buy mine that is tobacco sunburst..I have read all your reviews before buying it,,,i had the choice beetween a standart or classic model but i have always dream about a tobacco and there was no tobacco in stock in the standard when i did my choice. I was afraid about all the reviews that said that the pickups on the classic was too heavy,,because i m more into rock and blues rock and have always got what i need with my 1996 us standart strat with a sh-4 Jeff beck pickup. Now let me tell you something,,,the pickups are not too heavy att all,,it have a beautiful warm sound. I love to play on the neck position even in my rythme,,,and that classic give me all the tone,,the brightness of a strat when using in the neck position,,im talking about a rock sound,,,but with a clein too. I drive it with a subway rocket mesa-boogie 20 watts and 2-12 marshall..I take the same setting than my strat but put the drive a little down frome 8 to 6,,thats all. I have had many many guitars in my 25 years of playing,,strat,,yamaha,,ibanez,,kramer,,jackson,,name it,,i had it,,i also had a sg usa gibson an a black beauty usa LP..The classic is certainly the best buy i have done in my life..(with my strat).Go for it without hesitation.

Im a dealer,,so i had receive it,,open it myself and that beautiful peice was at 440 in a perfect pitch...The neck pickups was was lower thatn the bridge but when i d plug it,,the sound was balanced beetween the two. Thats a beautifull guitar,,the small neck is perfect for those who like to play with a start,,it is bigger a bit but will fit your hands perfectly.

I had receive it last friday and play with it live the same day,,,it stay tuned for the 2 hours show even if it was the original strings.
Put a strap lock and play with it all your life.

Perfect too..Im talking about Yorkville,,,Kent Bunkoff,,one of a seller,,,give me good feed-back about that guit and beetween the Lp model before i choose that one,,i ask it rush,,,and received it 2 days after. Fantastic support.,,,,I love my strat,,,but i cant give the same 10 support for Fende

If you are serious about your playing,,,,in all kind of music,,,you need a us strat and that king,,a classic 1960 LP usa..You ll be able to play anything from country,,jazz,,blues,,rock...with one or other.
Use a tube amp and find one with the right clein and overdrive inside.
I think that all LP model would be grate to play,,its a personal choice,,my classic fit me more than the others.

Finally I got my fist Gibson after been falling in love with for 10 years. It is a very nice handcraft. Made in USA in 1999. I bought the used one, but there is no dings, dents or scratches. Look Like a brandnew. Comes with original hardacse.

Stock pick ups are 496R and 500T which is better than I thought and this is what I expected for long time.

I sold my PGM500CA for buying this. I really love the colr and sound. This is a real thing that I have every play.

Something that I do not like is a Pickguard with an engraved 1960 ! Then removed it already, other thing is the weight ! it is too heavy. I have been playing Ibanez and fender all my life.. It is a big different

I bought this guitar from eBay without trying, but when I got it and try with my Line 6 Spider II... It sounds great, it is better than any Ibanez that I have ever had. This is waht I wanted. You will not disappoint with the sounds. Screaming and full of tone.

Clean sound is very sweet and distortion is very heavy !

I really like its sound

Original setting from the seller is very bad, but I reset up and it is perfecly guitar now.

The finishing is very good ( should be because I paid more than $ 1000 for that ) Mine is Cherry Sunburst. Color is very beautiful.

My opinion I will not carry it on the stage over 30 minutes, because it is too heavy for me. I use it for playing Blues and rock from 80's

Not so good for my main music I love, like dream Theater, Korn, Mr. Big e.g.

They are great. I emailed them one for asking about serial number. They got back to me within 24 hours. Better than others that I have ever contacted to.

This Gibson is very good for everybody. If you are a guitar player, you should have one for your collection. Their sound is unique.

I am very happy with Gibson quality ( even it is too expensive )

made in the USA, hot pu's being the main difference to the actual classic models. good thing it has the 60's neck, easier to play than the original LP neck.

OK it's a rock guitar. I only play at home through a Micro cube, but with the amp modelling I'm not limited to any specific rock style. I guess you can play folk music with this, just find the right sounds. For crystal clear bright clean sounds get a Strat.

Well built, the action was set pretty well, for 10-46 strings guess.

It's a Gibson. It's an LP. It'll outlive us all if not abused. Put straplocks on it!

I've been playing for almost 30 years, and this is the best guitar I've owned. Hope I'll never loose it, 1400 euros was pretty steep for me! But that's how good this guitar is, I was willing to pay that much tho' there'd been more affordable quality guitars for me.
My other guitars are a Start (US neck, jap copy body) and Dano U2.

2001 Cherry sunburst, green tuners 496 and 500 pickups, this guitar is well worth the $1250.00 US I paid, I had a brand new 1987 Les Paul standard it is almost identical, nice sound stays in tune really well(unlike other reviews)have the same pickups in my 76 reissue explorer they sound a bit brighter in the classic, just lowr the pickups and that solves this issue

I play classic to current rock and it covers all the sounds i need. I play through a Marshall DSL 2000 50W/ 1960A 4X12 cabthis thing sreams for all the other reviews that knock this guitar , you have to know how to adjust your tone on the guitar and amp.and you can really get some nice tone.

Finish was fine the 1960 logo did not make a differance in my sound, nor did the classic logo on the truss rod cover, it is a reissue 30 years from now these will be the pieces that will be looked at for authenticy.

I drooped it on the tuners and it still stays in tune all the time

Never needed to call them it is a gibson

been playing over 20 years had many gibsons and this one is just as good. compared it to a standard which was $500.00 more only differance was the neck,and the hot pickups, which can be tamed if you know what you are doing, if it were stolen I would look for a Classic Plus with the flametop finish Also own a 52 reissue Tele, 1990 76 reissue Explorer tobacco sunburst

This is a 1985 Les Paul Classic, Cherry Sunburst, 22 frets etc. The finish is perfect, and the previous owner broke it in for me and treated it well. The neck is fast and the sound is incredible.

This has the black face 500 and 496 or whatever Gibson pickups. They actually sound better than my chrome face paf's on my Explorer or my Tony Iommi's I put in my Ibanez. I use it through a THD Univalve or a POD for recording. This guitar is so sweet, I have a toothache!

Like I said it was used, and it was all set-up and broken in for me. Everything is mint and perfect.

I think this guitar could just about withstand anything, it is just about twenty years old but looks like new.

Never contacted them, "No Opinion".

Been playing 30 years, this is my first Les Paul, now I can be Jimmy Page right? I love this guitar, I almost don't want to take it out of the house. If it were stolen, I would have to hunt down the thief and do something bad to him/her.

2000 Cherry Sunburst.
I purchased this off E-Bay on a whim.

It sounds like I guess it is supposed to. This is the first Les Paul
I have ever owned. I am getting into a Jazz mode and this suits me just fine.

The action is low and fast. Feels great. The finish is beautiful. There are no flaws that I can see. The only thing I don't like is the color of the finger board inlays. They are kind of a funky greenish pearl. Oh, I didn't find it necessary to have the "Classic" emblem on the headstock twice. I did not care for "1960" on the pick-guard....I replaced it with a stock pick-guard. Also, I am gonna put chrome pick-up covers over the open pickp-ups..........I like that look better.

Everything seems quite durable and I feel that it was built very solid.

I did call Gibson on a couple of matters. They were just some simple questions, but I found them very pleasent and helpful.

Considering the great deal I got on this, and the over all quality, I highly recommend this guitar to anyone interested in a Les Paul.

I always wanted a Gibson Les Paul with that incredible Heritage Cherry Sunburst Finish and every day I see this wonderful guitar I know it was the right choise.

The Les Paul Classic is a great guitar to play rock music and I really love the sound of this guitar. I never expected this guitar to fit for jazz music, I wanted a rock guitar, and that's what it is - a wonderful instrument to play rock music.

It was set up fine, stays in tune and, like stated above, it looks absolutly wonderful - the finish looks so good, that this guitar would be a nice piece of art in any place, even if you don't play.

Everything is fine

No need so far

Beside this guitar I play a Gibson Les Paul 1954 Oxblood J.B. and a Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro and the Les Paul Classic just adds pefectly to these instruments.
You can not compare this guitar to the 1954 Oxblood Reissue, which is a much more valuable instrument, but the Oxblood does not cover the specific sound of the Les Paul Classic, which is just perfect for playing rock music like Gun's and Roses - I would buy it again.