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Product: Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Price Paid: US Really low (call a plus guitars or e-mail them and find out, you wont believe it)
Submitted 04/08/2002
at 06:24pm
by Brett
Features
:
10
I just received my new Les Paul Standard Plus which happens to be made in '02. Just like everyone else has said what makes this a Plus model is the AA flamed maple top which is really stunning. Mine is in desert burst which really looks beautiful. Like all Les Paul Standards the setup is two humbuckers (490R and a 498T), 3-way toggle switch, two volume & two tone controls. The tuners (non-locking) are not the plastic headed ones like on the base model standards but are all metal. Again it has a tune-o-matic bridge and a stopbar tailpiece. The main body of the guitar is mahogany with a gorgeous flamed maple top. The neck is mahogany with a really nice binding that just really looks great on this guitar. The neck is also really straight, medium thickness (alot like my Fender Deluxe Plus) with a nice rosewood. A case was included that included the pick guard (which will not be installed because I don't want to cover up the beautiful top), truss rod wrench, and a silk cover (which protects the finish of the guitar while in the case) and an integrated lock.
Sound
:
10
This guitar has a stunning sound. I run it through my Traynor YCV80 and it sounds intense. I play old rock, some blues, and some of the newer rock. The neck pickup is fantastic clean. The bridge, when overdiven, is amazing. Now I read alot of ratings on the Les Pauls on harmony central (not so much the Plus model) and alot of people are saying it doesn't sound like a Strat, there is probably a reason for this. This is not a Strat, I own an american fender deluxe plus strat which sounds incredible for lead work and SRV/blues stuff but it just doesn't cut the mustard for good rhythm work or the really deep Black Sabbath sound or the Creed sound. That is the reason I bought the Les Paul Plus to get that sound. Both of these guitars are great for what they do. If they both sounded identical what would be the driving factor for people to buy one over the other except looks? I will say that this guitar really amazed me when it came to the sound because it was far more versatile than what I expected.
Action, Fit, & Finish
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9
The guys at A Plus Guitars set this guitar up perfectly. I wanted .10-.46 put on (because I really don't like playing .09's) and this is how it came to me. The action was great (a hell of a lot lower then my Strat). The guitar played so easy I couldn't put it down all weekend long (the wife kind of got upset with me, oh well she'll get over it). The neck is really fast. The flamed top was perfectly matched. The binding was incredible (a light tan color which goes great with desert burst). I only found two minor (and I mean minor) flaws. First is a small file mark on the back of the neck which can only be seen in direct light. The next flaw was the t marker at the ninth fret had a small glue hole (that really is the only way to describe it) next to the marker and the surrounding rosewood. These were only found after really looking over the guitar for hours. Other than these two flaws everything else was perfect.
Reliability/Durability
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10
The Les Paul Standard has been used for years and years by many artists. I have never heard of a major failure with one (but I am certain somebody has). I'm sure mine will last for many years to come (since I baby my guitars). I think this will be a family heirloom once I'm done with this (once I'm dead). The finish will need to be babied, but like stated before I take extreme care of all my guitars. The strap button are solid but I will probably change these to a locking type. I am sure I can depend on this guitar for many years to come.
Customer Support
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10
I sent Gibson an e-mail and they got back to me within about 4 hours. I think this is really good customer support. With a life time warranty I don't think I'll have a problem. I have to admit Gibson responded faster than any other guitar company that I've e-mailed.
Overall Rating
:
10
I've been playing for only about three years. As stated above I own a American Fender Deluxe Plus, and a Traynor YCV80 amp. When I called A Plus Guitars all my questions were answered fully. I talked with Mark and he pulled the guitar I asked about, he was my eyes and ears and did not let me down. He really picked out a great guitar for me. I have always been very leery of buying items form the internet after a very bad experience about a year ago (it did not deal with a musical item). But I read so many great reviews from other Harmony Central readers I gave A Plus Guitars a shot and I'll buy all my future equipment from these guys. If anyone who reads this is considering buying a new guitar really check out these guys web site www.aplusguitars.com you will not be let down.
Product: Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Price Paid: US $1460 (plus $20 shipping)
Submitted 04/04/2002
at 04:12pm
by Mike
Email: none
Features
:
10
This is a '01 Standard Plus, made in the good ol' USA. I just got it yesterday, and have already put it through its paces with my amp. You know the drill-- it's the Standard with a figured maple top. This one is the "light burst" finish. Two humbuckers (490R in the neck, 498T at the bridge), 3-way toggle, two volume and two tone controls, silver tuners, tunomatic bridge and a stopbar tailpiece round out the basic hardware-- nothing flashy, but just solid and functional. The top of the guitar is carved flamed maple over a mahogany body. Neck is mahogany as well. The figure on the top is AA grade, and is SWEET. Binding on the neck and top complement what are absolutely stunning looks. The Gibson hardshell case is solid and a handy truss rod wrench was included in the case. Final verdict: I have zero complaints here. This is a well executed Les Paul, with striking looks and no flaws to speak of.
Sound
:
9
This guitar sounds fantastic through my Fender Twin (1995). I'm inclined to play groovy rock/blues, with the occasional flirtation with jazz. The neck pickup is great clean, and plenty warm and substantial when overdriven with my Tube Screamer. The bridge screams when overdriven or distorted-- I was surprised by how good this sounded. Also, this thing sustains really, really well. The guitar I'm comparing this to in my mind is my Gibson 335, a totally different animal. The Paul sounds better distorted, in my opinion.
I also think that the Standard Plus offers more sound variety than it is commonly given credit for. It doensn't have Fender Stratocaster variety, but it has everything I need!
Action, Fit, & Finish
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9
This guitar came to me set up quite well. The action is just a tiny bit too low for my liking, but the next is perfectly set up and all I'm going to do is raise the bridge up a hair. This thing plays fast and sweet. The pickups were well adjusted, though I might raise up the neck p'up just a wee bit as well. The flamed top is bookmatched and matched very well. I looked all over this axe for finish flaws, and truly expected to find some, but did not. I'm honestly going to say that this thing is better finished than I expected. The controls work just like they're supposed to, everything is shiny and new, and again, I find no problems here at all.
Reliability/Durability
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10
The Standard is a substantial, well-crafted guitar that promised to stand up to the test of time. I'm currently gigging a couple times a month and have no fears whatsoever that this thing will carry me all the way. Everything on this guitar says to me that it's built to last-- my 15-year-old 335 already attests to the durability of Gibson instruments. Dependable and tough, though I'm going to baby this guitar-- it simply looks too incredible to treat it any other way! When I gig with this thing I will not bring my 335-- no need.
Customer Support
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10
Haven't dealt directly with Gibson, but haven't heard anything negative about their customer support. I fully expect that they will stand behind their products with great support and their great warranty (lifetime against defects/workmanship).
Overall Rating
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10
I've been playing guitar for about 10 years. As I indicated above, this guitar is my second electric, the other being a Gibson 335 (which I love). If this thing was stolen, I'd probably throw myself off a bridge, then call aplusguitars.com to get another. Aplus sells their Standards for less than anyone else I've ever seen. These guys were a treat to buy from. I bought this guitar because I've wanted a solid body electric for years, and Gibson is blowing out this model because apparently they're not making it this year (hence the lower price). I considered an American Strat, but next to the Paul Standard, the strat seems anemic to me. Strat has nice sounds, but I'll never get one. The Standard Plus has everything I'll ever need, and, once again, it has the most stunning figured top and georgeous finish. Internet pics don't do it justice! I absolutely love this guitar and have NO regrets about buying it. In reviewing it I have tried to be critical and honestly can't offer much in the way of criticism-- this guitar is everything I expected, definitely worth the clams I paid for it, and it's going to be my main gig guitar from now on. See for yourself amigos!
Product: Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Price Paid: US $1,599.00
Submitted 03/21/2002
at 07:30am
by Scott
Email: sknudson at charter<dot>net
Features
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No Opinion
As with all guitars of the species, two volume & two tone control knobs, AA bookmatched figured (flame) maple top, dual humbuckers, neck and body binding, Grover machine heads, included but not installed pickguard (thank god) Mahogany body and set neck, Gibson hardshell case. What everyone expects.
Sound
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10
Les Paul into a Zoom GFX-8 into a Marshall MG80RCD. The sound is wide, and bright I expect no less from gibson. It sounds wonderful. I have played a wide variety of music with it thus far and it performs admirably.
Action, Fit, & Finish
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10
Factory set up was perfect (for me). The cosmetics and mechanicals on this guitar are flawless. The finish is perfect. The top is very well defined and visually stunning.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
The combo lock on the case is crap, aside from this the entire package is wonderful.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
Don't know yet, need a new lock though. I'll let you know.
Overall Rating
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10
At this price, I couldn't resist. I'll never regret it either. What a beautiful instrument! It is a pleasure to play but I prefer to just stare at it. The Honeyburst finish is incredible. I can't beleive I was finally able to afford one after 25 years of playing. I'd never even touched one until recently. I will never part with it (I hope) and consider it an heirloom. You'd better grab one now while they are at this price. I'd buy two if I could! in a word "unbeleivable!"
Product: Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Price Paid: lots (unhappy wife currency) used
Submitted 03/16/2002
at 08:28pm
by Hugey
Features
:
7
1997 heritage cherry 22 frets made in usa bookmatched AA flame top NICE( do you realy need to know the obvious?)I have been hankering after gibson les paul since 1974 but i had to make do with a jap copy in them days, well as for the features of the les paul you have to be fair here and say it dosent compare well with a Strat - no trem only two pickups not tapped so only three pickup configs .fat neck big frets you can not give this guitar a ten for the reasons given but ( i personly think if it had single coils and a trem it wouldnt sell because it would look ugly and a lot of people buy on looks...Sad but true but it could have come with coil taps and phase switches etc then a ten would be deserved so i ll give it 7
Sound
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10
well if you didnt like the sound you wouldnt buy it.. would you?
its a full sound the neck position can be jazzy , the bridge can be sharp and nasty and any thing in between can be fiddled with tone pots but what this thing beats the pants off my 74 strat is sustain
dont get me wrong I love both these guitars but im figuring on strat players reading this ( im one my self ) if you want to get a strat sound out of this you havent got a chance but you can get some realy nice Gary Moore tones, reggae, funk ,slow blues (heres what I dont use it for fast blues aka SRV it just cant deliver the ring ( for me anyway)its great for punk h/metal but there again anything will do for that with 24 od peadls i guess.
great sound at what it is nice tone but it isnt a guitar i can pick out with my eyes shut not like a tele or strat or even a 335( with the exception of Gary Moore )i dont know anyone with a distinctive tone to a les paul( my opinion and ear again you decide )I LL GIVE IT A TEN ANYWAY .
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
bought used but in realy good shape i wasnt looking especialy for this one ( a gold top deluxe was my first choice but this came up and i grabed it)the action was quite high i lowered it no problem there
the frets are quite high and not radiused enough for my liking and I dont know if they were dressed by Gibson but they were not done very well I wont hold that against them as i had it used ,the pickups were to close to the strings before i lowerd the action easily sorted to get the tone i was after ( well you wouldnt sing with a microphone stuffed down you throat would you it sounds crap!)anyway it took some getting used to I wont lie after playing strats only for the last three years the neck is total shock to the fingers and thumb after an hour you should be sorted and transfer back and forth Gibson/Fender no problem
the finish looks shit hot but the laquer is a bit rough.
Overall finish I like very much not that i give a monkeys about looks the sound is everything ,if it looked like a bag of shit and sounded like angels singing i would buy it.Ill give it a 9 but i wouldnt care one way or the other
Reliability/Durability
:
10
come on how long have they been building these of course it wil last IF- you dont drop it on its neck and snap it.
I will have to get strap locks as the buttons dont seem to get on with my straps they seem to small and much of a rounded radius to hold
depend on it oh yes
no i wouldnt gig any guitar with out a back up if you have two use them .10 this time 1950's till now and still going
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
no idea?
Overall Rating
:
9
been playing nearly thirty years collection of good and bad gear growing still
I would buy another but i would like to try out the deluxe first to see if i would prefer the sound I love the sustain and clarity of tone the full sound is nice though not realy unique .If i HAD to choose which guitar to use between the les paul and a stratocaster
I would grab the fender every time , les paul great guitar but sorry it isnt the best its a very good second to a stratocaster . I have to give it 9 it is a realy good guitar it just cant do every thing.
Product: Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Price Paid: US
Submitted 12/26/2001
at 07:51am
by hottub
Email: hottub<at>speakeasy dot org
Features
:
10
2001 Les Paul Standard Plus. 22 Frets, Mahogany body with flamed AA Maple top, which is simply beautiful by the way, especially when you consider the price that I paid for this guitar. Two humbuckers, 490 in the neck and a 498 in the bridge, both alnico's. Mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, trapezoid inlays and Grover tuners. It came shipped with a beautiful tan Gibson leather case.
Sound
:
10
The sound is incredible! I had been searching for a nice, natural fat tone and this guitar delivers the goods!! There is so much versatility to this guitar. You can dial in anything from Jazz to Rock and everything in between. I'm currently using this guitar with a Fender Deluxe Reverb amp and it is a great combination, IMO. There is nothing I dislike about the variety of sounds I can achieve with this instrument!
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
The guitar came shipped to my door and was setup perfectly! I unpacked the box and immediately began playing. There was no need to amke any adjustments, whatsoever. The gentlemen at APlus Guitars did a superb job!! Two thumbs up! No flaws at all!
Reliability/Durability
:
10
IMO, this guitar will last me a very long time. This one is definitely a keeper! Someone should shoot me if I ever get the lame idea to get rid of it!! All hardware on the guitar is rock solid and top quality.
Customer Support
:
10
Havent needed Gibson support yet, however, the folks at APlus Guitars deserve some major kudos!! Thanks again guys!
Overall Rating
:
10
I've been playing guitar for a while and have played many different types. This is my first Gibson and I am very happy with it! I highly recommend this model to anyone interested in a high quality, versatile guitar that has all the tones necessary for Jazz, Blues, Rock, whatever. I chose this guitar because I wanted something to compliment my Telecaster. I wanted something that could deliver fat blues and rock tones. I also wanted a guitar that was very different from my Tele and this is the one! Find a nice Standard Plus and you will not be let down.
Product: Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Price Paid: US too low to advertise
Submitted 12/25/2001
at 12:08am
by Anonymous
Features
:
9
2001 Les Paul Standard Plus. You know the drills. I will take a point off because after all these years Gibson still doesn't make a tail piece that doesn't fall off, and the speed knobs has no pointer. Also the neck at the heel is too fat.
Sound
:
10
The bridge pickup.. think of Jimmy Page in The Song Remains The Same (both the song and the movie). Bright, almost brittle sound that also has a lot of warmth. The neck pickup is actually quite nice for Jazz. Think of George Benson. Roll off the tone on the neck pickup and you got some really smooth creamy sound that almost sounds like a saxophone.. think of Santana in Maria Maria. And of course you can mix and match because the pickups have separate volume and tone controls (unlike PRS)
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
Beautiful but subtle book-matched flame top, just like the 59 Les Paul Jimmy Page is famous for. The flame is perfectly horizontal, all the way from side to side, and perfectly even from top to bottom. No flaw on the maple cap. Fit and finish is top notch. Some file marks on the fingerboard but what do you expect?? The cleaning operation is done by hand. The control cavity is beautiful - excellent soldering work.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
You know, let's be honest, those nitrocellulouse lacquer isn't exactly easy to maintain. ANYTHING scratches or lifts them. The perspiration of my arms and hands dull them every time I play the guitar. But hey, I'll not take any point off because I wouldn't want anything else on such a nice piece of wood. This guitar is too new for me to judge if it's reliable (especially the pots) so I'll give it a ten for now.
Customer Support
:
10
I once asked Gibson CS for a schematic of a guitar. They scanned (the original blue print) it and emailed it to me within 24 hours. So I think they're pretty good so far.
Overall Rating
:
10
I love this guitar. If you want to mail order a guitar you would be stupid not to give aplusguitars.com your first consideration. I play many different styles, and my Stratocast now mostly sits in its case. Sometimes I would play total crap just to listen how nice this guitar sounds and sustains. To my ears this sounds better than a PRS, especially the neck pickup. (and what's the deal with those gigantic heels on the PRS?? If Gibson can make a Standard Double Cut with small heels...)
Product: Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Price Paid: US Call em ...its unreal!
Submitted 12/06/2001
at 09:54am
by Rob Raymos
Email: countrobvanhugeenstein<at>yahoo dot com
Features
:
10
Everyone knows. Beautifull and ultra heavy mahogany body, with a AA flamed maple cap that is bordered by cream binding. Mine weights 9.87 lbs. The "plus" means that the top is flamed. And it is SWEEEEEEET! I know ...It's not completely flamed out like some others, but the flame on mine brings out the wood, and changes with the light, it does not dominate the guitar. Actually I've seen Peter Frampton, and The Eagles play my guitar, and my flame was just as sweet as theirs. THANKS TO APLUS GUITARS! One of the nicest flames on a les paul I've seen. The 59' style rounded "baseball bat" mahogany neck with cream binding, and a sweet rosewood fretboard loaded with gleaming Pearl inlays. Chrome hardware, including tuners, not that puke green color. And to top it all off, a sweet ass "pimp" case. I da man! Tan leather, with soft as a baby's ass leather handle, feels like a broken in baseball glove. Also included is a combination lock ...love it. On the inside is the magentta pink fur, plush and soft, cusom contoured to fit your axe. And, And there is a magenta pink colored satin slip cover shaped like the les paul that is straped to the case, it lays atop you guitar to protect the finish ...SWEET! And the bonus, it came w/out the stupid pickguard installed, no holes drilled, so beautifull. Two humbucker pickups w/chrome covers ...490R and 498T. They sound great, very nice for stock pickups ...but their getting replaced by zebra and reverse zebra seymour duncans. Two volume and two tone controls. Everything I need! I DA MAN!
Sound
:
10
White lightning, rolling thunder, scorching triad flames, monster power chords, sqealing harmonics, chunky riffs, all the way to big, round clean chords that move air with their bottom end, dark haunting "diary of a madman" chords that raise the hair on your nuts with their dissonance. Mark at APLUSGUITARS.COM helped me choose the Les Paul I wanted, he actually weighed them for me. This guitar produces not only the sweetest, but also the darkest sounds this side of heaven. This is the most versatile guitar that exists, I don't care what others say. From Jazz to Rock to Blues to Metal. It can scream, moan, float through the haze, shine through the clouds, you name it, it does it. This gets a 20!
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
I bought mine from APLUS GUITARS in Bridgeport, W.Virginia. Aplus Guitars setup my les paul with 11's, and set the basic intonation. Fit and Finish are nearly flawless. Again, Mark went through about three of em for me, weighed em, helped me find the nicest flame, looked for flaws, etc. There ARE a few minor file marks on the fretboard near the frets, and a very small scratch on the maple top, about 3/16 of an inch long, and very fine. Besides that, the guitar was flawless. Everything is sweet. Volume and tone knobs rotate smoothly, pickup selector is solid, hardware tight and oiled, tuners tune and stay in tune, neck glued and screwed thru the body ...solid as my member. The binding around the body, and all the way up the neck is flawless, and much thicker than the past years ....very sturdy and beautifull. The wood is bookmatched and has no knots, missgrains ...it is a beauty, solid, and smooth. The finish is flawless, no runs, blurs, or heavy spots. The mahogany back is stunning. Deep mahogany with a cohesive and tight grain pattern. This guitar is built like a "BRICK SHIT HOUSE". The overall feel of the instrument is as solid as it gets. Bravo to Gibson. This guitar will last a lifetime.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
Gibsons are made like German Panzer Tanks. I could crush a stack of bricks with this thing, let alone some country pickers skull! This guitar would survive a nuclear winter. The only thing left after a nuclear war would be cockroaches and gibson les pauls. Of course, I replaced the strap buttons with strap locks. The finish seems durable. I had my first les paul in 1987 until 1997, and the finish did not fade or blot like most do. I have an ernie ball music man axis (vanhalen) guitar, it's finish has fades and blurs. The gibson finish will hold up. "Rock Solid" is another name for Les Paul. I've played since 1986 and I believe that the les paul is the most solid guitar built. There are exceptions, no one is perfect. But the Les Paul is the definition of Reliable/Durable!!!
Customer Support
:
10
Never dealt with Gibson. I had my first les paul standard in 1987 and kept it for 10 years. Never had any problems with it, so there it is. AND ...from what I remember, the late 80's were not exactly a cream of the crop batch for Gibson. The new Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus I just got is solid!!! End of Story.
Overall Rating
:
10
10 +++. I've been playing for 15 years. I own alot of other shit that has nothing to do with this so I won't bore you with listing my other gear. If it were lost or stolen ...I would hunt down that motherfuQer, kick his teeth down his throat, then hit him over the heard with the les paul, which would leave him comatose for twice as long as my les paul was missing. Don't mess with a man's axe. There are no other guitars to compare this to. Come on ...Paul Reed Smith is building nice guitars, no doubt, but nothing, and I mean NOTHING compares to what a Les Paul sounds and feels like. Not to mention their proven reliability/durability. Les Paul was a Jazz freak, but he's still my brother for giving me this guitar. LISTEN UP ...it's not easy buying an axe over the internet. You can't touch it, smell it, etc. So a company that spends an hour on the phone going over the guitars with me deserves credit ...AplusGuitars.com went way beyond customer service and made my purchase possible. We need more honest submissions from all of us ...so we know where we can go to get a good deal, and deal with honest people. The truth shall set you free.
Product: Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Price Paid: 3990 (German Marks)
Submitted 09/06/2001
at 05:36am
by Jan
Email: jan at madcap-band<dot>de
Features
:
10
My Les Paul Standard Plus was made in 1996 and has the beautiful honey burst finish. I bought it new in 1999 at a guitar show. I got a special price, since it had been stored and forgotten for three years, and only found, when the Gibson distributor Germany emptied their storage for the guitar show.
Sound
:
10
I mainly play in a rock band, but also jam in a jazz combo. The Les Paul Standard Plus covers it all. I've played and checked out tons of different guitars, but never found anything close to this. I love the way I can influence the tone with the volume poti, from clean to really heavy distortion. This guitar is it!
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
It was the beautiful honey burst finish that I fell in love with at first sight. I picked the guitar up and felt right away really at ease. There were almost no adjustments to make. I changed the 009 string set to a hibryd set from 009 to 046 and lowered the tailpiece to get a better sustain.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
I've played over a hundred live shows with wild live action, jumping around and all that stuff and never had any troubles. The finish still looks awesome and the guitar always stayed in tune, even at freezing cold open air shows.
Customer Support
:
10
I never dealt with Gibson directly and never had any troubles or problems with the instrument to be taken care of. That's the way it's supposed to be.
Overall Rating
:
10
I Would buy it again at any time.
Product: Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Price Paid: 1695 (UK pounds)
Submitted 08/22/2001
at 04:10pm
by Dave Yelland
Email: david<at>yells dot fsnet dot co dot uk
Features
:
9
My LP was bought new in 95 and has been worked very hard. It is tobacco sunburst and I have fitted the supplied scratchplate (which annoylingly was supplied without screws....silly really Gibson....the moans end here). It came with the 490/498 pickups which survived the first 4 years but I have changed these for Classic 57s, mainly because I found the bridge pickup originally fitted too strong for my tastes. As my amplification (Marshall JMP1 based) has gain to spare I went for the 57 Classic which has less output but gives the classic "old" Gibson clean sound. If you want Kossoff, Lemon song, Beano album etc, I can't name a better guitar/pickup combination for the money. The original saddles wore out and the replacements ate strings: enter Graphtech saddles - I highly recommend them. The LP has had one refret, other than that the only changes were the addition of straplocks (Schaller). Believe it or not, the neck end straplock wears through every 18 months even with lubing so check if you use them. Most likely weight induced as it doesn't happen on any of my other guitars. Hardly the most serious of problems.
Sound
:
10
I've used it for everything from metal thru country thru jazz to folk rock and it has never failed me. LPs are much more versatile than given credit for - maybe players tend to stereotype themselves to match their perception of a LP. Nothing sounds quite as soulful as a good LP and I rate this as a very good LP (once the Classic 57s were fitted).
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
Overall put together and finished extremely well but has one flaw (common with many new LPs) that is easily put right: the cable that connects the selector switch to the control cavity is screened but nobody had actually connected the screen in the cable to ground. To cure it just run a wire from the screen to the ground on a volume control and your guitar will be pickup far less stray buzzes. A strange oversight from Gibson. For this reason I deduct 1 mark.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
A guitar to keep for a very long time. Utterly dependable in all respects. I have loads of backups available (mostly brand F) but would rather change a string on the LP than pickup anything else.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
As I am in the UK I have only used the web site and it works as well as any other. They do answer your questions within 24 hours - usually a lot quicker.
Overall Rating
:
10
I have been playing for 35 years and owned/played just about everything. This guitar is the business! I am probably too attached to it for my mental health and I really must try to remember it is only bits of wood and metal. I don't even want to contemplate playing anything else.
Audiences love the thing - it never grates or slices your head off.
Product: Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Price Paid: US $2250
Submitted 08/17/2001
at 08:07pm
by Christopher Gloria
Email: vikingwizardeyes at blink182mail<dot>com
Features
:
10
This is a brand spankin new Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus. The plus just means that it has a flametop rather than a normal maple top. This guitar has two volume and two tone controls, two humbuckers. It has a mohagony body with a maple top, mahagony neck with a rosewood fretboard. The flame is not as flamed out as some older les pauls that i have seen but it adds enough to give the guitar a vintage look. I have mine in honeyburst, of cousre I am a Page Fan. The Pickups are a 490R and a 498T, it has a tune o matic bridge. This came with a case with a magenta soft furry inside that looks mean as hell, it also came with the truss rod adjustment tool, and a pickguard in case you want to ruin your beautiful top with that gaudy thing... All in all a classic LP
Sound
:
10
This guitar would suit any style of playing very well. Some say that Gibson Pickups are bright which is true all depending on your eqipment and so on. I think that they fit this guitar beautifuly because it is going to be very deep to begin with because 80% of it is mahogony. But the pickups to me sound very balanced and yes a little on the treblely side. Some people pickups drive people crazy but I say why rely on a 100 pickup from the majority of your sound when you have (in my case) a $1600 amp to tweak it with. Unlike the bridge pickup which will be bright no matter what you put in it because it is in the bridge posistion, the neck pick up is very deep and high at the same time, with less mids. This is the perfect blues humbucker. When you combine the two you get a very different and unique sound as well. Overall the guitar sounds like a dream. To give you an idea about how i am aquiring my sound...
Guitar----> Cry Baby---->Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier (Modified)----> Mesa Boogie Rectifier Cab closed Back w/ Celestion Vintage 30's
Action, Fit, & Finish
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10
My Guitar was set up in the factory and they did a great job. Some might say that the Action is a bit high, but for me it is perfect. The guitars finish as i said is not on fire but sits perfectly in the middle between nothing and flamed like crazy. Pickups are perfect, when I took this out of the box all I did was tune it, and I was ready to rip.
Reliability/Durability
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10
You could through this guitar off the empire state building and still play the next day. It is built like a tank. Very dependable.
Customer Support
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10
Very nice people, and they get back to you right away with questions. However When i spoke with them the seemed a bit like they werent paying any attention to me, but in fact they were and gave me good answers. Maybe i am just too used to living in Jersey.
Overall Rating
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10
Its a LP can I say more???
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