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Gibson Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar, Worn Cherry Satin Quick Review!
Looks: I happen to like the looks of this guitar a lot, I like any finish that permits the natural wood grain to show through. But what do they say? Opinions are like...uh...armsockets, everyone has at least one!
Tone: Great Les Paul tone for clean or distorted playing and it does pretty good at getting the sustain you want from a Paul.
Plays: Great, as expected!
Negatives: It's a good deal cheaper than most Les Pauls and I'm thinking the lighter wood is where they might have cut corners because I don't see much else that's suspect. The body bindings and some ivory inlays maybe but nothing that affects the playability or sound greatly other than maybe a pinch less sustain. No doubt that's due to the mass being compromised a bit and really, is some guy going to walk up out of the audience and say, "Dude, you should have been able to sustain that note in your solo at the end of the set an extra .7 of a second!" Well, someone might I guess, but afterwards you can ask the nice men in the white coats to take him back to his room and give him a Twinkie which should pacify him for a good while. So unless you need or like a heavy guitar hanging on your neck for a whole gig this "negative" regarding weight may actually be mostly a positive.
Bottom line: This is obviously Gibson's way of offering a "low cost Les Paul" which is sort of an oxymoron, like a "cheap BMW" it makes very little sense. But I'll leave the wisdom of this move up to the Gibson marketing department. You, my friend, should simply take advantage of the situation while it's there, unless you can afford the true Cadillac version.
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