1996 Gibson USA Les Paul Studio (Wine Red)

1996 Gibson USA Les Paul Studio (Wine Red)Gibson's Les Paul designed for players. Built in Nashville, USA in 1996, maple top on a mahogany body, mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard, original Gibson vintage style tuners and the original Gibson 490R and 498T humbuckers (cover removed from the bridge pickup). Weighs 4. 2kg's. Good overall cosmetic condition with some nitro checking and some small bumps and dings from general use, no breaks or repairs to be seen. Given a full professional setup

Loaded with a pair of Gotoh FHM-3210 humbuckers and a Fernandes branded locking tremolo system

Seems to have aftermarket Tesla branded pickups otherwise appears to be all original

Likely an alder body with a maple neck and 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (648mm scale length)

Frets are shiny and smooth with some light play wear

which makes a radical statement with its down-sized

the SL700 was one of their high end Les Paul Custom models

This is purely cosmetic and has no impact on the maple top itself

ivory pickup rings

With only a handful made

Basswood body with a glossy black finish

rolled fingerboard edges

has a vintage Dimarzio Super Distortion humbucker and is currently tuned to C Standard