The Gibson Les Paul Studio 2016 HP Pelham Blue from the 2016 High Performance Line-Up impresses with the futuristic aspects of the 2014 and 2015 model series and is aimed at players who give top priority to sound, playability and functional features. Accordingly, the Singlecut electric guitar has a rosewood fingerboard with a width of 44 mm on the titanium Zero Fret-groove, while the proven Gibson G-Force system makes quick tuning and re-tuning child's play. The Gibson Les Paul Studio 2016 HP turns out to be a tonal all-rounder and delivers the right sound for Blues and Rock with a Gibson 490R humbucker on the neck and a Gibson 498T humbucker on the bridge. The built-in push/pull potentiometers and DIP switches enable extended sound options in the form of coil split and coil tap.
With three banks of six storage spaces each for your own tunings, the modern Gibson G-Force ensures precise tuning results in only seconds. Once the system is activated at the touch of a button and the strings are struck, the RoboHeads work completely independently and find the right pitch for each string. If you prefer to tune classically by hand instead, you can do so simply using the classic Tulip wings of the Robohead tuners.
With conventional guitar models Whoever changes from classical riffing to solos in the higher registers will often come across a troubling neck heel, a distinctive neck plate or a noticeable glue edge. Gibson's Les Paul Studio 2016 HP, on the other hand, offers a continuous neck profile all the way to the body thanks to the Fast Access Heel, allowing virtuoso licks to flow smoothly across the entire fretboard.
Inside the Les Paul Studio 2016 HP is the sound control centre, with which an enormous variety of different sounds can be lured out of this Paula. A fivefold DIP switch in the E-slot determines which function can be assigned to the respective push/pull potentiometers of the Les Paul Studio 2016 HP. Accordingly, exotic coil split/out of phase sounds can be realized within seconds without annoying soldering work or extensive electronic modifications.
Gibson's proven 490R and 498T humbuckers in the neck and bridge position form the modern variant of the Classic '57 and present classic PAF sounds from clean to crunch. Both pickups are four-wire connected and thus offer individual circuits for both coils.
As a true Gibson USA electric guitar, the Les Paul Studio 2016 HP comes in a rugged Gibson Aluminium hard-shell case. The instrument case not only offers lasting protection against rain, temperature and shocks, but also presents a chic Fifties Airplane design including a real wooden handle.