This was one of the first Les Paul Traditionals built, completed in the last days of the American summer of 2008. Gibson’s acknowledged attention to detail in their early run models is evident throughout this great Les Paul – listen to our soundfile and hear the magic!
The Traditional delivers
You want to rock out hard with that famous, fat Les Paul tone? You’ve got it. You want those sweet mid-range tones that have powered hit record after hit record? You’ve got ’em. And if you want the nasty, down’n’dirty snarl that only comes from a set of PAF-style Gibson humbuckers pushed hard, then the Traditional delivers by the truckload.
Big features
Traditional Mahogany back and carved Maple top, traditional Mahogany neck and Rosewood board, traditional Nashville tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, plus authentic PAF-style humbuckers with genuine Alnico magnets – every box is ticked!
Seth Lover
A pair of Classic ’57 humbuckers, (Classic ’57 at the neck, Classic ’57 Plus at the bridge), are constructed to Seth Lover’s famous PAF specs, with Alnico II magnets, perfectly replicating the warm and balanced sound of the late fifties originals. But of course they’ll also get just as mean and backwoodsy as you want when you crank ’em up.
Attention to detail
Traditional fifties rounded neck, traditional Kluson-style tuners by Tone-Pros, 12” radius fretboard, for super-easy playing and effortless soloing, (and the board is factory Plek’d for perfect, buzz-free action), lacquer finish, vintage-style gold speed knobs, CTS pots, bumblebee caps… So much Les Paul!
And the weight?
The Traditional features a non-chambered body – essential for that real Les Paul, solidbody tone – though the Mahogany back features several small weight-relief areas that trim just a shade off the backbreaking weight that some older models were prone to.
The way it used to be
The LP Traditional was designed to take today’s player back to the quality and integrity of a Les Paul the way it used to be – but without having to fork out for a Custom Shop Historic model. At only $2100, this is a phenomenal amount of 100% perfect Les Paul. If you borrowed your brother’s or your mate’s Les Paul back in the eighties or nineties, the Traditional is exactly the Les Paul you remember.
The real thing
You may have just indulged in a spot of “air-guitar” while the soundfile was playing… play it again and imagine how much better it will sound with the real thing in your hands! Your first year Les Paul Traditional is fully setup and ready to play right out its original Gibson hard shell case, (shown right, and in pics 6, 7 & 8). Free courier delivery is included to any address in Australia. ($100 airfreight to New Zealand, $175 to the US, Canada, UK and mainstream European countries)
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