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Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus AAA - Blueberry Burst
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The Gibson Les Paul™ Classic Plus combines the early 60's style Les Paul model with some functional and time-tested modifications. As the Plus implies, the LP Classic Plus is crafted with a mahogany back and AAA maple top. Coupled to that is a slim taper mahogany neck with a bound, rosewood fingerboard. BurstBucker™ pickups provide classic Gibson tones from the era with a bit of extra punch. The control assembly features 4 push-pull pots which provide choices of coil tapping, phase switching, and pure bypassing for functional and versatile sonic variety.
Details
• Body: Mahogany
• Top: AAA Figured Maple
• Weight Relief: 9-Hole
• Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck: Mahogany
• Neck Profile: SlimTaper
• Scale Length: 24.75" / 628.65mm
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"
• Number of Frets: 22
• Frets: Medium Jumbo
• Nut: Graph Tech
• Nut Width: 1.69" / 43.05mm
• End of Board Width: 2.26" / 57.4mm
• Inlays: Acrylic Trapezoids
• Hardware Finish: Nickel
• Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
• Tailpiece: Aluminum Stopbar
• Tuners: Grover Rotomatics w/ Kidney Buttons
• Pickguard: Cream
• Control Knobs: Gold Top Hats with Silver Reflector
• Switch Tip: Cream
• Switchwasher: Cream
• Jack Plate Cover: Nickel
• Neck Pickup: Burstbucker
• Bridge Pickup: Burstbucker
• Controls: 2 Push/Pull Volumes (Coil-Tap), 2 Push/Pull Tones (Pure Bypass/Phase) & Toggle Switch
• Case: Gibson Hard Shell
Details
• Body: Mahogany
• Top: AAA Figured Maple
• Weight Relief: 9-Hole
• Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck: Mahogany
• Neck Profile: SlimTaper
• Scale Length: 24.75" / 628.65mm
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"
• Number of Frets: 22
• Frets: Medium Jumbo
• Nut: Graph Tech
• Nut Width: 1.69" / 43.05mm
• End of Board Width: 2.26" / 57.4mm
• Inlays: Acrylic Trapezoids
• Hardware Finish: Nickel
• Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
• Tailpiece: Aluminum Stopbar
• Tuners: Grover Rotomatics w/ Kidney Buttons
• Pickguard: Cream
• Control Knobs: Gold Top Hats with Silver Reflector
• Switch Tip: Cream
• Switchwasher: Cream
• Jack Plate Cover: Nickel
• Neck Pickup: Burstbucker
• Bridge Pickup: Burstbucker
• Controls: 2 Push/Pull Volumes (Coil-Tap), 2 Push/Pull Tones (Pure Bypass/Phase) & Toggle Switch
• Case: Gibson Hard Shell
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Classic + Les Paul in Blueberry burst 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Gravenhurst, Ontario
A truly amazing guitar. Not only is it beautiful but it sounds amazing, with incredible sustain that has notes sounding like they can go on forever. Super happy.
Posted by John Rawn on May 31, 2023
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
Terrific purchase. Great sound. So easy to play. A real big kid guitar.
Posted by Andy Cooper on Dec 30, 2022
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Closest Store Oshawa, Ontario
Best guitar I’ve owned
Posted by Aaron on May 7, 2022
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Closest Store Brampton, Ontario
Very quickly became my go to guitar. This is only my second Gibson Les Paul (also have a 2010 studio faded which I'm not enamored with). All I can say is WOW - this thing plays like a dream. Frets and action are perfect, tone is exceptional and options of splitting, bypass and phase are truly impressive. The finish is exceptional (with one small exception) - love the colour! Very high in the "Wife Acceptance Factor".
Only finish issue I've found has been some minor bleeding of the blue stain into the binding on the neck in one spot ~1cm long. It's a little heavy but hey, it's a Les Paul.
Prices have become a little insane but that's true of everything these days.
Shout out to Rick in the Brampton store for his assistance on this purchase and many others over the years.
Only finish issue I've found has been some minor bleeding of the blue stain into the binding on the neck in one spot ~1cm long. It's a little heavy but hey, it's a Les Paul.
Prices have become a little insane but that's true of everything these days.
Shout out to Rick in the Brampton store for his assistance on this purchase and many others over the years.
Posted by Rodney Jones on Mar 7, 2022
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Closest Store Owen Sound, Ontario
I don't normally leave reviews but I just had to. I play a LP Standard and a LP Custom shop. Both amazing guitars. Gotta say. This Classic Plus is right there beside them. I've owned it for all of one day and I have to say...WOW!I was thinking of a another guitar but played this in store and took a chance. Glad I did! Amazing guitars tones, excellent feel in the hands. Plays like butter. Sustain is almost forever. The Burstbucker pick ups are a bit hotter than those in my other two LP's but that's what I was looking for. Seems a bit heavier for a weight relieved LP. The push pull pots give plenty of tonal options. I probably won't use them much but nice to have the option. I love the 60's slim neck. Overall appearance of this axe was beautiful. Well crafted. This may very well be my go to in the future. Can't wait to gig with it. To top off the whole experience the Owen Sound Long and McQuade staff are fantastic. Great bunch of people and more than helpful. Thanks guys.
Posted by Mike on Dec 8, 2021
pretty sweet 6 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Ottawa, Ontario
This is my second Gibson Les Paul (LP) and a third one I’ve ever owned. The review will be in comparison to the other two.
The other Les Paul I currently own is a 2021 Tribute, and I loved it so much that I decided to get rid of my Fender Strat to get this LP. There’s just something about a Gibson that sounds so killer, raw and powerful unlike anything else. And a LP is the most beautiful design for a guitar in my book.
While this guitar is more than double the price of a Tribute model, I personally find I prefer the playability of the Tribute because of its matt nitro finish while this is gloss nitro and also a little bit more prone to finger prints. Despite having a 9-hole weight reduction like the Tribute and made of same woods, I find it’s substantially heavier than the Tribute. Nonetheless, the guitar plays like a dream as you’d expect from a Gibson and has no issues from the playability perspective.
It looks fabulous and definitely a few steps up from the Tribute model with the beautiful paint job, AAA maple top, binding, and inlays including the Gibson logo in pearl too. Locking tuners are a nice add but not required for me, the regular Gibson ones work just fine.
One of the reasons that drew me to this guitar besides the beautiful paint job is the flexibility of the pickup switching, especially since I gave up my Strat to get this guitar. The push-pull pots work great, with the coil splits for that P90 sound and out of phase option for a different (and actually interesting, useful) tone. But don’t expect it to sound just like a Strat. It’s not the same thing. The other thing is if you pull on the bottom tone knob you get a full bypass for something of a “solo boost” mode. I think all the sounds are very usable but to me the Les Paul is all about the Humbucker sound, and if that’s what you are all about I don’t know if I can justify the price of this guitar when compared to the Tribute model from the pure sound perspective. In fact, I think the Tribute is a little more “ballsy” with those 490R/T pickups that are just pure rock ‘n’ roll. These pickups are a bit more classic though still blipin’ awesome. Don’t get me wrong – this is an amazing guitar and I love it. I’ll keep it forever. But, if you are on a tighter budget, and really all about the humbucker LP sound, then this may not be worth to you and you may be fully satisfied with a Tribute model or something else, like a used Faded 2018 model if you can find one used for a good deal (the third Gibson I owned (my first one) and regret selling).
Oh yeah, the hard case that comes with this guitar is the best case for a LP style guitar I’ve ever seen. It’s simply gorgeous and super high quality. In fact, I might want to get one for my Tribute LP too if I can.
Overall verdict: Drop-dead gorgeous looks, lots of tonal versatility, good playability, sweet pickups and a sick case. I recommend!
Posted by George on Sep 23, 2021
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| Les Paul Classic Plus AAA - Blueberry Burst | 753321 |
