Very good condition featuring single cutaway mahogany body, two-piece maple top with Ruby Red finish, cherry red stain finish on the neck, back and sides, one 490R neck pickup and one 496T bridge pickup with black pickup surrounds, one volume control and one tone control with gold speed knobs, three way pickup selector switch with black Rhythm and Treble plastic poker chip, single ply elevated black pickguard with gold bracket, stop tailpiece with Nashville tune-o-matic fully adjustable bridge, one-piece mahogany neck, Indian rosewood fingerboard with small pearloid dot inlays starting at the third fret, bone nut, black headstock overlay with gold silkscreened Gibson and Les Paul Model logos, multi-ply bell shaped truss rod cover with Studio engraving, Grover Rotomatic tuners, serial number and Made in USA stamped on back of headstock, single ply black plastic electronics control cavity cover plates, gold plated metal hardware, two metal strap buttons, and original brown hard shell case with pink lining and shroud. 10lbs 7oz.
This late 90s Les Paul Studio is a great player with very little fret wear and a pretty thin neck profile. The 496 and 490 pickups sound great and full and are good for everything from jazz to heavy rock. The Nashville tune-o-matic bridge keeps this guitar very well intonated and the Grover Rotomatic tuners keep this guitar in excellent tune. This Les Paul Studio is especially interesting because it has dot inlays and brighter red finish than most. It is reminiscent of the early 80s Studio models produced by Gibson. The guitar is in very good cosmetic condition, but there are several small dings in the top between the pickups and on bass side above the tailpiece and forearm area (see photos). This is a very good quality player's guitar built by Gibson in Nashville, Tennessee. They aren't making guitars this good in this price range anymore.
