Gibson Les Paul Elegant-Custom-Shop

[cofi]

This is my Gibson Les Paul Elegant Custom Shop,

The mark on the left side is a refection of the light

She is a 2002 model,
Classic 57 Humbuckers
Chambered body: Lighter and brighter
Compound Radius: "Excellent feature"
Maple Top: pretty wood....AAAA
Abolone Pearl inlays: (or Paua as the Kiwis call it) inlays instead of Gibsons normal Mother Of Pearl ones.


This guitar gets a great tonal color. String timbres are unique to each string.
Ebony fingerboard and chambered body make it brighter than most Les Pauls.
Can get a great tonal variety with the two pickup

There is no muddiness, and I find the chambering adds some brightness. The guitar is extremely resonant and articulate. this guitar handles classic rock and blues beautifully. It can also rock out to the Thin Lizzie or Free and most other Rock bands with no problems at all.

She has mountains of tone and warmth,
I find she sounds best through a good tube amp IMO.

She also sounds great un-pluged, which is the test for a good guitar, if the electrics sounds naff, you can allway's fix that, by putting in new electrics, but if the wood is shit, then the guitar is never going to sound good, as you cant change the wood IMO.

Features

single piece mahogany back
Carved figured maple top
single-piece mahogany neck
Cream binding on body and neck
Nickel hardware
Tune-O-Matic o-matic bridge
'57 Classic humbuckers
Two volume knobs
Two tone knobs
Three-way selector switch
abalone trapezoid inlays
Dynamic chambers in body,

Again it's the light reflecting on the guitar,

[sparky]

I love the color green on guitars, and this one is a real beauty

also love them abalone trapezoid inlays,

So how does the Elegant compare to (weight wise) a Gibson Les Paul Supreme, as they are quite light,

I'v really like the sound-tone of the "Supremes" I'v tried, they sound different to normal Gibson Les Paul,s, does the "Elegant" sound similar

Nice one cofi, awesome

[pluck]

Very nice, lovely color,

[cofi]

Yes sparky she does sound brighter and clearer than other Les Paul's I have,
The "Elegant" sounds very much like a Tele in the brightness and clean tone's IMO,

I don't know of any other Gibson that sounds anything like her, and
Like I said, the nearest that I can think that sounds similar to her is a Telecaster,