NGD - Gibson Les Paul Studio w ebony fretboard + EMGs

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

Although I've played many Gibson guitars, this is officially my 1st ever Gibson Les Paul! I got it for 550 shipped with its original case / Gotoh tuners/ EMG set. I have a thing for ebony fretboards and it's not really common on Studios. It's a 2003 model and I love how heavy it is and sounds! It has seen better days and it even has a crack repair but for the money I paid for it, I don't really care! I don't know if I will end up keeping it but I can't put it down. One idea would be to swap the original bridge with a black one and get some nice black locking tuners too. I'm sure it will look awesome that way. Anyway, here are some photos and a short clip I recorded.

 

[acidvoodoo]

Nice ! I love ebony boards on a LP too…and that top is beautiful!

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

Nice ! I love ebony boards on a LP too…and that top is beautiful!

thx man yeah the top is awesome!

 

[JackBootedThug]

sweet dude.
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get the 24v mod bro. I was never a big emg fan until I tried that.

 

[Monkey Man]

Awesome man.

Beefy and a mix-cutter all at once. How can you go wrong?

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

Awesome man.

Beefy and a mix-cutter all at once. How can you go wrong?

Exactly! Thx man

 

[bubucci]

congrats.
Ebony fretboard is standard for early 90’s. On ‘03 is not ussual at all. I recommend 57/66 upgrade ?

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

congrats.
Ebony fretboard is standard for early 90’s. On ‘03 is not ussual at all. I recommend 57/66 upgrade ?

thx man! I have the 57/66 set on my new Charvel San Dimas Sean Long and it rocks!

 

[mchn13]

dude the 90's studios are amazing! the ones like yours and the studio lites all had ebony boards and sounded sick.

 

[glpg80]

I’ve played studios that sounded and played better than $8k new Murphy Gibson's. And I’m not saying that because I can’t afford them - I have three fully restored vintage LPCs. Legit killer sounding guitar and rig man!

 

[LPMojoGL]

Although I've played many Gibson guitars, this is officially my 1st ever Gibson Les Paul! I got it for 550 shipped with its original case / Gotoh tuners/ EMG set. I have a thing for ebony fretboards and it's not really common on Studios. It's a 2003 model and I love how heavy it is and sounds! It has seen better days and it even has a crack repair but for the money I paid for it, I don't really care! I don't know if I will end up keeping it but I can't put it down. One idea would be to swap the original bridge with a black one and get some nice black locking tuners too. I'm sure it will look awesome that way. Anyway, here are some photos and a short clip I recorded.

Congrats!!!

I’ve played studios that sounded and played better than $8k new Murphy Gibson's. And I’m not saying that because I can’t afford them - I have three fully restored vintage LPCs. Legit killer sounding guitar and rig man!

For reals, a good studio can sound better than a dog LP. LPs are all over the place, and a good studio is killer.

 

[cobrahead1030]

I've always thought that was a great looking color on the old studios.

 

[Detroit1973]

one of the best sounding guitars i ever owned was a 1996 or 1997 studio with a rosewood board & a old EMG 81 in the bridge. it sounded massive tuned to D standard(my main tuning)

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

one of the best sounding guitars i ever owned was a 1996 or 1997 studio with a rosewood board & a old EMG 81 in the bridge. it sounded massive tuned to D standard(my main tuning)

Yeah man I love D or Drop D tuning so much with this guitar

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

Here's a proper video of what it looks and sounds like!

 

[pintspiller]

Sounds great, nice playing! Almost smell the Hetfield influence!

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

Sounds great, nice playing! Almost smell the Hetfield influence!

Glad you noticed man! Hehe cheers!

 

[Bardagh]

Book of Thel, very nice. Chemical Wedding is an under appreciated album. Guitar sounds great, man.

 

[gbsmusic]

sweet dude.
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get the 24v mod bro. I was never a big emg fan until I tried that.

I agree it's very impressive what it does it turns everything on fire congratulations the studios with ebony are great guitars I've had a few of them

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

I agree it's very impressive what it does it turns everything on fire congratulations the studios with ebony are great guitars I've had a few of them

Thx a lot man! Indeed it's better than the rest of the studios that I've tried