NGD Gibson Studio Session - Great guitar!!

[romanianreaper]

A few months ago I started reading about the Gibson Studio Session guitars and had good reviews. The more I read about them, the more I felt like it would be a good guitar for me.

I traded some gear I had and got $700 from that to out towards it. The Mom and Pop store I bought it from inspected it before shipping it to me and they noticed a small ding in the finish. They asked if I wanted a refund or they could take $400 off. I was like hell yeah! So basically paid for half of the guitar with trade in and the slight damage.

As you guys know, i'm one of the Gibson Goons on here and love Les Pauls. I have a Standard and Classic and have owned multiple of each model over the years. This plays as well as my other LPs and is definitely the best Studio I've played. The neck is insanely easy to play on and I noticed the thinner neck as soon as I started playing. Thinnest neck on a LP I've personally played.

Love the ebony fretboard and even dig the 57 pickups, which I wasn't sure about. I can get a great heavier tone pretty easy. The carved out area on the back of the body is really cool. It felt weird reaching those high notes without my hand hitting anything.

The string height is perfect but I had to do a bit of intonation and took five minutes and sounds awesome now. I think this is a great Les Paul and I've played a lot of them. Pretty impressed!

 

[Mr. Willy]

Very cool. Reminds me of the Joe Perry signature LP.

 

[ChurchHill]

Nice! Really like the look of those. I've been tempted myself. I've always had a thing for black LPs and Studios. Glad they brought back the ebony board, too. Glad to hear you're liking it, congrats!

 

[romanianreaper]

Very cool. Reminds me of the Joe Perry signature LP.

Thanks! Oh yeah I didn't even think of that, it does look like that one!

 

[romanianreaper]

Nice! Really like the look of those. I've been tempted myself. I've always had a thing for black LPs and Studios. Glad they brought back the ebony board, too. Glad to hear you're liking it, congrats!

Oh yeah you should give one a whirl!

 

[chumbucket]

I was interested in one of these LPs. How much thinner is the body than say a regular Standard?

 

[romanianreaper]

I was interested in one of these LPs. How much thinner is the body than say a regular Standard?

I'm not sure the exact body width difference but you definitely can feel it, especially with the contoured heel on the Studios. With my Standard, I feel like i'm pulled forward whereas this guitar is lighter and sits against the body better.

I'm a fan of all Les Pauls but I'll say this sits nicely between my 6 pound SG and my 8 to 10 pound Classic and Standard.

 

[phillybhatesme]

Looks awesome. Sounds like a great deal with 400 off as well. Congrats.

 

[romanianreaper]

Looks awesome. Sounds like a great deal with 400 off as well. Congrats.

Thanks! Love a good deal, lol.

 

[VonBonfire]

Love the ebony fretboard and even dig the 57 pickups, which I wasn't sure about. I can get a great heavier tone pretty easy. The carved out area on the back of the body is really cool. It felt weird reaching those high notes without my hand hitting anything.

Very nice score bro, congrats. Not sure why you'd worry about 57 classics, they are great pickups IMO and sound pretty sweet in an LP or 335.

 

[stephen sawall]

Just awesome

 

[cobrahead1030]

Nice score, I’ve been wanting to try one of these myself. Solid feature set & color choices, the access heel looks interesting.