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Current guitar family - the 2267 is on loan -

https://i.imgur.com/5rKZPG7.jpg

Newest addition 2012 Gibson Les Paul Studio - purchased 1 month ago -

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RCSBlues

nice color selections...

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My Electra Pages
I have too many projects!

Nice group, RCS!

What's the story on that purplish shredder upstage left?

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...throw me a frickin' bone here, people...

PRS Custom 24?

what a beautiful family.

Nice collection and selection of guitars

Purple PRS Custom 24 vintage 1997 - bought new from GC in Arlington Texas November 1998.

I love it.



Save guitar - different lighting:

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RCSBlues

Nice group.

Your comments are appreciated.

Family grouped:

PRS and Strats
https://i.imgur.com/1fU4i39.jpg

Acoustics
https://i.imgur.com/iwIf4I8.jpg

LPs
https://i.imgur.com/93nbChg.jpg

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RCSBlues

Nice stuff - How does the LP stack up against the Electra's???

Each one of them has a different neck feel - the GLP is about the same weight as the X340 -

Gibson Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar Review From Premier Guitar
http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2012/Aug/Gibson_Les_Paul_Studio_Electric_Guitar_Review.aspx

All the details from the web site:

Gibson 2012 Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar

The Gibson 2012 Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar features great, useable additions never before seen on a Les Paul Studio from Gibson USA. The 2012 Les Paul Studio continues to offer the tonal power and unparalleled quality and playability that first made the Les Paul Standard legendary 60 years ago. All that, and the Gibson 2012 Les Paul Studio’s stripped-down look and feel still brings it in at a remarkable price!

The classic tonewood combination of a Mahogany body, solid carved Maple top and Mahogany neck are still there, along with the acclaimed Gibson set-neck construction for optimum resonance and sustain. To top it off, the 2012 Les Paul Studio guitar has a pair of Gibson 490R and 498T humbuckers for the perfect marriage of power and depth, with push/pull coil splitting for versatile single-coil tones.

Gibson 2012 Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar Features
• Mahogany body with Solid Carved Maple top
• Mahogany neck with slim, fast ’60s-style profile
• Coil-tapped 490R and 498T humbucking pickups in the neck and bridge
• Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece
• TonePros vintage style tuners with 16:1 tuning ratio
Body
The 2012 Les Paul Studio’s lack of frills like body and fingerboard binding doesn’t mean it misses the mark where tone and playability are concerned. Like the most revered Les Paul Standards of all time, the Gibson 2012 Les Paul Studio starts with the legendary tonewood combination of a mahogany body with solid carved maple top.

Together, these woods offer outstanding tonal depth and richness from the mahogany, with superb clarity and snap from the maple. The updated modern weight relief in this guitar’s mahogany body enhances resonance while also reducing the guitar’s overall weight considerably.

Neck
The glued-in solid-mahogany neck on the Gibson 2012 Les Paul Studio guitar is cut to the superior ‘quarter-sawn’ grain orientation for excellent strength and optimum resonance transfer between neck and body. The neck is now carved to a slim, fast ’60s-style profile that measures .800 inch deep at the 1st fret and .875 inch at the 12th, and is topped with a rich brown fingerboard made from granadillo.

Hardware
The guitar has a PLEK-cut Corian nut, and, to further maximize vibrational energy, Gibson includes its legendary Tune-o-matic bridge and stud-mounted wraparound tailpiece, with high-quality vintage-style TonePros tuners up at the top.

Pickups
Plug in the 2012 Les Paul Studio through your amp of choice, and its superb blend of tonewoods and hardware rams it all home through Gibson 490R and 498T pickups. Made with an Alnico II magnet and coils wound to the specs of original PAF humbuckers, the 490R in the neck position provides creamy, warm tones with outstanding articulation. Made with an Alnico V magnet and extra turns of wire for added punch and grind, the Gibson 498T in the bridge position excels at wailing leads and thundering crunch tones.

Electronics
To increase the guitar’s sonic versatility exponentially, the Gibson 2012 Les Paul Studio guitar now includes independent coil-split switching. Pop up either pickup’s volume control to access a new frequency tuned coil tap for a fatter single coil tone and better output balance, with hum canceling when both pickups are combined, and low-noise operation when used individually.
Gibson 2012 Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar Specifications
• Body
o Top: Maple
o Back: Mahogany
o Body Type: Modern Weight Relief
o Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50
• Neck
o Species: Mahogany
o Profile: Slim, Fast ’60s-Style
o Truss Rod: Traditional Adjustable
o Joint Angle: 5 degrees (+/- 15 seconds)
o Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50
• Neck Fit
o Joint: Mortise and Tenon
o Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50
o Joint Angle Tolerance: +/- .005 inches
• Fingerboard
o Species: Granadillo
o Frets: 22
o Radius: 12 inches
o Scale Length: 24.75 inches
o Nut/E.O.B: 1.695/2.260 inches
o Inlays: Figured Acrylic Trapezoid
• Nut
o Material: Corian
o Width: 1.695
o Slots: Gibson PLEK System
• Headstock
o Logo: Gold ‘Gibson’ Logo and Scripted ‘Les Paul Model’ Silkscreen
o Truss Rod Cover: Black and White Antique Bell with ‘Studio’ Engraved
• Tuners
o Model: TonePros Vintage Style
o Tuning Ratio: 16:1
o Plating: Chrome
• Bridge
o Type: Tune-o-matic
o Plating: Chrome
• Tailpiece
o Type: Stop Bar
o Plating: Chrome
• Hardware
o Knobs: Gold Speed (Black Speed on Ebony and Silver Pearl)
o Pickguard: Cream (Included in Case on Fireburst), Black on Ebony and Silver Pearl
o Toggle Switch Washer: Cream with Gold Imprint (Black with White on Ebony and Silver Pearl)
o Pickup Mounting Rings: Cream (Black on Ebony and Silver Pearl)
o Control Plate Cover: Black Plastic
o Strap Buttons: Aluminum
• Pickups
o Neck Position: Coil-tapped 490R (Alnico II)
o Bridge Position: Coil-tapped 498T (Alnico V)
• Electronics
o Potentiometers:
 2 Push/Pull Volume Controls
 2 Tone Controls
o Type: 500k Linear Volume, 500k Non-linear Tone
o Coil Wiring: Machine Wound
o Toggle Switch: Three-way Switchcraft with Cream Plastic Tip (Black Tip on Ebony and Silver Pearl)
o Output Jack: Traditional 1/4 inch
• Finish
o Sealer: Nitrocellulose
o Process: 1-1.5 mils
• Case: Gibson Hardshell

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RCSBlues

Very Nice Collection

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Always give thanks for everyday, It may be your last so Rock On Semper Fi!!

Thanks Arthur.

How are you doing lately?

Hope everything is going well for you, and as well for JD.

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RCSBlues

And the best review yet - these guys are from London - Chappers and the Captain from Andertons Music -
Gibson Les Paul Studio 2012 Guitars Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlFnQKNualc

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RCSBlues

Latest Guitar Family pic -

All are players -

https://imgur.com/a9zTTnO

PB can go fish -

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RCSBlues

Awesome!

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Thorny