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Root Beer 8 lbs Unchambered, 2006 Gibson Les Paul Studio Premium Plus, Hard Case
Location:
Bloomington, IL
Description:
2006 Gibson Les Paul Studio Premium Plus in the rare Root Beer finish with brand new Allen Eden faux-alligator hardshell case. It weighs in at only 8 lbs despite being made before Gibson started chambering this model in late 2006 (starting October.. this one was stamped in June). The flame maple top is nicely bookmatched and the 2-piece mahogany back is so well bookmatched I can barely find the seam line. This one plays beautifully and has a resonant sound unplugged. It has a comfortable 59-feeling neck profile with .83in at the first fret and .97 at the 12th. The frets are polished shiny and have barely any wear. I have it set up with 10's and a tiny bit of relief to the neck.. minimal fret buzz across the fretboard with medium-low action. Fantastic condition. There are a few tiny impressions to the clear coat which are very hard to photo but can be seen with glare at certain angles. The most significant wear is a shallow inch-long impression to the back's clear coat which I had to photo with glare to show (centered in the last photo). There's also a small ding that's hidden under the bridge by the treble-side anchor which can be seen in the pickup routes photo. I included pics of the top/back in different lighting conditions and the figuring to the top has a beautiful golden glow in brighter lights. The 498T/490R pickups measure 13.7k and 7.8k. The tone pots are original and the volume pots are replaced with 500k. The neck volume pot is a Mojotone 'vintage taper' 500k which allows for a more even volume rolloff with cleans/light dirt. The original neck volume pot is included and is a linear 310k. It worked fine but those can be a bit dark. The bridge volume pot would've also been 300k linear but I don't have it.. it's been replaced by a Gibson brand 500k audio pot. I wired the caps 50s style so that the highs would be retained better when rolling down the volumes, 0.1 for the neck and 0.15 for the bridge. The pickups sound great.. the neck pickup has plenty of clarity and the bridge pickup isn't too thin and trebly. Every piece of gold except for the tuners and saddles has been replaced with a new equivalent and all of the original hardware is included (photo before case pics). The strap buttons are OEM Gibson. All of the screws are correct size from Philadelphia Luthier. The jack plate and pickup covers/screw poles are also from there. The covers are the proper nickel-silver material like Gibson uses and I melted on a thin coating of paraffin wax before soldering them on, just like factory. I also replaced the washers of the tuners with Kluson equivalents. The bridge is an exact equivalent PingWorks (by Grover) and I installed the original saddles in order to keep the string spacing. It has an aluminum tailpiece and the studs are correct brass material from Philadelphia Luthier. I didn't swap the bridge anchors since they didn't have wear but the anchors from the Grover replacement are included. Everything but the original bridge volume pot and strap pins is included if you choose to return it to original, but there's some wear to some of the screws and hand-rest wear to the bass-side tailpiece stud, bridge and bridge pickup cover. The new gold saddles are installed properly into the old bridge body. The alligator pattern hardshell case is brand new and made by Allen Eden. It's a quality case.. has two neck rests and is a snug and safe fit. Neither the guitar or case have any bad odors. I put the guitar away in the case after photographing so it will show up to you clean and glossy after being shipped fully insured.
Category:
Musical Instruments
Posted:
July 23 on Americanlisted
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