Gibson Les Paul Supreme Jazz Hybrid

[iim7V7IM7]

Honestly, for "Gibson" prices, I'll take my CP Thornton Professional any day...similar price, <7 lb., innovative design, higher quality construction...

[SamBooka]

Teacher! David said WIKE. I think he is mocking me. I wike white wice and I am not a pwick.

so your real name is Jabberrocky?

[Drifter]

Somehow it seems to me that Gibson didn't have guitar players in mind when they've designed this guitar. The official slogan on their website 'The ultimate guitar for the ultimate connoisseur' seems to confirm that. It's purely a collectors item.

Another interesting information from their website: The guitar has a government returned ebony fingerboard. Makes me wonder what the government did to the ebony that makes it special enough to mention this. Blessed by Obama maybe...

[Space Pickle]

Wow, I just read the link. $5300! That's a lot of money for a guitar.

[Flat]

Now THAT'S the way you do it. Sweet!

[larry graves]

Crazy price for a guitar that might nose dive, never know though could become a collectors item!...I'd certainly like to try one...L..

[Jabberwocky]

so your real name is Jabberrocky?

Methinks this man Sam is calling me a pwick or prick or Phallic Member of Unusual Size.

[larry graves]

I think he means pwick head!.......

[Woody Sound]

Isn't that called an Es-137 (throw in the 135 without the stop tailpiece)

No, isn't the 135/137 a full 16" wide body? The PM is smaller. However, I think the ES-446 was the same size.

[mr. beaumont]

If Gibson would do a singlecut 339, they could rule the modern jazz guitar world.

[fumblefingers]

If Gibson would do a singlecut 339, they could rule the modern jazz guitar world.

so many makers today, not sure if anyone could rule it.


but they're already the closest thing to it, and always have been.

[mr. beaumont]

Historically, yes.

With todays hot players? I'd say no way.

[mr. beaumont]

No, isn't the 135/137 a full 16" wide body? The PM is smaller. However, I think the ES-446 was the same size.

Now that's a cool guitar!

[3625]

There's lots of clips of Dan Wilson on youtube playing one of those.

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

Another epic Gibson "innovation" fail. Why the hell would I want a floating pickup on a Les Paul? Aesthetic nightmare too.

I did see they reissued the 225 though...not everybody on the board is wearing Bad Idea jeans...

Got a link? I'd like to see some pics.

[Drifter]

[coolvinny]

Honestly, for "Gibson" prices, I'll take my CP Thornton Professional any day...similar price, <7 lb., innovative design, higher quality construction...

The Gibson 2008 Les Paul Standard has the same type of chambered body. Perhaps slightly less chambered, but very close. It doesn't have f-holes but I'm not sure how much those really add to the equation. Also, the 2008 model didn't do very well in the marketplace so they can be had for reasonably fair prices - I picked mine up brand new for less than I would have paid for a more 'traditional' used Gibson LP off Craigslist.

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

Hmmm... what do people think of those 50's Les Paul combined bridge-trapeze tail pieces? Aesthetically, they always looked wonky to me. I'd prefer an ES-225 like this...

[Frank67]

If Gibson would do a singlecut 339, they could rule the modern jazz guitar world.

Heritage Millenium Ultra, Std. ?

[Flat]

Hmmm... what do people think of those 50's Les Paul combined bridge-trapeze tail pieces? Aesthetically, they always looked wonky to me. I'd prefer an ES-225 like this...

I have a 1957 ES-225 (single pickup in the middle position). When I was at GIT in 1983, I swapped out the trapeze tailpiece for a tune-o-matic type bridge setup like the photo. I felt I needed to control the intonation a little better to handle the fancy new jazz chords I was learning. I think that's the conventional wisdom about the trapeze. It might offer a little more ring and sustain, but is limited because you can't dial in the intonation very well. I still have the trapeze and may put it back on one day just to mess around--or if I sell the guitar.

[Jabberwocky]

Well, there's always the Collings Soco...

[Jabberwocky]

Mojoaxe makes an intonated version of that wraparound trapeze-bridge MojoAxe Replica Les Paul Pickguards .

[Phil in London]

Hmmm... what do people think of those 50's Les Paul combined bridge-trapeze tail pieces? Aesthetically, they always looked wonky to me. I'd prefer an ES-225 like this...

Agree. I never liked the combination, neither the looks nor the tuning inflexibility....

[D.G.]

Yikes. A floating neck and set-in bridge. Bizarre.

Gibson Les Paul Supreme - 2014, Heritage Cherry Sunburst | Sweetwater.com

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Hmm, interesting. Of course, as always, the proof is in the playing. I'm not a LP kinda guy myself (body is too small for my personal tastes) but if the neck pup sounds good, it looks like it could be a really flexible take on the LP platform.

I do like the looks of it, if not the price...

[Jabberwocky]

Who plays jazz on a Les Paul anyway?