2015 Les Paul Studio, wine red

**Hammertone** · 11-28-2023, 04:11 AM

As a fan of wide-neck guitars, I'd been meaning to check out one of these and finally got one. 2015 is the year Gibson stroked out with 100th Anniversary models with:
-1 3/4" wide nuts
-height-adjustable brass nuts (replaced with bone nut on this guitar)
-G-Force robo-tuners (replaced with traditional Klusons on this guitar)
-weird-colour pickup rings
-satin-finish bridge/tp
-honkin' big knobs w/indentations
-coil-splits on both pickups ('57 Classic and '57 Classic Plus)
-different headstock graphics
-holographic decal on the back of the headstock
-real MOP neck inlays on a rosewood neck

It's in very good condition - plays great, sounds great, frets are in excellent condition, and it's well set up. It weighs a mere 7 3/4 lbs. It has a few minor dings at the rims, nothing major, that I've made far less visible with a red Sharpie. Pix to come on those. It's a nice guitar, but I've had my fun, and have no use for it - I have enough Les Pauls.

But, here's the thing. If you like a wide neck on a Les Paul, that's great. However, this neck is the closest thing I've encountered to an early 1960s Johnny Smith neck profile - wide nut, flattened back, kind of a D-shape - it really feels like a JS neck! Go figure. So you can play this for a tenth or less of the cost of a JS, and have a ball. Jazz? Sure, why not? If Ulf can do it, so can you.

Heck, price drop from $800 to $750, including a hardshell case, plus whatever it costs to ship it to you from either Erie, PA, or Toronto.

As a bonus, if you want standard black or cream pickup rings, chrome bridge/tailpiece, or regular black or gold knobs, I can swap those in for the same price. Get a cool solid-body guitar, with a neat wide neck, for cheap!

**Fear the Reaper** · 11-28-2023, 06:56 AM

Very nice guitar at a very nice price from a very nice chap!

**Fear the Reaper** · 11-28-2023, 06:57 AM

7 3/4 lbs., robotuners replaced, and 57's? No brainer folks.

**Fear the Reaper** · 11-28-2023, 06:58 AM

From a distance I thought the sticker on the back of the head was Chairman Mao!

**Sam Sherry** · 11-28-2023, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Hammertone

different headstock graphics

Even though everyone else makes fun of it I have always appreciated the Actual Mr. Les Paul on the headstock of those guitars.
It connects those instruments with a real person (who was a mighty fine guitarist).

**Hammertone** · 11-28-2023, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by Sam Sherry

Even though everyone else makes fun of it I have always appreciated the Actual Mr. Les Paul on the headstock of those guitars.
It connects those instruments with a real person (who was a mighty fine guitarist).

This one also connects the player with Mr. Johnny Smith via that atypical neck. Go, Johnny, go, go, go!