LES PAUL 70s DELUXE

PRICE: £2,199 (inc case) ORIGIN: USA TYPE: Single-cutaway, solidbody electric BODY: 1-piece mahogany (no weight relief) with carved plain maple top NECK: 1-piece mahogany, rounded ‘C’ profile, glued-in SCALE LENGTH: 624mm (24.6”) NUT/WIDTH: Graph Tech/43.53mm FINGERBOARD: Single-bound Indian rosewood, acrylic trapezoid inlays, 305mm (12”) radius FRETS: 22, medium HARDWARE: Tune-o-matic bridge, aluminium stud tailpiece, vintagestyle ‘Gibson Deluxe’ keystone tuners – chrome plated STRING SPACING, BRIDGE: 50mm ELECTRICS: 2x Gibson Mini Humbucker w/chrome covers, 3-way toggle pickup selector switch, individual volume and tone controls (hand-wired with Orange Drop capacitors) WEIGHT (KG/LB): 4.44/9.77 OPTIONS: No RANGE OPTIONS: The Les Paul Standard ’50s, ’50s P-90 and ’60s all cost the same (£2,199) LEFT-HANDERS: Not currently listed for this model, but the ’50s and ’60s Standard are available left-handed FINISHES: 70s Cherry Sunburst (as reviewed), Gold Top – gloss nitrocellulose

PROS Tidy build and finish; big neck; good playability; evocative, valid sounds from the mini-humbuckers CONS It’s the heaviest of Gibson’s new Les Pauls that we’ve played; the reverse-tilt of the neck pickup looks wrong