![]() ![]() This guitar is sadly no longer in production for Gibson and very few are circulating in the used market. The Premium plus handled any genres of music from cleaned up soft rock to drop tuned metal a la dream theater. The great factory setup allowed for a great feel when playing quick leads. With medium gain, the guitar had a very woody tone to it. Clean arpeggios jangled and chords rang very clearly. The guitar handled both the clean and high gain sounds of the Mark V with great finesse. Coming from the studio lineage of guitars, it has no push/pull coil tapping, no phase switches, none of that. ![]() The Premium plus is a very no-nonsense guitar. I played the Premium plus through a Mesa Boogie Mark V amplifier. The guitar never found trouble adjusting back and forth between these lower tunings and Standard/Eb. Tuning Stability was very strong on this guitar. The frets were well finished and the 59 neck profile was a breeze to move around. The Premium plus offered a delightful playing experience. The gold hardware complimented the Root beer finish perfectly. The body of the guitar while not bound, had a nicely visible cap on the sides that gave the illusion of binding. The Les Paul Studio Premium Plus features a highly figured top in a variety of colors prior to unseen on a studio body.The electronics consist of a 490 and 498T pickup combination. ![]()
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