Les Paul Standard ’50s P90 Review

I don’t have to tell you about the many great players throughout the years who have produced landmark sounds on Les Paul guitars.

Gibson has had their ups and downs throughout the years, and they are definitely on an upswing right now. They are doing a bunch of good stuff with their guitar line. 

I’m on location at Guitarworks in Greenwood, IN reviewing the Les Paul Standard ’50s style guitar. 

Like most Gibson guitars, this one has a mahogany body and neck. The scale length is 24 3/4. 

It has an arched maple top, the landmark of Gibson Les Paul. It allows the neck to come back comfortably to you.

It has a rounded feel on the neck, like earlier Gibson guitars, that allows great tone to be transferred from neck to the body.

Gibson has produced several iterations of pickup configurations throughout the years.

The P90 is a look back to 1950s, before humbuckers were on the market. It creates a midrange punch like the humbuckers, but has a twangier high.

It has a 3-way pickup selector, to choose between the neck, both, and bridge pickups.

The neck pickup produces a smokey, dark mid-range with some bounce.

Engaging both pickups on the Les Paul is very under-rated and under-utilized. It produces a beautiful sound. I occasionally use it for rhythm.

The bridge pickup is often used for a tight punchy lead sound.

I just love the tones you can get from this guitar. You can walk into a gig and play all night on it.

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