In tribute to blues rock legend Gary Moore, Gibson has created a Les Paul Guitar that encompasses all the distinct and classic Les Paul traits as well as is decked to Moore's preferred specifications.
Main Features
- Mahogany body with figured grade-AA maple top
- Mahogany neck with rounded ’50s profile
- Granadillo fingerboard with acrylic trapezoid inlays
- BurstBucker Pro pickups in the neck and bridge positions
- Orange Drop tone capacitors
- TonePros™ Kluson green-key tuners with 16:1 ratio
Many details are reminiscent of the famed “Peter Green Les Paul,” formerly played by Gary Moore and now owned by collector Melvyn Franks. From its highly flamed maple top with Lemonburst finish, to its traditional Les Paul Model headstock with signature truss-rod cover, to its mismatched amber and gold top-hat knobs, the Gary Moore Les Paul Standard offers uncompromising looks. Plug in and fire up its BurstBucker Pro humbucking pickups via Orange Drop tone caps, all anchored with a quality TonePros™ hardware, and it rips it up with a tone fit to carry the name, Gary Moore.
Body and Neck
The Gary Moore Les Paul Standard is rooted in Les Paul tradition, with a
top carved from figured Grade-AA maple, and a back crafted from Grade-A
mahogany. A classic combination, maple as a top adds crispness to the mahogany, but the lows and low-mids of the mahogany still being apparent. This gives the guitar the well-known 'smoothness' in sonic profile that Les Pauls are known for.To better show of the luscious nitrocellulose Lemonburst finish, the body carries no binding or pickguard. It is strategically weight-relieved to render this a superbly comfortable guitar. The neck is made from quarter-sawn Grade-A mahogany and carved to a rounded ’50s profile that measures 0.818” at the 1st fret and 0.963” at the 12th. It is topped with an unbound Granadillo fingerboard with 22 medium-jumbo frets and traditional acrylic trapezoid inlays.
Pickups and Electronics
Gibson paid just as much attention to the Gary Moore Les Paul Standard
Tribute's electronics as they did to its aesthetics. Beginning with
Orange Drop capacitors, every part of its internal signal path is
designed to give you absolutely dead-on '59 Les Paul tone. Of course,
it's next to impossible to find genuine '50s PAFs (even for Gibson).
Instead, the Gary Moore Les Paul Standard Tribute sports a pair of
Gibson's BurstBucker Pro humbuckers with historically unmatched bobbin
windings.
Hardware and Appointments
A TonePros™ Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece with locking
mounting hardware partner with TonePros™ Kluson green-key tuners to
comprise a first-class hardware set.
Cases and Extras
Wrap it up in a vintage-brown Gibson hardshell case with Gary Moore
signature, owner’s manual, adjustment literature, and Gibson USA’s
Limited Lifetime Warranty, and it’s a fitting tribute to the man
himself.
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