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
From his scorching playing with Skid Row and Thin Lizzy to his
incendiary solo work, Gary Moore produced some of the most powerful
guitar performances known to stage and studio from the mid ’70s right up
until his untimely death in 2011. Throughout his career, Moore
virtually defined high-octane blues-rock, coining a signature tone that
thousands have sought to emulate. Across three decades of playing, his
weapon of choice remained the mighty Les Paul, one of which was the
legendary ’59 Burst originally owned by Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter
Green.
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.
