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I was very excited to find a lefthand Gibson Les Paul at this price. Being a lefty, it's difficult to find a Gibson in the mid- price range bracket so I jumped at the chance to own one. I've have never really liked Les Pauls too much, I've been playing Fenders for years, but had been thinking about adding a SG with P-90s to the arsenal for different tonal colors. And then I came across the 50's tribute, and totally fell in love with it's simplicity. I don't care for fancy gold hardware, binding and flame maple tops. This guitar was going to be a tool that would have to stand up to the stress of constant gigging. When I got the guitar which was in just a couple days( fast shipping ), I was upset because the guitar's set-up was terrible. The action was a mile high and the low e string buzzed when I played around the 12th fret. Also the guitar wasn't intonated properly and the pick-ups were about to fall out from being so loose. The instrument was basically untouched from the factory floor to my front door. I was going to send it back, but luckily I know how to set up a guitar so not a big deal. Shame on you Gibson for sending a instrument out in that condition. It makes me wonder about the qc at Gibson. After I set the instrument up, it played beautifully. I now see why guitarist are in love with their Les Pauls. And those P 90's are fantastic they have become my new favorite pick-up. They growl like a angry bear, but still are clear and maintain good note definition. I will say that they are a touch noisy when I'm not playing but it 's something I'm used to after playing single coils for a lifetime. But.....fat, fat, super fat tones and well worth that minor set back.... To be totally honest I can't put this guitar down! So in a nutshell, it's a well built guitar with super fat tones that will be my number 1 guitar for sometime.

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1st guitar I received was damaged. No problem zZounds sent me another one. 2nd guitar played great and sounded awesome. Being it was a 2013 model it would not stay in tune. I replaced strings hoping that would cure the problem. No such luck. The guitar not only went flat it would go sharp as well especially the g string. Who wants a guitar that you have to drop out of the mix 3 to 4 time per song to tune up and the catch back with the band especially when you're the lead guitarist. I tried so hard to keep this guitar but after 3 back to back weekends of friday and Saturday nights tuning multiple times every song I could no longer take it. I sent it back. Great sounding/playing guitar for country and southern rock. Those p90s are the real deal a little noisy but sound great. But in the end what good is a guitar is if spend a minute and a half tuning on a 3 minute song for every song. I would pass on this 1 is my recommendation

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