2012 Gibson Les Paul Standard Premium Plus AAA desert burst

Excellent condition, 8,5/10, Made in USA, including original hardcase with pickguard (has never been installed) and papers.

Dated 7/16/12, flamed maple AAA Premium Plus top with a dark sunburst finish, still has the plastic instruction sheets around the knobs, more info:

Now the Gibson Les Paul 2012 Standard Premium in Desert Burst kicks the legend into a whole new dimension, loading an ergonomic new fingerboard radius and incredibly versatile pickup switching functions onto a guitar that otherwise still embodies everything that made the "standard" legendary.

Full Description

Ever since PAF humbuckers met flamed-maple top in 1958, the Les Paul Standard has been revered among players for its unparalleled heights of tone and playability, as well as its sultry looks. The guitar took on iconic status in the hands of players such as Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, Jimmy Page, Paul Kossoff, Slash, Zakk Wylde, and countless others.

Body

The Les Paul Standard is crafted with all the classic ingredients that helped make this model a legend over the past 54 years. A carved maple top (Standard grade on opaque finishes, AAA-Premium figured on trans finishes) contributes clarity and sustain, while a mahogany body adds depth and richness and new modern weight relief enhances resonance and reduces weight.

Just like the gorgeous Les Paul Standards of 1958-60, the Les Paul Standard achieves all this while looking great, too, with your choice of Standard or Grade AAA-Premium figured maple top beneath a gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish in Desert Burst.

Neck & Fingerboard

A solid one-piece, quarter-sawn mahogany neck is glued in with a traditional mortis & tenon joint, and carved in the popular asymmetrical SlimTaper™ profile that first helped make Les Pauls the fastest players on earth back in 1960. But while the rosewood fingerboard looks traditional, its dimensions feel entirely more comfortable in the hand thanks to a compound radius that starts at 10" at the nut for easy chording, and increases to 16" by the end of the board, for superbly breezy lead playing and bending higher up the neck. Traditional acrylic trapezoid markers further maintain the traditional look, echoed by the mother-of-pearl headstock logo and gold "Les Paul Model" silkscreen, while a 17-degree back-angled headstock and a PLEK-cut Corian™ nut aid in sustain and resonance.

Electronics & Hardware

In the electronics department, things get interesting all over again. A BurstBucker Pro Rhythm and BurstBucker Pro Lead pickup are routed through push/pull switches hidden in all four control knobs to provide the most versatile wiring package ever loaded into a Les Paul Standard. Pop up either pickup's volume control to access a new frequency tuned coil tap for a fatter single coil tone and better output balance, with hum cancelling when both pickups are combined and low-noise operation when used individually.

Top it off with Grover™ Locking Kidney tuners, a TonePros™ tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, and a traditional cream pickguard in the case should you decide to mount it, and the Les Paul Standard is undoubtedly the most versatile, and one of the best looking, Les Pauls ever to emerge from Gibson USA.

Features/Specifications:

Body & Bridge:

Top: AAA Maple
Back: Mahogany
Binding: Cream
Bridge: TonePros™ Tune-o-matic
Tailpiece: TonePros™ Stop Bar
Pickguard: Cream (Included Inside Case)
Finish: Desert Burst

Neck:

Neck Species: Mahogany
Profile: Asymmetrical '60s SlimTaper™
Truss Rod: Traditional Adjustable
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: 22
Radius: 10" - 16" Compound Radius
Scale Length: 24.75"
Nut/E.O.B: 1.695"/2.260"
Binding: Cream
Inlays: Figured Acrylic Trapezoid
Nut Material: Corian
Nut Width: 1.695

Pickups & Hardware:

Neck Pickup: Coil-tapped BurstBucker Rhythm Pro (Alnico V)
Bridge Pickup: Coil-tapped BurstBucker Lead Pro (Alnico V)
Knobs: Amber Top Hat
Control Plate Cover: Black Plastic
Strings: .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings
Strap Buttons: Aluminum
Also Included:

Hardshell Case
Adjustment literature
Limited Lifetime Warranty