Ebony is one of the most popular finishes for the Gibson Les Paul Standard electric guitar. It normally costs much less than fancier sunburst finishes featured in the Plus models while offering the same quality.
Here I'll review the different options in which this particular finish for this guitar is offered.
Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Pro Review
The new breed of these electric guitars has something that many players consider to detract from the full sound associated with Les Paul guitars, a chambered mahogany body.
What many players like about Les Paul guitars is the full and thick sound you get from them. The Traditional Pro has a full mahogany body below the maple top.
The pickups are the 57' Classic and the Burstbucker 3'. I found the Burstbucker 3' to be very pleasing with an added edge in the high mids compared to the regular Burstbucker Pro. The 57' Classic in the neck is very good as well, not as bass heavy as past neck models.
The neck Plek'd set up has put the consistency of the neck of this guitar in a different league. My job requires me to visit several music stores weekly and you go from one end of town to the other, grab a Les Paul and the neck feels almost identically good.
Particular to the Traditional Pro is the 60's profile neck which is thinner than the 50's, the ability to split the coils for single coil sounds and the locking Grover tuners.
Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Review
This one is almost identical to the Pro, the pickups are both 57' Classic both closer to the original P.A.F. sound. if you try them I think you'll agree that they are not as vintage as they make them out to be.
The neck is the thicker 50s shape and the tuners are vintage Kluson style. An almost insignificant difference is the nut being 0.005 mm wider but you won't even notice that.
Other than that it is exactly the same guitar, so I really don't understand why this Gibson Les Paul Standard is more expensive than the Traditional Pro.
Gibson Les Paul Standard Review
This guitar has always been an incredibly popular instrument. But it has suffered from a specific complaint all along, its weight. This new version has a chambered body for weight relief.
I know it might seem counter active to get less wood and pay more, but it's a lot more work to dig those little chambers in the body. A very nice feature of this guitar is the asymmetrical shape of the neck. It's more comfortable than the 50s design without being as thin as the 60's.
Another feature of this guitar is the Burstbucker Pro pickups. This set of pickups in my opinion sound very good, I've owned them for close to 6 years and I'm still very much into their sound.
The bridge is the popular locking Tonepros, I've had to get used to always leave the first and last when changing strings to my Les Paul guitar, that way the bridge doesn't fall and the intonation is not messed up. With this bridge I wouldn't have to do that.
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