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Yup, I'm bowing to peer pressure here but I can't take it anymore!;)

Last week I obtained a 2017 Les Paul Studio T. Did I get it in a Ferengi trade? No. Did I get a good deal on it? No. Did I see it at my local Long and McQuade and just have to have it? YES!

I am the second owner of this fine guitar. It was traded in after only about 10 months by the original purchaser for reasons that I am not privy to. It is a Honey Burst Studio T which is not shown on the Gibson website as an available colour. My limited research shows it as a special model for Sweetwater, Anderton's and Long and McQuade, among others (Model: #LPST17HBCH).

Here is a stock photo:

LP Studio T.jpg

Stock specs are:

Grade-A maple top on mahogany body with Ultra-Modern weight relief. Mahogany neck with slim-taper profile, and one-piece rosewood fingerboard with 22 polished frets. Acrylic trapezoid inlays. Tektoid nut.
490R and 498T humbuckers. 2 volumes, 2 tones, 1 toggle switch. Independent coil tapping per pickup.
Chrome aluminum TOM and aluminum Stop Bar. Speed knobs. Grover kidney tuners.

Mine has already been modified as follows:

Burstbucker Pro #1 neck, Burstbucker Pro #2 bridge pickups
Coil tapping disabled (new pickups are 2 wire, not 4 wire)
Gold mirror knobs with pointers
Chrome metal jack plate replacing the cream plastic plate
Pickguard removed
 
The guitar is equipped with the normal PCB electronics and therefore the original 490R/498T pickups had the quick connectors. The Burstbucker Pros are single wire with shield and were wired directly to the PCB pots, bypassing the quick connectors and disabling the push/pull function for coil splitting. This work was performed prior to my ownership of the guitar. I am perfectly fine with this mod and I'm already considering a new harness with CTS pots and PIO caps or similar. Coil splitting isn't something that I am really after. I have Strats and Teles if I want single coil tones.
 
Inside the case, I found the stock gold speed knobs, a set of amber bell knobs and a set of gold mirror knobs. I am not a really big fan of the bell knobs and prefer a vintage vibe so the gold mirror knobs are installed. They just look "right" with the chrome pointers.
 
It looks more like this now:

LP Studio T 1.png

Oh, and I almost forgot. The cream switch tip has been replaced with an amber tip. As with all of my guitars, Schaller strap locks have replaced the stock strap buttons. I dropped a guitar once because the strap came loose. That will NEVER happen to me again!:facepalm:
 
ninjaking67 said:
Did I get it in a Ferengi trade? No. Did I get a good deal on it? No. Did I see it at my local Long and McQuade and just have to have it? YES!
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SOMESTIMES --- you just gotta pay retail--- YOU, not me of course --- but hey ---

I want to say -- I LOVE -- I mean LOVE the finish/color ON THAT THING love it --- RETAIL OR STOLEN -- you done GOOD man

Ill trade you 3 Chinese Guitars and a Peavey tube amp for it ;)
 
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