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Guitar legend Les Paul and Gibson teamed up in 1952 to produce the guitar that set the standard for solidbody electrics. The 2002 Standard sports the smaller, vintage style headstock and plastic “keystone” tuner buttons and is available with a “fat,” rounded 50’s style neck or a “fast,” slim taper 60’s style neck.

The Standard is outfitted with the new Burstbucker V pickups with Alnico V magnets producing slightly more output than any previous Standard pickups with more bite and a seductive “airy” tone with both pickups on.

The Les Paul Standard is still the Industry Standard Now available with Desertburst, Honeyburst, Lightburst, Trans Amber, Wine Red, and Heritage Cherry Sunburst finishes. Features smaller, vintage style headstock and plastic “keystone” tuners.

Gibson Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar with 60s Neck (with Case) Features…

Body: Carved AA Maple top, Mahogany back

Neck: Mahogany

Profile: “Fast” 60’s style

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Frets: 22

Inlay: Pearl trapezoid

Scale: 24-3/4 in.

Nut Width: 1-11/16 in.

Binding: Single-ply top and fingerboard

Bridge: Tune-o-matic

Tailpiece: Stop bar

Hardware: Nickel

Pickups: New Burstbucker V pickups with Alnico magnets

Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch

Strings: Les Paul Signature .009-.046

Buy Gibson Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar with 60s Neck (with Case)

"Good but Pricey"

It's a Les Paul, for god's sake, what else do you want?

Way overprice, actually

The AA maple top could be a lot better- what are they doing over there at gibson now, only putting the really nice flamey tops on the 5000 dollar guitars?

Overall, it's a good guitar, just needs some decent tuners.

a customer from aol.com (3/9/2006)

"The Master Built Difference"

1 of my favourite guitars along with Ibanez RG's

Worth every penny but could be cheaper (HaHa)…..we all wonder…why can't we win the lottery (HaHa)

Handmade……says it all

Submitted: 12/29/2003

The Jackson Signature Series Phil Collen PC1 guitar is the result of nearly 20 years of collaboration between Collen and Jackson.

Features include a Mahogany body with quilt Maple top, bolt-on quartersawn eastern hard rock Maple neck with compound radius Maple fingerboard and Fender Stratocaster headstock, DiMarzio pickups with Jackson Sustainer/Driver in H/S/S condiguration, Floyd Rose Original tremolo and Gold hardware.

Jackson USA PC1 Phil Collen Electric Guitar (with Case) Features…

Model Number: 280-3050-(Color#)

Web Instrument Type: USA Artist Signature Series

Body: Mahogany with Quilted Maple Top

Neck: Bolt-On Quartersawn Maple

Neck Dimensions: 3rd Fret: .825 in., 12th Fret: .890 in.

Tuning Machines: Die-Cast Tuners

Fingerboard: Flame Maple

No. of Frets: 24 Jumbo Frets

Bridge Pickup: DiMarzio Super 3 Humbucking Pickup

Middle Pickup: DiMarzio HS2 Stacked Humbucking Pickup

Neck Pickup: Jackson Sustainer/Driver

Controls:

Master Volume

Master Tone

Intensity Control

Sustainer/Driver On/Off Switch

Fundamental/Harmonic/Blend Switch

Bridge: Floyd Rose Original Double Locking 2-Point Tremolo

Pickup Switching:

5-Position Blade:

Position 1. Bridge Pickup

Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup

Position 3. Middle Pickup

Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup

Position 5. Neck Pickup

Hardware: Gold-Plated

Strings: NPS L, (.010 to .052)

Case: Includes Deluxe Molded Case

Pickguard: None

Scale Length: 25.5 in.

Width at Nut: 1-11/16 in.

Notice: Product Prices, Features And Specifications Are Subject To Change Without Notice

Unique Features:

Compound (12 in. to 16 in.) Fingerboard Radius

Side Dot Position Inlays Only

18-Volt Jackson Sustainer System

Phil Collen Signature on Headstock

CTS Pots and Switchcraft Switches

Buy Jackson USA PC1 Phil Collen Electric Guitar (with Case)

very versatile. everything from doobie bros to van halen to green day. the super three is a little thin. I plan to put a rio grande in the bridge. the hs-2 is not even there on tones at all. I will repl;ace it as well.

Pre-fender. Ontario California. It is a flamed maple top on alder or ashe. Floyd Rose with gold hardware. Open flamed maple neck with Jackson sustainer. Mocha in color.

Feels good. Although I was never quite sure what the gauge from the factory was. I threw Hybrid slinks on it and it feels decent. Neck gets a little sticky after a set and a half. But it is very solid. tone needs a little improvement. It is the pickpups again. It is my main guitar. I use it over a soloist and a Prs ce-22.

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gary lambert (12/05/2005)

I play all kinds of rock music that has a wide and diverse range and have been testing the waters with some jazz influence lately. I currently am using a Line 6 Vetta Combo with Vetta 2/12 Extention Cabinet and floor controller. I bought this guitar after seeing and hearing some nice reviews on it but never actually seeing or playing it so it was done on a whim and a prayer so I took my chances and I must say that I am glad I did. This guitar happens to be extremely versitile in both the sound and feel department. I particularly like the chunkiness of the Super 3 in the bridge and also how you can get a nice clean tone from the HS-2 in the middle which I have noticed is very hard to come by in other guitars with a mid single coil pickup system. I am particularly fond of the Sustainer pickup as well which will take some getting used to on the learning curve. Overall you get a wide pallatte of tonal variances here from nice and straty sounds to ultra meaty Les Paul fatness and grind. It's a nice all in one package.

2002 Model, U.S. Made, 24 Jumbo Frets,Mahogany Body, Laminated Quilted Maple Top(the best I've seen outside of my PRS Gear, one volume, one tone, one intensity knob for the Sustainer pickup in the neck, 5 way pickup selector switch, two mini toggle switches, pickup configuration is H/S?S consisting of a Di Marzio Super 3 Humbucker in the Bridge, a Di Marzio HS-2 Single Coil in the middle, and the Jackson Sustainer Pickup in the Neck. The bridge and mid pickups are passive while the neck is active and requires batteries. Strat Style Body, Bolt On Quartersawn Maple Neck and awesome Quilted Maple Fingerboard, 25.5' Scale with a 1 11/16' nut width all gold hardware with an Original Floyd Rose Tremolo. Oh yeah I forgot to add that the neck is unfinished too which is pretty cool.. Mine is in Chlorine Blue.

It was setup at the factory for 11-52's but I had it setup for my strings which are light top heavy bottom 10's. The guitar had no cosmetic flaws and had a higly figured quilt to and neck. The chlorine blue with the quilt top reminds me of looking in my swimming pool. I only wish that the body's back was going to match the top at least in the color department as it is just natural in finish. A bit strange but hey the sound more than makes up for this and it plays like butter.

Never dealt with them yet

Doug Bryan (06/19/2002)

The Steve Howe Signature ES-175 celebrates the achievements of the man who elevated rock guitar into an art form. As a member of the English band Yes, Steve’s tasteful, eclectic guitar parts helped define a new style of music. On later solo albums, he emerged as an accomplished jazz player. His guitar collection has been the subject of a book, and his instruments have been exhibited in museums. Through it all, his favorite has always been his 1964 Gibson ES-175, and his signature guitar is modeled after his personal guitar.

Gibson Steve Howe ES175 Electric Guitar (with Case) Features…

Body: plain laminated Maple top, back, and rims

Body Binding: Multi-ply binding on top, single-ply on back

Neck Species: 1-piece Mahogany

Profile: 175-style

Fingerboard Species: Rosewood

Scale Length: 24-3/4 in.

Number of Frets: 22

Nut Width: 1-11/16 in.

Inlays: Pearloid split-parallelogram

Fingerboard Binding: Single-ply

Hardware Plating Finish: Nickel

Tailpiece: 175-style

Bridge: Nashville Tune-O-Matic

Tuners: Grover

Pickups: ‘57 Classic humbuckers

Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch

Strings: Brite Wire .010

Case: Black levant

Buy Gibson Steve Howe ES175 Electric Guitar (with Case)

The woods used in building this instrument are very fine quality.

I showed this instrument to my guitar tutor as he is a fine jazz player and has a 175 himself.

He was amazed at the workmanship & tone of this guitar. Very warm and responsive he said, with the tone of an older instrument which is a real complement to a newer guitar.Must be the signature model quality!

The tones are suited for jazz, but i was delighted to see just how versitile it really was when using pickup combinations and even amp settings.Very quiet controls & switching pickups too.

made 2002.This guitar is the signature Steve Howe Model.

It`s extremely well made & is better quality than any late model standard ES175 I`ve tried!

It is produced as a spec guitar of Steves 1964 favorite famous 175 with his special appointments.

The workmanship is flawless & sunburst finish is different to the late standard 175s & more like his 64 model.

The binding has that cream yellowed look and suits the guitar as a nice finishing touch.

57 paf reissue humbuckers on board for that real fat & sweet classic tone.

A top notch guitar that is collectable right off the shelf due to being a signature limited production run model.

Will be highly collectable for anyone into very fine Gibson archtops or fans of Steve Howe.

Comes in Gibson top notch fight case.

The specs for this guitar can still be found in the Gibson website.

The action is beautiful and smooth .Finish is absolutly flawless & not like some of the cheaper models availble by Gibson that I`ve seen recently.

Perfect finish & quality I feel & I am rather fussy especially when spending good coin for a guitar like this you want the quality in return and an investment level instrument.

Nothing bad or negitive to state.

Has not been required.

Bristol (11/12/2005)

Great neck pickup tone of course, but the bridge pickup is

the surprise. It's best sounding bridge p.u. I'm ever heard in

a Jazz guitar, clear with bite.

The only negative is feedback. Which not uncommon in hollowbodies. But be warned if you're a solidbody player.

Sounds great distorted too!

This 2002 debut model is supposedly one of the first fifty made.

A faithful recreation of Steve's 1964 ES-175

I was told the inital passes were rejected by him for reasons

such as an overly flamey & pickup placement.

Here are the basics…

Body: Plain maple top, back and sides

Fingerboard/Inlay: Rosewood/Parallelogram

Scale/Nut Width: 243/4"/111/16"

Binding: Cream on Top, back and fingerboard

Bridge/Tailpiece: Tune-O-Matic with inlaid ebony base/

'64 T-Trapeze

Hardware: Nickel

Pickups: Two '57 Classic humbuckers

Controls: Two volume, two tone, three-way switch

Strings: 340 Nickel Plus .011-.052

Great!

Not crazy about the factory strings though.

No experience with Gibson & shouldn't need it.

GMAC (02/21/2002)

The Epiphone ES175 reissue is a wonderfully crafted guitar based on the original ES175 and designed to inspire players of every musical taste. Features include an archtop maple body with a laminated Maple top, set Mahogany neck, chrome hardware, and a set of AlNiCo classic humbuckers for a naturally warm, bluesy tone.

Epiphone ES175 Reissue Electric Guitar Features…

Pickups: AlNiCo Classic humbuckers

Hardware: Chrome

Scale: 24.75 in.

Nut Width: 1.68 in.

Neck: Set

Neck Material: Mahogany

Binding: Body and neck

Body Material: Maple

Top: Laminated Maple

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Crazy Cryin' Craze Amaze-a-craze

I recently parted with this guitar for something else and wish I hadn't. I am going to buy this guitar again very soon. Feel of the neck and playability was perfect for myself. Tone out of this world, wonder what real Gibson pickups would do to it…

KO from Texas (Jul 5, 2007)

"$2600 Cheaper"

This guitar is so "sexy", I took my strap and shortened it and now I can play with my lower arm coming from the bottom of the guitar (where the strap is attached) and horizontal to the strings. With my strats, I have a hard time doing this.

Gibson ES-175 is $3199.
Epiphone ES-175 is $499
Both are quite similar.

Much, much better than I ever expected. Feels great. "On The Road"- be careful, somebody will steal the Epiphone E on the pickguard or the guitar all together.

All I can say is buy it for $499. Wait until you see how well you did…

a customer from msn.com (1/12/2008)

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Leave is to ESP to deliver a guitar design as radical as the F50 at a price like this. They load with hot LH-100 humbuckers for a powerful sound, and provide a 24-fret neck with extra jumbo frets that make it easy to play. The string-thru-body design adds even more tone and sustain. Other features include a Maple neck, Tune-o-matic bridge and Black hardware.

ESP LTD F50 Electric Guitar Features…

Construction: Bolt-on

Scale: 25.5 in.

Body: Agathis

Neck: Maple

Fretboard: Rosewood

Inlays: Dots with model name at 12th fret

Pickups: ESP LH-100 set

Electronics: Volume, toggle, tone

Hardware: Black

Bridge: Tune-o-matic/string-thru-body

Frets: 24 XJ

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"The perfect guitar for you metallers"

The shape on this is amazing. The shape it what caught my eye. Its not to over the top its just right. Think BC rich but a bit more subtle. Black is the perfect colour for it.

My first guitar and what a price. I tried quite a few on the day i got and this was cheapest but it just sounded better than the others.

This a solid well made guitar. This would be the bully in school. I've had it for about 5 years and it only has about 3 tiny marks on it. I've dropped it quite a few times but its just hard as nails. I'd definatley use it on the road. It hasnt let me down once in the whole 5 years i've had it.

havent needed any

a customer from hotmail.com (3/23/2008)

"better than any bc rich."

im gonna buy it as my secondary guitar, my primary is an LTD MH-400.

Just awesome, this guitar is great for the price. XD

Agathis wood is bad. The pickups arent good quality, however they do sound good. I didnt have any trouble with the tuners. but if they give you trouble, get grovers.

sweet, guitar, might have to switch pickups eventually, ill go with emgs.

a customer from hotmail.com (7/30/2007)

The Squier Black & Chrome Fat Strat has an edgy and classy appeal. Features include a gloss black finish with matching headstock, a pickguard & hardware with that sought-after chrome look, a bridge position humbucker pickup, two single coil pickups, and a rosewood fingerboard. This guitar is an amazing value, and is designed and backed by Fender!

Squier Black and Chrome Fat Strat Electric Guitar Features…

Agathis body

Bolt-on maple neck

Rosewood fingerboard

Dot inlays

Medium-jumbo frets

Gloss black finish with matching headcap

Chrome pickguard and hardware

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Black and Chrome!!!

I bought this guitar as a replacement for my old Harmony. This guitar is awesome! The pickups sound great clean and the humbucker roars with distortion. It has great highs and lows. This makes a great starting guitar or for a musician a little but experienced but low on cash.

nick.fender from Mesa, AZ (Nov 10, 2006)

great beginner guitar

i've had this guitar for about 2 months now and i'm in love with it. It sound beautiful and is worth the price. The only problem is it has trouble staying in tune but it's overall an excellent guitar.

JBrucee from New Jersey (Feb 17, 2008)