help strange GIBSON

[fenderiarhs]

i ve met a friend of mine yesterday and he has a gibson les paul that he has bought second hand.On the headstock the guitar is writing STUDIO but the guitar has the binding on the body and the neck, it has dot inlays on the neck and the serial number is 80797616.Is this a les paul standard or a les paul studio?

 

[Robert S.]

It's an 87 Studio. The specs ranged widely over the years with the Studios and I wouldn't be suprised that an 87 had binding. The dot inlays and the headstock decal are a dead giveaway.

 

[orbiter]

that guitar is an 87 Les Paul studio "standard". made from 84-88 .. kind of a bridge between the studio and the std that they made for a couple yrs.

they also made a studio "custom" in the early eighties that had binding nice inlays and was pimped out in gold. it may have been an alder body tho.


Not too common..

 

[grendeltone]

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wow... haven't seen those in years... that is seriously rare.. to find a transition period.

 

[The Golden Boy]

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A buddy had a wacky early 90s Studio that had a 3 piece quilted top, ebony fretboard, gold hardware, regular inlays... I think it was just one of those pieces to use up wood that was either too small or not "good enough" for more "high end" guitars.

 

[WhoFan]

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i've never seen one in person but i remember those from magazine ads in the mid 80's

 

[CapoFirstFret]

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I had a gibson les paul studio standard before it got stolen. great guitar, wish I had it back c'est la vie

 

[Surgeon]

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Studio Standard would be my guess too...

They seemed like nice guitars IMO... the few I saw looked quite cool.

 

[ericmeyer4]

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that guitar is an 87 Les Paul studio "standard". made from 84-88 .. kind of a bridge between the studio and the std that they made for a couple yrs.

they also made a studio "custom" in the early eighties that had binding nice inlays and was pimped out in gold. it may have been an alder body tho.


Not too common..

Wasn't Neil Youngs main Les Paul have alder in it? Maybe I am thinking of something else. I'm probably wrong.

 

[Robert S.]

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Neil Youngs LP is a 56 Goldtop that has been repainted black.

Why are we pulling up 3 y/o threads?

 

[ericmeyer4]

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Neil Youngs LP is a 56 Goldtop that has been repainted black.

Why are we pulling up 3 y/o threads?

I must be thinking of another guitar.

Wait! I remeber what I saw.... when I was like 13 I saw a guitar in a musicians friend magazine that was suppose to be "like Neil Young's" guitar. The main body wood was alder. I am shame faced.

 

[Aceman]

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Why are we pulling up 3 y/o threads?

Perhaps we've been on that long and it just took until now to get around to this one.....