New/Used Guitar Day: 2009 Gibson Les Paul Studio Raw

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My favorite style of guitar is "simple & clean". Looks like you nailed it with this one. Nice score. Enjoy.
 
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Thanks! The Raw Power was advertised as "the Les Paul in its most basic form yet built like none other before". It's got all the essential ingredients plus the Maple Fretboard and Body to set it apart from the standard.
 
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Gibson TP-6 Fine Tuning Tailpiece on, new .10-.46 D'Addario Strings and pickups/string height adjusted.

2009 Gibson Les Paul Studio Raw: 24 ¾” Scale Unbound Mahogany Neck w/Maple Fretboard, 1 11/16” Corian Nut, 22 Frets, Dot Makers (Traditional Trapezoid at 12th Fret), Unbound Solid Maple Traditional Carved Top Body, '57 Classic Humbuckers, Gibson Tune-O-Matic Bridge/TP6 Fine Tuning Tailpiece, Kluson Green Key Tuners, Jodi Head “Buddy Guy” Autographed Blk/Wht Polka Dot Strap w/Strap Locks, Gibson Black Snakeskin HSC

 
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Interesting. The 57 Classics in my 335 were really muddy, but it sounds like Maple body/board might be just the right wood combo for them. Congrats on the NGD.


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I can't say I'm familiar with Gibson's current offerings; only new Gibby I've tried out recently were a Memphis 335 Studio and a 2016 Hollow Body LP of some sort. Not really sure in what the '57s are used. I like them in the Raw Power though. I may try changing out the Volume/Tone Pots as the pickups seem "held back"/not as open compared to my other guitars; Jackson Glow has an Active Mid-Boost and both the USACG Iceman and Ibanez ICT700 Iceman each have DiMarzio 500K Push:Pull Vol/Fender TBX Tone.
 
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The Memphis 335 and the hollow LP both use the MHS pickups I believe
Memphis Historic Series

Or at least the 2016s I played did

I liked the MHS pickups as I did the 57s in the Epiphone I played

They are some expensive pickups
 
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The Memphis Guitars sounded good whatever was in them but I think I like the '57s better.
 
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Congrats! I don't remember Gibson making these, interesting variant.
 
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Time to learn some riffs from that album!

Raw Power has one of the most iconic guitar riffs ever written, IMO ("Search and Destroy").



I love that video. Some people don't like Matt much, but seeing his face when James plays the intro to "Search and Destroy" is priceless (around 1:52). You can tell he's just as stoked as the viewer. Kind of like in the movie "It Might Get Loud", when Jimmy Page starts playing the intro to "Whole Lotta Love"...Jack White and The Edge just have this "everything in my life has been leading up to this" kind of smile on their faces.



That reminds me, I should really watch that movie again. It's great.
 
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muttznmongrelz said:
It actually doesn't sound radically different; clearer and a bit more defined but still Gibson LP. It's in no way treble heavy or shrill. The '57 Humbuckers are pretty sweet.
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My Gibson Memphis 339 Studio is also all maple -- maple body, maple center block, maple neck with baked maple fretboard, also with 57 Classics.

It's a little scary how dark and throaty the guitar is. Not really "bright" at all, which surprises me.

Switch to the neck pickup and turn the neck tone down a bit, and it's all smoky jazz club and Clapton woman tone. I put my 339 down, and my clothes smell like I've been smoking. :nervous:

Maple is still very much a traditional guitar tone wood, even for Gibson.
 
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Inkstained said:
My Gibson Memphis 339 Studio is also all maple -- maple body, maple center block, maple neck with baked maple fretboard, also with 57 Classics.

It's a little scary how dark and throaty the guitar is. Not really "bright" at all, which surprises me.

Switch to the neck pickup and turn the neck tone down a bit, and it's all smoky jazz club and Clapton woman tone. I put my 339 down, and my clothes smell like I've been smoking. :nervous:

Maple is still very much a traditional guitar tone wood, even for Gibson.
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Exactly what I was trying to say about the tone; as everyone immediately expects it to be "bright" with Maple Body/Maple Fretboard.
 
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Gone_Shootin said:
Congrats! I don't remember Gibson making these, interesting variant.
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Thanks! Gibson has done so many affordable variants that haven't been made more than a year or two; Raw Power, BFG, Gothic, Menace, etc. that it's hard to keep up. This one was made in 2009 only but I'd been coveting one since they came out. I'd love to find one of the Aquamarine Raw Powers.
 
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Swapped out the Gibson Deluxe Tuning Pegs for a set of Vintage Schallers. These and the Gibson TP6 Fine Tuning Tailpiece were all it needed.







 
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