Gibson breaks away from the tradition of heavy-weight bodies with this Custom Lite. Thinner body and weight relief chambers ease the load and improve the tone.
Gibson has been known in past six decades for some of the heaviest guitars in serial production. Thick bodies made of genuine mahogany gave an awesome tone, but were also very burdensome. Over the decades, Gibson devised a series of measures to make the bodies lighter without compromising the tone. The most efficient and most recent was the modern weight relief chamber system. This system places the chambers in strategic places to both reduce the weight and enhance the tone. This modern system gave fantastic results and now Gibson steps it up a notch. In addition to the chamber system, Gibson`s luthiers have made the mahogany base considerably thinner. Final result is a Les Paul Custom Lite with full, smooth and powerful tone and a body in middle weight class.
Gibson USA Les Paul Custom Lite is a single-cut guitar made of mahogany back and plain maple top. Following the tradition and Les Paul`s vision, this Custom Lite comes clad in glossy black color with white binding and gold-plated hardware. Fingerboard is also bound and Grover tuners feature gold plating, as well. Smooth and sexy looks of Custom Lite are followed by one of the most solid and most versatile electronics sections available on a Gibson. 490R is installed in the neck and 490T in the bridge position. Their tonal range is expanded with coil-splitting function. Mini switch for coil splitting is installed instead of one of the tone knobs. Neck on this model is made of mahogany and it sports the classic '50s contour in the back. Fingerboard is made of rosewood and it features a regular set of 22 frets. For more info check Les Paul Custom Lite detail page on our site, or on Gibson USA official web page.
