Gibson Les Paul Modern Electric Guitar - Faded Pelham Blue

Our Take:

Gibson's new Les Paul Modern is proof that they are always looking to the future while remaining true to their roots, utilizing the everlasting template of the Les Paul to create a highly contemporary Gibson playing experience. The Les Paul Modern incorporates tons of features that have recently become favorites of players, such as a lightweight body, a compound radius fingerboard and asymmetrical neck profile, a contoured heel for unparalleled access to the upper frets, and push-pull pots for huge tonal versatility. All of these features are complimented by a gorgeous aesthetic which couples a beautiful gloss finish with the natural mahogany back. 

Gibson's Take:

The new Gibson Les Paul™ Modern incorporates many contemporary updates that players have embraced such as a lighter-weight body and innovative SlimTaper™ neck with an asymmetrical profile. The Modern fingerboard is crafted with genuine ebony and a compound radius for lower, and cleaner action. The neck/body joint features the new Modern contoured heel for effortless access to the highest frets as well as maximum sustain and stability. Hardware upgrades include Grover® locking Rotomatic® tuners, clear top hat knobs, and BurstBucker Pro™ and BurstBucker Pro + pickups. The control assembly features 4 push-pull pots to switch between the Gibson™ humbucker™ and the single-coil P90 sounds, both of which have defined so many genres of music across multiple generations since we invented them, phase switching and pure bypass for functional and versatile sonic