Gibson Les Paul Less Plus Electric Guitar

• Figured maple top and mahogany body with traditional rout
• Single-cutaway profile for greater upper fret access
• Bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl trapezoid inlays
• '57 and '57 classic plus humbucking pickups with mini-toggle coil-split for access to a huge range of tones
• Nickel tune-o-matic bridge and stop bar tailpiece
• 3-way pickup switching system for quick-fire tone control
• G Force tuning system for quick tuning and capo mode
• Includes hardshell case

The Gibson USA 2015 Les Paul Less Plus electric guitar includes classic tonewood appointments, alongside modern improvements to create a truly awesome model. Whether you're an amateur who's jamming with mates, or a pro who is playing to sold-out stadium crowds, the Less Plus is an awesome guitar that is designed to impress.

Classic Les Paul design

The body is composed of the classic tonewood combination that includes a mahogany back with a figured maple top. The mahogany has been treated to a traditional rout, which takes some of the weight out of the wood - great for new players who're building up stamina, perfect for performers who play for hours every night - without sacrificing on timbre, tonality, or power. The mahogany produces creamy mid to low tones with a robust level of sustain. The delightful figured maple top is protected by gloss lacquer to preserve the finish for as long as possible. The maple cuts through the thickness of the mahogany with a tight high end that ensures each and every note rings out with the utmost clarity.

Comfortable neck shape

A sturdy mahogany neck joins the body to provide a reliable support as you play, and the rounded C profile gives it a substantial feel in the hand. Married to the neck is a sumptuous rosewood fingerboard, home to 22 highly playable frets, and bound to create a smooth playing feel. As with other 2015 models, the neck and fingerboard are now slightly wider (0.050 per side) in order to increase playing comfort and improve the execution of strings bends. Not only that but every fingerboard is smoother thanks to a new sand/buffering application, as well as a new oil treatment.

Peerless Gibson tones

The Gibson USA 2015 Les Paul Less Plus has been fitted with a pickup complement of '57 Classic and '57 Classic Plus humbuckers in double black exposed coils - in the neck and bridge positions respectively. If you're not already familiar with these pickups, they're modelled closely on Gibson's coveted Patent Applied For (PAF) pickups. Based around an Alnico II magnet, the '57 Classic has balanced coils that give these beauties a slightly richer tone, whilst the enamel-coated wiring ensures that at higher gain, these two pups maintain their consistency very well. Gibson have enabled coil-splits on both pickups, allowing you to pull single-coil tones from the pickups and expand the tonal versatility of the '57s even further. Whatever style of music you play, you'll easily find the tone you want with these beauties.

Gig-ready hardware

The nickel tune-o-matic bridge upholds intonation rigorously and stop bar tailpiece, consistently providing a secure and anchored playing feel. The zero fret nut-patent applied for nut supports each string meticulously, assuring string tension no matter what tuning you select, or how hard you rock out.

G Force tuning

The Gibson G FORCE system allows you to tune your guitar easily, and quickly. The user interface features an LED display for each string, along with a simple menu layout for rapid navigation. Basic functions include: multi-string tuning - simply press the On button, strum all the strings once, and when all LEDs are green, all six strings are tuned; single-string tuning, which offers greater precision; tuning adjustment - scroll through tuning presets and select a different tuning to the one currently in use, G FORCE does the work for you; and finally you can return to standard tuning at any time easily. The G FORCE system is capable of executing many advanced functions including: saving customised tunings; adjusting individual strings rapidly; and even has a capo mode, which accurately tunes each string with reference to capo placement on the 1st to 6th frets - simply amazing!

Each model is supplied with a hardshell case so that wherever your music may take you, your new pride and joy will always be as well protected as possible.

The Gibson USA 2015 Les Paul Less Plus is incredibly impressive. Reliable, tonally versatile, highly playable, lightweight, produces sustain that runs for miles, has stunning good looks, and even comes with a hardshell case, what more could you possibly want?