Gibson Les Paul Studio VS. Custom - Tone Comparison!
Have you ever wondered what the difference in tone is between a Gibson USA Les Paul Studio and a Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom with the exact same 490R & 498T pickups? Then check this out!
In this video, I shoot out the tone of my favorite 2016 Les Paul Studio against my 2021 Les Paul Custom. Below are all of the few technical differences between these two killer instruments:
The Studio has Modern Weight Relief whereas the Custom has 9-hole weight relief.
The Studio has a Granadillo fretboard whereas the Custom has an Ebony fretboard.
The Studio has modern PCB wiring whereas the Custom has traditional '50s wiring.
The Studio has a short neck tenon whereas the Custom has a historic long neck tenon.
The body of the Custom is slightly thicker front-to-back than the Studio.
The Studio potentially has slightly more plasticizer in the nitrocellulose lacquer than the Custom does, but now we're really splitting hairs...
And of course the visual appointments being the inlays and binding.
Let me know in the comments below which of these 2 guitars that you preferred the tone of. The Custom definitely feels slightly better to play, and it sounds more masculine than this Studio to my ears. But everyone might have a different perception.
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Both guitars are using basic Dunlop DEN1046 strings in standard tuning, running through my Mesa Triple Rectifier with a Boss RV-6 reverb on "Dynamic" setting in this demonstration. This is typically my most commonly-used setup.