Maple is denser and stiffer than mahogany so in theory, might sustain a little better.
Simply pull up on these to get single coil style tonesĪnother difference is that the Les Paul Faded has a maple neck, and the Studio has a mahogany neck (both with rosewood fingerboards).
Coil tapped pickups essentially give you another set of sounds in the same guitar – go from classic Les Paul to Strat-esque sounds in a second! This makes the Les Paul Studio more versatile than the Faded. By pulling up on the volume knobs, you can get the humbuckers to sound more like single coil pickups (like you’d see in a Strat or Tele) giving you a thinner, snappier sound. The Les Paul Studio also allows you to coil tap the pickups, which the Faded doesn’t. Gibson Les Paul Studio 2018 in Smokehouse Burst The way I hear it, the bridge pickup on the Les Paul Studio breaks up a bit sooner – as expected, which might give it the slight edge if you’re playing hard rock or metal. What does that mean? Well, the strings move less near the bridge and the pickup in the Studio helps make up for that so in theory, you’ll get a better balance between the two pickups. It’s also worth noting that the 57 Classic + in the bridge of the Studio is slightly overwound. I find the 57s to have a bit more warmth to them. The Alnico 490s in the Les Paul Faded are a slightly more modern pickup, with a touch more presence in the upper mids. As you might have guessed, these are based on the legendary pickups of the late 50s so deliver that old school Gibby tone. Gibson have changed the pickups on the Studio this year – it’s fitted with a 57 Classic in the neck and a 57 Classic + in the bridge. big, beefy, warm, with plenty of sustain. The Gibson Les Paul Faded and Studio come fitted with different pickup sets so they do sound slightly different, though they’ve both still got that classic Les Paul sound you’d associate with the guitar i.e. What’s the difference between the Les Paul Studio and Faded? – Sound On paper, they are very similar but there are small differences that add up to justify the price difference between them.Ĭomes with hardcase and Gibson multi-tool With these two American made Les Pauls coming in at much less than a Traditional or Standard, you might be wondering what the difference between the 2018 Gibson Les Paul Faded and Studio is. This year, the Les Paul Faded is the most affordable Gibson USA model, with the Studio not too far ahead of it. Both the Gibson Les Paul Faded and Les Paul Studio, in one form or another, are usually in the lineup and usually come in at the lower end of the price range. Every year, Gibson make a few changes to the lineup of guitars they offer.
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