Gibson Les Paul Standard '50s AAA Top - Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Sweetwater Exclusive Review

AAA Top 50's Style Gibson Les Paul Standard - Awesome guitar!!!

I have wanted a 50's style Gibson Les Paul since I was 14 years old. It's the most iconic guitar of all time if you follow Rock, Blues etc. The AAA Top is beautiful and the neck is thick like the 50's style. It plays great and stays in tune since, which is awesome. I play a Fender Stratocaster also and plays fine but needs some work on the frets and to help it stay in tune. … read more Travis Devin was really great at helping me out with purchasing this AAA Top 50's Style Gibson Les Paul Standard Heritage Cherry Sunburst. I can't thank him enough for his great customer service and his helpful follow up. These are the things that matter!!!!

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AAA+ Top. 1 star guitar case

This guitar is beautiful. Fantastic flamed top. Pictures do not do it justice. 57 pickups are great. Nice change from the Burstbucker Pros that I am used to. The supplied "Made in Canada" case is horrible. The glue job, fit and finish are awful. The fur sheds. The glue smells awful. Not like the cotton candy/vanilla smell of my other two Les Pauls. A $ guitar should have… read more something better than a garbage case.

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Couldn’t be happier!

I've had this guitar for about a month now and I couldn't be happier with it. The AAA top looks even better in person than in the pictures. I love the slightly chunkier neck compared to the 60's and the Classic 57's are perfect for my playing style. Eric Bothwell was awesome to work with and Sweetwater gained a customer for life!

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Gibson Les Paul 50's - Heritage Cherry Burst AAA

I have been playing a USA G&L Legacy for the past couple of years and love it. I wanted to add another classic guitar tone for my recording and a Gibson Les Paul was at the top of the list. As anyone who does some research will find, the flame tops can vary considerably from one to another within both Gibson USA and Gibson Custom Shop. Everyone also has thier favorite look. … read more Personally I love the classic cherry burst with lots of flame. The Sweetwater Exclusive AAA top seemed like a good bet since I needed to place an order and hold my place in line. When my guitar came in I was certainly thrilled with the outcome (see pics). I am very critical and am also very pleased with the overall quality. Take a look at the Gibson TV videos on the Gibson website and you will see a great deal of the assembly is still accomplished by hand. Combine that with over the top demand all guitar makers are experiencing due to COVID, and it is no easy accomplishment to make a guitar of this quality. My thanks to the Gibson USA team! My G&L also went through the Plek process at the factory and plays like a dream so I was delighted to find Gibson is also using Plek on 100% of it's USA production. It is so worth while and my new LP did not disappoint! After taking all the appropriate measurements (action height, truss rod, etc.) I confirmed it arrived from Sweetwater with everything in Gibson spec. I made some very minor adjustment to intonation on two strings and it was good to go. Also love the sound of the 57 pups! I am more of an overdrive user than high gain and they deliver some great sound. Always very satisfied with my purchases from Sweetwater and would not buy a guitar on line from any other dealer (purchased a nice Taylor from them last year). Also appreciate the personal service from my Sales Engineer Joe Perrone!

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Stunning Guitar!!!

When I opened the case, the flame top on this guitar was absolutely breathtaking! I plugged it into my Marshall DSL40CR and sounded even better!!! The '57 Classic humbuckers are slightly lower output, but sound fantastic and aren't too bright. This really allows you to dial this guitar in with your amp. I had Sweetwater do a setup on it, because I wasn't going to spend this… read more much on a guitar to not have it done. Setup was perfect, action is low without buzzing and the intonation is spot on. The only issue that I had was the little switch tip was broken during shipping. I called my Sales Engineer, Brent, and received a call from the service department in about an hour. They were awesome and very easy to deal with and sent me a new tip immediately. Brent Leuthold and the Sweetwater team were outstanding to deal with.

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