Gibson Slash Les Paul Standard - Anaconda Burst - Limited Edition Review

Excellent guitar!

I've had my anaconda burst Slash Les Paul for 3 weeks now and haven't put it down. In that time I've put some serious hours on it. I was already familiar with this model, good friend of mine has one. This is an OUSTANDING guitar! I absolutely love it, you can get beautiful clean tones to classic crunch, hard rock and metal, whatever you want this guitar does it and does it well.… read more I had Sweetwater install Seymour Duncan APH 2's in it, there is nothing wrong with the stock pickups, they are actually quite good but the SD's are just amazing. The clarity of the notes is top notch, especially when you get in to heavier high gain tones, nothing is lost in the fuzz, so tight and crisp. If you can I'd highly recomend those pickups for this guitar, they are not a hot pickup by any means just slightly hotter than a Standard but man do they soung good. I love this color, such a cool looking guitar I just had to have one. I bought a demo model, it was the right weight 8 lbs. 11 oz. and it has a beautiful flame top the pictures looked great so I figured I'd take my chances. They said there was "contamination" on the surface in a couple spots, you couldn't see it unless you held it at the perfect angle in the light. You could feel it though, my best guess is it was a little bit of overspray or something, whatever it was I buffed it out by hand and it came right off, took me all of about 5 minutes. Needless to say I got a screaming deal on an outrageously cool guitar, this is the best playing guitar I've ever had, I currently also own a tele and a PRS S2 custom 24. Special thank you to my sales engineer Cassie and Chris for making this happen. Also super big thank you to Lucas who installed my pickups and set this guitar up, it is absolutely perfect, the nut slots are cut correctly, perfectly intonated, action is spot on to what I asked for and every note rings true. And it stays in tune, Les Paul fans will be happy about that. I highly recommend this guitar, it's a fantastic instrument. I believe the anaconda burst is now no longer in production, it was a limited edition color along with the vermilion burst. If you like that color you better snag one up, it is so cool. Looks way better in person, pictures do not do it justice.

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Gibson Les Paul Standard (Slash Anaconda)

This guitar has a sound like no other. Huge, creamy, mid-range crunch. Pure rock n roll. Mine was very well made with a few tooling marks on the fret board, but very much within an acceptable range. I'm so addicted to the sound of this thing. My gosh it just sounds so good. Thanks to Patrick for being a great salesperson.

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2021 Gibson Slash Anaconda burst

Josh Strid did it again! I found this on a Friday night and wanted to get some images as it was a Demo. Told Josh to snag it once I saw it. Wow! Demo its not. It had the slightest marks on the black pickup rings. I was planning on putting cream rings to match the bindings anyhow. What deal. I have looking for months for one with the right top and weight. To get one on a demo pricing… read more is just great! I added cream rings and poker chips with gold speed knobs and dropped in a set of Seymour Duncan Slash pickups. Now for the Guitar. Its outstanding. My Second Slash from Sweetwater, the other being a November Burst. The fit and finish are perfect. If you want one I suggest go play one. The neck is just right for me. May not suit you. I own 6 Gibson Les Paul guitars from studios, classic, standard and the Slash Standard along with a couple of SG and ES models. Gibson has improved their quality control. I have five built since 2019. IF you get a salesman like Josh working for you its even easier to make your mind up to drop the $$$ on a Gibson. Thanks Josh

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Perfect addition to the collection

The guitar arrived set up and ready to jam. Quick tuning and I was off to make noise. The look and feel of this guitar makes it hard to put down. It's my heaviest guitar but it's a treat to play. No fret buzz, no blemishes, polished up and perfect all around.

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Awesome Beast

This is the 4th Les Paul I've owned. The others being less expensive models but very good guitars. This however is perfect right out of the case. The finish on the Anaconda Burst is stunning. Gibson paid great detail to the making of this guitar. The neck plays fast and comfortable and the sound of the high output pickups are very very good. I plugged this straight into my Blackstar… read more HT 50 stack and it hardly needed adjustment for the tone I wanted. Very awesome sound and playability from this Slash Paul. I couldn't hardly put it down. Easily 5 Stars.

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