![]() ![]() maybe it got rejected after original carving in the Custom Shop. I see that the mahogany doesn't match well on the rear. the belly cut the humbuckers it's an oddball. I'm suspicious that this one is possibly that. Sometimes a Custom Shop guitar (where they have belly cuts at times) has a flaw that pushes it down to a regular line and they turn it into a mostly on-off. Sometimes they do something different themselves for a short run of a year or two. I've also heard rumors that some of those had belly cuts. Sometimes Gibson does a run for some place like GC with oddball specs. I've heard rumors of some belly cuts in the late 90's. The Epi LP specials most commonly have humbuckers. But it's not unheard of to see some with humbuckers. That's unusual for an LP.Īlso, the LP Special usually has P90's. ![]() However, that one appears to be as thick as a carved/capped LP but just lacks the cap. Generally the Special is thinner and lighter because of that. Oh, and they even used "Deluxe" to describe a sub-model instead of a model. ![]() I can't even tell if they're adjectives or proper nouns (names) anymore. Nowadays there's also the Traditional (which is anything but), Heritage, Tribute (kind of), HP (high performance) and other names. The Special is a down-priced guitar with no carved maple cap. The Deluxe was a standard with mini-humbuckers. In the wayback machine, the Custom was upscale Standard was all the fixins but not the Custom's added bling the Studio was a Standard without neck or body binding. Gibson has placed fast and free with the LP names and models. ![]()
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