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The Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Axcess Custom Floyd Rose is a revolutionary electric guitar that marries the iconic style of the 1950s original with innovative 21st-century design and technology. This premium instrument boasts an array of premium features for the discerning rock guitarist, including an ebony fingerboard, a Floyd Rose tremolo bridge for expressive pitch effects and solid tuning stability and dual humbucking pickups with push-pull coil taps for a wide range of tones from bright and crisp to thick and heavy. The Les Paul Axcess Custom Floyd Rose also features a redesigned, contoured mahogany body for playing comfort, an Apex headstock for rock-solid tuning stability and gold hardware and multi-ply binding for a touch of vintage glamor. The Les Paul Axcess Custom Floyd Rose delivers unlimited playability and tone for the modern rock guitarist.

Apex Headstock Ensures Stable Tuning

The Les Paul Axcess Custom Floyd Rose features Gibson's innovative Apex headstock, which provides extra strength and tension to help keep the guitar in tune even during the most extreme playing styles. The Apex design, combined with a Floyd Rose tremolo bridge, allows for radical pitch effects and dive bombs without strings slipping out of tune.

Dual Humbuckers Produce Aggressive Tones

The Les Paul Axcess Custom Floyd Rose is equipped with a pair of Gibson Custom Shop humbucking pickups that produce tones ranging from bright and cutting to thick and heavy. Push-pull coil taps on each volume control allow single-coil-like tones for added sonic versatility. This combination of pickups and switching options provides a wide palette of tones ideal for rock, metal, blues and jazz.

Floyd Rose Tremolo Enables Expressive Pitch Effects

A Floyd Rose tremolo bridge provides radical pitch effects like dive bombs, squeals and fluttering tremolo shimmers. The Floyd Rose, combined with a locking nut, also provides rock-solid tuning stability for aggressive playing styles. The Les Paul Axcess Custom Floyd Rose gives players a versatile and reliable platform for creative sonic experimentation and expression.

Premium Components and Vintage-Style Appointments

From top to bottom, the Les Paul Axcess Custom Floyd Rose exudes quality and style. An ebony fingerboard provides clarity and sustain, while gold hardware, multi-ply binding and block inlays evoke the elegant Les Paul Custom of the late 1950s. This blend of premium components with vintage-inspired design results in an instrument that sounds, plays and looks like no other.

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  • Maple top and mahogany body
  • Solid mahogany body with Slim C profile
  • Solid ebony fingerboard
  • 490R humbucker in neck
  • 498T humbucker in bridge

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Body
  • Body Type: Single cutaway solid body
  • Top wood: 2-piece Maple
  • Body wood: Solid Mahogany
Neck
  • Neck shape: Slim C
  • Neck wood: Solid Mahogany
  • Scale length: 24.75"
  • Truss rod: Standard
Fingerboard
  • Material: Solid Ebony
  • Number of frets: 22
  • Inlays: Block
  • Nut width/material: Locking
Electronics
  • Configuration: HH
  • Neck: Proprietary Humbucker
  • Bridge: Proprietary Humbucker
  • Control layout: Master tone, master volume
Hardware
  • Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
  • Bridge design: Floyd Rose
  • Tailpiece: String thru body
  • Tuning machines: Grover Keystone
  • Color: Gold
Other
  • Number of strings: 6 String
  • Case: Hardshell Case
  • Orientation: Right-handed
  • Country of Origin: United States

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