Gibson Les Paul Modern Lite Electric Guitar in Cardinal Red Satin

£999.00

Gibson have this outstanding New Gibson Les Paul Modern Lite Electric Guitar in Cardinal Red Satin in Guitars department, it’s in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Guitars, additional Electric Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below. The Les Paul Modern Lite takes the classic style of the notorious Les Paul, but instead, is built with a new thinner Mahogany body. This makes the guitar both lighter and well-balanced. The body of the guitar features a belly cut on the…

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Gibson have impressed us with this New Gibson Les Paul Modern Lite Electric Guitar in Cardinal Red Satin in Guitars, it’s in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Guitars, additional Electric Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.

The Les Paul Modern Lite takes the classic style of the notorious Les Paul, but instead, is built with a new thinner Mahogany body. This makes the guitar both lighter and well-balanced. The body of the guitar features a belly cut on the rear – this makes the guitar more ergonomic, and more comfortable, so you are able to play for even longer sessions!

The Mahogany neck has a Rosewood fretboard and is shaped with a fast-playing SlimTaper neck profile. If you are looking for a guitar with pickups that are suited for any style of music, then look no further – The Les Paul Modern Lite is powered by open-coil 490R and 498T humbuckers which provide a wide range of sonic tonal quality.

Key Features

  • Lightweight – This makes the guitar easier to play, and easier to carry, while still retaining the classic Gibson tonal quality.
  • Belly Cut – The rear of the guitar features a belly cut, which makes the guitar more ergonomic and comfortable.
  • All Mahogany – The guitar body and neck is created with all Mahogany, making this guitar really resonant, with high quality tonal wood.

Specifications

Neck

  • Neck Wood: Mahogany
  • Neck Profile: SlimTaper
  • Nut Width: 43.053mm
  • Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
  • Scale Length: 628.65mm
  • Number of Frets: 22
  • Nut: Graph Tech
  • Inlays: Acrylic Dot

Body

  • Body Shape: Les Paul
  • Body Wood: Mahogany

Hardware

  • Bridge: Aluminium Nashville Tune-O-Matic
  • Knobs: Black Top Hat
  • Tailpiece: Aluminium Stop Bar
  • Tuners: Grover Mini Rotomatic
  • Plating: Chrome

Electronics

  • Neck Pickup: 490R Humbucker
  • Birdge Pickup: 498T Humbucker
  • Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone

Miscellaneous

  • Case: Soft Shell Case

 

Additional information

Weight 22.5 kg

Stuff About Electric Guitars

Electric guitars use magnetic pickups to convert string vibration into an electrical signal, allowing the sound to be shaped through amplifiers and effects. Key things to understand include body shape, pickup type, neck profile, scale length and bridge design, as these all affect tone, feel and sustain. They are used across almost every modern genre, from clean and expressive to high-gain and aggressive styles, making them one of the most versatile instruments available.

Stuff About Guitars

Guitars cover a wide range of instruments designed to suit different styles, techniques, and sounds, from acoustic and classical models to solid body, semi-hollow, and hollow electric designs. Factors like body shape, scale length, neck profile, string type, and pickups all influence how a guitar feels and responds, making each type suited to different players and musical approaches. Whether used for rhythm, lead, songwriting, or experimentation, guitars are expressive, versatile instruments that form the heart of countless genres and playing styles.

Stuff About Solid Body Electric Guitars

Solid body electric guitars are built from a solid piece or pieces of wood, giving them excellent sustain, stability, and resistance to feedback at higher volumes. This construction makes them well suited to amplified playing across a wide range of styles, from clean and articulate tones to heavy, high-gain sounds. Their design allows pickups and hardware to play a major role in shaping tone, while the solid body provides a consistent, reliable feel. Solid body electric guitars are valued for their durability, versatility, and ability to perform confidently on stage and in the studio.

The Important stuff

Cardinal Red Satin. Les Paul — A Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar known for its thick, powerful tone, strong sustain, and classic single-cutaway shape. It is commonly associated with warm, rich sounds and is well suited to rock, blues, jazz, and heavier styles, thanks to its mahogany body, carved top, and typically humbucker-loaded pickups that deliver depth, punch, and smooth overdrive characteristics..

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