Gibson Les Paul Studio

About the Gibson Les Paul Studio

The Les Paul Studio is the stripped-down Les Paul, made in the USA at Gibson's Nashville plant since the early 1980s: a mahogany body with a carved maple top, a glued-in mahogany neck, a 24.75 inch scale, a 12 inch radius, 22 medium jumbo frets and two humbuckers, each with its own volume and tone control.

The year changes a lot. Older examples have an unbound fingerboard, some from the 1990s and 2000s an ebony board, and some from the 1980s to the 2000s gold hardware, which tarnishes; current ones have a bound board, a SlimTaper neck and a weight-relieved body. From 1993 to 2022 most carry a 490R neck and 498T bridge humbucker; the current version has Burstbucker Pro pickups instead. Push-pull coil splits on the volume knobs show up on dated examples from 2015 on, while 1990s ones have plain pots. Weighed examples from 1984 to 2005 come in at about 8.1 to 10.1 lb (3.7 to 4.6 kg), those from 2013 on at about 7.8 to 8.8 lb (3.5 to 4.0 kg), with necks 0.80 to 0.86 inch deep at the first fret. Examples from the 1990s to 2018 came with a Gibson hardshell case; current ones ship in a padded soft case. On examples from the 1980s to 2005, the serial's first and fifth digits give the year (91767317 is a 1997).

Before buying, check behind the nut for a repaired headstock break and ask what has been changed: pickups, tuners and the bridge are the usual swaps. Alpine White yellows toward cream with age.

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Listings of the Gibson Les Paul Studio we watched from listing to sale typically went in 32 days (42 watched), a steady; it sells for a median of €880 over the last 90 days across 54 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €720 and €990. New, it costs €1,290 at Thomann (read 14 October 2026), so a used one at the median saves about 32%. There are 552 listings live right now across eBay Germany, eBay United States, Reverb, from €309 asking, a median ask 55% over the sale median. Figures computed 19 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.