les paul 2015 minitune commemorative review

Running the Classic with both pickups in tap mode is quite something experiment with the phase switch with both pickups on to hear it. There’s a little more nasally P-90 flavour, a slightly cocked-wah voice that provides a grainy texture, especially with some crunch and Marshall-y gain. It might well be that the Classic has the bite and power you like with more lower-end grunt than the others. Like any classic design, what you hear coming out of your amp might not be your idea of a great Les Paul tone, yet playing these three we’re hearing wonderful and subtly different flavours. Of course, if that doesn’t bother you, you might be on to a winner here as it’s a great player as supplied. The Classic’s neck feels very similar to the recently-reviewed Standard, despite the differences, but the weight has a big impact, particularly on the hugely unbalanced feel played seated. The Classic has an initial response that all points to a strong plugged-in performance. String height is identical to the others and neck relief sits between the two. Likewise, the ’board appears very dry and with such low-profile frets you do really feel the ’board’s surface more than you would with a higher wire. At £900 cheaper than the Standard, the 2019 Classic is essentially a stripped-down Les Paul before you drop to the Studios and is offered in Honeyburst (as here) or Gold Top - it was originally also offered in Ebony and Heritage Cherry Sunburst. The Classic is a catch-all name and for 2019 swaps its 2018-spec dual P-90s for ’61 Zebras and adds the circuit board previously used on the Standard, along with Traditional (aka nine-hole) weight relief. Add to the list the Les Paul Studio and Studio Tribute, and that leaves us with the three most classic Les Pauls, the Standard, Traditional and Classic. As ever, the Les Paul sits central, with eight models (if we count The Paul 40th Anniversary) bookended by the start-up double-cut Les Paul Junior Tribute and topped off with the Les Paul High Performance. I'll also note that 'The Hawk' has chrome Kluson tuners that have press in bushings were the Blueshawks & Nighthawks use the threaded style of Kluson/Gibson tuners.This year’s line-up was seen by many dealers as a return to form: “A new chapter in Gibson’s illustrious history, with their focus firmly back on crafting only the world’s finest guitars!” said one. My Son wants to sand the hawk bare = To remove the FOTL logo on the body & headstock which is under the clear coat. stays original but 'The Hawk' is a testbed for pickups. My Son & I both like the feel shape & sounds of the 'Hawk' line of guitars, The Nighthawk Std. We also picked up The Hawk that was a Fruit of the Loom promotional guitar, it came with 490R/490T pickups that we later installed a SD P-rail with triple shot mounting ring & just put 'A Little Thunder' in the neck position & installed dual output jacks to run the bass signal to a bass amp = Quite COOL! Then we ordered a NIB Nancy Wilson Nighthawk Standard that plays like a dream. I've had three Blueshawks, First was a Southern Comfort House of Blues model in black that had a Nighthawks neck, Not V shaped, The 2nd Blueshawk was blue & had a black neck & also had the Nighthawks rounded profile neck shape, The 3rd Blueshawk was also blue but had the V shaped neck shape. This guitar carried over to 2011 but that year it was offered with a Vintage Sunburst finish and a higher price tag. The body was solid mahogany without a cap or veneer. The guitar was offered in a variety of finishes which included Chicago Blue, Memphis Mojo and St. This guitar was equipped with Burstbucker pickups in the neck position and bridge position which came with a split-table feature, and a gold blade single coil as the middle pickup.

As with most Nighthawks the bridge was fixed. The body was chambered and made of poplar.

It featured two pickups a P-90 as the neck pickup and an Alnico humbucker for the bridge.Ī year later the Nighthawk Standard 2010 was released as a limited edition model.

Production on all Nighthawk guitars ended in 1998 and did not resume again until 2009 when Gibson released the limited edition version that year.

Les paul 2015 minitune commemorative review