Originally Posted by 2001rt

Best Les Paul ON A BUDGET!

This is the Gibson USA Les Paul Studio Faded. There's not a lot of info out there but I'm pretty sure it was a limited run sold only by Guitar Center. They also made an SG faded and Flying V faded. I did see a Flying V in a Guitar Center recently. These are NOT Epiphone guitars - they are Gibson USA.

So, like any other Les Paul Studio, the Faded is basically a Standard minus the nice finish. However, the Les Paul faded has the Burstbucker pickups which are supposed to be better than the 490R / 498T's in the Studio guitars.

Bottom line? Instead of $1,200 for a regular Les Paul Studio, I paid $800 for this Les Paul Studio Faded.