Named for the flashy hipster suits of the jazz age, the new Les Paul Zoot Suit from Gibson USA is a total show-stopper of a guitar. Taking its cue from the Les Paul Standard, the Zoot Suit’s body follows the traditional shape, with carved arched top, but is thinner overall and is made from several layers of individually color-dyed Birch hardwood. Partnered with the classic pairing of a P-90 single-coil pickup in the neck position and a higher-output 498T humbucker in the bridge. Put it all together and it’s a bold piece of functional art, which will help you stand out on any stage, both visually and sonically.
The Les Paul Zoot Suit’s extraordinary rainbow-striped appearance is created by dying several layers of thin yet solid birch in brightly contrasting colors before laminating them together to create the hardwood base from which the entire guitar is crafted. The result is a Les Paul that looks like nothing else ever created, while no two Zoot Suits look quite exactly like each other.
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