The Gibson Les Paul Traditional 2017 HP Lefthand Honey Burst combines classic Les Paul features with modern high performance features to create a unique electric guitar for left-handers. The proven mahogany construction does without a weight relief, so that the electric guitar in combination with the solid maple top in flawless AAA quality delivers the typical Les Paul sound. The Soloist neck with "Rounded" profile and wide fingerboard lies comfortably in the hand and offers unhindered access to the high registers thanks to Fast Access Heel. The Burstbucker 2 and Burstbucker 3+ humbuckers deliver a hot vintage sound on the amplifier, which is perfect for modern Blues and Rock versions. The complex circuit with four push/pull potentiometers and DIP switches also offers up to 150 different sound variants. The equipment of the Gibson Les Paul Traditional 2017 HP Lefthand is completed by a Tune-O-Matic bridge with titanium string riders, an aluminium locking stop bar and the G-Force tuning system for fast and comfortable tuning.
With the Les Paul Traditional 2017 HP Lefthand, Gibson USA remains faithful to its proven design and relies on a full mahogany body without weight reduction, which is completed by an AAA-quality maple top. Only the modern Fast-Access Heel for smooth playability of the high registers of the rosewood fingerboard was adopted as part of the 2017 High Performance Series.
With the double burstbucker configuration of the Les Paul Traditional, Gibson recreates the famous Paula sound in the form of two adapted humbuckers with a traditional Alnico II magnet. While the Burstbucker 2 in neck position evokes the spirit of classic medium output PAFs on the neck, the Burstbucker 3 variant on the bridge not only provides more steam, but also a balanced setup in the intermediate position. Last but not least, the push/pull function of all four potentiometers can be individually changed via an internal DIP switch and e.g. coil splits or an internal high pass filter can be activated.