Gibson Les Paul Classic HB

1. Líneas generales:
Hermana gemela de la Les Paul 60's Standard, si no eres amigo de las tapas intensamente flameadas y prefieres una tapa lisa, ésta es tu guitarra.
Similitudes:
- monta las mismas pastillas, Burstbucker 61,
- los mismos afinadores Grover,
- el mismo perfil de mástil,
- los mismos botones sobre los potes

Diferencias:
- En la tapa sobre el ajuste del alma se lee "Classic" en lugar de "Standard"
- Las pastillas no tienen cubiertas de Níquel, están desnudas en formato zebra
- El selector de pastilla es color blanco en lugar de ámbar
- La entrada de jack es de metal en lugar de ser de plástico.
- Tiene 9 agujeros de alivio de peso
- Tiene electrónica sobre PCB, lo que ofrece la opción de hacer coil tapping y alterar la fase.
En mi caso compré tapas de níckel, selector ámbar, plástico del jack crema ... ¡y me quedó una "Standard 60s de tapa lisa".!
2. Sonido:
Nada nuevo bajo el sol, desenchufada se aprecia la calidad de la guitarra en su resonancia y en su tacto. Tengo una Epiphone Les Paul coreana muy mejorada en electrónica, pastillas y herrajes... y en cuanto tuve ésta en mis manos aprecié la diferencia desenchufada.
Enchufada... las diferencias se atenúan y en la mezcla podrían ser indistinguibles, pero la sensación al tocar es sensible.
El cableado en PCB es del estilo moderno, con la pega de pérdida de agudos al bajar volumen, claro, pero es una característica del cableado por todos conocida.
3. Control de calidad:
- Deberían avisar antes de comprarla del intenso ruido de electricidad estática que la guitarra trae de fábrica y que, tras unos meses se atenúa hasta desaparecer. Por lo visto se debe a la carga eléctrica que aplican para la correcta aplicación de la nitrocelulosa, nada grave. Pero, al no saber nada de esto, pasé terror al ver que mi deseada guitarra emitía un ruido HORRIBLE al contacto con cualquier parte de la guitarra.
Además, era un imán para las partículas de polvo de la casa y esto me generó una sensación triste en las primeras semanas de uso, pues era un ruido claramente audible a través del amplificador. Pasados unos meses, este ruido ha desaparecido, así que no ha habido más problemas en este sentido.
- Al abrir la caja aprecié residuos blanquecinos de barniz en diferentes zonas de la guitarra, los pude limpiar con un paño húmedo, así como huellas de dedos sucios en los afinadores. Esto no me gustó, dado el precio de la guitarra, deberían cuidar ese detalle.
Un saludo a todos los guitarreros!

TL;DR: I tested both the Classic and the Standard 60s side by side. If you insist on a traditional flamed maple top this guitar is not for you. Otherwise the Classic is virtually the same guitar as the Standard in sound, feel, and looks — except 500 EUR cheaper and with coil splitting and phase reversing options.

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This is a gorgeous guitar — Thomann's pictures don't do it justice. The honeyburst is basically a Standard 60s Unburst, same honey/caramel colours, same finish. Except it has natural grain instead of flamed maple top + natural wood on the back instead of red stained + plain chrome jack input instead of cream color. I'm fond of the zebra pups, but you can always order covers if you aren't.

The setup was very good, just a little fine-tuning to get it perfect for my tastes. No damage or imperfections, aside from a barely visible speck of paint on the binding where the neck meets the neck pup. The fretboard needed some lemon oil, too.

This guitar was a major step up coming from a '09 Gibson LP Studio. It plays very smoothly – in part thanks to the thinner 60s neck – and sounds (and sustains) like its big brother Standard 60s. I don't think I could tell the difference blindfolded. Bear in mind: it's a heavy guitar; mine weighs 4.3kg (9.5lbs).

The push-pull pots definitely add interesting tonal options. Coil splitting won't make your Gibson sound like a premium stratocaster, but it will definitely give you that bright, crisp single coil tone. Just one thing: you can't change the volume when coil splitting. So if you play at half-volume like me (allows me to up the volume without touching the amp) it will sound very loud in comparison.

The case is very nice, too. Detailed brown 'leather' exterior, cherry plush lining inside. Locks feel sturdier than the case my Studio has. Standard case candy and a blank truss rod cover was included in mine (I don't like the lettering they're using nowadays). My particular guitar turned out to be made on my birthday — but I can't guarantee that your guitar will share yours ;-)

Bottom line: it's by no means cheap. But it's definitely value for money. This is the real deal. There's only one reason the Standard costs 500 EUR more: Gibson traditionalists will happily cough it up.

Great guitar with some qc issues. Arrived perfectly packed, gibson box inside thomann box. Gibson box has security tapes ensuring you are the first person opening the box.

Looks great made from two pieces mahogany back and 2 pieces plain maple cap, looks better than fancy flamed ones. Grains of the wood are really good while they are not bookmatched they don't look like two different trees. Great nitro varnish no scratches or imperfections just great and smells so good.
Setup was perfect just tuned and everything was ready to play. No fret buzz on any fret. Has pcb board electronics not hard wired, push pull switches works great, gives additional tonal options, knobs look wonderful. No problems on tuners, nut and bridge.

Now the small problems;
The fretboard has some varnish residue(at least 7 frets near a cm wide), can also be seen from factory photo, there are toolmarks on binding, has some scratches on the cavity cover plastics (they are not protected with a plastic film.) one of the cavity screws is not vertical to the body, ground wire's jacket has been stripped in one place(probably used pliers when inserting to pcb). truss rod cover has a small crack on white side(back), two of the jack plate screws were not fully screwed.
and finally a small tear (1cm) on the handle of the hardcase.

Maybe I am paying too much attention to detail but other brands don't have these small problems. With a little attention to detail those could have been fixed easily at factory. Don't mind having these on a epiphone but I do mind on a Gibson.