The Les Paul Special with Mini Humbuckers is a take on the classic Les Paul Special. It has a pair of Gibson mini humbucker pickups in place of the usual P-90s. They are the same size as a P-90 and slightly smaller than regular humbuckers, so they fit the same pickup cavity. They are low-noise and hum-free, with a slightly brighter, more open tone than standard humbuckers. The tone combines some of the brightness of a P-90 with some of the warmth of a humbucker.
The guitar has a slab mahogany body and a mahogany neck with a 50s Vintage profile. The bound rosewood fretboard has 22 medium jumbo frets and acrylic dot inlays. Each pickup has its own volume and tone controls, hand-wired with Orange Drop capacitors.
The wraparound bridge provides sustain. Vintage Deluxe tuning machines with white buttons and a low-friction Graph Tech nut support tuning stability. A Gibson hardshell case is included.
- Body
- Mahogany, slab body, gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Neck
- Mahogany, 50s Vintage profile
- Fingerboard
- Bound rosewood, acrylic dot inlays, 304.8 mm / 12.0 in radius
- Frets
- 22 medium jumbo
- Scale length
- 628.65 mm / 24.75 in
- Nut
- Graph Tech, low-friction, 43.05 mm / 1.7 in wide
- Pickups
- Mini humbucker (neck), mini humbucker (bridge)
- Controls
- Individual volume and tone for each pickup, hand-wired with Orange Drop capacitors
- Bridge
- Wraparound
- Tuning machines
- Vintage Deluxe with white buttons
- In the box
- Gibson hardshell case