For many years now, the Gibson Les Paul Axcess Standard has been one of the most popular electric guitars among professional musicians. In the new, revised version, it now impresses with a look and playability that has never been seen before. The basis of the new look is the mahogany body with a two-piece curly maple top, followed by a mahogany neck with a fretboard made of East Indian rosewood. The design is complemented by the redesigned contours for additional comfort and easier access to the fingerboard. To reinforce the transition from the guitar neck to the headstock, the Les Paul Axcess Standard features the new Apex headstock. The two powerful 490R and 498T humbuckers from
The headstock, reinforced with the new Apex headstock, is fitted with six solid Grover tuners with kidney wings which, together with the locking nut, ensure outstanding tuning stability. Visually, the revised version of the
The Gibson Les Paul Axcess Standard uses the company's own 490R and 498T humbuckers as pickups. These powerful units deliver a variable and powerful sound that pushes every amplifier to its limits, while the relationship to the legendary PAFs cannot be denied. The breadth of sounds that can be produced ranges from characterful distortion and overdrive sounds to warm, airy and transparent clean sounds. and to create authentic single-coil sounds, both pickups can also be split.