• Parlor-sized body shaped like a scaled-down SJ-200 with Les Paul single-cutaway styling
• Bookmatched solid AAA flame maple top
• Solid mahogany back and sides
• Traditional scalloped X-bracing
• Single-ply cream binding on top, back, and fretboard
• Mahogany neck with Advanced Response profile
• Bound rosewood fretboard, 12" radius, 19 standard frets
• Pearloid trapezoid inlays
• Compound dovetail neck-to-body joint
• Belly-down rosewood bridge
• TUSQ nut, saddle, and bridge pins
• Nickel-plated Grover Rotomatic tuners
• L.R. Baggs VTC +4 under-saddle piezo pickup and active preamp with 4 dB hotter output
• Stealthy soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls
• 1/4" endpin output jack
• Single-ply cream pickguard inspired by the Les Paul Standard
• Mother-of-pearl Gibson headstock logo with gold Les Paul Model silkscreen
• Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Adjustable truss rod with 2-ply black bell truss rod cover
• Includes modern hardshell case
DESCRIPTION
The Les Paul is one of the all-time great electric guitar designs, and Gibson has revisited it in acoustic form before — as a Jumbo cutaway from 1969 to 1973, and as a Gibson Custom solidbody-style Les Paul Acoustic from 2000 to 2003. The Les Paul Parlor Acoustic is the newest chapter: a small-bodied acoustic cutaway whose outline reads like a scaled-down SJ-200 wearing full Les Paul dress.
Solid mahogany back and sides supply the warmth, while the bookmatched solid AAA flame maple top — supported by traditional scalloped X-bracing — adds bite and note definition, much like the maple tops on Gibson's electrics. Single-ply cream binding trims the top and back, and the figured top is every bit as gorgeous as what you'd find on a Les Paul Standard.
The mahogany neck carries an Advanced Response profile that's neither too beefy nor too slim, topped with a bound rosewood fretboard with a 12" radius, 19 standard frets, and pearloid trapezoid inlays. It's joined to the body with a compound dovetail neck-to-body joint. The rosewood bridge is set belly-down, and the nut, saddle, and bridge pins are all TUSQ — which, along with the nickel-plated Grover Rotomatic tuners, helps the guitar stay where you tune it.
Plugged in, an L.R. Baggs VTC +4 under-saddle piezo pickup and active preamp deliver 4 dB hotter output than the standard VTC system, with discreet soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls that stay out of sight but within easy reach. Finishing touches include a single-ply cream pickguard shaped after the Les Paul Standard, a mother-of-pearl Gibson headstock logo, and a gold Les Paul Model silkscreen. It ships plug-and-play ready in a modern hardshell case.
SPECIFICATIONS
• Body Shape: Les Paul
• Body Style: Small Body
• Body Material: Mahogany
• Top: AAA Flame Maple
• Back: Mahogany
• Sides: Mahogany
• Bracing: Traditional Scalloped X-bracing
• Binding: Single-ply Cream, Top, Back, and Fretboard
• Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Material: Mahogany
• Neck Profile: Advanced Response
• Neck Joint: Compound Dovetail Neck-to-Body
• Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 304.8mm / 12.0in
• Fret Count: 19
• Frets: Standard
• Inlays: Pearloid Trapezoid
• Scale Length: 628.65mm / 24.75in
• Nut Material: TUSQ
• Nut Width: 43.82mm / 1.73in
• Under Saddle Pickup: L.R. Baggs VTC
• Preamp: L.R. Baggs VTC
• Controls: Soundhole-mounted Volume and Tone
• Output Jack: 1/4" Endpin
• Bridge: Belly-down; Rosewood
• Bridge Pins: TUSQ
• Saddle Material: TUSQ
• Pickguard: Single-ply Cream
• Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatic
• Tuner Plating: Nickel
• Truss Rod: Adjustable
• Truss Rod Cover: 2-ply Black Bell
• Strap Buttons: Endpin Jack
• Headstock Inlay: Gibson Logo in Mother-of-Pearl, Les Paul Model Gold Silkscreen
