Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s P90

I own a CS R8 and this one is not even close when it comes to building quality. However it sound good and plays well after some initial setup - That's the big difference between CS and the standard factory, craftmanship. Had to replace a pot after a month. Owned my CS R8 for almost 20 years now and I've never changed a thing except strings. However - there's a big difference on the price tag...

Use:
Home and band rehearsal use, through Fender amps with some low-gain overdrive

This is a great sounding, looking and playing guitar. The P90 pickups are much hotter than a more traditional single coil, and are very responsive to picking input. The volume and tone controls are also very responsive, you can find many different sounds by rolling them back a little. With a driven amp or overdrive pedal vol. 7 will be just starting to break up a little, vol. 10 gives beautiful rich overdrive.

The neck feels great, not too chunky, but a nice handful. The frets seems a little bit lower and narrower than some other Gibsons I have played, but it doesn't make the guitar any more or less playable to me.

The fit, finish and quality is a marked improvement over a new 2017 Gibson I purchased recently. The case candy includes the usual documentation, baby photo, manual etc, but also a faux-leather strap, polishing cloth and a nice Gibson multi-tool.

My one single criticism is that in my opinion, the nut was not cut as well as it could be. Particularly the G string slot was too high, meaning fretted notes on the first few frets were sharp. This is easily resolved with a trip to your guitar tech, or by yourself if you have quality nut files.

Overall this is a fantastic guitar, It's as close to original early 50's spec as Gibson have made outside Custom and limited run stuff, and its reasonable priced.

This guitar is truly one of a kind, the P90's offer contrasting dynamics for a variety of different styles. There is such a full sound on the bridge pickup and it cuts through a mix really well, the middle position offers a mixture of the warmth of the neck pickup and bite of the bridge pickup. The clean sounds a very good, the neck pickup has a higher out put than the bridge when it comes to clean sounds but a boost pedal can really help this. The finish is glorious and instantly makes you want to pick it up and play for hours. I play through a VOX AC30 TB 1993 and its honestly the best sound I have ever gotten out of a les Paul, for me I wanted to start a collection of Les Pauls from 50's 60's 70's and now that Gibson have released all the models I will definitely be completing my collection in the near future. I would highly recommend getting the guitar set up, after I changed the strings I noticed intonation issues and tuning issues but that's to be expected. All in all this guitar is amazing in every sense and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

Chapeau to Thomann you get exactly what you are expecting from this company.
And about the guitar, this is my second Les Paul in 15 years. And I repeat my self but with this model you get exactly what you're expecting from a 50s Les paul model: heavy , loud , raw, smells like vanilla, looks like a piece of art, a baseball bat neck , sustains forever, medium frets , p90 are great .
For the records. This feels like driving an old 911 Porsche it's a beast to tame. It's not Ibanez . So don't expect a Japanese guitar, this is a different experience.
If you choose this guitar you need to know what you're doing.