Gibson Adam Jones Les Paul Standard ASB
The Gibson Adam Jones Les Paul Standard in detail
Gibson USA is proud to present another artist model in collaboration with Adam Jones, the guitarist of the Grammy-nominated band TOOL, who is regarded as one of the greatest talents in rock and innovation.
About the artist
As a child Adam Jones first played violin, later electric bass. During his school years he played in a band called Electric Sheep with Tom Morello, who would later become guitarist for Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. After finishing school and studying FX engineering, he founded the progressive metal band TOOL with his neighbour Maynard James Keenan, bassist Paul d’Amour and drummer Danny Carey. He also took on the band’s video production and directed the famous TOOL videos, which stand out from ordinary music videos through stop-motion techniques, sombre colours and grotesque figures. On stages around the world he impresses with his technically accomplished guitar playing.
Full power
Adam Jones’s new signature Les Paul Standard in Antique Silverburst comes with an ebony fretboard with mother-of-pearl trapezoid inlays, Grover Rotomatic tuners, a Gibson BurstBucker neck pickup and a DC High-Gain humbucker at the bridge. This pickup combination delivers a true power sound in all settings. The entire electrics are hand-wired and benefit from the use of Orange Drop capacitors. Adam's signature is engraved on the truss-rod cover and an Adam Jones artwork appears on the back of the headstock. The Les Paul naturally ships in a modern hardshell case.
Product information "Gibson Adam Jones Les Paul Standard ASB"
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Body Shape: Single Cut
- Bridge / Tremolo: Tune-O-Matic
- Bridge Pickup: Gibson DC High-Gain Humbucker
- Color/ Finish: Antique Silverburst
- Colour: Grey and Silver
- Controls: 2x volume, 2x tone
- Country of Origin: USA
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Fretboard Inlays: Trapezoid inlays
- Fretboard radius: 12"
- Frets: 22
- Hardware: Chrome
- Includes: Hard case + accessories
- Neck: Mahogany
- Neck Pickup: Gibson Burstbucker 1
- Neck Profile: Rounded
- Neck construction: Set in neck
- Pickup Configuration: H-H (2x Humbucker)
- Pickup Selector Switch: 3 way toggle
- Pickup type: passive
- Scale: 24" (610 - 634 mm)
- Scale Length: 24,75" (629 mm)
- Serial number: 235320303
- Signature Model: yes
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid Body
- Top: Maple
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The model Les Paul, named after its creator Lester William Polsfuss, is one of the most famous and best‑selling electric guitar shapes of all time and established the single‑cut guitar form, which has been copied, adopted and reinterpreted by numerous other manufacturers. The Les Paul is mainly prized for its sound, characterised as warm and full. The humbucker pickup largely responsible for that sound, in its now common design, was developed by Seth Lover at Gibson.
In the early 1960s the Gibson SG appeared as another solid‑body electric from Gibson. Originally intended as the successor to the Les Paul, it became — helped by Angus Young of AC/DC — another rock‑history icon and is the basis for the double‑cutaway guitar type.
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Do you want to sound like Adam Jones?
Then have a look at the following items. Alternatively, you can also visit Adam's personal artist page and find out about his gear.
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