This guitar is sadly no longer in production for Gibson and very few are circulating in the used market. The Premium plus handled any genres of music from cleaned up soft rock to drop tuned metal a la dream theater. The great factory setup allowed for a great feel when playing quick leads. With medium gain, the guitar had a very woody tone to it. Clean arpeggios jangled and chords rang very clearly.
The guitar handled both the clean and high gain sounds of the Mark V with great finesse. Coming from the studio lineage of guitars, it has no push/pull coil tapping, no phase switches, none of that. The Premium plus is a very no-nonsense guitar. I played the Premium plus through a Mesa Boogie Mark V amplifier. The guitar never found trouble adjusting back and forth between these lower tunings and Standard/Eb. Tuning Stability was very strong on this guitar.
The frets were well finished and the 59 neck profile was a breeze to move around. The Premium plus offered a delightful playing experience. The gold hardware complimented the Root beer finish perfectly. The body of the guitar while not bound, had a nicely visible cap on the sides that gave the illusion of binding. Sounds great and looks amazing.The Les Paul Studio Premium Plus features a highly figured top in a variety of colors prior to unseen on a studio body.The electronics consist of a 490 and 498T pickup combination. I bought it the day Les Paul died but it rarely made it into my regular rotation. Online auctions seem to land around $1600-1700 for this model and vintage: Rumour is Gibson realized they could get more for the high quality wood they were using on the Premium Plus Studio's by only using it on their expensive Custom shop Guitars. Other features include green key tuners, amber top hat knobs, and Gibson's premium black hardshell case with silver "Gibson USA" logo. Gibson's patented 490R and 498T humbucker pickups round it off, delivering the legendary tonal characteristics of original PAFs with the Les Paul's unmistakable punch. The rest of it is classic Les Paul: solid mahogany 24 ¾-inch scale neck with 22 frets, a traditional '50s rounded neck profile, and an Indian rosewood fingerboard with pearloid trapezoid inlays. The Les Paul Studio Premium Plus features a stunning AAA-grade flamed maple top, with a matched mahogany back and gold hardware for a distinct look all its own. It remains a true working musician's guitar, but with true Les Paul style. The Les Paul Studio Premium Plus delivers the traditional elements and performance of Gibson's iconic Les Paul, while continuing to uphold the heritage that has made the Les Paul Studio coveted by musicians the world over.
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