AL Caiola - Caio

This laid-back album dates from 1963 and features Al and his orchestra adding a gentle lounge flavour to a bunch of popular Italian classics. The playing, despite the impressions given by the cheesy cover, is tasteful and beautifully phrased. Al puts his notes just around the beat to create that lazy-summer feeling which, as a small furry composite being of impeccable musical taste, seems to me to be the apotheosis of the lounge style.


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Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom

The Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar features a one-piece mahogany neck, carved maple top and warm-toned mahogany body. An ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlays gives it a bright attack. 490R and 498T Gibson humbuckers deliver warm rhythm and hot, solid lead sounds. Gibson also includes a tune-o-matic bridge, stopbar tailpiece, and bound body, neck, and head with gold hardware.

Features:

• One-piece mahogany neck
• Carved maple top
• Warm-toned mahogany body
• Ebony fingerboard
• Pearl block inlays
• Gold hardware
• 490R and 498T humbuckers
• Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
• Body, neck and headstock binding
• Includes hardshell case

Gibson Les Paul Studio Swamp Ash

With sumptuous natural looks and environment-friendly swamp ash body this LP Studio has the warm tone and sustain of a Les Paul with more punch. The satin natural finish reveals all the splendor of the carved, certified environmentally-sound swamp ash top and body. The rounded mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard plays silky smooth while 490R and 498T alnico humbuckers crank out bold leads and thick rhythm. Includes hardshell case.

Features:

• Environmentally Friendly swamp ash body and top
• Mahogany neck
• Rosewood fretboard
• 490R and 498T alnico humbuckers
• 24-3/4" scale
• 1-11/16" nut width
• 2 volume
• 2 tone controls
• 3-way selector
• Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
• Chrome hardware

Gibson Les Paul Special Faded

Screaming hot modern humbuckers on a vintage style Les Paul body. Featuring a 490R at the neck and a 498T at the bridge for a hot jolt of huge tone while the classic mahogany body, chrome hardware, and fabulous finishes serve up jaw dropping good looks. The 1960 slim taper neck with rosewood 22-fret fingerboard make this a affordable, easy to play Made in the USA Les Paul. Includes Gibson gig bag.

Features:

• 490R alnico magnet humbucker at the neck
• 498T alnico magnet humbucker at the bridge
• Mahogany body
• 1960 slim taper neck
• Rosewood 22-fret fingerboard
• Chrome hardware

Gibson Les Paul Studio Premium Plus

With the Gibson Les Paul Studio Premium Plus, the durability and superb performance of the time-tested Les Paul Studio is updated with a shimmering AAA flamed maple top and gold hardware. It's a true beauty for the working guitarist. Traditional mahogany body and set '59 Les Paul rounded mahogany neck generate great resonance for extended sustain from the 490R and 498T alnico magnet humbuckers.

Features:

• AAA flamed maple carved top
• Mahogany back
• Set mahogany neck
• Rosewood fretboard
• Gold hardware
• '59 Les Paul rounded neck shape
• Pearloid trapezoid inlays
• 490R alnico magnet humbucker at the neck
• 498T alnico magnet humbucker at the bridge
• 24-3/4" scale
• 1-11/16" nut width

Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s Neck

Exclusive Alnico V pickups with classic neck and head. The feel and sound of the original '50s LesPaul comes from the classic hefty neck design of the Les Paul Standard '50s Neck . With a smaller peghead, push-in-bushing green tuning keys, and nickel hardware. You get staggering looks with brilliant transparent finishes on figured maple tops. Burstbucker V pickups feature Alnico V magnets like those used in the P90s from the '50s. One coil has more wraps than the other, as did most '50s and early '60s "Patent Applied For" coils. These waxed, double-potted pickups deliver a tighter, balanced, biting tone with more midrange. Mahogany body and neck with rosewood fretboard. Gibson includes a hardshell case with your '50s Neck Les Paulc.

Features:

• Mahogany body and fat '50s neck
• Carved Maple top
• Rosewood fretboard
• Alnico V Standard humbucker pickups
• Green keystone tuners
• Top and fretboard binding
  

Gibson Melody Maker

American-made quality at an entry-level price. Resurrecting one of the most popular guitars in Gibson s history, the Melody Maker is an accurate, affordable recreation of the original Melody Makers of the late 1950s. Originally introduced as a student model, much like the Les Paul Junior, the Melody Maker became a player s favorite for its light weight, comfortable neck, and great tone.

Today s Melody Maker is no exception. With a period-correct pickguard housing a special design singlecoil pickup, a vintage-style wraparound tailpiece, rounded neck profile, and slim, light body, the Melody Maker is an unbelievable value for players of all ages, styles, and skill levels. Manufactured in: Nashville, TN

Features:

BODY

• Body Species: Mahogany
• Jack Location: Top
  
  NECK
• Species: Mahogany
• Profile: Rounded
• Neck Joint Location: 16th Fret
  
  FINGERBOARD
• Species: Rosewood
• Scale Length: 24-3/4"
• Total Length: 18.062"
• Number of Frets: 22
• Nut width: 1.695"
• Inlays: Dot
  
  HARDWARE
• Plating Finish: Chrome
• Tailpiece: Wraparound
• Knobs: Black tophat
• Tuners: Vingate white button
  
  ELECTRONICS
• Bridge Pickup: single-coil
• Controls: One volume, one tone
  

Gibson Les Paul Studio Baritone

Legendary Les Paul tone, buffed up and beefier. The long-scale Les Paul Baritone adds beefy bottom-end tones to the legendary Les Paul. 28" scale length is 3-3/4" longer than a standard LP. It comes strung with .13-.60 strings. Pickups and controls are the same as on a regular Les Paul Studio guitar. Mahogany body with maple top. Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard and brushed chrome hardware give it a distinctive look.

Features:

• Made in Nashville, TN
• Mahogany body
• Maple top
• Mahogany neck with rounded '59 Les Paul profile
• 28" scale length
• Comes strung with .13-.60 strings
• Ebony fingerboard
• Platinum-plated hardware (brushed chrome look)
• Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece
• Silver top hat knobs
• Kidney button tuning keys
• 490R alnico magnet humbucker (neck)
• 498T alnico magnet humbucker (bridge)
• 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch
• Black reptile-pattern hardshell case with dark grey plush interior, black shroud, and silver silkscreened Gibson USA logo

Specs:

• 17° peghead pitch
• 0.818" thickness at nut
• 0.963" thickness at 12th fret
• 0.625" heel length
• 18th fret neck joint
• 28" scale
• 21.332" total length
• 1-11/16" nut width
• 2.062" width at 12th fret
• 24 frets

Enoch Light - Future Sound Shock

Hello chaps...Mr Snookles is back from his summer of indolence (southern hemisphere) and ready to start a new season of livin', lovin', and loungein' (is that a word?)

Today's offering is from the redoubtable Enoch Light. Enoch always had the best players around him, and it shows in the quality on this album. Enoch also had a flair for arrangement, and these tunes showcase his talents, and also bring out the best in the studio engineers. My personal favourite is 'Caravan', where the theme moves from a Persian-sounding oboe to electric sitar to muted trumpet, creating a delightful exotic atmosphere.

Enoch's use of changing timbres for his melodies ranks with the best of the classical orchestrators in my opinion - the sounds are always changing and evolving in a most satisfying manner. Add a healthy serve of bongos and latin percussion and you've got a great lounge listening experience. There is another version of this album floating around in the blogosphere, but the 128kps format doesn't really do justice to the sound. If you have the other album, I recommend you upgrade to the 320kbps version - you won't be disappointed.

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Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior

Simple, straightforward, and to-the-point rock tone. That's why Billie Joe rocks a vintage Junior and why you'll love the Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior electric guitar. Billie Joe's signature model is a modern re-creation of the vintage Juniors he plays on stage. While the Junior may have started life as a budget model, it has proven it has the muscle to deliver the powerful sounds needed for modern music. The flat-top, single-cutaway mahogany body and single dog-ear, double-coil P-90 pickup combination is unbeatable for punchy, defined-yet-dirty tone. The mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard (ebony on classic white model) and '1960 slim-taper neck profile is comfy and gives you something solid to hold on to. It also has a wraparound compensated bridge, nickel tuners, and volume and tone controls.

Features:

• Mahogany body
• Set mahogany neck
• 1960 slim-taper neck profile
• Rosewood fretboard (ebony on classic white model)
• 22 frets
• 24-3/4" scale length
• 1.695 nut width
• 12" fretboard radius
• Fixed wraparound compensated bridge
• Double-coil humbucking P-90 bridge pickup
• Volume control
• Tone control
• Nickel hardware
• Lacquer finish

Gibson Les Paul BFG

Stripped down and ready for action! A decidedly nontraditional Les Paul for rockers who want an Les Paul with attitude and don't care about good looks. It has the sound and playability you'd expect from Gibson, while its raw look stands Les Paul styling on its head: unsanded top, no binding, no pickup rings, no truss rod cover, no toggle switch rings, no fretboard position indicators (dots on the side only), with wooden knobs that have no numbers. This rough and tough guitar has sonics to match: steamy hot tones from the novel pickup combination of a single coil P90 in the neck and a BurstBucker 3 in the bridge - like having an LP Special and a Standard in one guitar. Mini toggle pickup selection switch located near two volume and one master tone controls. Kill switch located where rhythm/lead switch used to be. "Distressed" stop bar, Tune-o-matic bridge, and Grovers and "shopworn" case complete the raw look of this very different looking Les Paul.

Features & Specs:

• Unsanded carved maple top
• Mahogany back
• 1950s rounded mahogany neck
• Rosewood fingerboard
• Scale length: 24-3/4"
• Number of frets: 22
• Nut width: 1.695"
• Inlays: white side dots only
• Hardware: gun metal (trans cherry finish) or distressed black chrome (trans black and trans gold finish)
• Tailpiece: stopbar (distressed)
• Bridge: Tune-o-matic
• Knobs: two wooden volumes, one wooden tone
• Tuners: Grover (distressed)
• Neck pickup: P-90
• Bridge pickup: Zebra BurstBucker 3
• Controls: 2 volume, 1 tone, 3-way switch
• Kill switch toggle
• See-through wiring covers in back
• Strings: Brite Wires .010-.046
• Case: shopworn Les Paul

Gibson Les Paul Supreme

The apex of Les Paul luxury with maple on the back as well as the top! Custom binding all around is just the start of the Gibson Les Paul Supreme Electric Guitar's distinctive looks. Feast your eyes on the deluxe pearl-on-ebony fingerboard inlays; gold frets; and an abalone, pearl, and brass globe inlaid on the Gibson LP headstock. A chambered Les Paul Guitar body takes a load off your shoulder and enhances resonance to aid the 490R and 498T alnico humbuckers in generating miles of smooth sustain. The Les Paul Supreme Electric Guitar includes a Gibson hardshell case.

Features:

• Maple top and back
• Chambered mahogany body
• Mahogany neck with ebony fretboard
• Custom binding on top, back, fretboard, and headstock
• Abalone, pearl, and brass globe headstock inlay
• 24-3/4" scale
• 1-11/16" nut width
• 2 volume
• 2 tone
• 3-way selector
• Tune-o-matic bridge w

Gibson Les Paul New Century

Jaws will drop as you reflect the stage lights around the room with a Mirrored Top that is Made to capture the spotlight. The full-body mirror top is complemented by an equally flashy matching mirror truss rod cover and mirror dot fretboard inlays. Underneath the glam and glitz, it's pure Gibson muscle, though. Constructed with a traditional mahogany body and neck, fast '60s neck profile, rosewood fingerboard, and 490R and 498T alnico humbuckers. Chrome hardware.

Features:

• Full-body mirror top
• Mirror trussrod cover
• Mahogany body
• Mahogany neck
• 1960 slim-taper neck profile
• Rosewood fretboard
• Mirror dot fingerboard inlays
• 24-3/4" scale
• 22 frets
• 1-11/16" nut
• Mirror dot fretboard inlays
• Chrome hardware
• Stopbar tailpiece
• Tune-o-matic bridge
• Black knobs with chrome inserts
• Gibson Deluxe tuners
• 490R alnico magnet neck humbucker
• 498T alnico magnet bridge humbucker
• Two volume and two tone knobs
• 3-way switch pickup selector switch
• Gibson Brite Wires strings (.010-.046)
• Black reptile-pattern hardshell case with dark grey plush interior and silver Gibson USA logo