Your latest G.A.S. purchases

I know I said I was holding off all further gear purchases until I finished treating my studio room - well, I lied.

I've wanted a Les Paul for a while and at this price for a USA made model and after playing one I had decided I'd buy one eventually, but I recently found out that Gibson was discontinuing the Les Paul Studio '50s Tribute Humbucker models and that quite a few dealers were starting to run out of stock I pulled the trigger on one. I've been a sucker for Gold Tops with Dark Backs forever so I gave in and put the order in. Hopefully it's like the one I played a few months back that is no longer for sale locally. If not, I have 45 days to return it and swap it until I find one that works (as long as they have stock).

It's a USA made Gibson with the 50's profile neck I prefer over the slimmer 60's profile with a Gibson USA 490R in the neck and 498T in the bridge. They are open humbuckers but I already have a set of Gibson pickup covers to toss on them for that closed humbucker look I prefer on a Les Paul.

I'm looking at it more for a Hard Rock/Blues guitar but we'll see.

Looks like this one:

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