School of Rock – a Philadelphia-born, now-international school for music education – has partnered with Gibson for a limited-edition Les Paul Special electric guitar, as Guitarworld reported here
Available exclusively to School of Rock students, the guitar – of which only 100 have been made – boasts a solid mahogany body and neck with a glossy black nitrocellulose finish and gold hardware – both unique features on a Les Paul Special – as well as a cream-bound rosewood fingerboard and wraparound stoptail bridge chosen for “the best intonation possible”.
Other features include uniquely numbered backplate, four-ply black pickguard, vintage '50s-style “button” tuning machines and P-90 pickups with hand-wired orange drop capacitors. Additionally, each guitar comes with a hardshell case.
The company produce the iconic Les Paul and SG lines, and are favourites of players from Jimmy Page, to Slash, to Carlos Santana and beyond. They were founded over 100 years ago, in Michigan U.S.A.
