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Starting with the timeless tonewoods that have made the Les Paul great for 60 years, the Chad Kroeger "Blackwater" Les Paul uses a mahogany body with strategically placed chambers for weight relief and sonic resonance and caps it with a solid maple top, giving you the warmth and depth of mahogany and bite and sparkle of maple in a best-of-both-worlds concoction that has never been beaten.
More than just any old maple, though, Gibson selects AAA-grade flamed maple and gives it a hand-stained Trans Black finish in high-gloss nitrocellulose, which brings stunning depth and dimension to this gorgeous wood. Gibson's traditional hardware set, upgraded to include Grover kidney button tuners, keeps it all solid and singing, but in this case the Tune-o-matic-style bridge hides a potent secret: GraphTech™'s Ghost® System employs piezo bridge saddles to provide an authentic acoustic tone from a standard electric guitar, taking the Chad Kroeger "Blackwater" Les Paul's sonic potential into the stratosphere.
Patch the acoustic sound to its own amp or PA board via the guitar's stereo output jack, and you've got instant, stage-ready acoustic tones at the twist of a knob. Or, blend it with the traditional magnetic pickup tone to create sounds that are all your own. When you want to get purely down and dirty, run straight through the Chad Kroeger "Blackwater" Les Paul's traditional Alnico-magnetic humbuckers – two of Gibson's most popular pickups. A 490R in the neck position offers impressive depth and warmth, while a hotter 498T in the bridge position gives you all the snarl and growl required for searing crunch tones and singing rock leads. Whatever your own creative endeavors require, the Chad Kroeger "Blackwater" Les Paul offers a voice to get the job done.
The "Blackwater" also features Chad's ingenious idea of adding star decal markers along the upper back fretboard aligned with the standard fret markers that allow him to see where his hand is positioned when playing on a darkened stage. Each guitar comes protected in a black hardshell Gibson case with plush lining, includes full owner's manual and adjustment literature.
Limited Edition Chad Kroeger Les Paul Features:
Body :Mahogany
Top: AAA Figured Maple
Binding: Single Ply Cream Binding
Body Type: Chambered Weight Relief
Neck: Quarter-sawn Mahogany
Profile: 50's Style
Truss Rod: Traditional Adjustable
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: 22
Radius: 12"
Binding: Single Ply Cream Binding
Inlays: Figured Acrylic Trapezoids
Nut/E.O.B: 1.695"/2.260"
Nut Material: Corian
Width: 1.695
Slots: Gibson PLEK System
Headstock Logo: Mother of Pearl "Gibson" Logo with scripted "Les Paul Model"
Truss Rod Cover: Black and White Antique Bell with "Blackwater" Silver Hot Stamp
Tuners: Grover Kidney Tuners
Plating: Chrome
Bridge: Ghost® ResoMax
Material: Resomax Alloy
Plating: Chrome
Tailpiece: Stop Bar
Material: Zamak
Plating: Chrome
Knobs: Black Speed Knobs
Control Plate Cover: Black w/Battery Box
Strap Buttons: Aluminum
Strings: .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings
Pickups:
Neck Position: 490R
Bridge Position: 498T
Magnet Material: Alnico II and Alnico VElectronics
Potentiometers: 3 Volume, 1 Master Tone Control
Type: 300k Linear Volume, 500k Non-linear Tone
Toggle Switch Three-way Switchcraft with Black Plastic Tip
Output Jack: Ghost® 1/4" Stereo
Finish: Nitrocellulose
Case: Gibson Hardshell
Case Exterior: Black
Case Interior: Plush Lining
Additional Materials: Owners manual, adjustment literature
More than just any old maple, though, Gibson selects AAA-grade flamed maple and gives it a hand-stained Trans Black finish in high-gloss nitrocellulose, which brings stunning depth and dimension to this gorgeous wood. Gibson's traditional hardware set, upgraded to include Grover kidney button tuners, keeps it all solid and singing, but in this case the Tune-o-matic-style bridge hides a potent secret: GraphTech™'s Ghost® System employs piezo bridge saddles to provide an authentic acoustic tone from a standard electric guitar, taking the Chad Kroeger "Blackwater" Les Paul's sonic potential into the stratosphere.
Patch the acoustic sound to its own amp or PA board via the guitar's stereo output jack, and you've got instant, stage-ready acoustic tones at the twist of a knob. Or, blend it with the traditional magnetic pickup tone to create sounds that are all your own. When you want to get purely down and dirty, run straight through the Chad Kroeger "Blackwater" Les Paul's traditional Alnico-magnetic humbuckers – two of Gibson's most popular pickups. A 490R in the neck position offers impressive depth and warmth, while a hotter 498T in the bridge position gives you all the snarl and growl required for searing crunch tones and singing rock leads. Whatever your own creative endeavors require, the Chad Kroeger "Blackwater" Les Paul offers a voice to get the job done.
The "Blackwater" also features Chad's ingenious idea of adding star decal markers along the upper back fretboard aligned with the standard fret markers that allow him to see where his hand is positioned when playing on a darkened stage. Each guitar comes protected in a black hardshell Gibson case with plush lining, includes full owner's manual and adjustment literature.
Limited Edition Chad Kroeger Les Paul Features:
Body :Mahogany
Top: AAA Figured Maple
Binding: Single Ply Cream Binding
Body Type: Chambered Weight Relief
Neck: Quarter-sawn Mahogany
Profile: 50's Style
Truss Rod: Traditional Adjustable
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: 22
Radius: 12"
Binding: Single Ply Cream Binding
Inlays: Figured Acrylic Trapezoids
Nut/E.O.B: 1.695"/2.260"
Nut Material: Corian
Width: 1.695
Slots: Gibson PLEK System
Headstock Logo: Mother of Pearl "Gibson" Logo with scripted "Les Paul Model"
Truss Rod Cover: Black and White Antique Bell with "Blackwater" Silver Hot Stamp
Tuners: Grover Kidney Tuners
Plating: Chrome
Bridge: Ghost® ResoMax
Material: Resomax Alloy
Plating: Chrome
Tailpiece: Stop Bar
Material: Zamak
Plating: Chrome
Knobs: Black Speed Knobs
Control Plate Cover: Black w/Battery Box
Strap Buttons: Aluminum
Strings: .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings
Pickups:
Neck Position: 490R
Bridge Position: 498T
Magnet Material: Alnico II and Alnico VElectronics
Potentiometers: 3 Volume, 1 Master Tone Control
Type: 300k Linear Volume, 500k Non-linear Tone
Toggle Switch Three-way Switchcraft with Black Plastic Tip
Output Jack: Ghost® 1/4" Stereo
Finish: Nitrocellulose
Case: Gibson Hardshell
Case Exterior: Black
Case Interior: Plush Lining
Additional Materials: Owners manual, adjustment literature
