Tak Matsumoto Les Paul (get your sunglasses on first)

Rabs

AHHHH  my poor eyes  

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http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2018/Custom/Tak-Matsumoto-Les-Paul-Standard-2018.aspx

The new 2018 Tak Matsumoto Les Paul in Canary Yellow is based on a limited run created by Gibson Custom Shop for Tak almost 20 years ago – reissued now to honor of the 30th Anniversary of his famous band, B'z. The original run in 1999 marked the first time an Asian artist received a Gibson signature model, another great reason to commemorate this unique instrument. It retains all the unique aesthetics and handsome appointments as the original Canary Yellow model with some updates like an acoustically-chambered mahogany body and a mix of historic and contemporary parts and specs. It is offered as an exclusive model for Japan and Southeast Asia.

Tak Matsumoto says "Here we have the Canary Yellow Les Paul reissued about 20 years after the original. I played the prototype onstage at the last B'z 'Live Dinosaur' tour. It has a chambered body to be lighter, the neck fits tightly in my hands, and the guitar is a good match for various playing styles and tones, from heavy to clean. It is my great pleasure to see my very first Gibson signature guitar reissued to celebrate B'z 30th anniversary this year."

andy1839

Yay!
Canary yellow is back. 

Love mine. 

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SNAKEBITE

Never in a million years would I ever get one, however I am not against them as such.

What I do find odd is the garish fronts and the plain wood finish on the back. Wouldn't it look better if the body were all one colour?

Corvus

Don't mind that, apart from the name on the top and the inlays anyway. Like the dark back vs the top. It's not for me but there's room for this kind of thing, there's enough trad-type ones around to handle a few that are different to the norm.

StuartMac290

I object more to the abalone than the Canary yellow, to be honest

JerkMoans

That’s all great, except for the utterly gauche name scrawled on the front of the body. What were they thinking?!

designerseye88

I kind of like it...

carlos

I like the colour but it should be front, back and sides.

Phil_aka_Pip

I don't like the colour, the fretmarkers or the name up the bass edge of the neck. These things wouldn't add any extra value for me, but wouldn't stop me buying it if (i) I was in the market for buying a Les Paul (ii) it played like mega-butter (iii) it sounded better than any original 59 LP (iv) the price was no worse then any ol' LP studio.