2015 Gibson Les Paul Studio in Desert Burst The 2015 Gibson Les Paul Studio has a Mahogany body with modern body rout and a figured Maple top. The neck is a Mahogany slim taper and the fingerboard is Rosewood with Trapezoid Pearl Inlays. The hardware is a satin nickel Tune-O-Matic and Stop Bar tail piece. Two satin nickel covered "57 classic and Classic Plus with coil split and orange drop capacitors. Finish is a gloss lacquer in 3 color options: Manhattan Midnight, Desert Burst, Wine Red. Gibson USA continued with the dark cream pickup mounting rings on the LP Studios and black supreme grip speed knobs and ships with a hard-shell case.