Click to zoom   Books 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul : Half a... by Tony Bacon The Gibson Les Paul Book : A Complete... by Tony Bacon, et al	Gibson Les Paul Artisan® The Artisan is a strikingly beautiful Les Paul instrument.  Introduced in 1976, it has unique tonal capabilities and produces greater output than any other Les Paul produced previously.  The model has 3 pickups, and is the first Les Paul with stock controls allowing the use of all three pickups simultaneously.  The Artisan also has the nostalgic "hearts and flowers" head and fingerboard inlay. Body Design Solid body with a single cutaway.  Carved 3-piece top laminated to the body Dimensions Length: 17–1/4" • width: 12–3/4" • depth: 2" Material Solid mahogany body, carved maple top Finishes Neck Nut Width 1–11/16" Scale 24–3/4" Frets 22 Neck Pitch 5° Head Pitch 14° Materials Maple Fingerboard Ebony Inlay Mother-of-pearl "hearts and flowers" Binding Single Machines Schaller gold-plated Head Maple, black fiber veneer with "hearts and flowers" inlay Bridge Type Tune-O-Matic Design Nashville Materials Die cast zinc, gold-plated Tailpiece Type TP-6 adjustable stop bar(fine tuning) Materials Die cast zinc, gold-plated Pickups Number & Type 3 pickups: Neck and Bridge are Series VI, the center pickup is a Super humbucking. Materials •Series VI I pickups have 1 Indox 7 magnet, epoxy mounted. •Series VI I pickups have 1 Indox 7 ceramic magnet, epoxy mounted Pole Pieces Six adjustable per pickup, iron load Sound Extremely high output with excellent balance characteristics. Lows only slightly louder than highs, much like single coil sound. Controls Number & type Two volume, two tone, three-way selector switch (neck-all, -bridge)  One set of controls covers bridge, other covers "all-3" mode and neck Common settings Rock, funk, Country: All three pickups, tone wide open Hard Rock: Bridge PU only, tone wide open (extremely bright, cutting sound with great drive)