What a weird combo, what are inherently classic mahogany guitars put out with maple bodies and maple boards, but - wait for it - maho necks?
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Both the Les Paul Studio Raw Power and SG Raw Power feature
unbound solid maple bodies, with a traditional carved top on the former. This sturdy tonewood offers a clear, well-defined sonic response, as well as looking great with minimal cosmetic treatment. Their
solid mahogany necks are
topped with unbound maple fretboards, which are dressed with simple dot position markers, and graced with a traditional trapezoid marker at the 12th fret."
Never mind how Gibson isn't quite sure what wood they are really using on these:
"For the first time,
the SG is available with a three-piece solid maple neck, topped with a maple fingerboard. With the world’s fastest-playing neck, the notes you play on the SG Raw Power are vividly clear, and chords are purely expressive. Play it and you immediately feel the difference between the SG Raw Power and any other SG. The maple makes each note literally jump off the fingerboard. The tone is snappier, the response quicker, and the clarity in unmatched."
While the natural models still have some appeal to me visually (kind of albino guitars!), once you get to the finned versions it looks plain weird and cheap in my eyes:
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/ProductSpotlight/NewModels/the-new-raw-power-guitars-401/
