Based off the late great Bernie Marsdens “The Beast 1959 burst Les Paul This PRS features a thicker body like a Les Paul Binding on the neck and body 1959 neck profile Vintage style tuners 2 volume and 1 tone I played this side by side with my Gibson Les Paul and it held its own. Sounded great like a vintage les Paul. They really did a good job with these. Comes with American PRS S2 gig bag