as seems to be the case with a lot of these odd gibsons, i like the maple raw power guitars. i really like maple fretboards, although i agree that they always looked odd on les pauls. a couple of the colours on these look good though. the blue and natural on both models, and the yellow/gold les paul get my vote.
as to all maple guitars, my patrick eggle LA+ is entirely maple, and it's a great guitar, sounds good, doesn't have the brittle tone you might expect. i find maple gives a snap and attack to the front of a note that rosewood and mahogany don't have, but after that it's capable of a rich and full tone. perhaps not the weight and throb of a mahogany guitar (sound wise), it's a different tone.
doesn't Ben have a maple board Agile single-cut? it looked good, and drew positive comments from many here. is it just because these are gibsons?
