Thread:BleedingUranium/@comment-24862094-20140426092508

Hi there! I realize I doubt you saw my comment on the Yui page, but I had some things to add to the Traditional Vs Standard debate.

As a guitar player of over 20 years who pretty much only uses Les Paul guitars I'm really familiar with them and can understand the confusion. What Yui plays is a pre-2008 model Standard (Considering the manga was made in 2007 that makes sense.) after 2008 Gibson made further changes to the guitar, and renamed the old Standard the :"Traditional Standard" and later just Traditional. For example, here's a link to a 2006 Les Paul standard https://reverb.com/item/37412-2006-gibson-les-paul-standard-w-plus-top-in-cherry-burst

You'll notice it's identical to Yui's. Also the Pickguards come with all Standards and are usually installed by the guitar store or just put in to the case so you can install it yourself. 