The Les Paul Gem is the Les Paul Studio made from 1996-1998. As you can see it has P90s instead of humbuckers. They were called the Gem series because each color was supposed to match that of a gem. This one in particular is the Ruby. It is in good condition, but has been around. It has a few dings, but nothing to affect playability. It has been called the poor mans 56 black beauty because nothing else sounds like or even comes close to playing like one! It is a black beauty with a different finish!