Slash on LPs........

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I use to love them 30 years ago..then hated them for the longest time and now I love them again .... although I hate sitting down with them. Gotta stand and play them
 
sytharnia1560 said:
I use to love them 30 years ago..then hated them for the longest time and now I love them again .... although I hate sitting down with them. Gotta stand and play them
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Yes sitting down with them can be a pain sometimes I agree and for the back in general too standing or sitting......


But I still love em :cool: :unsure::giggle::geek:
 
I love the sound of them whenever I hear people play them. I feel like a fish out of water when I play them. Have never owned one. Have always had strat of strat based guitars.
 
I never thought I'd be into Les Pauls when I was younger. Now they are my favorite.
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Last year I purchased my first new Gibson since '78, a white SG Standard. It's a great guitar, and zero quality issues.

for a classic, dual humbucker, hardtail guitar, I prefer my Ibanez PS10 guitars over Gibson LP or SG.

IIRC, Paul used the specs of what was, at the time, his fav late '50s Gibson LP with Ibanez.
 
My dream guitar was an alpine white Les Paul Custom. I saved up for it, got it, and had nothing but problems with it. The neck twisted. Sent it back for warranty repair, nine months later it returned “fixed”, yet the box had never been opened by Gibson. Sent it back, they shaved the fingerboard to 1mm thick on the one side, did a terrible refret and repainted the neck antique white. I sold it at a huge loss and swore Gibson for life.

I do have ten Knaggs Les Paul inspired SSCs, but honestly, every time I play them I remember Gibson doing me dirty.
 
He's a dick, but he is right. There is just something about how LP's play and sound that is existential.
 
Had a dozen LP's through the years and still have 4. Love the LP tone especially with 50's wiring. Middle utilizing both pups with various settings is awesome. Anything around low 9# works. Sitting down I cradle like a classical guitar using a strap. What I hate is the common gripe...upper fret access. I've been playing my SG's more the last few years but LP's will always be in my collection.
 
rsm said:
Last year I purchased my first new Gibson since '78, a white SG Standard. It's a great guitar, and zero quality issues.

for a classic, dual humbucker, hardtail guitar, I prefer my Ibanez PS10 guitars over Gibson LP or SG.

IIRC, Paul used the specs of what was, at the time, his fav late '50s Gibson LP with Ibanez.
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I almost snagged one of those last year.
 
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romanianreaper said:
Thanks man! One is the sticker guitar, one i had to do a Frankenstein tribute, lol and then my awesome Standard. That thing is damn near perfect.
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The sticker guitar looks like a awesome gigging warhorse and that Standard, damn baby!!!:love::love::love:

Is your standard the 50's or 60's neck carve?
 
my 96 standard is basically unplayable for me. I get hand cramps, ligaments popping and all sorts of shit going on that are unique to that neck, i get this string noise that is hard to even describe which i cant identify why or where its coming from, when i sit down the bridge is a weird spot. i really cant stand the thing
 
njshred said:
My dream guitar was an alpine white Les Paul Custom. I saved up for it, got it, and had nothing but problems with it. The neck twisted. Sent it back for warranty repair, nine months later it returned “fixed”, yet the box had never been opened by Gibson. Sent it back, they shaved the fingerboard to 1mm thick on the one side, did a terrible refret and repainted the neck antique white. I sold it at a huge loss and swore Gibson for life.

I do have ten Knaggs Les Paul inspired SSCs, but honestly, every time I play them I remember Gibson doing me dirty.
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That sucks. What Gibson era was this? I've owned multiple LP's, 3 P90 Specials, a Standard, a Studio, a M2M Custom, 2 Adam Jones Sig. LP Std, 3 SG's, a Firebird, an Explorer, a Dove, and a J45R Custom.

They were made in every decade between '68-2021. All of them great instruments that played well with no real QC issues. A couple of them were heavyweights in the high 9 to 11 lb range. The only one that ever suffered neck twist was my '72 Standard. I took it to an instate Gibson authorized Luthier with a PLEK machine to plane down the fretboard, and refret it. It came back fantastic. Played as good as it did when I first got it in '89.

BTW, I'm not saying you are wrong, or that you are unjustified or rash in your decision to not give them money after your experience. It just sucks that they did you wrong enough to forever put a bad taste in your mouth.
 
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Les Pauls are a tempestuous mistress.

They can be the most frustrating guitar on earth, especially with Gibson's "help," but when they're right they're the best guitar ever made for riffing.

Knaggs, PRS, Ibanez, everyone has their version of a les paul with the assumption that they can improve it, but it never improves on it. It just expands on what the LP is, and therefore makes the Gibson Les Paul legend even greater.

The smarter copies are the ones by ESP, Heritage, etc, because instead of trying to reinvent the wheel they just give people what they want.

Les Pauls also have a low midrange response that you cannot get in anything else, and no one has quite figured out why it works like it does.

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I've been les paul-ing for a long time, but here's me les pauling with a les paul.
 
Hiwatts-n-Gibsons said:
That sucks. What Gibson era was this? I've owned multiple LP's, 3 P90 Specials, a Standard, a Studio, a M2M Custom, 2 Adam Jones Sig. LP Std, 3 SG's, a Firebird, an Explorer, a Dove, and a J45R Custom.

They were made in every decade between '68-2021. All of them great instruments that played well with no real QC issues. A couple of them were heavyweights in the high 9 to 11 lb range. The only one that ever suffered neck twist was my '72 Standard. I took it to an instate Gibson authorized Luthier with a PLEK machine to plane down the fretboard, and refret it. It came back fantastic. Played as good as it did when I first got it in '89.

BTW, I'm not saying you are wrong, or that you are unjustified or rash in your decision to not give them money after your experience. It just sucks that they did you wrong enough to forever put a bad taste in your mouth.
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I definitely had it in my sophomore dorm room, which was Sept 88-May 89. So I guess I bought it summer of 1988, new.
 
VonBonfire said:
The sticker guitar looks like a awesome gigging warhorse and that Standard, damn baby!!!:love::love::love:

Is your standard the 50's or 60's neck carve?
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60s. I actually think that one is a great fit for my hand. I want to try a 50s neck again just to feel the difference. It has been so long since I've played one.
 
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