Sounds like a Death Metal song:
"See you tuning, up your bass, I just want to snack your face, in the studio, half past Noon, my fist will send you, out of tune
Poorly Intonated Bludge-o-ninnnnnnnnng!!"
Les Pauls are just me. I didn't want to like them and in high school I was more of a Charvel, Stratocaster, etc. guy. I saw Cinderella, Slash, etc playing them and then got a Studio in 92' and was hooked.
I wanted to like the IR-X but it didn't blow me away and folks would be like "sounds great in the loop of my Diezel", etc. I'm like why even own a preamp if I've got to go into a tube amp? I need something that sounds great with anything.
He has to use his phone to tune because Trump's tarrifs are keeping tuner parts in the One Hung Lo factory. Additionally, he can't get strings because of Biden's "Uranium in Uranus" policy which affected all mining efforts...(add point)
All joking aside, it sucks when band members take things...
I've dressed up like Gene, Ace, and Paul for Halloween and when I was Paul, that was the only time I felt like a woman in drag.
Funny story, I'm dressed up like Paul for Halloween and these kids come up to me and one of them says, "I know who you are! Alice Cooper!" And I said, "no, not Alice...
I need to try a 50s neck again. All of my Les Pauls are 60s neck and is what I love, but would be curious.
That is a great weight for a Standard! I agree that a pound or two makes a huge difference. 8 pounds is the magic spot for me and can comfortably gig with it. I thinkbmy Standard is 9 pounds.
I'm in an originals band now but back in the early 2000s was in a cover band. These always went over well:
- STP Crackerman
- Weezer The Sweater Song
- Bush: Machine Head
- Limp Bizkit: Faith cover