Les Paul setup according to Joe ...

[dawnofdreamx97]

Guys I'm not hear to question what works for anyone if it works for you , cool! and especially not questioning Joe Walsh, the guy is a pro. I know a lot of guys who swear by stretching them, I just don't believe in it. I ran a professional music store for almost 8 years where I did repairs and spoke with string companies from a to z , I still do setups and repairs for customers. I have toured over 26 countries with my band as a guitarist and guitar tech and gig constantly. I know for me and my band, we don't stretch, major issues when we do, premature breaking, intonation problems, winds separate, and the strings don't last as long. I know that most times at the shop guys who stretched would come back with intonation problems a day or so later. A gentle tug may be ok, but I'm talking about YANKING on them that causes problems. I am of course well aware of the binding at the nut and bridge issue with Pauls....

I just played 30 show's in a row in Europe and was getting 3 or 4 shows out of a set of strings, where the other band was getting 1 or 2 if they were lucky.

Anyhow, not looking for to start a shit show here, just stating my opinion and experience, and like I said before thanks for posting the videos they were cool, I dig Joe Walsh, surprised he wasn't playing his Carvins! haha

Just talking about a gentle tug here man. Not yanking it. Yes, I'm still talking about strings.

lol

 

[Ventura]

Just talking about a gentle tug here man. Not yanking it. Yes, I'm still talking about strings.

Ya man, it's cool, we're cool....just some gentle tugging man, nothing more, nothing less (slowly walks backwards towards closest door)

lol

Phew... Glad we cleared the air there man.

 

[the crush 36]

As a Les Paul player, knowing the trials and tribulations of related "Les Paul" tuning challenges, ahem, I always give my strings a thorough grab and slide up and down the neck when settling in for tuning. I have to. It's the only thing that keeps them bang on. Yank-and-pull, tune, yank-and-pull, tune - done. Easily lasts the night.

This is true. I don't know how many times I have seen guys blame and replace perfectly fine tuners, bridge etc because their lp won't stay in tune but if they would seat the strings before and retune they would in most cases be happy with results and save some $$ while at it.

Yes! I was shown this trick to, years ago with les pauls & it works great! I've shown a lot of people to who would complain about les Paul's not staying in tune!

 

[billboogie]

Jimmy didn't bend the A........He put extra pressure on the A when fretting to sharpen the note......Joe still hasn't figured it out.....

Also........I watched the guitar tech for Green Day at the latest show in Prov. RI and he was yanking all replaced strings on Billy Joe's Les Pauls.........I been doing this since with my LP and I noticed a difference in tuning stability, much better IMO.....

Bill