loganflynn294
I don't feel good
Super excited about this one! I've wanted a Les Paul for as long as I can remember, probably longer lol. Apart from Customs (which are out of my budget) I never really found one that I clicked with. Until now.
The finish is absolutely stunning in person. In some pictures it looks like tobacco burst, but it's basically a goldtop with blackburst edges. When light hits it, the sparkle really comes out. I swapped out all of the cream plastics for black Custom plastics. Might switch the control knobs back to the original gold ones, haven't decided yet..
I've never played through Lace pickups before so I really had no idea what to expect. Most of my guitars either have EMG's or some sort of JB or "JB style" pickups. These "Dissonant Aggressors" do not disappoint. At all. I thought they would be really high output, they're more like medium output. The mids and the overall clarity are the real center of attention here. I tune down one whole step and play through a boosted Bogner Shiva with a decent amount of gain and every note of open chords rings out with an amazing amount of clarity. The volume pots pull out to split the coils and while it won't ever sound like a Strat or Tele, it has a unique sound all it's own. I'd say somewhere in between a P90 and traditional single coil. Amazingly quiet too, way quieter than any other single or tapped humbucker I've ever heard.
Playability is great, I think they list the neck as 60's slim so it's great for any playing style really. All of my other 6's are 25.5" but I adapted right away and actually prefer the shorter scale now.
Now, people seem to bash Gibson's QC a lot nowadays, and I kinda see why. First off, the nut was cut very sloppy and needed a little bit of "touching up" to get it to stay in tune. I bought a Graphtec nut that I'll install next time I change strings. Secondly, there are some very small swirl marks next to the binding on the front, just under the pickguard. To me, not a big deal at all, this guitar is going to get dinged and scratched, it's not a case queen. Other's who are dropping this kind of $ on a guitar however, might not brush it off as easily. I am very happy that none of Gibson's modern "enhancements" made it onto this model. No G-Force tuners, goofy inlay, wider neck with same string spacing, or oddball switches on this baby. Gotta keep saving for a real Custom though... Until then, I'll be playing the hell out of this thing!
. But like the OP says, that'll happen after a single practice or gig anyway. I'm almost starting to like swirl marks on my guitars as long as they are in the right spots. Still weird for a new guitar, or maybe OP has just been playing the s*** out of it! 
