The Les Paul thread

[wiretap]

Six weeks of tour and preoccupied with buying and playing other guitars, it’s been a while since I broke out the ‘79, so random appreciation post. This thing is a joy to play. Wish Gibson still made neck profiles like this.

 

[budda]

I passed on a perfect 79 lpc in tobacco becuase first lpc had to be black. I dont regret it, but i wish i coulda done both haha.

 

[wiretap]

I passed on a perfect 79 lpc in tobacco becuase first lpc had to be black. I dont regret it, but i wish i coulda done both haha.

I always preferred the solid color LPC’s when I was younger but at some point in the last 15-20 years I got more into the tobacco and Silverburst variants. The Silverburst is much more popular these days obviously but the tobacco is still pretty low key, and I dig that. Gotta be one of the full body bursts tho, they got lazy in the 80s and started doing the rest of the body natural. That said, black and white are still classic as fuck and look great so I get it.

 

[crushingpetal]

Six weeks of tour and preoccupied with buying and playing other guitars, it’s been a while since I broke out the ‘79, so random appreciation post. This thing is a joy to play. Wish Gibson still made neck profiles like this.


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That is niiiiiiice. I don't know why '79 is the year, but it is.

 

[STRHelvete]

I passed on a perfect 79 lpc in tobacco becuase first lpc had to be black. I dont regret it, but i wish i coulda done both haha.

Tri-burst is my favorite. Despite my gripes with Gibsons I'd love to get my hands on one of those

 

[BenjaminW]

This isn't mine but this Les Paul I saw on Reverb courtesy of Instagram is too fucking gorgeous not to pass up on showing.

 

[WillyTheMLGPro]

I'll take some nice pics soon but loving it so far.
Needs a setup from my tech but pretty good out of the box.

 

[Shorts_Mike]

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Six weeks of tour and preoccupied with buying and playing other guitars, it’s been a while since I broke out the ‘79, so random appreciation post. This thing is a joy to play. Wish Gibson still made neck profiles like this.


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Beauty! Love these plain tops!

 

[wiretap]

Good as new-ish.



Didn’t bother with any sort of finish touch up since this guitar will get a full refinish at some point anyways. Either way, not out of place with the current finish, haha.




Sounds pretty damn good, even with the stock 498t/500r. The 498t has an ice-pickish quality to it similar to a JB that I don’t love but I’ll at least leave this in there until the refinish happens. Gonna need to get all new hardware for that anyways, might as well swap pickups then also.

 

[Iansoliva]

Scored this 60's Standard Unburst a few days ago

 

[wiretap]

I like all the photos I ever see of unburst, I need to check one out in person.

 

[budda]

I like all the photos I ever see of unburst, I need to check one out in person.

Theres one an hour from me with throbaks thats been listed for months. Cant figure out why.

 

[jwade]

I tried a $6,699 LPC today. Underwhelming to say the least. The $2,500 SG standard I tried was nicer and had better fretwork.

They're gorgeous but priced at least double what they should be.

 

[budda]

I tried a $6,699 LPC today. Underwhelming to say the least. The $2,500 SG standard I tried was nicer and had better fretwork.

They're gorgeous but priced at least double what they should be.

$5 says if the setups were swapped your opinion would be too

My local store has two 50s standards. One has a great setup one doesnt. Guess which I prefer lol

 

[jwade]

$5 says if the setups were swapped your opinion would be too

My local store has two 50s standards. One has a great setup one doesnt. Guess which I prefer lol

Nah, if the fretwork was better and the fb wasn't so dry, it would've been an 'ok' LP. No chance in hell is that instrument even worth $2k. Realistically, it's a 1500-1800 instrument at best. No better than any of the older Epi LPCs.

 

[budda]

Nah, if the fretwork was better and the fb wasn't so dry, it would've been an 'ok' LP. No chance in hell is that instrument even worth $2k. Realistically, it's a 1500-1800 instrument at best. No better than any of the older Epi LPCs.

Gonna call shenanigans on poor fretwork and the rest of the post says a ton