The Les Paul thread

[budda]

Hell yeah, 70s wine red customs are the best shade of wine red, and throw in the yellowed binding, winnnerrr

Buy the one at spaceman music ottawa if its still there

 

[Marked Man]

I like a heavy top skinny bottom set myself for that reason. Allows me to vibrato to my hearts content while also having some meat with heavy riffing (and helps offset me making the low strings go sharp with my heavy hand). I moved to 10-46 on my LP in standard, but I'm thinking a 9-46 might be slightly better.

After about $1000 in work on my 75 LPC (SS frets, fretboard refinish, new tusq xl nut, BKPs) it is now my favorite guitar to play.

Did you do 6100 size jumbo SS?

I'm thinking about SS frets for my LPC soon, but can't help thinking maybe medium jumbos would be enough.....

 

[soliloquy]

If I could actually play a guitar with lighter strings in tune, I’d have 7’s or 8’s on everything. I completely agreed with that Beato video, thinner strings have more snap/attack to them and I prefer the way the sustained tone sounds with thinner strings. I’ve been using 10-46 in standard but I have 4 or 5 guitars with 10-52’s I keep in D-standard/Drop-C that I put in standard all the time.

This is my own guitar nerdy shit that others would scoff at, but to me it sounds like the thicker the strings, the more mids are present in the unplugged sound of them and less of the ‘natural guitar’ sound is present. I went up to 11’s on one of my Strats and absolutely hated the sound of them, just dull and lacking that snap.

I can see why some people say they make for a “bigger” or “thicker” tone, we just have different ways of getting tones.

In line with that Beatio/Shull video, Agufish is another great example of this. Think what you may of him, but I believe he plays all his guitars with 9-42s and 9-46s. He sounds epic with his mixes.

It should sound like a les paul (moreso if you put a lower output pickup in the bridge)

People asking more for these even though iirc they didnt sell too well cracks me up. Pretty sure this is the smartwood model?

Yeah thats my BFG for you. When they first launched, the price was between $650-800 CAD, and they didn't sell too well in 2006ish era. Fast forward a decade, and people are selling them for $1500+?

okay...

 

[wiretap]

Buy the one at spaceman music ottawa if its still there

I think I’m set on LPC’s for a long time now, haha, still gotta get the black one refinished!

 

[rokket2005]

I need one of these that isn't 7k dollars.

 

[budda]

I think I’m set on LPC’s for a long time now, haha, still gotta get the black one refinished!

Yeah but you wont find a 76 like this this cheap in freedom bucks

Gibson Les Paul Custom - Spaceman Music

Gibson Les Paul Custom - Category:Electric Guitars, Guitars, Vintage Instruments -

www.spacemanmusic.com

and I'm a Weight Weenie so fuck 11lbs but this thing is *gorgeous*

1983 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silver Streak

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[wiretap]

Yeah but you wont find a 76 like this this cheap in freedom bucks

Gibson Les Paul Custom - Spaceman Music

Gibson Les Paul Custom - Category:Electric Guitars, Guitars, Vintage Instruments -

www.spacemanmusic.com

and I'm a Weight Weenie so fuck 11lbs but this thing is *gorgeous*

1983 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silver Streak

Gibsons Les Paul Custom has been the flagship model of the companys solid body lineup since its in Electric guitar Gibson LP les paul guitar Gibson guitar Gibson electric Vintage guitar vintage electric vintage les paul vintage Gibsoncustom color guitarles paul customsilver guitar

folkwaymusic.com

Damn, that silver one looks brand new.

 

[cardinal]

Did you do 6100 size jumbo SS?

I'm thinking about SS frets for my LPC soon, but can't help thinking maybe medium jumbos would be enough.....

Guess it depends on your preference and what you mean by medium jumbo.

I've had LPs with Jescar 57110, 55090, 47104, 47095, and 45100 frets. I much prefer the 57110. 55090 is ok. Anything lower I have to top wrap the strings because I can't grip the strings well enough to bend quickly without the reduced stiffness. IME IMHO etc.

Forgot I have one with 58118. That one is the best but apparently be careful who you ask to do the refret because some have told me it's difficult to radius well/accurately because of its thickness.

 

[Shorts_Mike]

and I'm a Weight Weenie so fuck 11lbs but this thing is *gorgeous*

1983 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silver Streak

Gibsons Les Paul Custom has been the flagship model of the companys solid body lineup since its in Electric guitar Gibson LP les paul guitar Gibson guitar Gibson electric Vintage guitar vintage electric vintage les paul vintage Gibsoncustom color guitarles paul customsilver guitar

folkwaymusic.com

Damn thats beautiful.

 

[NoodleFace]

Did you do 6100 size jumbo SS?

I'm thinking about SS frets for my LPC soon, but can't help thinking maybe medium jumbos would be enough.....

I actually did medium jumbo. It felt more what I was used to with that guitar.

 

[Mk7]

Going to get me what some may call an ugly duckling LP purely because it appeals to exactly for this reason ... an Gibson LP Studio Swamp Ash.
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Super curious as to how it sounds and what I will do to modify it

Quick update: Did not manage to get it, but got additional photos that showed it was far from "mint" as the seller advertised it as. Might have dodged a bullet.

 

[Marked Man]

Yeah but you wont find a 76 like this this cheap in freedom bucks

Gibson Les Paul Custom - Spaceman Music

Gibson Les Paul Custom - Category:Electric Guitars, Guitars, Vintage Instruments -

www.spacemanmusic.com

and I'm a Weight Weenie so fuck 11lbs but this thing is *gorgeous*

1983 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silver Streak

Gibsons Les Paul Custom has been the flagship model of the companys solid body lineup since its in Electric guitar Gibson LP les paul guitar Gibson guitar Gibson electric Vintage guitar vintage electric vintage les paul vintage Gibsoncustom color guitarles paul customsilver guitar

folkwaymusic.com

Oh no, not another Weight Weenie!

The day I start using 10 lb dumbbells at the gym is the day I'll start whimpering and whinnying about the weight of guitars. I believe the 10 pounders only come in rubber coated pink, which I wouldn't be caught using in public, so they're out anyway.

 

[spawnofthesith]

This is my '18 standard. Best LP I've had. Has an SD Pegasus in the bridge. I mostly play PRS these days (in fact now my only non PRS) but any time I pick it up just is like a drug to play. I've foolishly thought about letting it go as trade fodder a time or two, but a. any time I've ever started to go to take detailed pics I realize how much and hard I've played it and its in "player condition" and wouldn't get a fair shake for it and b. its just too good and sentimental of a guitar. Letting it go would be idiotic.

 

[budda]

@spawnofthesith i sold my prs group to fund my les pauls no ragerts

 

[spawnofthesith]

@spawnofthesith i sold my prs group to fund my les pauls no ragerts

Haha gotta do what you gotta do. My PRS love is relatively new, I've almost always continuously had an LP since a studio back when I was a senior in HS.

The strange thing for me is that one solid one and I'm content, I don't find myself lusting after more LPs very often

Something with the PRS stuff is highly addictive to me, I just want to amass every model they've made

Nothing like a good LP though, regardless how much I like my 594. The LP is just so substantial and authoritative. The neck specs on the '18 are awesome too.

 

[grimmchaos]

My two Customs - an '80 silverburst and '94 wine red with some figuring.

 

[crushingpetal]

My two Customs - an '80 silverburst and '94 wine red with some figuring.

Those are sooo nice.

 

[wiretap]

Tried to get a decent group photo the other day. I’m really starting to hesitate on refinishing the black one

 

[budda]

Tried to get a decent group photo the other day. I’m really starting to hesitate on refinishing the black one

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I thought you had more les pauls, or was I mistaken?

Found a couple potentials at the store my 68ri is from, but I need to move stuff first at which point they may be gone

 

[wiretap]

I thought you had more les pauls, or was I mistaken?

Found a couple potentials at the store my 68ri is from, but I need to move stuff first at which point they may be gone

What are the potentials though?!!


And nah, I just have these 3. I think I’m pretty set on Les Paul’s. Even 3 LPC’s feels a little excessive, haha. I do have an ESP Eclipse I CTM FT as well (4 knob full thickness version). Breaking the thread rules here but honestly this guitar is way more Les Paul than Eclipse.



Occasionally I consider getting a Standard, but I’ve always preferred the customs so if I did, I would probably rarely play it and end up selling it eventually.