Test Drive Traditional Les Paul

soma89 · Post by **soma89** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:38 pm

Jagermeister wrote:ugh.

Pauls always sound too honky to me, and don't have the distorted definition of Fenders, which just bothers me after having played Fenders... Neck pickup is useless for chording, clean sound is phlegmy... I think I really wanted to like them but I grew out of that. They do a big RAWK chord sound, manage jazzy runs with the tone rolled off, and don't particularly excel at anything else to my ears, though as I don't need any jazz/butt rock tone, I sold mine...

Odd how someone mentions Gibson hate being for their unattainability. Nearly everyone has something nearly approximate to one. Though that would be an appropriate reason to hate Strats/Teles/Marshalls as well, a million Led Zep stoners trying to make me like Les Pauls isn't going to fly.

(I appreciated the individual controls for each pickup and didn't mind the scale length, however...)

I just tried one out yesterday and i totally agree with everything you just said. Les Pauls are good guitars but they surely don't fit everyone's taste. I like Gibson Les Paul jrs and specials but the "traditional" Pauls just don't click with me.

benwalker · Post by **benwalker** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:40 am

soma89 wrote:Les Pauls are good guitars but they surely don't fit everyone's taste. I like Gibson Les Paul jrs and specials but the "traditional" Pauls just don't click with me.

it's horses for courses. they're too 'heavy' sounding for a lot of the music I play, but still manage to fit in for solos and double tracked parts in a studio. In retrospect, I've probably used mine maybe twice live and a dozen times in a studio: it's utterly stunning to play but the thought of denting or twatting means that until gibson come along and start donating guitars, it stays in whilst the fenders get workhorsed. would love to gig with a DC special or jnr though - the non-flashy finish combined with p90s just appears to me for some reason..

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:12 am

Cheap: Epiphone. Except some are expensive as fuck.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:46 pm

Mr Mustache wrote:i hate most pauls,

dick

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:03 am

BacchusPaul wrote:
Mr Mustache wrote:i hate most pauls,
dick

Paul's my middle name.

Did that come over a bit Austin Powers?

Anyway, remember, "the Les Paul is the industry standard because it has a balanced tone"

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:17 am

NickS wrote:
BacchusPaul wrote:
Mr Mustache wrote:i hate most pauls,
dick
Paul's my middle name.

Did that come over a bit Austin Powers?

Anyway, remember, "the Les Paul is the industry standard because it has a balanced tone"

Yea, perfect mids.