Buying a Gibson Les Paul Shouldn't be THIS Difficult
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Years ago when I was shopping for my first Les Paul, I called up my sales rep at a large independent music store and set up an appointment to try some out. When I got there, he had set up a practice room with 8 brand new identical Les Paul Standards and an amp. I spent about 3 hours trying out each one. At the end of the day, I picked the one that sounded and played the best. Nothing else mattered and it still doesn't. If you love it, then you've found the one for you. Enjoy!
#1 thing i’ve learned for my personal preference is to avoid anything with the 498t/490r pickup set. It’s not impossible to make them sound ok and some people swear by them, but i think they’re severely lacking in clarity. You can always muddy up a sound with amps or pedals, but good luck cleaning up a sound that’s dirty at the source.
At the end of the day a guitar is a tool, as long as you like the way it plays and sounds it doesn't matter. Buying a guitar as an investment is a bad idea, esspecially in today's mass-produced market
As I did when buying my Stratocaster back in 1993! I went to Denmark St and tried 20 Strats and ended up buying a second hand one from 92, which played and sounded better than all the others, even the vintage Strats i tried on the day to compare! You can get blinded by information and at the end of the day, it has to suit you!
Your intro playing is beautiful. I have owned several LPs. Gibson, Epiphones, and a variety of different copies like Greco. Best feeling and sounding one I ever owned and will never get rid of is a Japanese FGN Neo Classic. The frets and build quality in general is far better than anything else I’ve tried. I did replace the pickups with Slash ones though.
When hunting my first LP, I remember my long time salesman's advice when I mentioned I was ready for an LP. He said I hope you are ready for "Guitar Safari" to "Find a good one". I looked at him and said "aren't they all mostly the same if they are the same year & model?" He chuckled and said NOPE! I thought he was crazy. It took me ordering 3, and returning all 3 for multiple QC issues than playing about 10 more before I came across the R9 I have now. Now I completely understand. When I found the one and told him, he said to me "Now that you've got a good one, don't ever let it go as you now know the work it takes to find the right one" For some reason, it only seems to happen to me with Les Pauls. Play em' all the time but nothing is ever like the one I have at home.
I have a 2000 Standard. I love it. I also have had a love/hate relationship with Les Pauls in the past. My 2000: I shopped around for a "player's" grade and found this one. Got it for a good deal. It has the '59 neck profile, which I'm ok with, but I think if I get another Les Paul it'll be 60s profile. I immediately swapped out the pups for Seth Lovers, changed all the wiring to 50s and the previous owner upgraded the bridge - can't remember the brand offhand but it was actually expensive and high quality. Came stock with Grovers which is another thing I was looking for. The only thing not changed out is the tail piece for an aluminum one. I have to say I love this guitar. Sounds amazing. I believe it is a chambered body - definitely very light so I'm certain it is not solid. Rings very nicely when u tap on the body. It's solid black.
My first Les Paul was a 2012 and I am still not sure if it's chambered or weight relieved. What I do know is that it has spent a good time in the summer warmth and the wood seems to have 'dried' somewhat as it weighs a couple of ounses lest than from purchase and that has made it more resonant, I can feel and hear that it is better than when I first played it.
Dude tab that intro solo! That was killer❤
One thing that is really a lot of fun with a Les Paul is an under potted neck pickup, especially if it's a P90. Mine has just enough wax in it where it's not microphonic, but it'll do a sustain that morphs into a feedback as you walk towards the amp. This works extremely well with Tweed amps. There will be sweet spots and safe zones that you have to find by walking around the room with it cranked. It takes a few minutes, but it's worth it every time. Under potted pickups, especially the neck are a blast!
As a longtime Les Paul player, I’ll offer two bits on the subject. For the record, I’m also a Strat player from the early 80s. The Gibson Les Paul is it’s own thing. I bought two 2022 Standards this year and both are truly exceptional instruments. I don’t get into the proverbial weeds about things like long tenon or short tenon. If the instrument is good, quite frankly all the rest of it doesn’t matter. On the weight issue, I have 2021 Classic, complete with weight relief and coil splittable pups. It is the most brilliant playing guitar I’ve ever owned.
I took a chance and bought a ‘77 Gibson Les Paul Standard off eBay about 10 years ago and it’s just awesome. Completely stock and has its own sound and sits perfectly in a mix. I like it’s 3-piece maple neck and volute. I have spent a lot of time adjusting the pickups; raising and lowering the pole pieces and pickup height- and that got me right where I need to be.
I own a 1979 Gibson "The Paul" that has some Tim Shaw PAF pickups which I installed and it's a great guitar. I bought an Epiphone 1959 Limited which has long neck tenon and Gibson Burstbuckers pickups, Gibson wiring and Switchcraft toggle. It's a great guitar and I play it the most of the two now.
I have a 1995 les Paul classic it’s pretty awesome a little heavy but holds tune perfectly it has old aftermarket pickups in it and it just slays
As a gigging musician the hardest part was finding one at the right weight (sub 9lbs for me, i play 4-6 hour hits) and one thatll reasonably intonate. This took me on a journey for sure. My first LP was actually a Heritage from the 90s that sounded phenomenal and played in tune but it was just way too heavy at 10.5 lbs. Next I experimented with some juniors. That showed me I wanted p90s but also that I did want some weight, just not a heavyweight. After that I bought and gigged a 2019 standard goldtop with p90s. Very good guitar, also introduced me to thr joys of the 50s neck profile. That guitar satiated me until I played an r6. The r6 was perfectly weighted, for me, at 8.5lbs. Had that twangy airiness I personally wanted and overall just felt slightly more elegant/smooth around the edges. So idk, ymmv but it was def a 5/6 year journey of playing/gigging/etc until I found the one I still use all the time
Get a good set-up and fretwork, find the pickups that are voiced the way you like, and you can make any Les Paul into a phenomenal guitar for yourself. Sometimes you get lucky and find one that's already near perfect as soon as you get your hands on it. Sometimes it takes some tweaks to get there, but I think there's very few instances where it's completely unattainable.
Fully chambered bodies were very light. Not light enough to cause neck dive but light enough that I personally couldn't get used to them the first time I tried one. Now, 13 years later, I welcome lighter guitars.
As humans in the Information Age we can get WAY to bogged down in the minutiae, searching for something to ‘improve our sound’. No one can hear a long tenon joint or weight relief or tuning pegs. There will be a perceivable ‘difference’ in tone from one guitar to the next regardless of any of the similarity or variance these things. That doesn’t mean good or bad, just different.
Very nice playing as always! I think the middle position sounds really good on your guitar and they generally say if thats the case stick to it. As i watch your videos your tone generally is in a ballpark on bridge even the guitar is a strat :) so in your level of playing, how you feel and how much the guitar projects you is most important IMO