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I bought my first Les Paul in 1971. My current one is a 2014 Standard Plus.
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I just noticed you were looking for an amp also. My Avatar 45 is less than 60 watts. But seriously, you don't even need 22w if you not playing outside your home. What tone are you looking for? American voiced or British voiced?
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I'd say go with a used historic with lighter non-weight relieved Mahogany than is typically found on the USA standard models. They also come with the lightweight aluminum tailpiece and ABR bridge which is screwed directly into the wood top, instead of the Nashville bridge with it's pot metal inserts! If considering a modern style LP, check out a new Heritage H150 they are more than comparable, with more hand building in the process, real honduran mahogany back and eastern flame maple tops, and they generally come with some good pickups. Here's a demo a did with a Heritage H150 through my Marshall 18 watt clone https://soundcloud.com/daniel-weldon...ickups-in-h150 Here's a darker sounding clip with the same guitar through a brand new Vox AC15CC1 reissue https://soundcloud.com/daniel-weldon-1/vox-test |
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http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyl...Paul-Load.aspx
Of the three methods only #1 & #3 are currently being used. |
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If weight is an issue, you should have a look at the Gibson ES Les Paul which is a semi-hollow body Les Paul.
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I really like that the new standards come with coil taps. Those are really handy if you want to thin the sound out a bit and emulate some fender twang. If you are only going to have one electric, giving those gives you a little best of both world.
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Blitzwing, good luck on your research. There are so many variations of Les Pauls out there. One thing, if you see a Limited Edition it doesn't mean it is any more special than any other Les Paul or that it will go up in value. Usually it's a special order run for a retailer. Might include different pickups (that's what my LTD is). |
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Forget the Les Paul and get a SG and a Marshall.
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IMO, there IS a reason why the Les Paul Standard is called the "Standard"...is what most guitar players that I know buy when they buy a Les Paul. The Custom is too expensive, and the other models, like the Tradition, Studio, Deluxe, and Tribute, are "improvements" over the Standard.
But the Standard is what I would first look at if I were to buy a Les Paul (again).
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Gonna throw a curveball...
I own a Standard 'honey burst' which was my dream electric guitar for well over twenty years before I could finally afford one. I loved it from the second I got it and I still do... Now, a few weeks ago I was in a guitar store trying out a new Mesa amp and the guy in the store handed me a Les Paul that seemed, to my eyes, to be the ugliest Les Paul I'd ever seen. It was purple*. It had an open faced hum bucker and what looked like a P-90. It also had those robot machine heads. This is all just my opinion and I realize some people might love the look... but I didn't. But I played it. I turned on the tuners and pressed the button and watched it tune the guitar. Neat. Did it faster than I could have done with a Snark. Then I started playing it. Played with the "burst bucker", played with the P-90 (which is actually a stacked hum bucker P-90H) and played with the coil taps. A lot. And I really liked it. A lot. It's also pretty inexpensive for a veritable swiss army knife of an electric. It just doesn't LOOK like a classic Les Paul (although the other colour schemes are, to my eyes, more acceptable). Anyway. If you get the chance, have a play... * apparently it's called 'plum insane'.
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I love my Lester, and I want no other electric guitar. Still, they aren't for everyone, and I feel no need to try to convince anyone otherwise.
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I own 5 Lesters. A 2005 Faded Cherry Studio, a 2012 Special Junior with P90's, a mid-90s Korean Epiphone Doublecut with P90's, a 2010 Epiphone 1960 Tribute, and a 2008 Gibson Traditional. The Traditional is the closest I've found for that "Holy Grail" Les Paul tone. It's just there. It IS... My Epiphone 1960 Tribute is very very close... Same pickups, Classic 57s, aka "PAF". If I had bought the Epiphone first, I probably wouldn't have bought the Traditional. But even so, the Traditional is NOT for sale! The Faded Studio gets trashed-talked sometimes because it was the lower end of the Gibson range when it first came out, but I adore the Burstbucker Pro pickups, and I love the neck and ultra thin finish. This guitar feels like a nice old denim jacket. Some of the later ones are pretty light, but mine is just as heavy as my Traditional, about 8 1/2 lbs. These are no longer made, but you can still find great deals in the used market. The Les Paul Special and Epiphone Doublecut both have P90's, so it's a slightly different sound and look than what most people think of when they first think "Les Paul"... Many people like P90s for mild overdriven "raunch" but personally I love P90s for clean jazzy stuff, where you're getting a little natural compression through a nice tube amp, ala Charlie Christian. The Les Paul is a legendary guitar. There are a lot of options, but you DON'T need to play all of them... Just explore the players with tones you like, and see what they used. And don't overlook Epiphone. They're making some great guitars these days. If you get one of the high end models with the USA pickups, they sound virtually identical to their American counterparts. Hope this helps! |
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For less money than a Gibson Standard, you can have a custom built guitar that is arguably the equal or Gibson's high end custom shop guitars. That said, there's nothing wrong with a Gibby as long as you find a good one. I just think Heritage produces a better value by comparison. |
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Had a 1972 Custom but gave it to a friend as I was not using it. As I get older I seem to lean towards single coils electrics. Must be my ears who knows. The 72 is in good hands and get played quite a bit.
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