Strat vs Les Paul

[rokdog49]

Les Pauls are for young boys with strong backs.

[frances50]

I have both a Gibson Les Paul standard and an American Strat with HSS humbuckers. Honestly, I hardly ever play the Les Paul. To me, it just screams heavy metal. I'll play it when I'm going for a more metal sound but the Strat is a lot more versatile. Actually, I play my Gibson 335 more than the Strat though.

[Bob Womack]

It's hilarious to me how many people commented without following the links.

Originally Posted by HHP

Real men play Telecasters.

Ah, the Tele Mafia have arrived and reason has departed!

Real men play whatever they darned well want to, or what the song needs...

True. True.

Bob

[RedJoker]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

It's hilarious to me how many people commented without following the links.

Bob

I admit, I DID click on the links but didn't look close at the prices. $395 vs $657, right? Then when I saw the other comments, I went back to figure out what the joke was.

oops....

[Long Jon]

Originally Posted by M19

Since you asked so nicely...

Now, about that donation?

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

It's hilarious to me how many people commented without following the links.

Bob

Haha! I see I've been shunted back to the serious electrical section !

Guess I shoulda stumped up that donation .....

[M19]

Originally Posted by Long Jon

Haha! I see I've been shunted back to the serious electrical section !

Guess I shoulda stumped up that donation .....

I didn't do it this time. One of the other Mods.

Just amuse yourself with how many don't look to see the price of the LP.

[M Hayden]

They're really quite different instruments....play them and decide. Other, and wiser, posters have already noted that this is really sort of single-coil vs humbucker preference, with things like scale length and body weight and feel and such all orthagonal to that.

Play what you love. And love what you play. That's what it's all about.

[Desafinado]

Originally Posted by Rodger

I actually clicked on the links, LJ. I laughed out loud and showed my wife. She thought it was hilarious. Well played, sir!!

Indeed. Well played.

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Long Jon

Rodger, I'm glad that you and a couple of others took the trouble to "get" my post, which is more than I can say for whomever moved this from the funnies section to "electric guitars", which as everyone knows, have no sense of humour...

( ) <---- Just to help electric players realise I'm kidding ....

MODS !! I demand to be moved back to open mic, where I belong .

Well I feel bad now for suggesting the move. I checked the links and thought the humor would go well on the electric forum.
I was all prepared to suggest the price was because once purchased you would suddenly play like and have the success of Knopfler on Brothers in Arms. Then with that hurdle "strattled" the Strat would play itself like Clapton . Guess I'll stick to my PRS and spend the savings on lessons !!!!!

[Texsunburst59]

I personally own 14 Fender strats,but I'd probably go or the Les Paul just to have some variety.

By the way, REAL guitar players can make ANY electric sound good.

[perttime]

You can choose by the looks alone. If you play them through a modeling amp, they'll sound exactly the same anyway.

[Mbroady]

The Les Paul is a little heavy........on the pocket

[Wasper]

Well, I've always said " In my opinion, a Les Paul is about 601.2177 times the guitar a Strat is..." And wouldn't you know, your links you provided hold true to that assumption.

[redir]

Well it is true, that is some nice looking flamed maple.

[clintj]

Well, if you go with the Les Paul you'll need a suitable amp to go along with it. I humbly suggest this:

https://reverb.com/item/3939278-dumb...rdrive-special

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