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Originally Posted by xjojox
I like the sound and form factor of a Les Paul. It kinda saddens me the Gibson puts all of the best workmanship and woods into painstaking recreations of vintage instruments, especially '59's, to include some wonky stuff that I don't particularly like. I prefer modern fretwork, some comfort contours, pickup rings with heights that make sense etc. But every year it's "this time it's really really really closer to a real '59". Meh. Put that attention to detail, wood quality, etc. into a modern LP Standard, don't mark it up a bunch extra just because it has an "R" in the name, and we can talk.
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You know, when Mark Agnesi took over Gibson they sort of did just that, taking the switching options and weight relief out of the Standard, making a '50s neck and '60s neck version, and dropping the price by about $700. With the price reduction they also cut the nice AAA figured tops, sadly.
Bob