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Jaden, the new Standards are in the 7.8 to 8.2 pound range, which is entirely reasonable.
Bob
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You're right. I'll blame it on the spell checker.
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To the OP, as Dru and others have pointed out, there are hundreds of configurations of studios and standards over the years, including baseball bat necks, slim, 60s tapered, etc. plus the differences in pickups, wood grade tops, binding, etc. Last edited by The Growler; 02-03-2019 at 04:03 PM. |
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I don’t get along with the thickness of the one in my local shop. Thinner body leads to the advantage of the SG with the good looks of the Standard.
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Thank you! Trying to find a way to link to a picture. May just purchase a charter membership, but not sure if I want to commit to that yet!
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Here's some free advice, buy a PRS; you'll thank me for that bit of wisdom.
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What about dean zelinsky guitars?
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If you land the LP, the only thing to have sorted out is a well set up nut that doesn’t bind. A Paul that stays in tune like a champ is a prize.
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Les Pauls can be heavy (when you're in your 50's anyway). I have a Studio - weight relieved but still pretty heavy and a Traditional - very heavy. I like them both a lot. Different pick ups but sound like a Les Paul. As a previous member noted, a bit of a different flavor.
Get a good strap! I now have a 2 1/2" LM suede on both and it helps a lot. |
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There's a good chance they WOULD be able to tell the difference between different pickups in either model. |
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My thoughts as well, moon.
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I might be interested in the Studio model but am suspicious of the "weight relief" whatever that means. Weight relief and Les Paul seem like words that do not go together.
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There is some information available, or used to be, on Gibson's site. It seems they route out areas of the mahogany body from the top (sort of like for a control cavity or pick up) before they put the maple cap on. My 2014 Studio is noticeably lighter than my 2014 Traditional. I personally can't say that the extra weight adds or detracts from the tone (they have different pickups). Generally the Studios seem to have less binding and cost less.
Toured the Gibson factory in Nashville several years ago where they make hollow and semi-hollow body guitars. There was a room full of workers with razor blades scraping paint from binding. I asked why they didn't mask off the binding before paint and was told that it didn't work. Helped me understand why the guitars with binding usually cost so much more. |
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It sounds wonderful and very powerful. But as I, um, "matured," I found I didn't want to sling that weight for long periods. It is truly fatiguing to use for a long night or a long recording session. So, I added a 2018 Standard that is weight-relieved with Gibson's latest scheme called the Ultra-Modern Weight Relief System. It looks like this: I can tell you that this is the most balanced Les Paul I've played or owned. I've owned others with various weight-relief systems and wasn't over fond of those systems. They tweaked it over twenty years and this was the result. On this guitar, the sustain seems to be much like the solid '74 but it weighs 7.8 lbs, is extremely balanced for-and-aft, and is a joy to play on your lap or on a strap. It also has a sweeter tone than the '74. Bob
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