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The color does matter, there are 2 models, each with its own type of pickup in the CV series. I like the Butterscotch, has Alnico 3s in it. You never get Alnico pickups for under $1200. Yum. |
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Fender Baja Telecaster.
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I checked local ads and found a bandit 112 solo series for 100. Is this different from the bandit you mentioned?
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G&L Bluesboy
I REALLY like my G&L Tribute Bluesboy. Tele shape, but more versatile (IMO).
Tele twang at the bridge, middle position is very Strat-like and plenty of humbucker growl at the neck. SDOTD for $299 and on sale for $349 on a regular basis. Peavey Bandits have great clean tons (especially the red stripes) and a LOT of volume. Heavy as a brick though. Fender Frontman 25R used or a Champion 20/40 do cleans very well. The new Vox MV50 amps are remarkable in tone and volume. Just gigged mine with a 108 cab and it performed beautifully.
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+1 on the Gretsch hollow and semi-hollow guitars. The shop I was working for sold Gretsch and they are pretty sweet. I've also played some Ibanez jazz boxes too and they are not too shabby either. Another choice of course is Epiphone.
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No one likes the sound of electrics if they just plug and play. Learning the techniques and electronics (amps, pedals, pickup settings......) is what makes the sound. Too clean and it's got little depth. Too much distortion doesn't work for most songs. I've recorded on many albums with a $35 pawn-shop guitar and a Pig-Nose amp for distortion control. Get a decent (not necessarily expensive) guitar and spend the hours....years, learning to get the sound you're looking for. It's more often the player than the guitar played.
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A lot of great suggestions so far. I chose a Telecaster and an ES335 Dot (Epiphone) for my two electrics. Both are very different and a joy to play. If I bought another it might be an SG with P-90s.
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There have been variations over the years - I had an '85 that did yeoman duty for the next 15 years when I got back into electric (and was, hands down, the most natural-sounding acoustic-electric amp I've ever played - took all the scratch-&-quack out of my first-gen Ovation), and one of my students had the "red-stripe" version Roy mentioned - but they're all good in their own way, much like Fender guys might prefer tweed/blonde/blackface/silverface Twins (I'm a blonde/early-blackface guy myself). I say check it out - if it's in decent condition (you really can't kill those old USA Peaveys) it's well worth $100 - and if your taste runs more to clean tones with lots of headroom this is your amp...
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So how's this?
I got this today.
Not sure what exact Epiphone Les Paul model is but from my research, it looks like a Standard Plus Top Pro. What pickups are these? Probucker? Any guess?
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From what I read, the newer ones have pro buckers, but that year came with alnico Classic. Either or seem like decent pickups.
What throws me off is that truss rod cover. The pics I’ve seen online say Les Paul standard. Those “Gibson” ones came in the really cheap Les Paul special models. I know this because I had one. |
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If it's original, then I've no idea. I'm sure it's not special model. It's not easy to make special model look like standard. Those only have two pots, dot inlay, no flamed top, different tuning heads and no silver top pickups. Hopefully, it's not a fake.
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Lol yeah I’m sure someone thought it was cute to swap truss rod covers. |
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TMK the "Gibson" three-screw trussrod covers were standard issue on Korean-made Epis through the very early 2K's, regardless of model - that said, I'm at a loss to explain the "Special" designation on the peghead, unless it's an unbound body similar to the Gibson LP Studio models (hard to tell from the photos). In either event, the MIK instruments were made to a far higher standard than the Chinese/Indonesian production of the last 15 years or so, with the exception of the pickups (credit where credit is due, the current humbuckers rival the USA '57 Classics in my since-sold '80s Gibson '61 SG RI - they really are that good), and savvy players looking for a solidly-built working guitar on the cheap have been seeking them out for years...
Use it - and your Johnson - well, often, and LOUD...
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