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Post by Martin John Butler on Dec 1, 2020 9:05:09 GMT -6
I've played most of the greatest Gibsons made and a student has an Epiphone Les Paul that has a neck that plays at least as good as all the Les Paul's I've had except one. Choose the guitar that plays, pickups can always be changed.
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Post by ericn on Dec 1, 2020 12:11:18 GMT -6
Depending on what you buy budget another hundred or so for a pro setup. Gibson is plekking everything now I think, which should theoretically mean a damn good setup, but I’ve heard that even then things can often be improved. But yeah, you kinda have to sit down with the individual instrument. Coming from single coil land you might find Les Pauls a bit muddy or lacking in high end. Good ones shouldn’t be. You can also try Gretsch and Firebird styles for more brightly/twangy in a Humbucker style. And, there’s also the noiseless single coils. I haven’t met one I’ve personally loved, but there’s lots of new ones I haven’t tried. A good Tele is a good thing to have and covers a lot of ground. Hold on to that. Personally I’d add Gretsch to your list. Some of their Electromatic lines are decent and not too much dough. Then again there’s a ton of stuff from overseas that seem to be pretty decent quality and/or a cheap mod platform. Could be one way to go. Cheers, Geoff I’ve wondered about just taking all my guitars in and say, “set these up and do whatever you need to make them sound the best they can sound.” Replacing nuts, bridges, etc. sometimes I wonder if what I don’t care for is more about terrible setup and intonation. Simple answer is take one in have it setup and see how you feel after that. Of course what will happen is this, your going to be milling around wasting your time in place full of guitars, pull one down and fall in love. |
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