Can a Strat style guitar cop LP tones?

yngzaklynch

yngzaklynch

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My guess is no. But Mr Suhr I was wondering how close a Strat style guitar might get to sounding like a Less Paul. Ever try? How close do you feel you got and what woods did/would you use?


Jim
 
Tom anderson makes a shorter scale strat. Mahogany with maple top/ mahogany neck. i would say it wouldn't sound that far off.
 
yngzaklynch":1vkdri9s said:
My guess is no. But Mr Suhr I was wondering how close a Strat style guitar might get to sounding like a Les Paul. Ever try? How close do you feel you got and what woods did/would you use?


Jim
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I would start with the traditional LP wood combo, mahogany body with a maple top in maybe a Tele shape leaving off any contours. 24 3/4 scale.
 
Bottom line is I love the LP tone and looks but I hate the way they feel. I hate the neck joint and not having belly and elbow cuts on a guitar that thick.

Maybe his korina guitars
 
The reason a LP sounds the way it does is due to how it's constructed. You can't get a true LP tone, without the set neck, 24.75" scale, etc. John has said that Basswood with a Maple cap is closer to a Les Paul than Mahagony in a Superstrat.
 
Some say even new LP's don capture that LP tone. Opinions vary. I have an 81 and 2012, they do sound different a bit, Motor City's in the old one. Not gonna get in to older = better BS. the new ones sound great and play sweet too.

I have never owned a super Strat that sounded like an LP, nor heard one on a disc, live, or at a jam session. If it existed there would be a long line to get them. I have a Suhr Custom Standard and Anderson Pro Am. The Anderson plays like a dream. Does not sound like a LP into a Marshall.

As mentioned earlier, I believe the body shape contributes to the tone. Check out a used G&L ASAT Deluxe. I found one obscenely cheap used. It has a mahogany body, maple cap, maple neck, rosewood plank, Duncan 59 & JB pups in it. Very LP sounding, not like a tele, which is the body shape. I'm thinking about putting some Motor City's in it for shits and grins. It comes with coil tapping switch too. It may work for you.
 
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