Carvin or Les Paul Custom?

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So I am looking for your opinion on this. I am debating between getting a Carvin made or getting a Les Paul Custom.
For the Carvin I love the idea of all the custom options and I really like stainless steel frets. The quilt tops are sexy as hell. I have heard good things about the Kiesel pickups too.
As for the Les Paul Custom, it's a guitar I have always wanted even though its probably overpriced. Something about plugging one in to a Marshall just seems awesome. I would probably buy used on this one.
I have considered so many other guitars but it keeps coming back to these 2.
I have a Les Paul Studio that I have never been able to part with and a Carvin Bolt that I love.
Rig Talk, I need your help on this one! :rock:
Pics of your awesome Les Pauls and Carvins are welcome!
 
I think you answered your question when you said "its the guitar I've always wanted"...... Get the LP.
 
RequestedBBLPC by Scott Steinmetz, on Flickr
Brothers2 by Scott Steinmetz, on Flickr
LPC by Scott Steinmetz, on Flickr
Untitled by Scott Steinmetz, on Flickr

Nibs, cause fuck you Gibson:

LPC and MTM2 by Scott Steinmetz, on Flickr

Custom options are awesome. Stainless steel frets are awesome. Quilt tops are awesome.

You know what's way more awesome? A fuckin Les Paul Custom, and it doesn't need any of those things to do it, either. You go buy a Custom and it'll make you more of a man.....it'll make it so you don't have to ask on a forum which guitar you should buy, everfuckingagain.....cause you'll be manly enough to know. You'll come on here and just fucking TELL us which guitar you're gonna buy and say "if you don't like that, blow me!"...true story.










































Ah, I'm just fucking with you dude. I bought a Custom because I always wanted one too. This thing sustains for over 20 seconds, no shit. It plays awesome, it sounds awesome, and it looks awesome. Carvins are pretty, but only Les Paul Customs are Les Paul Customs. This is a guitar you know you're going to buy; get it over with and it gives you more time to plot out your Carvin and you get a sick guitar to play while you wait for it to be built.
 
I think the arguments for the Gibson are winning out. The pics were great by the way. Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. You guys rock
 
LPC hands down - haven't even read the posts... Just make sure you can play the LPC first to see if it rings proper to you and your style.
 
Ventura":1ht398a5 said:
LPC hands down - haven't even read the posts... Just make sure you can play the LPC first to see if it rings proper to you and your style.
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This. Take it from someone who's been down this road before.
 
More good advice. I will definitely play some thoroughly before committing.
 
one thing I learned a long time ago is that when you truly want a les paul, nothing else is gonna fit
even other models I love like explorers, Vs and the SGs are not gonna make up for it
not even a PRS, which are usually better built than actual les pauls (maybe SOME of the singlecut versions)
I have a '73 lp custom and that was the first guitar I ever told myself I was never gonna sell
it has an unique grip, a very thin neck and a quite unusual schaller "harmonica" bridge
I'm not sure any other would fit perfectly in my hands like this one do, so maybe I got lucky
I may have played other guitars that sound just as good or better, but this was my perfect match

I still got a thing for the really good looking tops and everything, but I couldn't drift away from the grip, neck/bridge angle, weight and sound of a les paul, so I'd could truly enjoy a mayones, carvin or whatever
the "easy" alternative was grabbing a prs singlecut, but I'm only into the newer finishes 2014-2015, so I couls only have it in a new and really expensive guitar (over $3000), and the USD x BRL exchange rate is at its highest point in the last 10 years, so that's a terrible moment for someone in brazil right now
the smarter alternative for me was Short Guitars, in Canada
canadian dollar was less expensive and I could get a les paul-like guitar exactly like a wanted for the price of a used les paul standard or something
been craving one for years, since Steinmetzify earlier posts, and Short's newer Hydra models managed to retain both the les paul character and the custom order looks (I'm not really into replicas)
 
If you want quality, craftsmanship, playability etc Carvin is the way to go.

If you want a classic Les Paul with the fabled historic Gibson logo on the head stock & don't care as much about quality, value, craftsmanship etc, then get the Les Paul.

I have a Carvin CS6 & a 59 Les Paul historic & the Carvin beats the Les Paul in every way except resale value.
 
Doughboy":8bk7scdj said:
If you want quality, craftsmanship, playability etc Carvin is the way to go.

If you want a classic Les Paul with the fabled historic Gibson logo on the head stock & don't care as much about quality, value, craftsmanship etc, then get the Les Paul.

I have a Carvin CS6 & a 59 Les Paul historic & the Carvin beats the Les Paul in every way except resale value.
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The Carvin will be infinitely more playable - especially in the upper frets where the LP is more difficult. Les Pauls definitely have design issues, but regardless, there is no other guitar that is quite as iconic as a Gibson LP, that's for sure. So it really depends on what you want.
 
aizenx":k4lydv90 said:
Doughboy":k4lydv90 said:
The Carvin will be infinitely more playable - especially in the upper frets where the LP is more difficult. .
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I was contemplating this too. I do have a little trouble reaching on my Les Paul Studio up by the 19th fret. I'm sure practice would help that but it's still a pain sometimes. The carvin bolt I play on has a fantastic neck that seems to play itself.
 
I'm looking at getting one of these. Haven't read anything bad about Edwards yet.

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Hey, the "good wood" years of Gibson are nothing to shake a stick at.

I know. I own a lot of Lesters and did my due diligence on each and every one of them before pulling the trigger.

Finest fuckin' fiddles I've ever had the pleasure of playing. And as far as Lesters and me? Noting feels more like "home" than playing a Lester.

(If you're wondering why I have ESPs in my sig it's because for shred-tastic guitars, quality, and price? They can't be beat... Awesome craftsmanship and playability at their given pricepoints).
 
yeah, nothing sounds quite like a finely aged Les Paul. Just massive.
 
Let's see some pictures side by side..

Doughboy":2zdpitgj said:
If you want quality, craftsmanship, playability etc Carvin is the way to go.

If you want a classic Les Paul with the fabled historic Gibson logo on the head stock & don't care as much about quality, value, craftsmanship etc, then get the Les Paul.

I have a Carvin CS6 & a 59 Les Paul historic & the Carvin beats the Les Paul in every way except resale value.
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