Edwards Les Paul Review

[tweed]

Im pretty sure they do not offer that model in left handed. They offer like two different models, the one I bought, and the sunburst one with rosewood fretboard.

I would have got one of the Nitro finishes had they actually offered it in lefty.

But the first negative has reared its ugly head... So I thought this guitar was comming with 9's on it, and due to the scale length, it felt like that too. But I broke my high e string last night, right before we started band practice... So I decided to restring the entire guitar real quick. So I put on a set of nines, tuned it up, and then thats when I felt how slinky they were. The guitar actually came with 10's! I stretched the strings out, and then we started practice. Halfway through, I broke the damn e string again!!! Im guessing there is a burr on the saddle, but damn is it irritating. Since I broke so many damn high e's, I didnt have any left at the band house.

Afterwards, I grabbed a pencil and rubbed a little graphite on the saddle, and then when I got home I put another high E on it. I made sure to stretch it out really well.

However, it feels like the guitar isnt holding tune very well. And Im pretty sure my inntonation is out of whack now too.

Sorry to hear that bro. But it doesn't sound to bad. Probably just needs some Luthier TLC if you know what I mean.

 

[StevieRaveOn]

Rock on Shea! Glad you dig it! They're definitely nice playing and sounding guitars. I totally dig them. If you ever get a wild hair up your ass and want another one, check out the Jimmy Page model. It has the thinner finish and is relic'ed a bit. The relic'ing is slightly cheesy and NOT up to the custom shop quality of Fender or Gibson, but it still looks kinda cool. I had the JP model with the super circuit, which gave some pretty killer out of phase tones and stuff. If I bought another one, I'd get the one without the super circuit, since I like it a bit more simple.

But anyway, rock!

Chris

Im pretty sure they do not offer that model in left handed. They offer like two different models, the one I bought, and the sunburst one with rosewood fretboard.

I would have got one of the Nitro finishes had they actually offered it in lefty.

But the first negative has reared its ugly head... So I thought this guitar was comming with 9's on it, and due to the scale length, it felt like that too. But I broke my high e string last night, right before we started band practice... So I decided to restring the entire guitar real quick. So I put on a set of nines, tuned it up, and then thats when I felt how slinky they were. The guitar actually came with 10's! I stretched the strings out, and then we started practice. Halfway through, I broke the damn e string again!!! Im guessing there is a burr on the saddle, but damn is it irritating. Since I broke so many damn high e's, I didnt have any left at the band house.

Afterwards, I grabbed a pencil and rubbed a little graphite on the saddle, and then when I got home I put another high E on it. I made sure to stretch it out really well.

However, it feels like the guitar isnt holding tune very well. And Im pretty sure my inntonation is out of whack now too.

Get the intonation done on it and watch how you wrap the strings at the post... That could be a big area causing it to not hold tune, especially if you're coming from Strats like you are. I'm no expert, I've heard some folks mention a lot of in depth stuff on how they string the capstans, I wish I knew. What I do is do a single wrap around the capstan and then thread through the eye on top of the string so they wind down below the first wrap. After a decent stretching, mine stays pretty constant... And, we used it as part of a recording session so we were checking tune after each take and it was at least as good the SG and LP we were using.

 

[nbarts]

If mine stays in tune with 12-54s yours should have no problem either. Look for the problem somewhere else

I'm guessing you have more problems with G, B, E. If so this is a stringing mistake.

 

[Telephant]

Its actually the low E that feels like it wont hold its tune... I just played on it at lunch and it actually feels like its acclimating to the new string gauge pretty well... And of course my guy wasnt at the shop today so I couldnt drop it off. I have a big tomorrow and I really wanted to use this guitar. We'll so how it goes at practice tonight.

Matt, Ive been stringing it the way I string all my guitars, the ol' "over and under" method where you lock the string in... And Im thinking to myself, its pretty hard to get string slippage when you string that way, but anything is possible.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Looks like they may have cloned Gibsons a little too closely since they Edwards have tuning issues, just like every other Gibson. The LP Customs i owned never stayed in tune that well at all. A PRS SC i had stayed in tune a million times better and i gigged out with it often and i didn't have to tune after every song like a dork.

 

[Telephant]

Very interesting... I was not aware tuning issues were common on Les Pauls. Then again, how the heck would I have known considering this is my first one?

Well Ill keep working with this guitar until it settles. And like Chris mentioned, it sounds so righteous I cant just give up now. Especially after hearing the glorious tone through the Superbass.

Also, I know a lot of people use heavier strings on LP's, but what about guys like Page and Gibbons? They use 8's!

 

[StevieRaveOn]

Its actually the low E that feels like it wont hold its tune... I just played on it at lunch and it actually feels like its acclimating to the new string gauge pretty well... And of course my guy wasnt at the shop today so I couldnt drop it off. I have a big tomorrow and I really wanted to use this guitar. We'll so how it goes at practice tonight.

Matt, Ive been stringing it the way I string all my guitars, the ol' "over and under" method where you lock the string in... And Im thinking to myself, its pretty hard to get string slippage when you string that way, but anything is possible.

Werd, just checking bro. Good luck with it.

 

[Telephant]

Its actually the low E that feels like it wont hold its tune... I just played on it at lunch and it actually feels like its acclimating to the new string gauge pretty well... And of course my guy wasnt at the shop today so I couldnt drop it off. I have a big tomorrow and I really wanted to use this guitar. We'll so how it goes at practice tonight.

Matt, Ive been stringing it the way I string all my guitars, the ol' "over and under" method where you lock the string in... And Im thinking to myself, its pretty hard to get string slippage when you string that way, but anything is possible.

Werd, just checking bro. Good luck with it.

Wait, thats all I get? No stunning revelations on how I can fix this problem and make my life easier?!? Damn I feel jipped!!!

 

[lefchr]

No pics?

I thinking my next guitar may be the edwards lp custom with p90's

 

[daver101]

Rock on Shea! Glad you dig it! They're definitely nice playing and sounding guitars. I totally dig them. If you ever get a wild hair up your ass and want another one, check out the Jimmy Page model. It has the thinner finish and is relic'ed a bit. The relic'ing is slightly cheesy and NOT up to the custom shop quality of Fender or Gibson, but it still looks kinda cool. I had the JP model with the super circuit, which gave some pretty killer out of phase tones and stuff. If I bought another one, I'd get the one without the super circuit, since I like it a bit more simple.

But anyway, rock!

Chris

True - the JP model is a guitar I wish I still had!

 

[nbarts]

I have new love for my LPs from today. I've been recording exclusively with Edwards & Orvilles lately & today I had to do a recording with a Scheter. Man, it sucked so bad! I had to work hard to make it sound good & it still didn't get anywhere close to the sound I get with my LPs.