The More I Play Les Pauls...

[Zachman]

I Love them too!! Always have!

1979:

There all good, but that last picture is awesome

I started on a '62 SG Junior. But at the time, (in my young and dumb perception) it wasn't cool enough, so I migrated to a Gibson Q3000 "Superstrat", and then other assorted Superstrats. I finally landed on Ibby RG's (love 'em), but I'll be damned if I'm not being pulled towards LP's more and more. Can't say that I really mind that

That pic of young me and that Les Paul... That is the same Gibson I am playing in the recent pic. I LOVE THIS guitar!

I have put MANY miles and hours of playing time on this guitar.

Guitars like that, where you know the history - because you lived it - are truly special.

It's irreplaceable to me. I am the original owner, and my Great Grandmother got that for me for my birthday. It is full of Mojo

 

[supersonic]

Wow great Pic, great story Zachman.

 

[zewango]

Ive been resisting the urge to get a LP Custom. Played a few lately that were just perfect.
Tried out the set neck EVH, don't like the looks but felt just like the Custom.
The new LP Customs don't even have ebony boards. Richlite? No thanks. I see one in my future.

 

[Atropos_Project]

They're definitely interesting axes. Over the years I'd played several, all of which I didn't care for at all except for one, which absolutely floored me (and I still regret not buying it at the time). Fast forward the clock, and I picked up another that I really liked, bought it last August, and have been playing it exclusively since then.

2 days ago I picked up my old Ibanez, and was just like... 'wtf'. Everything about it just felt wrong, lol.

On that same note, I've still yet to play a Fender strat that I liked at all. Still waiting though....

 

[Mudder]

I've played strats and superstrats my whole life, with an occasional short scale guitar like my gretsch. But I recently picked up an 84 Greco Les Paul and it's just tits to play, sounds killer. Even the wife said "you play that guitar better than the others".

Yep, ole Lester got it right the first time.

 

[Spaceboy]

I've never really been that into LPs. They're alright, but not for me. I've had a few different makes and they always feel clumsy in my hands, but I'm also not a rock dude at all.

 

[Shawn Lutz]

currently in the market for a standard so I hope to land one soon.

 

[Anonymous]

Love what they look like, some of them sound pretty good, but I hate playing them with a passion. My technique (what there is of it) was raised on super strats and it just does NOT translate to LPs at ALL...

Oh yeah... and can someone please quote Zach's pictures a few more times in this thread? I don't think they've been repeated enough here yet

Steve

 

[Zachman]

Love what they look like, some of them sound pretty good, but I hate playing them with a passion. My technique (what there is of it) was raised on super strats and it just does NOT translate to LPs at ALL...

Oh yeah... and can someone please quote Zach's pictures a few more times in this thread? I don't think they've been repeated enough here yet

Steve

 

[Digital Jams]

....the more I thank god for Leo Fender's strat body and Steve Vai helping create the 2nd best all time selling guitar the RG.

Special mentions to Suhr and Anderson.

 

[IndyWS6]

....the more I thank god for Leo Fender's strat body and Steve Vai helping create the 2nd best all time selling guitar the RG.

Special mentions to Suhr and Anderson.

I see what you did there...

 

[Zachman]

....the more I thank god for Leo Fender's strat body and Steve Vai helping create the 2nd best all time selling guitar the RG.

Special mentions to Suhr and Anderson.

I see what you did there...

Ya, he didn't credit the portagee from Hawaii:

Freddie Tavares (1913 - 1990) was an American musician and inventor. Born in Hawaii, Tavares is perhaps best known for his role in designing the Fender Stratocaster and other Fender instruments and amplifiers, although he was a virtuoso on the steel guitar, playing on many hundreds of recording sessions, radio broadcasts and movie soundtracks. The signature steel guitar swoop at the beginning of every Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical short was played by Tavares. His other credits include work with Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, The Sons of the Pioneers, "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Lawrence Welk, and Henry Mancini.

 

[IndyWS6]

....the more I thank god for Leo Fender's strat body and Steve Vai helping create the 2nd best all time selling guitar the RG.

Special mentions to Suhr and Anderson.

I see what you did there...

Ya, he didn't credit the portagee from Hawaii:

Freddie Tavares (1913 - 1990) was an American musician and inventor. Born in Hawaii, Tavares is perhaps best known for his role in designing the Fender Stratocaster and other Fender instruments and amplifiers, although he was a virtuoso on the steel guitar, playing on many hundreds of recording sessions, radio broadcasts and movie soundtracks. The signature steel guitar swoop at the beginning of every Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical short was played by Tavares. His other credits include work with Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, The Sons of the Pioneers, "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Lawrence Welk, and Henry Mancini.

 

[Zap]

The natural wear on the back of that neck looks badass!

 

[Badronald]

My technique does NOT translate to LPs at ALL...

Yup. Same here. I'm definitely a Stratocaster player.

When I had my LPC I played it like a Stratocaster player and it sounded ok, but I was not playing Les Paul licks. I was playing bendy, speedy, wide vibrato Fender licks.

One of the main reasons I don't care for Bonamassa much any more is when he went Les Paul his style changed too dramatically for me. His tone doesn't have as much dynamics as it used to have with the Stratocasters and Telecasters. IMO.

 

[Ventura]

I Love them too!! Always have!

1979:

Sorry.

Had to.

 

[Mudder]

The real question...who's the Betty on the drums?

 

[bonedarrell]

The real question...who's the Betty on the drums?

I was wondering the same

 

[Ventura]

The real question...who's the Betty on the drums?

The real question...who's the Betty on the drums?

I was wondering the same

If there was ever a moment I wanted to be a snare drum

 

[Zachman]

The real question...who's the Betty on the drums?

My cousin Mark, aka billybogner aka Kaleiwahea, and I used to call her hamburger Jill, because she smelled like ground hamburger... Total hippie no deodorant. Not cool, but she did have her own drums.