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At my local guitar shop there is a guitar, a Gibson les paul, all black with a red skull at the 5th fret. I was told its a Voodoo LP, it has the same specs as a studio. Anyone know anything about them?
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Re: Voodoo Les Paul
A Voodoo is a Swamp Ash Studio with the special "goth" finish and different pickups...
The Swamp Ash Studio is a Studio with a solid Swamp Ash body, mahogany neck and an ebony board...If you just read a post by The Guy Who Invented Fire please understand that opinions change, mind sets change and as players our ears mature...not to mention our needs grow and change. With that in mind, today I may or may not agree with the post you just read!
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While it isn't my cup of tea, swamp ash has been praised by some for its sound qualities, and les paul studios are great les pauls.
try it, if you're into it, great.
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Swamp ash body, mahogany neck, ebony fretboard, black hardware. The body has a weird ebony stain with some red left in the grain. The pickups are "Black Magic double-slug 496R/500T, black/red coils." That inlay is a real turn off for me, I remember seeing those in stores like five years ago."Everything must be black, like the storm of justice!"Comment
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I think it would be cool without the skull inlay. nice to see some colored bobbins and the finish is kinda cool. But the inlay makes it cheesy.Believe me when I say that some of the most amazing music in history was made on equipment that's not as good as what you own right now.
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Yeah, the inlay uglies it up just a little too much . . . other than that I kinda like these guitars.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
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Not my flavor, but if you like, it, go for it.
IMO, Les Paul = mahog + maple.
Never tried a swamp ash LP tho. Try it. It might be something totally different and totally awesome.If I know I'm going crazy, I must not be insane.
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Personally I think studios play like crap, but if you like it go ahead. There have been many guitars where, when I saw the specs I thought I'd hate it, but turn out to be great playing guitars.Comment
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Played one when they came out, thought they were kind of fugly but in an interesting way. Can't comment on it tonally but it played pretty well from what I remember.My Bands -
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I played the SG version and it played and sounded great. That inlay just ruins it for me, though or else it'd be with me right now.-Mike-
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I have one and love it. The guitar has two problems though:
- the stock pots suck, they're probably 300K. I couldn't believe how much tone they sucked from that guitar.
- the 500T, which is IMO not a very good pickup, sucks even more in this guitar. Count on replacing it ASAP.
The guitar has less of a midbump than normal LesPauls, way clearer highs and a fairly big bottom end. I installed a Miracle Man first in the bridge - a real metal machine. I've since gone for an AirZone and it works very well, beautiful rock tone.
I heard people also have good experiences with EMGs in this guitar, Jesper Stroemblad from In Flames used a Voodoo V very often.My pickups: Bareknuckle Holy Diver, Nailbomb, Black Dog; Seymour Duncan Hotrails. EMG 81 & 85
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Some more pics of the guitarMy pickups: Bareknuckle Holy Diver, Nailbomb, Black Dog; Seymour Duncan Hotrails. EMG 81 & 85Comment
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I almost got a Voodoo explorer when they were out to company my gothic explorerPolitical Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.Comment
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They are cool. My girlfriend at the time almost bought one when they were new.green globe burned black by sunnComment
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They look cool as heck!Go buy my book. https://www.amazon.com/dp/198405564XComment
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