Les Pauls vs SGs... It must be summer

[Seashore]

Okay maybe "massive" is a bit but it is a big neck but yes it plays like a dream and takes little time to get used to it.

Sevens are like that, gotta update the road map. I'm trying to play it daily so I can get sharp. Next time I'm down there, I'll try to bring my good Explorer. I bet you would dig playing that.

[Rex_Rocker]

Honestly, I don't expect a Les Paul to "play like butter", LOL. You always kinda have to fight it to an extent. It is not a modern performance guitar, after all.

It's the 60's neck that fits *me* the best, but I understand different necks fit different people.

However, I don't agree with the sentiment that the best-sounding ones have thick necks. By those standards, no Ibanez, Charvel, or Jackson ever sounded as good... which is kind of a fallacy.

[Securb]

However, I don't agree with the sentiment that the best-sounding ones have thick necks. By those standards, no Ibanez, Charvel, or Jackson ever sounded as good... which is kind of a fallacy.

No one said "better", different.

[GuitarStv]

Honestly, I don't expect a Les Paul to "play like butter", LOL. You always kinda have to fight it to an extent. It is not a modern performance guitar, after all.

It's the 60's neck that fits *me* the best, but I understand different necks fit different people.

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Les Pauls play like butter when setup correctly. I find that strats tend to require a bit more fighting. How do you figure they're not a modern performance guitar?

[Rex_Rocker]

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Les Pauls play like butter when setup correctly. I find that strats tend to require a bit more fighting. How do you figure they're not a modern performance guitar?

Just my opinion, of course. But they're definitely no Ibanez RG or ESP Eclipse even, let alone Strandberg or whatever.

Compared to Fenders, yeah. I agree. I'd much rather play a Gibson.

[Mincer]

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Les Pauls play like butter when setup correctly. I find that strats tend to require a bit more fighting. How do you figure they're not a modern performance guitar?

I think standard LPs aren't like the modern variations. I'd say modern versions improved on things like body contours, weight, neck/body transitions and hardware. It is amazing what you can do if you are not tied to company tradition.

[zionstrat]

I think standard LPs aren't like the modern variations. I'd say modern versions improved on things like body contours, weight, neck/body transitions and hardware. It is amazing what you can do if you are not tied to company tradition.

Yeah this really belongs in our Gibson threads, but they do have a tendency to recreate what has already been created- as opposed to new and useful.

On the other hand, they created two of the four most iconic SB guitars of all time so I totally get the brand thing.

[GuitarStv]

Yeah this really belongs in our Gibson threads, but they do have a tendency to recreate what has already been created- as opposed to new and useful.

On the other hand, they created two of the four most iconic SB guitars of all time so I totally get the brand thing.

I think the Axcess Floyd was pretty cool. That and the Johnny A sig are the two Gibsons that have seriously interested me, and neither are all that traditional.