A Quick Les Paul Family Shot

[Aceman]

So here they are. Short of winning the lottery or something, these are the Les Pauls I intend to die with in the next 30 years or so.

 

[Aceman]

Left to right pickups, for those interested:

The Paul 79: Stock 79 T-tops
Standard 73: PAF/Super Distortion
Standard 79: T-Top/Duncan Distortion
Aged Budokan 2011 (74 repro) : Super Distortion (only bridge works)
Classic 2017: 57/57 Plus (soon to be PG/PG Custom Shop)
Studio 96 (Gem series): Duncan Vintage Bridge in neck / Duncan Custom neck in bridge

 

[Mincer]

I think I like The Paul the best.

 

[ErikH]

That’s a nice group of Les Pauls. I love the ‘73 and the Classic. The Budokon is well, just awesome.

 

[JMP/HBE]

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[Aceman]

I think I like The Paul the best.

That one is minty. Do you like it because it is the only one you can lift? LOL

Not sure what pickups will end up in there. I have never been able to settle on anything.
I may go black hardware on that someday.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Since my fav LP is the Studio and my fav pup is a P-90, my favorite of your guitars is obvious. But it's a great collection of guitars and pups. Yes, don't get rid of any of them.

 

[Aceman]

By type of music that I usually play on them

79: Good on the neck, Evil on the bridge - Priest, Accept, Scorpions, etc
73: Obviously KISS, but all around hard rock 70's 80's
Budokan: Very specifically KISS, or anything needing a Super D brindge
Classic: All around Blues to hard rock once the PGs show up
Studio: Jazz, Blues, and Rawk
The Paul: General guitaring of no specific nature

 

[mojosman]

Nice collection. I like that emerald green colored one the best. Have you played one of the new Slash models yet? My niece bought one, and I didn’t expect to like it, but I loved it. She brought it over my house so I could play it on my amp and compare it to mine. The Gibson made pickups really surprised me. Of course they do the Slash tone, and like AC/DC stuff that you’d expect, but if you take some time with the tone controls and adjust your amp that thing does blues, country, jazz tones, and it’s got a killer top on it. The versatility and build quality just impressed me. I really don’t need another LP, but if the urge ever strikes me, that’s probably the direction I’d go.

 

[jeremy]

always liked that '73

 

[Mincer]

That one is minty. Do you like it because it is the only one you can lift? LOL

Not sure what pickups will end up in there. I have never been able to settle on anything.
I may go black hardware on that someday.

Most likely. But I also dig the Firebrands that came out around that time, too.

 

[d1dsj]

Fantastic selection indeed! I really love the fact that they are all distinctly different, it would be hard to chose which to play.

 

[Aceman]

Fantastic selection indeed! I really love the fact that they are all distinctly different, it would be hard to chose which to play.

I don't know about that; 3 of them have "Distortion Class" bridge pickups....LOL.

That said, the Super D is more flexible than the Duncan Distortion. I played the 73 at a jam this weekend before my Hollywood show. Honestly, closer to a 59/Custom hybrid in terms of flexibility than the Duncan Distortion.

 

[Aceman]

always liked that '73

If you look close, you'll notice I replaced the original Klusons with actual 70's Grovers with Pearl Buttons just like this one. Man - that was scary! 50 year old headstock....

 

[Aceman]

I'd stick a fake middle pup on if I knew it wouldn't jack up the finish.

 

[Aceman]

The 73 and the 79 get played a lot. They really do work well for most things. The 79 is tuned to E usually and the 73 Eb.

Strings - these days I'm generally going NYXL's

The Paul - 10's
73 - 9's
Frehley 9's
79 - 10's
Studio - 10's (Occasionally 11's if I'm feeling jazzy)
Classic - 10's

 

[jeremy]

If you look close, you'll notice I replaced the original Klusons with actual 70's Grovers with Pearl Buttons just like this one. Man - that was scary! 50 year old headstock....

oh i noticed, i wouldnt have done it, but i dont hate it

 

[Archer250]

Left to right pickups, for those interested:

The Paul 79: Stock 79 T-tops
Standard 73: PAF/Super Distortion
Standard 79: T-Top/Duncan Distortion
Aged Budokan 2011 (74 repro) : Super Distortion (only bridge works)
Classic 2017: 57/57 Plus (soon to be PG/PG Custom Shop)
Studio 96 (Gem series): Duncan Vintage Bridge in neck / Duncan Custom neck in bridge

Ooh nice. Pearly Gates are very nice in an LP

 

[Aceman]

Ooh nice. Pearly Gates are very nice in an LP

Indeed they are - just ask the Reverend Billy G. Have Mercy!!!

Especially the neck. I still say a PG neck should be the default OEM LP neck pickup.

 

[Archer250]

Indeed they are - just ask the Reverend Billy G. Have Mercy!!!

Especially the neck. I still say a PG neck should be the default OEM LP neck pickup.

See I'm the opposite. I think the neck is a wee bit too dark (but not so much that I don't like it), but IMO the PG bridge is the perfect "aggressive" PAF