Anyone have a Gibson Les Paul BFG?

[blakejcan]

I'm super late to the game on these but man, they look pretty awesome. Bare bones. Unique look. Chambered and resonant bodies and a pretty reasonable pricepoint.

interested to hear from anyone with actual experience on one?

 

[80's_Metal]

Yessir!
Mines an 18, (2 buckers)
I bought it brand new in like 2022...?
I added a Duncan Distortion to it.
Swapped out the tuners for Gotoh lockers.

It's one of my absolute favorite players. And my favorite Les Paul by far !

https://imgur.com/Ur0Craq

https://imgur.com/JUCw8Vg

https://imgur.com/fvdGrgK

 

[blakejcan]

Man that looks great. I’d love to get the original run with the P90 neck and humbucker bridge but they seem harder to find at a reasonable price.

How’s the weight? The later ones had a different chambering I think?

 

[Chistopher]

You can always put a Phat Cat or Bluesbucker in the neck

 

[80's_Metal]

Man that looks great. I’d love to get the original run with the P90 neck and humbucker bridge but they seem harder to find at a reasonable price.

How’s the weight? The later ones had a different chambering I think?

Mine is chambered. It's light for an LP. I use it for the studio and the stage. Really is a great guitar.

 

[Mincer]

Mine is chambered. It's light for an LP. I use it for the studio and the stage. Really is a great guitar.

What does it weigh?

 

[80's_Metal]

What does it weigh?

6.9lbs.

 

[Mincer]

6.9lbs.

Oh, that's not bad at all! Maybe I should look into those...

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Yessir!
Mines an 18, (2 buckers)
I bought it brand new in like 2022...?
I added a Duncan Distortion to it.
Swapped out the tuners for Gotoh lockers.

It's one of my absolute favorite players. And my favorite Les Paul by far !

https://imgur.com/Ur0Craq

https://imgur.com/JUCw8Vg

https://imgur.com/fvdGrgK

Does the back of the body/neck have grain filler?

Both my Tribute and my Modern Lite have the satin Nitro finish, similar to those, I suppose. But the Lite has no grainfill, and the Tribute does. They do have a different feel and look. I like both. Just curious about the BFG's.

 

[80's_Metal]

Does the back of the body/neck have grain filler?

Both my Tribute and my Modern Lite have the satin Nitro finish, similar to those, I suppose. But the Lite has no grainfill, and the Tribute does. They do have a different feel and look. I like both. Just curious about the BFG's.

I'm not 100% positive .... But I'm guessing no.

https://imgur.com/Kt0hUQh

 

[ehdwuld]

My swamp ash Green LP is 7.29 LBS

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I'm not 100% positive .... But I'm guessing no.

https://imgur.com/Kt0hUQh

Yeah, my Modern Lite looks like that too.

 

[elelpe]

Mine was 2008. Unique aesthetic, nice weight, good sound from HB - P90 set, albeit not fairly good selection of mahogany. I'd say BFG is when imperfection is good enough.

 

[80's_Metal]

I say BFG is Badass F@*king Guitar.

 

[80's_Metal]

Actually, I now own 2 of them.

The cherry one just showed up.
It has a P90 and a BB3, also the regular toggle switch is actually a Killswitch. And the one down below is the real toggle.

https://imgur.com/ycet4WK

I just got home from the hospital and haven't even plugged it in yet

 

[Mincer]

I actually really like the blank fretboards on those.

 

[80's_Metal]

I just pulled the poker chip (not supposed to be there) off the cherry one, I also have a red zebra TB-6 for it, but hat will have to wait until I can walk a bit better to swap out..

I now understand what a P90 is all about after playing it for half an hour or so.

 

[Mincer]

Have you tried the Silencers?

 

[blakejcan]

ooh snap the red is nice. I really like the green one but they are so hard to find and pricey.

 

[80's_Metal]

Have you tried the Silencers?

Silencers? I mean I've got one on my 300blackout lol but I don't think that is what you are referring to.