Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

Did you ever try a Gibson Firebird? I have one, and it feels right between my strat and my lp. Obviously the premise is that you have to like its shape..

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Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

Matt42 said:
I'd go with the FMT over the Blacktop if you are after LP tones. IIRC the Blacktop is Alder and the FMT is Mahogany. Of course, I might be biased...
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I've had alder Strats and Teles that were darker than my Les Pauls. There is so much variation in the tone of various pieces of wood within a species that it's almost impossible to say any one species is going to sound like X and another is going to sound like Y.
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

All mahogany, short scale, dual hum, TOM.


The scale length is more important than most realize. It changes the vibrational nodes.
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

The Music Man Axis is another choice. I think that was one of the original intentions when EVH designed it.
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

This is about as close as I´ve come across.

:bigok:

Hamer Mirage II
Not made anymore but they´re 25.5" scale, mahogany neck and body with a koa top (some had a maple top).
The neck is set rather than bolt but the neck angle isn´t anything near as steep as that of a LP.

Wilkinson VSVG trem and came stock with JB bridge and '59 neck
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There is also the Mirage I which was basically the same but for three rails pickups (strat style) instead of two full size humbuckers.
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

If I were to create a LesStrat / Paul-O-Caster, I'd use either USA Custom Guitars or Warmoth.

Strat body shape w/ mahogany body and maple top
24 3/4" conversion neck w/ mahogany and rosewood fretboard, 12" radius
2x humbucker
TOM bridge and tailpiece
Master Tone, 2x Volumes
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

This is going to come completely out of left field, mostly because it makes no sense at all and I can't give you a logical reason...

...I mean, the guitar I'm about to mention bears absolutely no resemblance to a Les Paul whatsoever...

...but... Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette.

It's utter nonsense, and keep in mind this is super anecdotal on my part, but the one I owned sounded more like a Les Paul than any other guitar I've ever had except for my actual Les Pauls.
 
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I think this gets pretty close (and I really want to make a Mahog/maple body like this to see if it gets "that sound". The body is carved like a LP top, but contoured like a strat-very comfortable. And the Tone Zone/ 36th Anni. Pups make it sound way thicker than any Strat I've had. Oh yeah, it's a Hondo copy of a Roadstar, I personally haven't run across a real RS that didn't have a tremolo, I'm sure the bridge has a lot to do with the sound here.
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

Obsessive Compulsive said:
Not that easy. It has to be mahogany. So, Ibanez RG421 or RGA32, or any Ibanez with 2 humbuckers and mahogany body.
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RG's sound no more like a Les Paul than a H/H Strat does, no matter what wood they are made of. PRS SE 245's don't even sound like a Les Paul, and they are practically clones of a Les Paul made out of exactly the same woods.
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

I used to be a "Strat guy" because that is what I started playing on and used for years. Eventually, I wanted to copy the tone of my favorite players, so I bought a Les Paul, then an SG, then a Tele, then an Ibanez RG and an Ibanez S, then a Jackson Dinky, Then a semi-hollowbody, and then a PRS and another PRS and another PRS...

You learn to play them all; how to balance them, how to approach them, how to orient your hand best for muting, and what each offers as far as unique abilities. Its more than just the TONE you can get out of a Les Paul. You can do things, sonically, with a Les Paul you can't do with a Strat.

If I was told now that I could keep only ONE, I would have a really hard time choosing... but it wouldn't be a Strat.

This is the long way around to saying this: Get yourself a Les Paul and become a "Les Paul Guy" too.
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

i fought this battle for years and gave up. my strats sound like strats, my tele sounds like a tele and i have a hamer monaco elite thats as much les paul as i need
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

To be fair, this has been an issue for decades. I'd love a solidbody super strat that sounds like an ES-335 or L5, but that is asking about the same thing. Although, funny thing..I have an Acoustic Variax (a solidbody) that gets a convincing archtop tone on one setting.
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

The new Fender strats with the Shawbucker is really close
 
Re: Anything sound like a Les Paul but feel like a Fender?

Top-L said:
Check out the Ibanez S series. They are all Mahogony, have strat playability and balance, fixed or trem bridges, and mahogany tone. Wont sound the same as a LP but similar
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Uh, nope.
 
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