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

[Matt42]

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

Another FMT Tele vote,here...

Just make sure to get a Goldtop!!!

I prefer the Black Cherry, but the Goldtop got serious consideration when I bought mine. I used to own a Crimson Red one that I also liked quite a bit.

 

[Open lane]

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

I had a prs at one point. Ended up trading it. Honestly, i'm in a dif boat than you. I find i like the sound of a strat and the feel of a les paul. Honestly, though, i will tell you --- i played a LP standard (which i had no complaints with) next to a prs pauls guitar on a clean channel, and i will tell you that to my ears, the "pauls guitar" seemed to have more resonance and overtones, in comparison. With that being said, i was never way impressed with the mildly over driven or the fully saturated tones of the "pauls guitar," which is why i ultimately decided to trade it. Feelwise though, the neck on the model i used to own seemed rounder than a strat and more like LP shapewise but was considerably less chunky (sorry i don't know what exact neck profile it was, off the top of my head. i find classifying the the shapes individually a bit confusing)

Like i said though, our ears may be dif from eachother because i love the sounds of strats and feel of a les paul. So, take my opinion with a grain of salt.

 

[ken361]

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

I played Pauls for a couple of years and never thought the strat would be my number one but now it is sure it not as heavy sounding but it sounds good and clear on my Marshall im going to boost it someday when I can get a pedal.

 

[Open lane]

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

Ken,

Sounds like we are in the same boat. My first axe was a (budget) strat and i never appreciated it for what it was, given i was wlways trying to play metal out of it and noticed thicker tones coming out of my friends' humbuckers. Les paul's still attract me big time though, when i see NGD's of people getting les paul standards or customs, it still gives me chills.

 

[MkIII Renegade]

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

If you don't mind searching for a while, find a Charvel 750XL. :cool2:

 

[rjudo]

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

If you don't mind searching for a while, find a Charvel 750XL. :cool2:

Might be searching a long time, they don't seem to come up very often

 

[MkIII Renegade]

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

Might be searching a long time, they don't seem to come up very often

Yeah, but they are worth it, and still cheaper than a Jackson Soloist Archtop USA, which is essentially the same thing.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

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

The closest I can do are these two, but do they sound like a Les Paul? Well, not really...




What would I go for to meet the brief (sort of), at least being as close as possible tone-wise, with a near miss on the shape, would be this...

http://prsguitars.com/594/

 

[MkIII Renegade]

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

^^^^

I dig that Warmoth. :cool2: