Decisions, decisions....

Kiefer

Kiefer

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I'm gonna be getting a new guitar shortly but i'm completely torn between two guitars

I had this in mind for ages, i've always loved Les Pauls and to me this one just looks incredible

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But then I saw this, It looks absolutely incredible, but its a fairly metally guitar, I dont really play metal so it might look outta place when
im on stage, but just look at it...

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Which would you go for? cause i cant decide...
 
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Les paul all the way. they last the test of time style-wise, and just about every other way.
 
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Personally I'd go the studio, in fact I had a similar decision recently and I did go the studio. That same colour too, wine red with gold hardware. Don't know if mine's a chambered or Swiss cheesed as its right on the cusp time-wise, but it rings out really well acoustically and has incredible tone plugged in.
 
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Oh, and the LTD is a second-line brand. The best wood will probably be used for ESP's and not for LTD's. Gibson Studios, while low in the pecking order, will theoretically have better general standard of wood and are US made.
 
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AlexR said:
Oh, and the LTD is a second-line brand. The best wood will probably be used for ESP's and not for LTD's. Gibson Studios, while low in the pecking order, will theoretically have better general standard of wood and are US made.
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Debatable. High-end LTD vs low end Gibson? I'd guess that they're about equal, or that the LTD has marginally better wood.

But that's fine print - they're two completely different guitars. I'd go with the one that would suit the music I want to play. Not aesthetically, but playability-wise. Each type of guitar tends to make you play differently. When I pick up a Telecaster, the first thing that comes out of the amp is almost never Led Zeppelin. Likewise, when I pick up a Les Paul, I don't often play Chet Atkins.
 
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Agileguy_101 said:
Debatable. High-end LTD vs low end Gibson? I'd guess that they're about equal, or that the LTD has marginally better wood.
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DOH! There is nothing low-end about this Gibson.

LTD MH1000:

Features:
Set-Thru Construction
25.5" Scale
Mahogany Body
Quilted Maple Top
Maple Neck
Rosewood Fingerboard
42mm Locking Nut
Thin U Neck Contour
24 XJ Frets
Black Nickel Hardware
ESP Locking Tuners
Tonepros Locking TOM Bridge
Seymour Duncan JB (B) / ’59 (N)

Les Paul Studio:

Features
Carved maple top
Mahogany body with chambered weight-relief
Mahogany neck, '50s Rounded Les Paul
Rosewood fingerboard (Ebony on Alpine white)
22 frets
Corian nut
Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge with stopbar
Chrome or gold hardware
490R and 498T Alnico 2 magnet humbucker pickups
2 volume and 2 tone knobs with black speed knobs, 3-way switch
Vintage-style 14:1 tuners with perloid buttons
 
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Bayou_Picker said:
DOH! There is nothing low-end about this Gibson.
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I meant that it's on the lower end of the Gibson scale, whereas the LTD is on the higher end of the LTD scale.

Specs only tell you the species, not the quality. I haven't played that particular LTD, and I've only played a few studios - briefly at that - so it's just my opinion. And if you're going by the specs, neither is better. It comes down to preference.
 
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Agileguy_101 said:
And if you're going by the specs, neither is better. It comes down to preference.
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Yeah that's what i was getting at. lol.

Basically everyone who has posted thus far (including me) has picked the studio. However, if the OP prefers the LTD, you think anything we say is gonna change his mind? nope. That's what's aggravating about these threads.
 
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Bayou_Picker said:
Yeah that's what i was getting at. lol.

Basically everyone who has posted thus far (including me) has picked the studio. However, if the OP prefers the LTD, you think anything we say is gonna change his mind? nope. That's what's aggravating about these threads.
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I think i am leaning towards the Gibson more

theres no doubt that i'll end up with both eventually but i can only afford one at the mo haha

I had thought about the Eclipse, or at least a cheaper version, but if i was going for a les paul shape, i'd want a real les paul if you get me, but the Eclipse is on my list so once i win the lotto they'll all be mind :D
 
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Les Pauls have that...swagger...you can't get that same swagger from the LTD. I mean just look at Joe Perry....swagger.
 
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Agileguy_101 said:
I meant that it's on the lower end of the Gibson scale, whereas the LTD is on the higher end of the LTD scale.

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No, it´s not, and never was.

Les paul specials, melody makers, SG Specials, and in recent years the faded series... That´s the low end of the Gibson line and has been for longer than either of us has had anything to do with guitars ;)
 
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