gt5litre
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OK I have tried the VM Les Paul, found it in worn red for $649 and free shipping. Good price and a nice guitar, but it was too dark for my tastes; probably the all-mahogany body although I did like the satin finish. I also do not like the boomy low-end I hear from a Lester.
I have tried several PRS SE models and like the Custom SE stoptail and the Semi-hollow custom. I have a very nice semi-hollow, 97 Washburn HB35 with Custom Manlius pickups and that really does it for a semi for me. So the Custom SE and the Singlecut (did not like it as well as the Custom, may have been the several guitars I tried as I found several Customs that were not so nice.
I also have been thinking of an Agile AL3000MAP, AL3500 (both out of stock in HSB and CSB at this time), Michael Kelly Custom, Reverend Roundhouse HB-FM and perhaps a used Edwards LP (new Edwards have really gone up in price due to the falling dollar and rising Gas Prices.
Another guitar I am intrigued by is the Godin LG, maple flame or quilt top, Duncan Jazz and Custom 5 pickups and it comes in a version with a 25.5" and another has the 24.75" scale. I usually play a 25.5 scale and find the snap and clarity of that scale to be interesting and nice. The 24.75 " does have more balls and better lower mids. This guitar is not a set-neck, but the deep-set bolt-on design makes it very lively, resonant & the sustain is fantastic.
I have played the Agiles,the Godin in several iterations, played a VM Lester and a used Edwards too. I have not had a chance to play the Michael Kelly Patriot Custom, Tradition S2000 or S2003 or a Hagstrom Super Swede/Swede or even the Reverend.
I used to have a Singlecut PRS, an 89 Les Paul Standard and recently sold a great Heritage H150CM and the Les Paul to finance a move to Texas so my wife can be close to her mom. My wife has metastasized breast cancer so I was happy to sell these guitars. The Heritage was by far the best guitar, it was a cutting guitar with the boomy overhang low-end of many Les Paul designs and it had been Plekk'd so it played like a dream.
Those of you who have played these guitars or have been on a similar quest please join in the discussion. My budget does not allow a LP Standard or Heritage and surely not a PRS SC at this time.
gt5litre
I have tried several PRS SE models and like the Custom SE stoptail and the Semi-hollow custom. I have a very nice semi-hollow, 97 Washburn HB35 with Custom Manlius pickups and that really does it for a semi for me. So the Custom SE and the Singlecut (did not like it as well as the Custom, may have been the several guitars I tried as I found several Customs that were not so nice.
I also have been thinking of an Agile AL3000MAP, AL3500 (both out of stock in HSB and CSB at this time), Michael Kelly Custom, Reverend Roundhouse HB-FM and perhaps a used Edwards LP (new Edwards have really gone up in price due to the falling dollar and rising Gas Prices.
Another guitar I am intrigued by is the Godin LG, maple flame or quilt top, Duncan Jazz and Custom 5 pickups and it comes in a version with a 25.5" and another has the 24.75" scale. I usually play a 25.5 scale and find the snap and clarity of that scale to be interesting and nice. The 24.75 " does have more balls and better lower mids. This guitar is not a set-neck, but the deep-set bolt-on design makes it very lively, resonant & the sustain is fantastic.
I have played the Agiles,the Godin in several iterations, played a VM Lester and a used Edwards too. I have not had a chance to play the Michael Kelly Patriot Custom, Tradition S2000 or S2003 or a Hagstrom Super Swede/Swede or even the Reverend.
I used to have a Singlecut PRS, an 89 Les Paul Standard and recently sold a great Heritage H150CM and the Les Paul to finance a move to Texas so my wife can be close to her mom. My wife has metastasized breast cancer so I was happy to sell these guitars. The Heritage was by far the best guitar, it was a cutting guitar with the boomy overhang low-end of many Les Paul designs and it had been Plekk'd so it played like a dream.
Those of you who have played these guitars or have been on a similar quest please join in the discussion. My budget does not allow a LP Standard or Heritage and surely not a PRS SC at this time.
gt5litre
so the above qualms are purely a matter of aesthetic taste.
