Les Paul vs SG

UnderTheFlame83

UnderTheFlame83

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Do you have a preference between the two?

It's weird with me. Some days I prefer my Les Paul and other days my SGs. There's things I do like more about an SG than a Les Paul. Mostly the weight, easier access to upper frets, and contours. In the end, though, I like them the same and happy to own both of these amazing guitars.
 
LP for me. It is more balanced (not neck heavy) and doesn't feel like it is falling away from me. The neck joint strap position on an SG (and to be fair, a 335 too) feels like it is always falling forward. Also, the neck pickup on an LP sounds 'right' to me, where the SG's is a little more towards the bridge which gives it a different sound.
 
well I am a bit like you there are days it's all SG and days that are all LP

the older I get the more I appreciate my SGs for whatever reason but the thinner body has a lot more appeal to me than it used to
 
Benjy_26 said:
I split the difference. I like the double cut, flat top LP styles with humbuckers.
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I have a double cut, HH LP, but carved top, and I love it.

I’ve only played SGs briefly, and never stood up; does the SG sit further to the left of a right-handed player?
 
CaptainWhizz said:
I have a double cut, HH LP, but carved top, and I love it.

I’ve only played SGs briefly, and never stood up; does the SG sit further to the left of a right-handed player?
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I've never noticed a SG sitting further left, but I really dislike the neck dive that comes with that guitar.
 
Of the two, I’ll take a Les Paul any day of the week, but any Strat or Tele would ahead of either.

I feel about SGs the way most of the people here do about Strat middle pickups.
 
I usually take two Les Pauls to practice but recently I have been bringing a Paul and an SG. I feel they are fairly interchangeable and the tones are close enough I do not have to putz with the EQ switching between them. I think the question is like asking my preference, a Ribeye or a Porterhouse steak. I am just happy to be able to make the choice.
 
If I just want to pick up a guitar and sit on the couch and dink around, SG all day. It's comfortable, light, plays like butter.

if I want big balls tone out of a half stack and thick heavy riffs for show or recording, the LP, hands down.
 
Little Pigbacon said:
I have played one SG, in a store, like twelve or fifteen years ago. It was great, actually, but I have never felt compelled to own one. If I ever did, I would get one really nice one and be done with it, like I did with my Telecaster.
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Same, I never really looked at one with any desire...

And then one day I met one at a pawn shop for a great price, took her home and fixed her up.... Then I was like "where have you been all my life?"
 
Historically, there was a reason the Les Paul model was made only from '52 to '60 (and subsequently Gibson started pumping out the SG in '61):

Declining sales.

(yes, they resumed production in '68 - after 7 years of no Les Paul model offered)

Apparently, "the kids" back then weren't diggin' it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul

These Les Pauls were considered to be too heavy and old-fashioned, and they initially did not find favor amongst guitarists.
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At that time (60's) when rock and roll was really starting to take off (and get heavier), Les Paul was a relic of the 40's and 50's. Hence "old-fashioned".

Les Paul was an amazing player; no doubt. But screaming ,feedback-laden, dimed Marshall stacks rock and roll isn't the vibe that comes to mind when you say his name.
 
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