I know my humble entry to this thread is dwarfed by the shadows of your formidable guitars, veritable works of art worked on with bacteria, several oils, the finest treatment processes, the strongest glues, nitrocellulose finishes, and electronics alone expensive enough to make your wives turn blue, if they knew their worth, but this one instrument, relatively inexpensive though it may be, is like a trusty weapon in the hand of a warrior, which in the heat of battle he holds firmer than another weapon, more polished though it may be, and cleaves through more helms, and faster, with. This is a true Les Paul, and comes close to my ideal of what the instrument should sound like. It can sing like the tinkling of a mountain stream on pebbles, and boom out like a cathedral bell. It plays and sounds better than most instruments I've tried in thrice its price bracket. When I play it unplugged, it can go from sounding authoritative to soothing with a slight change in pick attack and the way I fret notes. When I take it out and begin to play it, it seems somewhat like the room is illuminated by sound. It is the closest I've come to the embodiment of my personality in an instrument. Even though it's a stripped down version of the gorgeous Les Paul aesthetic, it is a true Les Paul inside and outside, visibly beautiful.
I will maintain that, tonally, it can go up against any of your guitars and impress you even though it falls short of their sound.
Sorry for the poor smartphone quality.
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ull Volume/Fender TBX Tone (Neck)/Fender TBX Tone (Bridge), '85 OFR w/37mm Big Brass Block
