UberMetalDood
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because you can buy three of these 
This is a "Gibson Les Paul Studio Pro Worn." It's chambered mahogany, maple cap, and a sweet stained satin finish, 50's neck, and it comes loaded with nickel covered Burstbucker Pros. I picked the heaviest one they had. I have an Ebony Les Paul Standard which weighs the same and has the same pickups.
I have been comparing these since I got this guitar and I cannot tell any difference in tone in practice or recorded. This guitar plays smooth and the neck is very comfortable. It's not slick like my Standard but I think it will smooth out over time.
Now I am seriously contemplating selling my Standard and buying two or three more of these and putting different pickups in all of them. I get exactly the same tone and the only differences really being cosmetic and that the Standard feels more luxurious in my hands, oh yeah, and the locking tuners on my standard are cool.
I got this one for $700 new. There is no better guitar value around period - don't even try to argue. USA made, Burstbucker Pros, etc... Check out the nice figure of the maple top noticeable through the stained finish. It doesn't stand out like a clear coated top, but the subtlety of it is very appealing when you have it in your hands. I cannot find a single flaw in this guitar. Everything is constructed perfectly.
However, all of this being said, weight-relieved Les Pauls are still a little better in my opinion. When it comes to recording and playing live, the weight-relief isn't anything you will ever notice in tone, but I think it has a softer, less dynamic tone than chambered. Also, since a chambered guitar is acoustically louder, it's harder to get a low volume recording without picking up string noise. The chambering does seem to help the sustain, but it's less nasal than weight-relieved which is a quality I like about Les Pauls.
Anyway it's hard to think of better reasons to keep my Standard than sell it and buy more of these. I want to get another one in the red finish and put some Seth Lovers in it.
This is a "Gibson Les Paul Studio Pro Worn." It's chambered mahogany, maple cap, and a sweet stained satin finish, 50's neck, and it comes loaded with nickel covered Burstbucker Pros. I picked the heaviest one they had. I have an Ebony Les Paul Standard which weighs the same and has the same pickups.I have been comparing these since I got this guitar and I cannot tell any difference in tone in practice or recorded. This guitar plays smooth and the neck is very comfortable. It's not slick like my Standard but I think it will smooth out over time.
Now I am seriously contemplating selling my Standard and buying two or three more of these and putting different pickups in all of them. I get exactly the same tone and the only differences really being cosmetic and that the Standard feels more luxurious in my hands, oh yeah, and the locking tuners on my standard are cool.
I got this one for $700 new. There is no better guitar value around period - don't even try to argue. USA made, Burstbucker Pros, etc... Check out the nice figure of the maple top noticeable through the stained finish. It doesn't stand out like a clear coated top, but the subtlety of it is very appealing when you have it in your hands. I cannot find a single flaw in this guitar. Everything is constructed perfectly.
However, all of this being said, weight-relieved Les Pauls are still a little better in my opinion. When it comes to recording and playing live, the weight-relief isn't anything you will ever notice in tone, but I think it has a softer, less dynamic tone than chambered. Also, since a chambered guitar is acoustically louder, it's harder to get a low volume recording without picking up string noise. The chambering does seem to help the sustain, but it's less nasal than weight-relieved which is a quality I like about Les Pauls.
Anyway it's hard to think of better reasons to keep my Standard than sell it and buy more of these. I want to get another one in the red finish and put some Seth Lovers in it.
