Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

[Robert Delahunt]

All,

Today I again went to my local Friday-after-work hangout: Leitz Music in Fort Walton Beach . Anyways, I have been bitten by the Les Paul bug. Imagine that!

But we got into a discussion: is there really no substitute for a Les Paul? To "prove it", I played a Les Paul Faded (strummed a chord and counted how long it sustained), then played a Schecter C-1 Classic (Jazz/JB) and counted the seconds. They both had gobs of sustain, and are both in about the same price range.

So what do you think? No substitute for a Les Paul? Or is there? Vote!

 

[El Dorado]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

I would say some of the old lawsuit Tokais were a little too good of a substitute.

 

[El Dorado]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

Personally I am more of a superstrat guy, mainly because of the longer scale, so yeah I definitely think there are a lot of other guitars out there.

 

[BigAlTheBird]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

No substitute, except maybe a PRS! Lawsuit models (Edwards/ESP/Tokai) included in that. By that, I mean they are Les Pauls in my opinion, just not Gibsons. So buy an Edwards/ESP/Tokai/PRS/Gibson and be done with it.

 

[shaka]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

a Washburn Idol Pilson will substitute just fine for a Les Paul

 

[Nite_Maresz_25]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

ESP Eclipse Standards and LTD EC-1000s are freaking awesome! and ALOT less money than a (gibson) LP. I voted yes.

 

[Pete Galati]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

If you want a Les Paul, then there's no substitute for a Les Paul. But it's just a guitar. The people in the audiance that know what you're playing aren't the ones that get your band rehired.

Pete

 

[metlking]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

I have many guitars, there's nothing like "the right" Les Paul....I have six and they're all a little bit different. No matter what guitars I take to a show, usually three or four, I have one trusty work-horse Les Paul that goes everywhere with me. There is no subsistute for that Les Paul.....I'll take it to the grave!

 

[BigAlTheBird]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

I have many guitars, there's nothing like "the right" Les Paul....I have six and they're all a little bit different. No matter what guitars I take to a show, usually three or four, I have one trusty work-horse Les Paul that goes everywhere with me. There is no subsistute for that Les Paul.....I'll take it to the grave!

Damn straight. I think there's a certain type of person that understands the love that only Les Paul lovers have for the *right* guitar.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

There's NOTHING that has no substitute

People who say otherwise are either dinosaurs who MUST play a Gibson, or they simply haven't looked around.

 

[Ascension]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

a Washburn Idol Pilson will substitute just fine for a Les Paul

Yep and in finish, fret work and overall workmanship of the washburn USA's stomp a mudhole in the Gibson slop.
I have a 2004 Ibanez Artist AR 2000 Prestige that is the = in finish ,fretwork hardware materials ect of ANYTHING Gibson is throwing out nowdays!!
My Ibanez

 

[Dr.Mavashi]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

Get a tele with a humbuckers in bridge and neck, it will do a Less Paul chuck-chucka and most of the stuff that Strat does, of course there is no substitute for a Strat ...

 

[BigAlTheBird]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

There's NOTHING that has no substitute

People who say otherwise are either dinosaurs who MUST play a Gibson, or they simply haven't looked around.

I was saying there's no such thing as a substitute for a Les Paul, not a Gibson Les Paul, although a PRS (which is a slightly different design than an LP) is a close sub.

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

The old Ibanez artist series are killer for Les Paul tones and so are Hamer sunbursts.

 

[Closed Eye]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

The Yamaha AES series guitars are pretty great for Les Paul tones. Not Les Paul "like" tones, but Les Paul tones. I've owned an AES620 and a LP Studio and they were so close in tone I shouldn't have even sold the Yamaha. I loved the LP to death, but in hindsight I really didn't need to spend that much.

 

[metlking]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

There's NOTHING that has no substitute

People who say otherwise are either dinosaurs who MUST play a Gibson, or they simply haven't looked around.

Perhaps you haven't found the guitar for you yet! I don't mean any old guitar. Sure, I can play any Les Paul or Strat where called for but when you find a particular instrument that just feels like its an extention of "you", you'll agree there's no substitute for it! Reguardless of whether it's a Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, Hamer, or other Dinosaur brand! I don't have to look around, I found mine!

 

[El Dorado]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

Perhaps you haven't found the guitar for you yet! I don't mean any old guitar. Sure, I can play any Les Paul or Strat where called for but when you find a particular instrument that just feels like its an extention of "you", you'll agree there's no substitute for it! Reguardless of whether it's a Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, Hamer, or other Dinosaur brand! I don't have to look around, I found mine!

I don't think he was referring to a single instrument. I think he was referring to a brand or a type.

 

[BigAlTheBird]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

Perhaps you haven't found the guitar for you yet! I don't mean any old guitar. Sure, I can play any Les Paul or Strat where called for but when you find a particular instrument that just feels like its an extention of "you", you'll agree there's no substitute for it! Reguardless of whether it's a Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, Hamer, or other Dinosaur brand! I don't have to look around, I found mine!

Great point! No matter what guitar you use, if you make great music, or even crappy music but you're having the time of your life, then that's the guitar for you! Period. The only people I don't understand are those who insist on using super cheap guitars (like $50-$100 Squiers/Yamahas and the like). having one and tinkering is one thing, but there are people that refuse to spend more than $50-$100. Luckily, I don't think there are any of those types of people on here.

 

[Amateur]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

If you're talking about the brand name. There is no substitute. A Gibson is a Gibson. Yet, that does not mean it is the best. There are lots of other guitars that can produce the Gibson Les Paul tone or may be even better, in my opinion. It is just a matter of personal taste. The Les Paul I have is not even my favorite. I like my Tele and my 335 tones more than the LP, and my Tel can actually produce most of the LP sounds.

 

[Imp]

Re: Poll: no substitute for a Les Paul?

heritage, hamer, PRS singlecuts and epiphone elitists all capture the vibe to one extent or another..

i'd love a heritage