Saying a LP is too heavy is like saying a Ferrari is too fast ...

[Securb]

The weight in a LP is one of the drawbacks.

That's the thing, I don't find them to be heavy. It just feels like a guitar to me.

 

[solspirit]

My bass is too heavy.

 

[Seashore]

Well, with any luck, the LP negativity in this thread will spread a bit and help drive prices down. Who needs em anyway. Essentially useless guitars. Too heavy to even hang on a wall without a stud finder. I'll split shipping with anyone who feels like unloading theirs. Free yourself from the mahogany shackles.

 

[JMP/HBE]

I’m 140 messages in but: no, saying that a LP is too heavy is not like saying that a Ferrari is too fast. The speed of the Ferrari is one of the core features it has. The weight in a LP is one of the drawbacks.

Saying that a LP is too heavy is like saying that a Ferrari is uncomfortable inside or too expensive.

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[Chistopher]

I’m 140 messages in but: no, saying that a LP is too heavy is not like saying that a Ferrari is too fast. The speed of the Ferrari is one of the core features it has. The weight in a LP is one of the drawbacks.

Saying that a LP is too heavy is like saying that a Ferrari is uncomfortable inside or too expensive.

I've debated coming here for this same reason as well. No one comes into the GC saying "Give me the heaviest guitar you've got, price be damned".

A more accurate metaphor would be "Saying a LP is too heavy is like saying a lifted F250 King Ranch highlights my insecurities too well"

 

[Blille]

That's the thing, I don't find them to be heavy. It just feels like a guitar to me.

I hear you. My Stingray 5 is an anchor so I wouldn’t have an issue with the weight of a LP but that does not make it a feature

 

[JMP/HBE]

Interesting how a great thread paying homage to the Legendary Gibson Les Paul brings out all the complaning lightweights.
Unless someone is holding a gun to yer head you certainly don't have to own one.

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[JMP/HBE]

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[solspirit]

Nope, don't have to own one and never will.
It really has nothing to do with the weight either, they dont appeal to me at all and I find them extremeley uncomfortable to play.

Different people like different things. . . Who would have figured..

 

[JMP/HBE]

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[Mincer]

I think the blanket statements brought out the 'complaining lightweights'.

 

[solspirit]

I think the blanket statements brought out the 'complaining lightweights'.

That was actually pretty funny.

 

[JMP/HBE]

Well ive had Traditional WR & the Modern WR which were really good guitars, but the non WR Custom Shop 68' LPC i have now blows them all away.
There are plenty of 8 to 9lb LP around.
Hell i had a Strat that was almost 10 pounds.
Mandating some arbitruary weight standards isnt really what a good guitar is all about but i will say a good LP for me should at least be in the 9lb range.
A good 3 to 3.5 inch strap will help distribute the weight on your shoulder.
I doubt Bonamassa ever turned down buying a 50's or 60's era Les Paul because it had no WR.

 

[Mincer]

i did like the semi hollow LPs in the early 2000s.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

My Tribute has the ultramodern weight relief, it's light (for a Les Paul), but it sounds better than any guitar I've owned.

But I haven't owned a CS Les Paul either.

What's the weight like on the old 50's LP's? It's my understanding those used to be lighter than the Norlins because the wood they were using back then was better quality?

 

[JMP/HBE]

My Tribute has the ultramodern weight relief, it's light (for a Les Paul), but it sounds better than any guitar I've owned.

But I haven't owned a CS Les Paul either.

What's the weight like on the old 50's LP's? It's my understanding those used to be lighter than the Norlins because the wood they were using back then was better quality?

Some of the early original 58 & 59 Bursts were between 8 & 9 lbs of Honduran Mahogany.
TBH i don't ever see any 13 lb Norlins floating around. I know they exist but i never see them.
Most Norlins i see ever so often are beat to sh*t with neck breaks and that kind of thing.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Yeah, I'm reading the average is 8.5 pounds for the old ones.

Lots of iconic music was recorded on Norlins, but by the time I started playing guitar, LPC's with headstocks shaped like yours were around, so I always associate Norlins with being misshapen, LOL. Plus not sure I'd dig the low frets.

I could care less about how much a guitar weights. If it weights a ton but sounds killer, I can man up and play it. If it weights nothing, but sounds killer, I see no problem either. But yeah, I mean, Les Pauls are fat and bulky. They tend to be heavy, kinda makes sense.