What guitar should I get??

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Boy if I had the cash right now I'd snag one of those LPs.
But unfortunetly I'm still in the saving,researching and lusting phase at the moment.Unless I do a store layaway or reply to that Visa card offer they keep sending me..............muhahaha
 
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80's_Metal said:
2,148 posts and he thinks that will pass for a Les Paul sound???
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Well, they're both fixed-bridge American designs from the '50s. How different could they be? :14:
 
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Guitar-Sam said:
I allready got a really nice strat as my main axe for recording and gigging.But I need a nice second tone of equal quality.I'm thinking I need something with a Humbucker in it for gibson type tones.
I was considering the Gibson SG faded but after playing one I was uninspired by the large neck and rough finish.
I've been looking at BC Rich Mockingbird ST online,as it is neck through w/ a varitone and some tap switchs and I remeber liking the 80s USA mockingbirds.
I'm looking for suggestions for a good Gibson tone style guitar in the $700 or less range.
I'm not much for the superstrat type guitars.Looking for a HH gibson style.
I am a southern rock style player w/ a hard rock side too.
Any suggestions are cool as they spark ideas.
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look for a used Les Paul Studio. They can be had in the $700 range. Great guitars out of the box.
 
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Here's a comparison of a Les Paul Slash Appetite, Les Paul 1959 Reissue, and an Epiphone Les Paul. The 59 sounds a little flatter than the Slash due to the Gibson PAF's, and the Epiphone, well, sounds like a rubber band being played under a pillow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojKrMLni4bs
 
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I'd never waste my cash on an alder epi standard LP, or on agathis strat, baswood tele..
I've red about alder in the standard epi LP's too.. What I learned is that the cheapest solution is to by the right, good quality staff - used if saving money is the goal
 
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This is what most Epiphones are going to sound like in comparison. It's not the quality of the build, but the woods they use.

 
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nice clip lucid! I like good comparison videos

epi is really missing both sparkle and depth...and that famous LP sweetness
 
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Jessie Sammler said:
+1 on the Epiphone. If you're going to buy a Les Paul ripoff, might as well start with Gibson's own ripoff. I've got a couple of Epiphones that, post-upgrades, slaughter everything else I've tried short of USA Gibson price range.
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To each his own, but I've owned Gibson, Epi, and the ESP Ltd EC series. Out of all of them, the ones that I still own are three EC-400s.
 
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Lucid_Lunatic said:
Save up an extra $500 or so and buy into a used Gibson Les Paul Classic. I see them all the time in the $1200 range and I have yet to find a "knock-off" that will even come close.
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I have. The Edwards stuff is AWESOME for $800ish. And my Gibsons and Epis are gone, but my ESPs remain. Guess beauty is in the eye/ear of the beholder.

BTW... the Gibson/Epi stuff that I owned was not junk by any means. It was good stuff. But the Gibson stuff I did not consider a good value for the money. Over-priced. I moved-on from that to a pair of PRS Custom 24s and was VERY happy with those for a while. But in this day and age of CNC machinery and where the standards overseas in places like Japan and Korea or so high, I see LITTLE reason to spend $2-3K+ on a guitar that's not made completely by-hand. If it's gonna be CNC-made, then I'll take the stuff that I can buy 3-10 pieces of for the price of one made here. I've got a Schecter C-1 Classic that I bought in dead mint condition for $300 last year. This thing for the money is just amazing. Granted, if one looks close you can see filler in the inlay work (which you would not see in the American-made PRS, but I have seen plenty of it done on Gibsons over the years). But for the money, nothing comes even remotely close to the Japanese and Korean stuff.
 
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Red_Label said:
the Gibson stuff I did not consider a good value for the money. Over-priced... But in this day and age of CNC machinery and where the standards overseas in places like Japan and Korea or so high, I see LITTLE reason to spend $2-3K+ on a guitar that's not made completely by-hand. If it's gonna be CNC-made, then I'll take the stuff that I can buy 3-10 pieces of for the price of one made here...for the money, nothing comes even remotely close to the Japanese and Korean stuff.
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+1. Buy what you want, but you don't have to pay thousands for a guitar. I've seen many very good local players with $500 imports (and even a few national acts). Also seen guys with a $2,000 or $3,000 American-made guitar that had no business getting anywhere near a stage. Spending a lot doesn't mean you're automatically going to sound great. It takes years to develop the skills, and most of the sound is in the fingers. You can't short-cut that with a credit card. There's way too much emphasis on the 'tools', and not enough on the hand that wields them. I've seen great players try out someone's entry-level crap guitar and play amazing things on them. Anyone who can 'only' play guitars with big price tags isn't much of a player.
 
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PRS Singlecut SE. Much more comfortable than a LP and tone in the same ballpark.
Of course nothing beats the real thing so a 2nd hand LP studio would get my vote.

I used to have a great epi custom, upgraded the hardware parts on it and got a great sounding guitar! I just never could really attatch to it so I eventually sold it. Most of it had to do with the headstock, it's just ugly on an epi IMO!
 
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blueman335 said:
+1. I've seen many very good local players with $500 imports (and even a few national acts). Also seen guys with a $2,000 or $3,000 American-made guitar that had no business getting anywhere near a stage.
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yep

What do you guys think about tokai LP's..
 
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blueman335 said:
+1. Buy what you want, but you don't have to pay thousands for a guitar. I've seen many very good local players with $500 imports (and even a few national acts). Also seen guys with a $2,000 or $3,000 American-made guitar that had no business getting anywhere near a stage. Spending a lot doesn't mean you're automatically going to sound great. It takes years to develop the skills, and most of the sound is in the fingers. You can't short-cut that with a credit card. There's way too much emphasis on the 'tools', and not enough on the hand that wields them. I've seen great players try out someone's entry-level crap guitar and play amazing things on them. Anyone who can 'only' play guitars with big price tags isn't much of a player.
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