Which is the real Les Paul?

[UberMetalDood]

Two licks, two guitars, but which one is the real Les Paul?

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9667267

 

[jake_xms3_punk]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

what is the other guitar? great playing btw!

 

[UberMetalDood]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

Thanks. I'd like to get some more votes in before I reveal the answer. It's actually very similar to a Les Paul.

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

depending on whatever the "other" guitar is... and what pickups you've got... and what kind of setup you're running through... i couldn't begin to even tell you. so i'll just assume the thicker sounding clip is the "real" les paul.

 

[Kam]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

Yup, too many variables to really make an informed decision.

I vote for number two, though. I've heard Pauls crunch like the first clip but the second one seems warmer and thicker to me.

 

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

i picked the second one, because it sounded a little thicker and fuller vs. the first one

 

[Got_tone?]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

depending on whatever the "other" guitar is... and what pickups you've got... and what kind of setup you're running through... i couldn't begin to even tell you. so i'll just assume the thicker sounding clip is the "real" les paul.

+1 we need more details but I'll give it a stab. The 2nd has more "body" in every aspect (bass,mids,top end), at least IMO.

1st= LP type with a brighter wood or p'up?
2nd= real deal LP

 

[guitfiddle]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

I voted for the first one, because there was just a bit of mud in the tone of the second clip. Seems to me like a good LP should be deep and warm, yet clear.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

I voted the second one. It more "raw". I could imagine the first one to be a PRS or something similar.

 

[UberMetalDood]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

Thanks for participating everyone. The reason I posted this is because when I first bought my Reflex, I thought it sounded just like a Les Paul. I never heard a bolt-on sound so dead on to a Les Paul like this one. I really love this guitar because it has the playability of a strat and the sound of a Gibson. I am really tempted to see what it would sound like with Burstbucker pros or 57's.

This guitar has a chambered basswood body with a large mahogany tone block for deeper mids. Unplugged, the Reflex has deeper low mids and bass. My Les Paul std. has thicker upper mids. Overall though, they sound very similar in my opinion except the Les Paul is muddier. I think that is because of the pickups.

First one:

Second one:

 

[Got_tone?]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

I calls BS. :wall:

So... are you going to tell us what p'ups and setup you were using.: private:

edit: lol, you voted for the second one as well.

 

[UberMetalDood]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

I calls BS. :wall:

So... are you going to tell us what p'ups and setup you were using.: private:

Stock pickups. Reflex has stock Wolfgang pickups, Les Paul Std. has Burstbucker pros. The amp was a Mesa Mark V on crunch mode.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

Cool shootout. Don't sell the MM. I've tried most Musicmans, and out of all of them, the Reflex is my favorite. Pickups have a lot to do with tone, but the Reflex is one heck of a bolt-on guitar......that's why they're not cheap.

 

[B Bent]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

I dont even plays Pauls and I guessed that the 1st lick was the real LP. You can really hear it at the end of the riff.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

That must all be because the Gibson is chambered

Nice Music Man in any case. It rocks.

 

[UberMetalDood]

Re: Which is the real Les Paul?

Cool shootout. Don't sell the MM. I've tried most Musicmans, and out of all of them, the Reflex is my favorite. Pickups have a lot to do with tone, but the Reflex is one heck of a bolt-on guitar......that's why they're not cheap.

Thanks. I like the Reflex so much I want to get another one in white. I also love my LP so much I'm gassing for another too. I could get along fine the rest of my life without a strat if I could have only Les paul and Musicmans.