Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 7167 Location: somewhere in the midwest
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject:
im with mike on this one, i have played some really really nice les pauls before and non of them spoke to me personally.
the only gibson i can honestly say that i like is a 1970 sg thats been sanded down to baree wood and has tele electronics in it.
no joke, the thing kills! _________________ Dwarfcraft Devices
Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 715 Location: United States
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject:
les pauls sound and play really nice, but they're too damn heavy.. and i've never seen the goddess series that they came out with awhile ago in person..
though i think they're to expensive for such a barebones guitar.
i like the les paul DC specials though with the p-90's those are actually pretty nice even if they do suffer from headstock dive.
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 7167 Location: somewhere in the midwest
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject:
the best sounding les paul by far that i have ever heard in person was mike ness gold top loaded with p-90s thru an old bassman head coming out of an old marshall half stack, i was about..... 4 ft. from mr.ness and about 8-9 feet from his rig. sounded damn nice, and he only used a boss overdrive pedal. no special crap, no bullshit, guitar,pedal, amp, and then whatever the sound guy was doing to feed it thru the rest of the sound system but i was close enough that i was really only hearing the band as a raw 4 peice rather than a leveled out p/a sound. _________________ Dwarfcraft Devices
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 8702 Location: Albany, NY
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:
blane wrote:
les pauls sound and play really nice, but they're too damn heavy.. and i've never seen the goddess series that they came out with awhile ago in person..
though i think they're to expensive for such a barebones guitar.
i like the les paul DC specials though with the p-90's those are actually pretty nice even if they do suffer from headstock dive.
They're chambering them now, much lighter. I wish I'd waited and bought one that was chambered, mine is still pretty heavy, even for a studio.
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 4626 Location: London, UK
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject:
Actually, one of the first guitars I thought of when I saw this topic was the Venus. It's an original design, has some pretty useable sounds and came in sexy seafoam green. I wouldn't have thought a great many of them got made, sold, or treated with any respect by their teenage owners either, due to their association with the witch and subsequent unpopularity. Obviously Supersonics are already worth more than they cost new, for much the same reasons as I've already mentioned. In five, ten years people will pay a fair whack for unmodded vista series squiers.
Another easy candidate are the made in the USA Reverends. They went by virtually unnoticed but were high-end, high-spec custom shop stuff, with stunning looks and modern materials. I desparately, badly want a Reverend Spy these days, and they're so rare I bet I'll be competing for one on ebay with a bunch of people. _________________ The Sailplanes - London band Fredric Effects - pedals
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 3105 Location: a series of tubes
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:
LimpDickCheney wrote:
Magnatone solid bodies
ive got one of those. why do you think so? _________________ [quote="jcyphe"] Mo is the most sensible person in this thread.[/quote]
[quote="icey"]and thats for the hatters (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻[/quote]
Actually, one of the first guitars I thought of when I saw this topic was the Venus. It's an original design, has some pretty useable sounds and came in sexy seafoam green. I wouldn't have thought a great many of them got made, sold, or treated with any respect by their teenage owners either, due to their association with the witch and subsequent unpopularity. Obviously Supersonics are already worth more than they cost new, for much the same reasons as I've already mentioned. In five, ten years people will pay a fair whack for unmodded vista series squiers.
Another easy candidate are the made in the USA Reverends. They went by virtually unnoticed but were high-end, high-spec custom shop stuff, with stunning looks and modern materials. I desparately, badly want a Reverend Spy these days, and they're so rare I bet I'll be competing for one on ebay with a bunch of people.
Totally. I always had the inkling to eventually get myself a Reverend, but when they stopped making the US one's I new that within a few years the 'd be well out of my price range.
Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 651 Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject:
yeah i'm still uspset to this day i got rid of my Reverend Rocco with a Braggs X bridge and coil taps .... it was an awesome guitar. They still pop up on ebay every now and then with a good deal under $700
If it is a Paul Barth design it will increase because it is a Paul Barth design. If it is a Toronado, Cyclone or Zephyr it will go up because of the Elvis Costello association.
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 3105 Location: a series of tubes
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:15 am Post subject:
magnatone typhoon? _________________ [quote="jcyphe"] Mo is the most sensible person in this thread.[/quote]
[quote="icey"]and thats for the hatters (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻[/quote]
les pauls sound and play really nice, but they're too damn heavy.. and i've never seen the goddess series that they came out with awhile ago in person..
though i think they're to expensive for such a barebones guitar.
i like the les paul DC specials though with the p-90's those are actually pretty nice even if they do suffer from headstock dive.
I agree with all that. I have never relly liked LP studios, standards or customs, but i have to use them for visual reasons in the pistols. The slightest chance i get though i use my LP Junior DC. I love double cut solid bodys without the spikey horns of SG's.
The big problem is there is a fine line to becomming a collector. I realised after reading this thread the other day that out of 13 of my guitars 9 of them are either vintage or no longer in production. What do you do?
Gig 'em, play and bash them about or realise the possible future investment and get them out once a week to play and polish them?
To be honest i'm in mikes camp, i like to play my instrument and rock out. So i feel more comfortable using my guitars of lower value. Its a strange situation to be in and i probably sound like a twat with too many guitars.
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with a Braggs X bridge and coil taps .... it was an awesome guitar. They still pop up on ebay every now and then with a good deal under $700
