5 Things I Hate About Les Pauls
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If you have tuning issues with your Les Paul try this out.
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Good stuff Baker! I find my Explorer has a lot of bass similar to what you described. Finding your sound is one thing then recording it is another I'm learning. Tuning wise it holds well except the G sometimes goes flat.
swapped the standard Grover's out for the locking Grover's on my Bourbon Burst. WooHoo! did it for me.
i only have 1 guitar and it is a Epiphone LP VE its a battle for me since then to play and shred on a les paul compare to strat., but im going to give the best of my abilities to get better, ilove this guitar even it has a lot of flaws.
Do you think that a person’s body type has anything to do with the ‘comfort’ of a guitar...or rather the need for a guitar to even BE comfortable? I have never really given any thought to this, is why I am asking. I have a strat, a tele, a Les Paul, and a jumbo acoustic...I have never once thought ‘is this guitar comfortable?’ I just play them. Just wondering...
Sean McCartney oh yes! My Dean Z was sooooo uncomfortable when I was a 145lb 6'2" younger fella in '80.
Now that my shape has "improved" forty years later, hey this old Dean feels pretty good now!
But geeez I couldn't bear anything diggin into my skinny rib cage all the time, it was like a constant bruise.
I totally understand. Here’s what I’m willing to do for you, ship me your Les Paul and I’ll make sure you’ll never have to deal with those issues again. I got your back ✊
ill ship you a set of hair instead
I'm offering my help too
The main thing I hate about Les Paul’s is I don’t have enough of them!
i have enough, do like les pauls, but they don't stay in tune
@@BasilHayden I have much more tuning issues with my strat than my les Paul. In fact. I never have tuning issue with my les Paul.
@@BasilHayden lubing and filing the nut will fix everything.
@@RaphaelNano my floating bridge floyd rose in my jackson doesnt stay in tune after even a small whammy use.I dont even know what to do.
@@gigachad6117 it needs set up probly, look up a video on floyd rose set up odds are the base of the floyd isnt sitting right, or your springs could be too lose
You're 100% right, mine is so heavy and not comfortable to play sitting down and it's hard to play fast solo but she's so pretty, i love it
I have to put the Les Paul on my left leg, where my strat body guitars I can play comfortably on either leg.
Definitely not a sit down practice for hours guitar in my opinion of course - I’m sure Slash would say something different!
@@DonnieMarhefka that's funny you say that because the Les Paul is the perfect sitting down guitar for comfort on my opinion, and SG play on stage standing up !
Sits perfectly fine for me on my right leg or in classical position. I'm not understanding how everyone is holding it for it to be an issue...? And 9lbs is heavy?
atleast you get a workout after each session
Playing it while sitting can be uncomfortable on my leg. Standing and playing for a while can be hard on my 53 year old back but man I love Les Pauls as they are so iconic.
From Leo: I feel the same way, I own a real one and a very nice Les Paul shaped guitar from another company. They are the last ones I pick up. Even without the weight, and without the narrow waist that fits wrong when sitting, They just are not comfortable to me. Whenever I want a Les Paul sound I have an HH Tele, a Washburn DLX and a couple of strat shaped HH ESP guitars, not to mention SG's.
I am all about LP's, but for their tone, not their look. I would rather a Jazzmaster in terms of iconic look.
But I'm a grunge era rocker, where everything has to be"alternative" - lol!
Les Paul's are sooo heavy I love mine but my Ibanez is just so lighter
@@Freddie-Stinkler Les Pauls are worth every inconvenience! Their tone & vibe are Divine, and without parrellel.
No other instrument just gives it up so masterfully to Jazz, Blues, Rock and Metal in equal measures....mmM-wah! 😙
Ppl say LP's are too heavy...?
He ain't heavy, he my brother -Baby! 😎🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🌌
I play mine classical style using a foot stool with a strap. Makes it so much more comfortable and have more control over the instrument. I do that with all my guitars now. I’m a 6’3 juicy muscle monster and found it always difficult when any guitar was on my right leg. Once I made the switch I never looked back and am happier for it. Also playing it that way is closer to how you would be playing standing up so it creates better motor memory.
I heard Joe Walsh on The Steve Dahl Radio Show decades ago. Some guy called in and said "Joe, you are really tall." Joe Walsh said "I used to be taller but I play a Les Paul."
And yet...
Plays a Tele on his most famous solo ever.
😉
Ha!
Jimmy page's arms stretched out and got longer playing them. He used to hold it waist high but by end of the tour it was more a knee level.
the part about the sound and darkness of dual tracked les pauls really comes down to what you're trying to do in my opinion. Some heavier songs work like that, others don't.
You're right. The dual tracked Les Pauls sounded great to me. Its a matter of taste.
My first thought was, didn’t EVH record songs early on using an LP?
@@mesoanarchy
Not exactly but in 1974 Eddie had an idea to make something of a crossover between a Fender and a Gibson; he liked the tremolo and the looks of a Fender, but he preferred the Gibson sound. With that idea in mind, he went down to Boogie Bodies guitars whose parts were used on early Charvels, and bought himself a factory second unfinished body and neck, paying total of $130. The body he bought was the first one he saw laying around in the store, but he paid close attention to choosing the right neck - he looked for a wide neck with a thin profile and big Gibson-style frets.
Eddie painted the body black. He then took masking tape and rolled it around the body couple of times, and then repainted the whole body white. This created the black stripes, which soon became a sort of a trademark of Eddie’s. He also made the pickguard himself, and as a finishing touch added a Gibson decal on the headstock.
As for the some other parts he used, there was a Fender tremolo from an old 1958 Stratocaster, Schaller tuners, and a Gibson PAF pickup from his old ES-335 - which he dipped into paraffin wax (Dr. Zogg’s Sex Wax specifically) filled in a Yuban coffee can, in order to get rid of the feedback.
He played the guitar (or atleast this version of it) on Van Halen’s first album, and during the band’s first tour. Towards the end of the tour, the guitar was changed to feature a white pickguard and a rosewood neck.
Rocks and Toys in the Attic are two Les Paul records. Heavy and thick. I got no problem with that. Thin Lizzy dual Les Pauls (albeit Deluxe models with mini hums) great tone
I think his complaint is they take up too much room in the mix. If you have your setup geared towards a Strat or Tele that's what's going to happen. If though you were to take a setup that was optimized for a LP and plug one of the other guitars into it it'll "make your ears bleed".
I turned on subtitles first thing you see: Les Balls 😂😂
Les balls oui oui
Sus asf
The balls......
Play AC/DC: Big Balls on a Les Balls. Tres Bon.
I just caught that one. That’s so funny.
I've been playing Les Pauls for 35 years. Sit with it between your legs like a classical guitar.
Proper guitar technique helps
Thank you! 👏
Also, Randy Rhodes!
I always keep my equipment between my legs
@@seanc.5310 We aren't talkin single coil.
But you have 3 because there is nothing like a Gibson Les Paul.
Exactly
@@RobertBakerGuitar I have 3 too.
@@RobertBakerGuitar It's true, the LP is a Guitar that will always be a Love Hate relationship. As a friend said to me in the early 70's "A Les Paul has design problems, tuning instability, can weigh 15 lbs. But none of that matters cuz as a whole it's Wicked Good, and much better than the sum of it's parts".
Love mine, but gotta say my Heritage is better. Would Love to see you check out a Heritage 150 for a while and see what ya think. Cheers
I don't get it. Makes an entire video moaning about them and yet owns three. If you buy more than one then continue to moan you're an idiot.
@@RobertBakerGuitar I would give them a shot live! The weight of them keep them in the same position for me, nothing sits as calmly live as a heavy LP. I'm running around on stage and I need my guitar to be as consistent as possible as far as where it is!
I like the changes. I'm enjoying seeing more of the "studio" setup too. You rock!
Great video! I really like the the lighting and cuts in between.
A GOOD Les Paul, is a thing of awesomeness. Emphasis on the word good. I found when I was playing Les Paul's, you had to weed through alot of dogs to get a good one. I have found my PRS's much more consistent.
@@ark8tct With PRS, you are pretty safe ordering without trying. Build wise, you definitely will not get a dog. Tone is always subjective, but I have found them pretty consistent there as well. A "core" model PRS would be on par with the Gibson Custom shop, regarding build quality. That said, the 3 Custom Shop Les Paul's I have owned (Class 5, 2003 Custom, R9) have all been exemplary guitars!
This! I played a $6K custom shop Les Paul earlier this week and it was no better than the $600 Epiphone I also played. My bandmate's LP Classic on the other hand is a phenomenal guitar at $2K.
I've had great luck with MIJ Ibanez guitars ordered, they have all been great for me, but I don't trust Gibson enough to buy without playing first.
@@ark8tct hopefully before too long we'll have things back to normal so we can test out multiple identical models in store.
I'm in the market for a P90 gold top, but have yet to find one that I have to have. I know it's out there and I'll find it eventually.
Tuning and price. Haven’t even watched the video yet but those are the top two.
Nice video! Really liked the comparisson of the mixes. 👍
Love your work Rob ! All the best for the new year.
Production value has increased. Very pleasing to the eye. Great job!
Thank you! My wife has really been researching Lighting and camera work.
The Low End of a Les Paul is fine. Amp settings along with knowledge of recording and mixing is what you need to concentrate on.
Anything with hums, my eq is set to almost zero bass, mids about noon and treble about 75%. With my singles, i just boost the bass a little to cut through a mix better. Just how my ears like to hear it.
dude, your intro jams are getting better and better! In the beginning they were great, but now... oh man, i really love them, please never stop doing that!
your channel is one of the best on the interweb concerning gear and set up,playing etc. Darrel Braun is my other favorite. you guys are super positive,informative and fun. keep up the great work
I have two completely different Epiphone Paul's that I absolutely love, and each of them compete for being my number 1 fav.
I'm waiting for the follow up: 5 Things Les Pauls Hate About Robert Bakers. :P
Your intros are really awesome, great sound 🔥
I loved that picking hand bend that you did in the intro!!!!!! That was so damn cool!!!
We’re just gonna ignore that sick move Robert pulls at 0:30?! Never seen that before
Whaaaat was that!!! Sweet trick
It's not something I've seen either pal , cool as fuck though 🤘
Randy Rhoads did it in Over the Mountain, but it was definitely more herky jerky as opposed to a nice, smooth bend.
I used to do it when I gigged with my old EC1000 since it had no floyd, it's really not that hard to do and it looks cool :)
that tricks been around a long time, the late Dick Wagner showed it to the late Bob Kulick in the 70s and Bob used it on the Kiss All American Man solo.
The ducks on the monitors are amazing. They add so much tone, at least 20%
10% per duck!
That reach over bend in the intro was epic man, I'm so going to figure that out and steal it 🤘
Great job !! Rob !!
love the new camera angle and lighting brother
Thanks dude Gabby deserves all the credit for that :)
Robert Baker: "Mann I love my Les Pauls....but man do I hate them."
Me: laughs in Es335
I like the look and feel of this video. Great filming and editing
I totally agree with bottom heavy/ boat anchor statements. Also the amount of space comment is right on the money. I walked into a music store to buy a new Les Paul, I left with an SG. Since then it's been my super strat and Riviera. Great video!
I can happily say my les paul studio holds tune great, usually if i have to tune it, it might be a tiny bit flat but after one tune, it stays.....
I'm lucky to own a murphy aged les paul gold top.... Its light (ish!)..... Stays in tune..... Sounds like a good old un..... And strapped on, makes me look way cooler than I really am!!!
This is such a useful topic. Thanks Robert!
Video angles and lighting was great in this video. Nice job! 👍
I have played few les pauls that I truly enjoy. They are beautiful and when used right they sound great. They are like trying to daily drive a vintage car. Its not extremely comfortable, you have to baby it, an it likes to be a pain when setting up and going places. I play a moderne (yes the weird gibson thing) and I find that more comfy to play.
I take care of mine, but they are dinged up and scratched. I wouldn't say that I baby them but I don't abuse them. I have one that I have been dragging around to bars, venues, rehearsal studios, recording studios and on planes for almost 30 years. Quite the road warrior.
Petition to increase each intro sequence in length by a factor of at least 2x, thank you very much.
ha I always worry they are too long
Im signing this petition
Hunter bruh u may be my doppelgänger Wtf
I agree
@@RobertBakerGuitar Definitely too long
That shot/lighting at the end was killer!! Looks super HD and the color is great
Great video as always, thank you for your time!! I just recently picked up my very first Les Paul, a 2005 Swamp Ash Studio. I absolutely love it. It was interesting to hear what you find challenging with Les Pauls. My other guitar is an Epiphone SG Pro-400. It has the opposite problem of being back heavy, it neck dives really bad. As far as comfort cuts, my Les Paul is contoured to me very well but, all of us humans are not shaped the same, so a strat body fits you better. A little bit of trivia regarding the tuning issue. Gibson filed the nuts and shipped some Les Pauls from the factory with hybrid strings. Meaning, they used 9-46's. Some people don't know this. I think a lot of folks replace the strings on their Les Pauls thinking it's 10's when in fact in might be hybrids. Worth a look into. My 2005 was shipped with hybrid 9-46 from the factory.
My third guitar is an Epiphone Les Paul, and I honestly love it. Sure, it's heavy, and hurts your back, and makes it a bit tough to get up higher on the fretboard, but it sounds great and looks great.
Five things I hate about my Les Paul... 1. Goes out of tune 2. Doesn't stay in tune 3. Goes out of tune again 4. Have to tune it again 5. Goes out of tune.
Google search for String Butler. Solved my tuning problems.
Nah bro les pauls just like eb standard tuning
@@joshuamiguelpangilinan3583 Heck, I'll try it.
@@joshuamiguelpangilinan3583 I knew I wasn't the only one who figured that out lol
I started playing in 1987 and learned on Fender scale instruments the first couple of years.
Nearly 34 years later, that shorter scale still feels weird when I first pick it up.
I think Dickey Bettes and Duane Allman might have a rebuttal to the “dual Les Pauls playing together sounds dark” idea. 😁❤️
I never go back to an opening lick but I did here. That bend in the solo was fucking sick.
You leave my beloved Les Paul alone, you big meanie!
Cool video! A couple years of studying classical guitar altered my way of playing while sitting so none of these are issues and I’ve yet to record anything in Ernest with my Les Paul so I haven’t encountered the bottom heavy mix issue. Keep up the great content!🤘🏼
The new Prophecy range do have comfort cuts and are weight relieved which makes them really nice to play.
You forgot the headstock breaking off
TLDR: Les Pauls are the worst; also, Les Pauls are the best.
A few things to help with the LP tuning issue are #1 Make sure the nut is filed correctly, most factory nuts are not. #2 File the saddles as well, that gets missed quite a bit. #3 Tune up to the note, not down, if you tune down, you will create slack between the nut and the tuner, which will make the string go flat as soon as you bend it. #4 Of course winding your strings without overlapping is very important. #5 Last but not least, you need to lube the nut and the saddles.
Hope these tips help.
BTW I have 4 LP's, love them all.
I love these camera angles!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
LP is what gave Randy Rhoades the killer Sound on Blizzard & Diary Over the Mountain is a great showcase for LP's in Metal !!!
Over the mountain was not played with the les paul
You can hear that he uses the whammy bar a lot in the solo
@@davicorra01 he probably just used his V for the leads for the whammy and used the Les Paul for all of the rhythm tracks
@@erikthered9670 yeah, in the studio version maybe he did that
Its for sure a taste thing. The second was my favorite then 1 then 3 was my least favorite.
Would love to hear the same comparison in a stoner doom vibe
As a passionate, long-time LP owner, I concur with all of your points and sentiments, Robert--both "issues" and relative non-issues. Particularly tuning. I've never heard the end of gripes about LP tuning problems..... while never once having run into tuning issues with my Les Pauls. I tend to wind like you, so that may be it. Cheers!
Excelent video!! Loved!!
The ESP Eclipse is the answer to each of these issues.
Niiiiiiice call
Pensa guitars
It's hard for me to get my Paul to go OUT of tune, lol.
I hear what your saying about the upper frets. Whenever I go up there my thumb comes away from the back of the neck and joins my fingers at the bottom of the neck. I'm not a shredder though so it's not a big deal for me.
Awesome comparison with the EQ!
My Telecaster Bridge pickup sounds closer to the AC DC tone then my les paul.
Mine too
ACDC used SG on lead, and Gretsch on rhythm.
For what it's worth, I'm not having issues with tuning stability either. Doesn't mean it's not a thing or Gibson shouldn't address it, but wanted to put in my two cents.
After 30 years of playing and collecting Gibsons mostly(and various other brands), I find they're all the same in tuning stability. Including my locking trems.
"No tuning issues, just something fun to play into..." he said adjusting G and B slightly,
"I do this to check my tuner." Love the show, thanks.
Wow man I looooved the way you filmed and edit that one !!
And Locking tuners + Graphite on the nut solve any tuning issues ;)
Stop whining,there's kids in Africa that don't have Les Paul's.😂
That’s what my grandma said.
And when my Dad told me there were kids in Africa that didn't have Les Paul's I said - "so put one in a case and ship it to em" 😆
Also every 60 seconds a minute passes in Africa, a very pressing issue if you ask me.
Also in the Philippines 😊
I mean... I'm sitting in Afghanistan and don't have one so close enough lmao
SGs are Les Paul mkII, literally.
No don't say that, the sg fans will come after u
@@doug2190 imban sg fan and i agree hahah
@@jimmygubbins me too haha, but I prefer les pauls
Over here w/ my explorer
Aren't SG's just lighter variants of Les Paul's.
Room lighting and presentation looks great!
As someone who has had seven spine surgeries, the LP certainly isn't the most comfortable guitar for me to play either seated or standing. I find myself reaching for my telecaster, which does have belly and arm comfort cuts (I think the prior owner just sanded away some wood on an old tele knock off body) but the decreased weight and comfort cuts do make a difference. But when I want that sound, you know, "the sound" I gotta grab the LP, no matter how much pain I'll be in later! Great video, Robert, digging the new lighting.
Fragile headstock
Truth.
True, after it has broke and glued back, it is actually more durable
@@CRAZYCANUCKTV Plus, now you can shred at breakneck speed.
I'm going. I'm going...
Emily lol you made me laugh lol
I love their first two albums!
My title for this would be: "Why I love my Gretsch" :-)
Dude you're right on in this video, thank you!
The tuning issue with LP is definitely a thing. The way you make sure you solve it is to get a String Butler in combination with a Zero Glide, that takes care of so many things in one go.
On the issue of weight- my LP is an ebony black Epiphone Studio (2001 Korea) that I have basically replaced everything on. Pickups (Seymour Duncan '59 SH-1 in the neck position, JB SH-4 in the bridge position, both in gold), pickup mounting rings (gold), pots (CTS 550k with 9% tolerance, knobs (Speedknobs in gold with golden pointers), toggle-switch (Switchcraft gold), toggle-switch ring plate (gold), bridge (Babicz FCH T.O.M in gold), tuners (Kluson Locking Tuners gold), jack (Switchcraft gold), jack plate (gold), pickguard (gold and engraved), strap screws (Shaller S-Locks in gold), nut (Zero Glide) and last but not least a String Butler (and you guessed it - it's also in gold).
Since it was originally a Studio it's not heavy which makes it an awesome guitar to play and with all the modifications I've made it sounds and looks amazing.
When it comes to the sound... Really, too big?! I don't find that to be true at all. That comes down to everything from the pickups, pots, capacitance value on your tone pots, pedals, amp/amps so you have plenty of opportunity along the way to your cab to dial and modify the sound to your liking and if you're recording you have even more possibilities to get the final sound that you want. It's not like the shape of the guitar body forces you into a box that you are then trapped in. So on this note I must respectfully disagree.
"Les Pauls have too much low end."
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I knew something about him would come up in this comment section
rob definitely doesn't follow the smoke toward the riff filled land
Someone needs to get Robert an ESP Eclipse so he can experience what a good single cut feels like.
I bought an eclipse because the coil tap was a cool idea and that has been my favorite purchase. My semi hollow is runner up. But i have been playing a telecaster a lot lately.
I took my Les Paul and put it on my knee pickups face down, Took my router and set it at 5/16 and went to town.it’s now flush with the neck! Cut the pinstripe out of the cutaway so I can reach the high frets!! Put a string butler on the neck and it stays in tune and I rock all day long
( my back thanks me)🤩
I agree with every point you brought up. These days I have myself a superstrat, strat and a tele. I am always telling myself they are more playable, in almost any way.
But when I occasionally bring out my old Les Paul, my fingers just come home. At those moments, nothing else in the universe matters. My soul finds peace.
I do truely believe that what you played in your teens will be the most comfortable thing for you, for the rest of your life.
Well zakk wylde and slash and jimmy page plays them sooooooo😂😂
I'm sure they have stuff they don't like about the LP too...?
You picked three of the sloppiest players?? Lol
@@chipgaasche4933 can you do better than them if they’re so sloppy?
@@Kinetex the “can you do better” argument is useless here
@@Kinetex they’re known and loved for their writing skills more than technical skills. If you’re up to date with the guitarists now, A LOT of them can do better than all three legends “technically” .. even teenagers. But technique and speed isn’t everything.
I play my lp and imagine the dudes who made it were blasting Mountain in their workspace. Idk what the Korean guys are cranking. Guessing some kpop
I recently realized that in almost 50 years of playing, I had owned one Fender, when I was very young. So I'm just used to Gibson and Gretsch designs. You make some good points.
For tuning issues I got lockers and a product called the "String Butler" that ended my tuning problems. Even when I play sitting down I use a strap.
Just started but I can already say without a doubt the tuning issue.
never had said tuning issue on either of my 2 Gibsons or my Epiphone...
@@a_hope_in_hell I have an epiphone, i have major tuning issues. its the first lea paul i’ve ever owned so i cant speak on gibsons or anything. I do know its a 50/50 some people swear they dont have issues and other half have the issue
@@knottsscary damn that sucks! Are you lubing the nut with a pencil? Cause I always did that! I started out on a gibson SG and I did that since day one vecause my guitar teacher told me, if I’ve got issues that helps.
If it doesn’t try getting a new nut (graphtech or some other self lubricating) or you can switch to wound g strings :)
There’s another trick where you wind the string upwards on the tuning post, instead of downwards :)
Never did any of those things except for the pencil thing, and my LP custom stays in tune better than any other guitar I own! And our weather is pretty extreme over here, with lots of humidity. Guess I got lucky and I’m sure one day I’ll buy one that won’t stay in tune that well 😁
Hmmm. It's always depended on the tuners for me. I've owned/played Gibson and Epiphone LP's with Grovers and Klusons. The ones with the Grovers never gave me any trouble but the Klusons are terrible. Might wanna check to see if it's your tuners or the nut that are the issue. If you have Grovers it's more than likely something with how you string the guitar, or even the nut.
@@a_hope_in_hell I actually do the pencil trick all the time and i actually just tried the tuning winding up but its still there. I purchased lube called “tune it” and applied it but to no avail. maybe one day ill get it
I love Les Pauls. To me it's the one and only, desert island guitar. Why? TONE.
Es 335 = better tone
My desert island guitar is a Tele.
@@bipbipletucha for an electric, I agree. Desert island needs simplicity and durability which is the whole deal for a tele. I’m more of a Gibson guy, but there’s something special to the block o’ wood and baseball bat guitar that is the tele
Desert island with electricity ;)
@@MrKankuamo Solar panels are implied.
"flubby." Excellent word. I'm stealing that. Superb demonstration of the sounds. Thanks Robert.
Thanks for the thoughts and appreciate your experience. I have the exact opposite experience - I feel the shorter length feels more comfortable allows me to play better. I also prefer the deeper tone is great for leads or properly stacked the heavier tone on rhythm sounds kickass. There ofcourse are a songs and styles where a chimey tele will outdo a les paul - as they say horses for courses. Agree with weight and tuning issues.
I choose to hate them. Since I can’t afford them. Lol
I like Gibson Les Pauls but I prefer Epiphone Or ESP Les Pauls, they're lighter, and I think they feel and sound better.
Good point, I would certainly be open to a good LP copy with a weight closer to 8 pounds.
If you're referring to regular Eclipses and EC1000s, no they don't sound better they sound a bit different IMO, closer to an SG because of the thinner body. I like both for different things.
@@shawnbell6392 My Epiphone Les Paul weighs a little over 8lbs. I put Seymour Duncan Whole Lotta Humbuckers in it. Now it shreds. Plus the luthier who did the wiring made a custom bone nut. It always stays in tune and sounds amazing.
My Les Paul Standard is a 1989, so it has the shallower 14° headstock pitch instead of the "vintage correct" 17° pitch and I believe that has a lot to do with the tuning stability of my Les Paul. I bought this guitar new and it has been my #1 guitar ever since!!! Great show as always, keep up the good work!
Props for the SG in the studio. Definitely does the job well. SG studio is my go to.
Lol imagine even having a Les Paul to complain about...
Strats are better
1 - the necks don't brake and are tougher
2 - Strats are lighter
3 - Strats can come with humbuckers or P90's or mini Humbs or...
4 - Strats have more tonal options between their pups
5 - A longer scale is good for downtunings [I have my strat on B]
6 - Whammy Bar
7 - Easier to Modify and Customized
8 - More comfortable to Play
9 - Easier to Replace a part
10 - Strats are far easier to get in tune and stay in tune
11 - Best cleans ever with single coils
12 - Less compression, more dynamics with single coils
13 - Individual Adjustment of String height
14 Strats are more Comfortable to play sitting down
The thickness of Les Pauls is something I love about them. I love the heft. The only things I'd ever consider losing my Standard or Special (which has a comfort cut) for is an early eighties US made BC Rich Mockingbird.
I like your idea of giving extra string wind to keep it in tune........thanks.
Taking away the upper frets issue, the Les Paul is the perfect guitar.
But you can never justify the prices of those guitars
I'm an old dog,..been playing for 37 years and set in my ways.
I'm telling you from lots of experience that the Epiphone Les Pauls today are damn GOOD.
And being owned and operated by Gibson, they are exact replicas for all intents and purposes. $650.00 gets an extremely nice one.
I know, Gibsons are like the mothers of rock & roll and if you buy one because of that, that's good but to be honest real musicians can't afford that, so I agree with you, epiphone or any other asian opcion is good
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Its a fact,...I have several Gibson Lps and several of their Epiphone LPs.
The top line Epiphones are every bit as good.
A Graphtech nut with the Teflon impregnated makes tuning stability as good as it gets..It's the secret fix. Teflon is 3x more slippery than graphite.
@@richsotto4851 just interested as to whether you’d consider American Pro Fenders as too expensive for “real musicians” too? Because you are aware you can buy a USA made, set neck, nitro finished, carved maple cap Gibson Les Paul for 20% less at each manufacturer’s own currently quoted MSRP than the price of an American Pro Strat or Tele, aren’t you?
You sure can justify the price of a good Epiphone LP Standard Pro. Mine is amazing and it’s a lot closer to a Gibson than the price suggests
A 'perfect' Les Paul is exactly what it was originally meant to be - A big ol' slab of wood with a neck on it. It should be heavy, it should have lots of bottom, it shouldn't have 'comfort cuts'. A Les Paul doesn't conform to you, you conform to it. Or play something else. THAT'S what makes it Rock's most legendary guitar. 👌
Oh my god, what a stupid comment. That's why the best guitarrists in the world use Les Pauls right?
Makes sense why when I was a teenager in the 90s I couldn't tell the difference between the bass or Guitar parts for Tool Anemia. I played the bass part for 46&2 on my guitar for years. And so many other songs. I was basically trying to play both parts on my guitar. And I did a pretty good job.
You are spot on about recording two LP. I´ve been arguing so many times in different bands and recordings that the sound in the room and in the mix are two different things. So many players build there sound inte the room so fat and awesome, and then I might say that it won’t cut through the mix.... And may the fight begin.😅 I really love my LP´s and 335´s. But I can still use Strats and Tele and love them too. The sound and playing should always serve the musik and not anything else.
I tried out your point about how you sit and comfort cuts... Discovered that I sit the same way with all guitars. Like you sit with a LP regardless guitar.
Keep upp the good stuff! Thanks / Staffan (Sweden)
I wish they weren’t so overpriced if fender can make good quality 700 dollar guitar why can’t Gibson
I bought my epiphone les paul for like 600 its pretty good for the price had it for almost 2 years now hasnt failed me
Because ALL Gibson branded guitars are made in USA where labor costs (and other costs) are higher and contribute quite significantly to cost of manufacture and therefore price point. It’s a marketing decision - I’d argue it’s a correct one and that “made exclusively in the USA” is a brand advantage that Gibson still retains, but that can be debated. Fender conversely has always been a simpler and more cheaply manufactured guitar (it was part of their whole ethos from the beginning) and as such they didn’t really suffer in the same way as I’d argue Gibson would from shifting some Fender branded manufacture overseas. Plus, at this point Fenders being made in Japan and Mexico has been going on for so long it’s become a non-issue in a way it wouldn’t be if Gibson were to do it.
Let’s look a fairer comparison then... cheapest current USA made Strat is the American Performer @ $1149.99 (according to their own website) whereas the cheapest current USA made “proper” (as in carved maple top, mahogany back) Les Paul is the Tribute @ $1199 (according to their website). That’s less than a $50 price premium for which you get nitro finish and set neck construction which are both features that add to production time and therefore cost, especially for a USA made guitar. On that basis I don’t really see how Gibson can be considered more expensive on the basis of a fair comparison to Fender.
@@knottsscary well I think hes talking about an actual mid priced Gibson that has Gibson branded on it like fender has in their MIM range
They have (and have had) Gibson USA p90 and humbucker les Paul's for $1k. Andertons music has 2 for 800 pounds.
@@Ize6 except Fender doesn’t make the American Special Strat anymore and hasn’t for several years so I don’t know where you’re getting your MSRP concept from for that? We could all pick guitars from years in history that were once available and cheaper back then! 😜🤣🤣🤣 The American Performer is the range that replaced it and hence is now the cheapest US made Fender available and why I chose it for the comparison.
Regarding PRS... several points. Firstly it saves cost by using Far Eastern made hardware and pickups. Secondly it’s not nitro finished. Thirdly if we can choose guitars without a maple cap (i.e. all mahogany body) I’d give you the Les Paul Special Tribute, ALL American made with nitro finish for the same $999 as “your” partly import PRS. 🤷🏼♂️
Edit: correction... S2 guitars since Feb 2020 have been nitro finished. My apologies. Ignore that point... but they do still use import hardware and pickups (basically the same equipment as the SE range).
The only good thing about them is their sound. Everything else sucks.
I can say same thing about a strat. Don’t fit for me.
And that sound is enough!
@@chrislawrence309 actually i like more of that lespaul sound 🤷♂️ i have both guitars and strat is mostly uncomfortable for me. The scale doesn’t fit in my hand as well as lespauls. I really do understand that many guitarists like strats but i’m not one of them. And actually my lespaul has minihumbuckers (deluxe) and i love that sound. Fit’s on any genre very well
One thing I've done regarding Les Paul's is getting an Epi Les Paul Studio LT, some may cringe at it being an Epi and a bolt neck. Too bad, for $250 it's a good deal. Light, stock pickups and tuners not bad, fit and finish was excellent. I put some '57 Alnico 2 pickups on it, it sings now. Thinner body chambered so it weighs much less. Still plays like a 'Paul, have to fight it. I'm about to buy another to put Super Distortion and Air Norton DiMarzios in it, Ebony this time. Last one was Walnut. One surprising thing, the stock pickups are 4 wire but not wired for coil cut, so the ones I took out will go into something else with trick wiring.
From Leo: your winding tip does help, but the biggest thing is the fitting on the nut. A good luthier with a real set of fret files knows how to relieve the pressure points where the strings pass that smooths the string action. That is not the only guitar with 3X3 headstock with distance between the D & G strings. For perfect function they should all look like the Seagull headstocks.