It is no surprise that the Slash model sounds closer to the November Rain sound. But which guitar sounds better for everything? The Classic. Hell, it has coil splits and out-of-phase too. That is a great deal.
Forget the guitar who the hell is playing??? This is arguably the best player I’ve seen in product demos. Btw I have the exact same GLP classic in cherry,awesome guitar.
Thanks for the comparison. I just got the les paul classic in translucent red, I think it really is a great value for money in comparison to the 60s std and the slash signature model
Some subtle differences here, all of which are important. But at the end of the day it strikes me how when I close my eyes and listen to all three, they all sound like Les Pauls :-). The differences are pronounced when you switch quickly from one guitar to another, but dissipate a bit once your ear adjusts to each particular guitar. Finding the right guitar to your ears is such a complicated process. There’s so many factors to weigh. In the end, I think the guitar that inspires you the most in its playability, sound, and style is the best one.
I do think they’re pretty similar sounding, with the slash model sounding better imo, but I finally got to play both of these recently, and the huge difference is in the playability and quality in the slash model! It played like butter, so much easier and faster to me. I really enjoyed it more than the 50’s standard as well.
@@gianlucadecicco5921 for sure. I have a slash model like this one and it’s excellent. I also have a 50s standard from wildwood and they play pretty much the same. I have a classic from the 90s and it’s quite a bit different because it has the most slim 60s neck I have ever played. Its actually too slim for me.
@Skiba covers. yeah, I've played a few of each this past week, trying to decide. They're exactly the same feel and sound. Maybe there's some(non aesthetic) differences, but I didn't notice. It's between the Classic in Blueberry Burst, or the Slash model in the Vermillion, Appetite or November(any of those would do). The Blueberry is $450Cad less(with taxes).
@@RByrne If you want the Slash experience, Buy an early 2000's classic with Slim neck, put a set of Seymour Duncan APH1 and you're ready to go. You will save more than 1k and get a far better guitar.
@@RByrne I hear ya, they are all nice ( if you get a good one). I think the current 60s models have necks that aren’t are slim as my 60s classic from 1990. It is seriously way slimmer than my standard 50s as well as my American strat from the 90s. It has superb action but the neck feels tiny in my hands - I have average size hands. I really just wanted a 50s tobacco as that’s one of my favorite tops but just got the November because it was basically a tobacco with a really excellent figured top. I plan on keeping mine forever so the added cost for aesthetics was worth it for me. I have the SD slash pups in my standard and the November has the Gibson slash pups. They are both great and similar but I prefer the Gibson slash pups overall. I actually managed to buy another set off reverb that someone sold used. Good luck. 👍🏼
All The Les Paul's (with humbuckers) are the perfect machines from blues and funky to Metal, in my opinion. I love the strat too for things like funk, blues and rock but the Les Paul is my number one
Clean standard. Adding gain, the Classic, perfect. Both sounded great!!! I was torn between getting the Classic and a 50s standard, came home with the honey burst classic 😉👍
The Slash model is definitely throwing out a louder sound with more low frequencies and with more of a rounded/scooped sound. And for that reason I prefer what the Classic has to offer here. Not as powerful but with more of those hard mid frequencies that you'd espect from a les paul. In fact, and on that note, the Classic sounds closer to the sound Slash himself would get from his guitars. That in itself is weird.
Nice playing! To me, it would come down to the necks on these 2. From what I understand the Classic is slim taper and the Slash sig. is 50's style. I'd have to go 50's style.
One of the best comparison videos! thanks for the music minus jaw jack! I must say the new Classic has my vote! Recently purchased a 23' Classic Les Paul in Chicago Blue, my very first Paul and the Classic is the real deal.
Congrats buddy, yeah the classics are the "best" base model of Les Paul. I own a 60s standard and a old studio from the 80s. The classic is the biggest bang for the buck Les Paul....it's a standard with push pull pots and a plain top.
I'll go with LP Classic ... I have played Slash too and they sound awesome, but here Classic steels the show. I have PAFs and that's pristine next level.
I agree with Donovan, the Custom Slash Pickups I am sure attribute to the better tone since they have the perfect amount of punch and clarity. I am not a fan of the thicker necks on the Slash models, so I opted to get a Classic, since the 60's Standard I purchased had a lot of issues, so I had to return it. I did adjust the height on my Classic's pickups, to give me the right amount of Punch and Clarity that I was looking for, a great guitar for sure with a neck more comfortable for me to play on. I do have some SD Slash pickups on one of my guitars, and it just sings, I really do like the Slash Pickups.
@@YV0910 The Standard 60's I got had a badly cut nut that needed to be replaced, the bridge saddles would snap strings and needed to be sanded and it was hard to tune and keep in tune, very very touchy. Took it to my local luthier who is really good and he said that was the best he could do with it, since the nut needed to be replaced. I should not have to replace a nut on a brand new Gibson Les Paul guitar.
Maybe, it’s subjective. I have the slash model and a standard with SD slash pups and I prefer the Gibson slash pups, but not by much. The gibson pups have more mids and are slightly hotter. Both are great.
get the one which is more comfy to your hand. They both sound close enough... maybe in person the difference is bigger, but to my ears too similar... OTOH on youtube PRS and Gibsons sound close enough and in person its a world of difference... but in the gibson brand... get the slash SD pickups and the orange drop caps with the pots give you pretty much the sound ;)
AAA top, custom burstbuckers alnico 2 pickups, R9 neck and no weight relief. That’s as close as I’ll ever get to a custom and well worth the premium if you’re going to get a standard.
The Slash version somehow hits different. It is brighter and sounds like it wants to produce sounds like that. It sounds more open, more capable, more distinguished from the rythm guitar. I am sold :D fuck that few hundred extra bucks......... :D
Pareciera que la grabacion de lluvia de noviembre Slash la grabara con la Les Paul roja ya que agarra unos graves mas profundos y definidos con buen sustein como el disco, la guitarra con su firma le falta mas cuerpo y definicion en graves es mas medio aguda incluso con la pastilla del mastil.
What we're hearing here is effectively the difference between Alnico V magnets & Alnico II magnets. Not sure where the extra £800 is going for the Slash model. Not that I think it's overpriced, just that the Classic offers much better VFM - the Classic + Whiskerbuckers or Lovers will give you a better guitar for £400 - £500 less.
I have a november burst...I do not like the pickups at all..the neck is good..idk..I should have went for the other $3000 and got another custom shop 59...I never sell guitars, but i'm willing to let this one go for 2 grand.
The Classic sounds a bit more open....the Slash, more compressed. The neck pickup on the Classic has that just right amount of needed bite where on the Slash...it's a bit more muddy. BTW, the pickups on the Slash model aren't even the actual pickups Slash uses...somewhat of a fail by Gibson, IMO...get the freaking Seymour Duncan Slash model pickups in there Gibson, wtf
They are Alnico 2s just like in the Duncan’s. I have a 2008 slash goldtop with SD pickups and a new one with Gibson pickups. There is barely any difference. I actually like the Gibson’s more.
@@Panic42000 ...biased because I have a Classic. Love the wide fretboard. I put 2 buckers from a 60's ES 335 in it. Best Gibby I've ever owned, and I've had a few.
I like the tone of the neck pickups on the Classic and the tone of the bridge pickups on the Slash model. Maybe I’m spending way to much time on this! LOL
Mis a part le faite que gars joue comme dieu La slah enterre la classic,le constat est sans appel,plus de raisonnance et de consansistance et plus de tous en faite Tres bonne video👍
Very little difference. I’m guessing that’s mostly down to Gibson cheaping out on the new Slash model and not having Slash Signature Seymour Duncan pickups instead going with their own in-house ones
Gibson pickups are actually more expensive than Seymour Duncans. The pickups in the Slash standard can’t even be bought separately unless someone takes them off a Slash standard and sells them to you.
Maverick13 🤣🤣🤣 why the fuck would someone wanna buy the pickups Slash ‘Doesn’t’ use? Check all his signatures leading up to this one, they all have his Signature Seymour Duncan Pickups, even the Epiphone versions. Gibson cheaped out on this new Signature for sure as ‘in house’ is cost cutting and sacrifices tone and quality
@@thelolguy007 They are actually Alnico 2s just like the Duncan’s. I have two slash models one with the slash Duncan’s and one with the Gibson slash pickups. The Gibson’s to me sound better. It’s funny how people who haven’t even played the two different pickups run there mouth.
BenS123 by run their mouth you obviously mean having a different opinion than you. Very disappointing that must be. I have 2 Slash Signature Gibson’s and they sound amazing. I’ve not heard anything as good from the new latest batch so I won’t be going down that road. Far better to purchase second hand from the previous models
@@thelolguy007 I’m not talking about someone’s opinion. It’s just funny how most of the people that bash these pickups have never heard or played them in person.
The Red one is very, very beautiful. And she sounds great!
It is no surprise that the Slash model sounds closer to the November Rain sound. But which guitar sounds better for everything? The Classic. Hell, it has coil splits and out-of-phase too. That is a great deal.
Forget the guitar who the hell is playing??? This is arguably the best player I’ve seen in product demos. Btw I have the exact same GLP classic in cherry,awesome guitar.
It's me. Thanks! It was so good guitar Btw
came to see what guitar i need , leave knowing i need a new set of fingers
Thanks for the comparison. I just got the les paul classic in translucent red, I think it really is a great value for money in comparison to the 60s std and the slash signature model
Some subtle differences here, all of which are important. But at the end of the day it strikes me how when I close my eyes and listen to all three, they all sound like Les Pauls :-). The differences are pronounced when you switch quickly from one guitar to another, but dissipate a bit once your ear adjusts to each particular guitar. Finding the right guitar to your ears is such a complicated process. There’s so many factors to weigh. In the end, I think the guitar that inspires you the most in its playability, sound, and style is the best one.
I do think they’re pretty similar sounding, with the slash model sounding better imo, but I finally got to play both of these recently, and the huge difference is in the playability and quality in the slash model! It played like butter, so much easier and faster to me. I really enjoyed it more than the 50’s standard as well.
must had been the setup because they're the exact same guitar.
@@gianlucadecicco5921 for sure. I have a slash model like this one and it’s excellent. I also have a 50s standard from wildwood and they play pretty much the same. I have a classic from the 90s and it’s quite a bit different because it has the most slim 60s neck I have ever played. Its actually too slim for me.
@Skiba covers. yeah, I've played a few of each this past week, trying to decide. They're exactly the same feel and sound. Maybe there's some(non aesthetic) differences, but I didn't notice.
It's between the Classic in Blueberry Burst, or the Slash model in the Vermillion, Appetite or November(any of those would do). The Blueberry is $450Cad less(with taxes).
@@RByrne If you want the Slash experience, Buy an early 2000's classic with Slim neck, put a set of Seymour Duncan APH1 and you're ready to go. You will save more than 1k and get a far better guitar.
@@RByrne I hear ya, they are all nice ( if you get a good one). I think the current 60s models have necks that aren’t are slim as my 60s classic from 1990. It is seriously way slimmer than my standard 50s as well as my American strat from the 90s. It has superb action but the neck feels tiny in my hands - I have average size hands.
I really just wanted a 50s tobacco as that’s one of my favorite tops but just got the November because it was basically a tobacco with a really excellent figured top. I plan on keeping mine forever so the added cost for aesthetics was worth it for me. I have the SD slash pups in my standard and the November has the Gibson slash pups. They are both great and similar but I prefer the Gibson slash pups overall. I actually managed to buy another set off reverb that someone sold used. Good luck. 👍🏼
I've always loved the looks of a nice Les Paul. Especially in person. The finishes are always amazing.
Les Paul Classic is the best Les Paulo to buy, if you like Hard Rock tones!
All The Les Paul's (with humbuckers) are the perfect machines from blues and funky to Metal, in my opinion.
I love the strat too for things like funk, blues and rock but the Les Paul is my number one
Clean standard. Adding gain, the Classic, perfect. Both sounded great!!! I was torn between getting the Classic and a 50s standard, came home with the honey burst classic 😉👍
The Slash model is definitely throwing out a louder sound with more low frequencies and with more of a rounded/scooped sound. And for that reason I prefer what the Classic has to offer here. Not as powerful but with more of those hard mid frequencies that you'd espect from a les paul. In fact, and on that note, the Classic sounds closer to the sound Slash himself would get from his guitars. That in itself is weird.
That is what i thought, the new classic sounds better than the Slash custom.
Nice playing! To me, it would come down to the necks on these 2. From what I understand the Classic is slim taper and the Slash sig. is 50's style. I'd have to go 50's style.
The neck is in between the 60’s standard slim taper and 50’s standard chunky neck. It’s pretty much identical to the ‘59 R9 custom neck.
One of the best comparison videos! thanks for the music minus jaw jack! I must say the new Classic has my vote!
Recently purchased a 23' Classic Les Paul in Chicago Blue, my very first Paul and the Classic is the real deal.
Congrats buddy, yeah the classics are the "best" base model of Les Paul. I own a 60s standard and a old studio from the 80s. The classic is the biggest bang for the buck Les Paul....it's a standard with push pull pots and a plain top.
I'll go with LP Classic ... I have played Slash too and they sound awesome, but here Classic steels the show. I have PAFs and that's pristine next level.
The Classic sounds very close to the Slash, it is a phenomenal guitar, but the Slash is a bit fuller sounding definitely.
Wow slash signature more warm in mid tone. Very nice, how price for gibson slash signature?
2590€
The classic bridge pup is a little brighter (Magnet difference) Both guitars are gorgeous and keepers.
LP standard actually sounds more bright to me. I like it
Its Les paul classic.
Classic all day for me
I'll pick the classic nearly everytime. Great playing!
I agree with Donovan, the Custom Slash Pickups I am sure attribute to the better tone since they have the perfect amount of punch and clarity. I am not a fan of the thicker necks on the Slash models, so I opted to get a Classic, since the 60's Standard I purchased had a lot of issues, so I had to return it. I did adjust the height on my Classic's pickups, to give me the right amount of Punch and Clarity that I was looking for, a great guitar for sure with a neck more comfortable for me to play on. I do have some SD Slash pickups on one of my guitars, and it just sings, I really do like the Slash Pickups.
What kind of issues you've found with the 60's? What year was it? Was planning on getting one
@@YV0910 The Standard 60's I got had a badly cut nut that needed to be replaced, the bridge saddles would snap strings and needed to be sanded and it was hard to tune and keep in tune, very very touchy. Took it to my local luthier who is really good and he said that was the best he could do with it, since the nut needed to be replaced. I should not have to replace a nut on a brand new Gibson Les Paul guitar.
They both sound really nice hard to decide i like both its probably your playing that makes it hard to make a good decision your a excellent player
Great comparison clips. Much appreciated!
Both sound great Slash model maybe a little warmer especially the bridge pickup. Great review
verdade
(Slash signature model)
1- Body: Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla - Origin: India Indonesia)
2- Top: AAA flamed map
3- Neck: Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla - Origin: India Indonesia)
4- Fretboard: Rosewood (Dalbergia Latifolia)
5- Neck profile: Thick
6-,Scale: 628 mm
7- Nut width: 43 mm
8- Tektoid nut
9- 22 Frets
10- Pickups: 2x Custom Burstbucker Alnico II double black
11- ABR bridge
12- Aluminum stop bar
13- Color: November Burst
14- Case, accessory kit and Slash picks set included
15 - price 2590€ = 2890$
The classic is an awesome guitar anyway but if you put some of the slash Seymour Duncan’s in I think it could sound better than the slash model
Maybe, it’s subjective. I have the slash model and a standard with SD slash pups and I prefer the Gibson slash pups, but not by much. The gibson pups have more mids and are slightly hotter. Both are great.
Classic is great too, but you have to like the slim neck. I much prefer the 50s neck.
Deux très bonnes guitares avec un son superbe 🤩
Totalement d'accord, Gibson est revenu au top de ce qu'ils savent faire, je viens d'acheter la classic et vraiment j'adore cette guitare 🎸,quel son!!!
Great comparison, I liked them both but preferred the mids of the Slash. The Classic’s neck profile is a deal breaker for me.
get the one which is more comfy to your hand. They both sound close enough... maybe in person the difference is bigger, but to my ears too similar... OTOH on youtube PRS and Gibsons sound close enough and in person its a world of difference...
but in the gibson brand... get the slash SD pickups and the orange drop caps with the pots give you pretty much the sound ;)
AAA top, custom burstbuckers alnico 2 pickups, R9 neck and no weight relief. That’s as close as I’ll ever get to a custom and well worth the premium if you’re going to get a standard.
The lp classic is my dream guitar
Its not a big dream bro work hard Save money and buy it you detested mines arriving next week 👍
@@Was-WG congrats! Its like 4 times my full monthly salary where I live, maybe one day
@@Was-WG mine is arriving this week in Honeyburst! Been waiting for 2 months…
Try and get an early Gibson Les Paul classic from the early 90s.. they are fantastic guitars in every aspect.
LP les paul sounds more clear than SLASH signature.
Hi, 0.09 or 0.10 Strings? How is the signal chain? Amps Mic..etc. Nice Sound!
The Slash version somehow hits different. It is brighter and sounds like it wants to produce sounds like that. It sounds more open, more capable, more distinguished from the rythm guitar.
I am sold :D fuck that few hundred extra bucks......... :D
Classic absolutely hammers the slash muddy tones.
Classic is the proven best out of the two. Muddy slash.
beautifully executed bends pitch perfect.
it always separates the talented from the not...
Pareciera que la grabacion de lluvia de noviembre Slash la grabara con la Les Paul roja ya que agarra unos graves mas profundos y definidos con buen sustein como el disco, la guitarra con su firma le falta mas cuerpo y definicion en graves es mas medio aguda incluso con la pastilla del mastil.
It’s a great demo, but I have liked it to listen to it in the future for the great sounds and playing
This should have thousands ok likes, awesome player 🎉
The slash sounds significantly clearer and that’s what I like.
is the LP classic better for a clean tone ?
What we're hearing here is effectively the difference between Alnico V magnets & Alnico II magnets. Not sure where the extra £800 is going for the Slash model. Not that I think it's overpriced, just that the Classic offers much better VFM - the Classic + Whiskerbuckers or Lovers will give you a better guitar for £400 - £500 less.
아주아주 미묘한 차이라고 생각하지만
슬래쉬시그네처가 조금 더 밝은 톤이라고 생각됩니다
저는 클래식의 소리가 아주 미세한 차이로 더 취향에 맞는거 같아요
You make them both sound great!
summary: playing good makes truly the difference.
Good duel and very interesting 👌
Thé sound of Both les Paul are very similar, thé only is pick-ups. Slash model got better ones 😉
With the Alnico2 pups on the Slash LP it’s a bit smoother sounding
which one is lighter weight?
Classic
Slash's tends to be full, but classic will be better in cutting through the mix...
Can hear miles more middle tone in the slash . Classic still good though . The player makes them scream too
가격 차이를 생각하면...
살벌하게 번쩍 거리는 플레임 탑 정도가 차이점이랄까요...
I don't think there was enough difference to justify that huge price on the slash model
I have a november burst...I do not like the pickups at all..the neck is good..idk..I should have went for the other $3000 and got another custom shop 59...I never sell guitars, but i'm willing to let this one go for 2 grand.
The Classic sounds a bit more open....the Slash, more compressed. The neck pickup on the Classic has that just right amount of needed bite where on the Slash...it's a bit more muddy. BTW, the pickups on the Slash model aren't even the actual pickups Slash uses...somewhat of a fail by Gibson, IMO...get the freaking Seymour Duncan Slash model pickups in there Gibson, wtf
Totally 😝👍🏼💫
They are Alnico 2s just like in the Duncan’s. I have a 2008 slash goldtop with SD pickups and a new one with Gibson pickups. There is barely any difference. I actually like the Gibson’s more.
@@Panic42000 ...biased because I have a Classic. Love the wide fretboard. I put 2 buckers from a 60's ES 335 in it. Best Gibby I've ever owned, and I've had a few.
@@Panic42000 I have both too and prefer the Gibson slash pups
I like the tone of the neck pickups on the Classic and the tone of the bridge pickups on the Slash model. Maybe I’m spending way to much time on this! LOL
slash better.but classic is nice guitar,l like it
Mis a part le faite que gars joue comme dieu
La slah enterre la classic,le constat est sans appel,plus de raisonnance et de consansistance et plus de tous en faite
Tres bonne video👍
They sound different one not better or worse than one another.
The difference probably comes down to the pickups not the guitar.
slash all the way...clearer and crisper.
Honestly the slash model has a better tone to my ear anyway
right off the bat the slash guitar sounded way better
Not a great difference , both have great sound the price will make the difference !!
very good in slow
Slash usa Seymour Duncan, esos micrófonos a mí gusto son mejores que los Gibson.
고음에서는 사실 차이를 잘 모르겠는데 일단 제가 느끼기에 클린톤에서 저음은 슬래쉬 시그니쳐가 나은 거 같네요
The Slash sounds way better to me more open more Slashy😂
Bigger/wider-sounding....i.e. more vintage-y.
That tape is gon burn into the nitro finish
La Slash tiene mejor resonancia.
No
@@aliengrey6052 sí
Slash better
Don't how you can have a signature guitar that is a signature guitar? Should be the les paul Just marketing joop
So why does every RUclips wanna be ... 😮 less Paul guitar player always play just guns n roseses..songs .. is that all you know how to play
Because its a fckn slash signature review video
@@qwertyui6910 oh well my videos with my slash signature les paul I play my jam the hole point isn't to copy someone else 😅
@shawnhuff3920 do you want a trophy?
@@emartinezr yes please 🗽
@shawnhuff3920 here you go!
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1:10 아이유 어푸 맞나요?
Can you tell me the song name, in case you have figured that out.
@@Kipchoge475 maybe ruclips.net/video/7n9D8ZeOQv0/видео.html this.
@@Kipchoge475 IU - Ah puh
Very little difference. I’m guessing that’s mostly down to Gibson cheaping out on the new Slash model and not having Slash Signature Seymour Duncan pickups instead going with their own in-house ones
Gibson pickups are actually more expensive than Seymour Duncans. The pickups in the Slash standard can’t even be bought separately unless someone takes them off a Slash standard and sells them to you.
Maverick13 🤣🤣🤣 why the fuck would someone wanna buy the pickups Slash ‘Doesn’t’ use? Check all his signatures leading up to this one, they all have his Signature Seymour Duncan Pickups, even the Epiphone versions. Gibson cheaped out on this new Signature for sure as ‘in house’ is cost cutting and sacrifices tone and quality
@@thelolguy007 They are actually Alnico 2s just like the Duncan’s. I have two slash models one with the slash Duncan’s and one with the Gibson slash pickups. The Gibson’s to me sound better. It’s funny how people who haven’t even played the two different pickups run there mouth.
BenS123 by run their mouth you obviously mean having a different opinion than you. Very disappointing that must be. I have 2 Slash Signature Gibson’s and they sound amazing. I’ve not heard anything as good from the new latest batch so I won’t be going down that road. Far better to purchase second hand from the previous models
@@thelolguy007 I’m not talking about someone’s opinion. It’s just funny how most of the people that bash these pickups have never heard or played them in person.
İ dont think gibson worth its money
the LP slash signature is LP 60's model?
Yes, it have 60s neck
@@Zerito_2 Actually it has a 50's style neck.
50’s
heavy weight
That neck is fat af so I’d say 50s, the player could also just have small hands too, hard to tell
1st!