Strats Vs Les Pauls

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Probably like most of you I own many guitars, a few strats, les paul, 335, blah,blah,blah. I love them all. My strats (american standards) are so different from my classic les paul. I love doing the overdriven loud blackface bassman with strats using neck/mid pickups. My alter ego loves Marshall/les paul combo just as much. That said if I could have only one of my guitars I guess I'd keep the 335.
 
Mark7 said:
I see your Fender Broadcaster and raise you

The Bigsby Merle Travis

http://www.bigsbyguitars.com/images/guitar_600.jpg

Originally made circa 1946/7
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Well, that shut me up ;)
You learn something new every day - even so, the Tele was still the first mass-produced solid-body guitar, and none of the early solid-bodies were commercially successful. And it has still stood the test of time and continues to be one of the top electrics on the market - why do you think so many companies have copied its design?
 
Light said:
God, someone better tell Bruce Springsten he's been playing a fake guitar all these years!i
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You better tell 'im Light, because I sure as hell ain't.
 
Nuts. So what should I do with my Teles, Gretsch and Rics?
 
Chuck the Gretsch, keep the rics, and beat singers with the teles :)
 
Mark7 said:
I wish someone would make a Fender s/c style guitar with individual volume and tone controls for each pick up: even if it meant losing the middle one.

And, yes I know you can get LPs and SGs with P90s, but it's not the same sound.
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Wow...
This post proves that one mans junk is another mans treasure.

I can't stand the separate volume for each pick up....I wired a flying V, I just aquired, like a fender strat....master volume and 2 tones.

I like playing rythem at 1/2 volume and then pegging the volume out on the solos.

Having a separate volume for each pickup is a major hinderence....for me anyway...when playing live.
 
If you like to play rhythm at ½ volume and then peg out for the solo why not just set one pick up up for rhythm and the other for lead?
 
jimistone said:
I wired a flying V, I just aquired, like a fender strat....master volume and 2 tones.
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Too fancy for me. I bypass the tone controls on any stratty guitars and only have one volume knob on my homemade thing. Tone controls have never been real useful to me on a strat. I used to think it would be better to be able to turn down the highs on the lead pickup (which leo didn't give a tone control) but now I just figure on getting a more midrangey replacement pup.
 
Tbone100 said:
Let's face it..there are really only 2 real electric guitars: Strats & Les Pauls
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I agree; I have one of each - a '61 Strat and an early 70's LP Custom. I love them equally but separately.
 
Tbone100 said:
Let's face it..there are really only 2 real electric guitars: Strats & Les Pauls

Love 'em both but been playing Strats for 20+ years...I have 2 now an American Standard from the late 80's and one from the mid 90's..(don't have the wallet yet for a vintage one, yet)..I've borrowed a beutiful gold top from a buddy of mine, but dont seem to play it like can a Strat after all these years.

One thing I like about a Strat is that there is an assemby line aspect to them....they all seem to realtively sound them same...have the same character..

Lookin to add an LP to my collection but when I do baby..it will be a beuty tobbaco sunburst

how 'bout the Gibson onwers out there..what do you think?
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Apples Vs Oranges.

i like em both.

perfer strats, but gibson makes a dandy geetar.
 
I hate 'em both, for my style of music at least. Just My Opinion.
 
i have a squire strat wich i like cause it has good action no buzzing but it only has 21 frets the neck isnt bad at all i have never played any gibsons or les pauls i have played b.c. rich though and how the hell do you compress files cause i can fkin nvr get carpon hre damittttttttt1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
squire doesnt count.

they are absolute shit.

and nobody say anything different, because if you have ever had the misfortune of having to fix/replace and electronics, or so a setup on one, you would understand.

we have cheaper shit than squires in my store, but the are way better, for less money too. of course, they are still crap too.
 
Oh The Paul... I have one too, a '79. Good choice for a first guitar, if I say so myself. All stock, sweet clean sounds and some wicked distorted ones. Still, I'd kinda like a strat for the nice twang. The Paul gives me none of that unless I crank the mids elsewhere.
 
jimistone said:
Wow...
This post proves that one mans junk is another mans treasure.

I can't stand the separate volume for each pick up....I wired a flying V, I just aquired, like a fender strat....master volume and 2 tones.

I like playing rythem at 1/2 volume and then pegging the volume out on the solos.

Having a separate volume for each pickup is a major hinderence....for me anyway...when playing live.
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Uhm; you do know, don't you, that you can do that with a Les Paul, or a stock Gibson V, when they are wired stock, right?

Les Pauls are wired interactively. When they are set in the middle possition, any change made to either volume control effects both pickups. Because there are two of them, the tapper of the pot is a little bit different (less sensitive), and then of course there are all those Gibson's with linier tapper volume pots (which just suck), but still, it works just fine.

Now, some knock offs wire the pickups like a J Bass, in which case the volume controls are NOT interactive, but Gibsons are not wired that way.


Light

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