Author Topic: Gibson Les Paul: An alternative view. (Read 8802 times)

shaman · « **Reply #30 on:** January 31, 2008, 03:38:56 AM »

first and foremost, I am A LP fan...guitar and all...but another reason I dig them is the resale value!!!I have owned a few in my time, and I have either recaptured my $$ OR made a few extra....and that , over the years, has helped fuel my G.A.S.-I LOVE Carvin guitars...necks are killer....but try and sell one...not the same-so, that has an effect on my purchases
-however, Gib has gone more and more corporate over the years-no more Custom Shop orders anymore(at east for us lefties...) :(

keano · « **Reply #31 on:** January 31, 2008, 07:21:50 AM »

I own 3 LPs and a Goldtop like you and I still want more. I freaking love them. Now to add to the bunch I would get a PRS, or Ibanez, I got a Fender strat and wouldn't mind getting another.

Catalyst77 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:36:32 AM »

I'm lucky!

I was on the verge of buying a £1700 1982 les paul custom silverburst last year (would have taken me a few years to pay that one off!).

Instead after a rather lenghtly debate on this forum I paid £210 for a black 1981 Greco Les paul custom mint series.

It is like the best guitar I have ever touched in my life! When I took it to my luthier (lazy i know) to have a set of rebell yells put in he was creaming himself - it really is that good.

Prawnik · « **Reply #33 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:23:14 AM »

Quote from: goddamn electric

i thought about having a luthier make me a replica of a les paul, logo and all, (in the same way in which slash's main les paul back in the day wasnt a gibson) which would probably cost around the same if not cheaper than buying one of the historics and it would mean i could specify certain preferences. not sure how keen making replicas like that a luthier would be, or if its even legal in the custom guitar market, i'd imagine its not.

The short answer: it depends on the luthier.

Legality depends on where you are and whether you are trying to pass the guitar off as the real thing.

Full disclosure: I do this sort of thing for sport, but with Fenders. I know some people who might be able to make you a Gibson, but it won't be cheap.

Catalyst77 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 31, 2008, 12:59:38 PM »

Quote from: Prawnik

Full disclosure: I do this sort of thing for sport, but with Fenders. I know some people who might be able to make you a Gibson, but it won't be cheap.

You'll be lucky to get any change out of £2000

dave_mc · « **Reply #35 on:** January 31, 2008, 05:27:29 PM »

Quote from: Twinfan

Machinehead - I'm a Billy Gibbons fan, and he's used custom built Teles, Explorers etc for years.

Plus he used Tokai LPs too :)

true. see below...

Quote from: Machinehead

This is a key point.

Our guitar heroes very often use Gibson or Fender - particularly Classic Rock era/style. My favourite guitar players are Gary Moore, Neil Young, Angus Young, Tony Iommi, Dave Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix and latterly John Mayer. All of these use either Gibson or Fender.

With that in mind, is it any surprise that I have both a Gibson Les Paul and a Fender Stratocaster ? The only real surprise here is that I dont have a Gibson SG - yet.

I don't think I've ever seen any of the above list playing respective alternatives to their Gibsons or Fenders. Gary Moore, using a Tokai Love Rock or a Yamaha SG 2000? Gilmour using a Fernandez or G+L Strat? I haven't seen it but I do know that the tone from the guitars I mentioned will probably play and sound exactly the same as their famous counterparts - and probably cost less.

http://www.tokairegistry.com/images/ads/marshall-ad.jpg

http://www.tokairegistry.com/images/frehley_tokai_ad.jpg

http://www.tokairegistry.com/images/ads/tokai_is_here.jpg

http://www.tokairegistry.com/images/catalogs/tokai_85-86_electric_front.jpg

:D

Alex · « **Reply #36 on:** January 31, 2008, 06:05:14 PM »

Well i really love my ESP, but I also have to admit that there were reasons other than sound for me to buy.

For one thing, it was cheaper than a Gibson, especially considering I wanted an ebony fretboard model. But the big reason is that my back hurts significantly with guitar over 4 kg. I had an cheaper LesPaul copy and a BC Rich Warlock, both weighed a bit over 4kg and it was just not fun for me.

I still would like to maybe get a Tokai LesPaul and pimp it with some Bareknuckles. Or a Flying V, if I can't get a light Tokai.

I hope you don't mind the pictures, I just had the links here. I can remove them if it clogs up the thread, but I always like to post pics, haha.

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #37 on:** January 31, 2008, 06:06:24 PM »

They are just... SOOOO Lovely.

Sound great.

Play Great.

LOOK GREAT.

Best Singlecut on the market imo.

Henk · « **Reply #38 on:** January 31, 2008, 06:31:14 PM »

I have been thinking this over, and the only alternative i can think off, apart from having a guitar custom made or getting a high end old LP, the only alternative would be to find that 1 and only true 'Me' guitar.

Actually i think that is what i have been searching for and since it is not something that involves looks but just a 'familiar feel and tone' if that at all sounds understandable. I have this the most with gibson LP guitars, still there is allways that 'but' which makes me search on.

This has nothing to do with the price or model, just with my own weird way of communicating musically.

The whole idea of putting a guitar together myself becomes more appealing the longer i think about it though, but somehow i never took that step because i fear it would be a great dissappointment. Still i hear alot of friends here saying its the best thing they ever did.....