Washburn Les Paul

[gibsongaz#1]

That would match up with some of the info on LP's on the Washburn site.
How does your Tokai feel? This one has a very fast and smooth neck compared to my previous Gibsons. It has an Ebony fingerboard too.
Thanks

[Philly Q]

My Tokai SGs have huge fat necks, at least compared with the Gibson '61 reissue they're most similar to.  They're very easy to get around on though.

But they are new models, and I imagine they've done a lot of different neck profiles over the years.

[gibsongaz#1]

Cool.

Here are a couple of better pics:

[Philly Q]

It really looks a very nice guitar, at a great price!  :D

Here's the Tokai headstock, just to show that flowerpot:

[gibsongaz#1]

It is identical isn't it!

[Crazy_Joe]

Such a nice top on that LP!

[badgermark]

Y'know what, I freaking love Les Pauls. I've messed around with loads of different styles, strats, sgs, teles, but i always go back to my battered epiphone les paul. This has nothing to do with the original washbourne lp, which is gorgeous by the way, but i thought i'd share, as it's a personal realisation.

[Philly Q]

Y'know what, I freaking love Les Pauls. I've messed around with loads of different styles, strats, sgs, teles, but i always go back to my battered epiphone les paul. This has nothing to do with the original washbourne lp, which is gorgeous by the way, but i thought i'd share, as it's a personal realisation.

So Teles 4 now, Les Pauls 4 lyf?  

I, on the other hand, have realised that I'm not a Les Paul person.  I think they look beautiful, it's a wonderful design, but I just don't get on with the weight and that thick body - I even managed to buy a couple of sub-8.5lb LPs, but I still find the body awkward.  They're all sold now.

(Les Paul Juniors, though, are an entirely different matter... love 'em to bits! :) )

[badgermark]

Y'know what, I freaking love Les Pauls. I've messed around with loads of different styles, strats, sgs, teles, but i always go back to my battered epiphone les paul. This has nothing to do with the original washbourne lp, which is gorgeous by the way, but i thought i'd share, as it's a personal realisation.

So Teles 4 now, Les Pauls 4 lyf?  

I, on the other hand, have realised that I'm not a Les Paul person.  I think they look beautiful, it's a wonderful design, but I just don't get on with the weight and that thick body - I even managed to buy a couple of sub-8.5lb LPs, but I still find the body awkward.  They're all sold now.

(Les Paul Juniors, though, are an entirely different matter... love 'em to bits! :) )

I know! I love my single tele- though it's a tele in body only (a holydiver knocks all idea of twang out of it...) but the les paul shape and tone really appeals. not tried a les paul jr yet, might give the epiphone version a try.

[Philly Q]

I don't know about the Korean Epi Jrs, but one of the things I like about the '50s style singlecut Jr is that the neck isn't angled back, so the strings sit close to the body.  And the body's a 1.75" thick, flat-topped slab - so it's almost like a set-neck Tele in a way.

Upper-fret access is still a bit cr@p, but I can live with it.

[dave_mc]

i tried the epiphone junior (it was chinese, i think?), and it was actually quite nice. Not "japanese-copy" nice, but nice for the price (£160 I think), at least. Played and sounded as nice (if not nicer) to me as several £400 korean- and chinese-built guitars I tried  on the same day. :)

[Twinfan]

I, on the other hand, have realised that I'm not a Les Paul person.  I think they look beautiful, it's a wonderful design, but I just don't get on with the weight and that thick body - I even managed to buy a couple of sub-8.5lb LPs, but I still find the body awkward.  They're all sold now.

+100

Simple slabs of one piece mahogany or korina with 'buckers work best for me  :D