If i remember correctly there was a clip of your HDs in your LP std, but you never seemed to comment or recommend this combo passed this point... did it decieve you?
No, on the contrary - my Std Vintage Burst still has Holy Divers & is my favourite of my 3 Les Pauls. It sounds absolutely
massive :twisted:
However, a note of caution: I first put that Holy Diver set in my Std Goldtop & didn't really like it.
In my experience of trying Les Pauls (I've played more than I can count over the last few years while searching for "the one" :)), there are huge variances in weight, sound & build quality.
IMO weight plays a big part. The really dense pieces of wood in the heavier LPs seem to give them a big booming bass & bucket loads of sustain - they just want to be played hard & loud :twisted: However the lighter ones seem more balanced, with sweeter mids & a more dynamic/responsive feel to them. My Vintage Burst is only ~8lbs but my Goldtop is nearly 11lbs.
My impression is that the light ones are less numerous than the heavy ones (just gut feel - no, I haven't been taking my kitchen scales into music shops! :))
So I've kinda avoided recommending HD for LPs, simply because of the experience I had with the
same pickup set in two different guitars.
The clip you refer to was the last
clip I posted, & the first since I got my Engl Savage (NB: I made a
second recording on pg2 as the bass was off the scale first time round :lol:)
Hope this helps...
