Les Paul Standard vs Les Paul Classic

[Ian Price]

Hello all,

Other than price can someone tell me what the differences are between these two? Is a standard much better than a classic or does it just have more bells and whistles?

[Will]

Last time I checked, there were inlay colour differences, the classic has a rather thin neck (the one I have tried is a bit slimmer than 60s), standards usually have some flame in the top, classics not so much.
I think the classic also slightly more resembles the R0 if you compare to historics

[shaman]

I have both-  03 Standard with 60's neck and  98 classic plus-plus refers to top only.....necks are almost identical...the standard, in my case is sliggghhhhtly slimmer....my classic is heavier,but other than that...
1. inlays-classics have snot green inlays..some like/most hate-mine isnt very bad and it sort of goes with the amber top

2. the pickups-classics come with ceramic hot pups.....just replace with bk's!!
3.  some classics have the thick binding in the cutaway,acc. to the year
4.  BRIDGE-MY CLASSIC HAS ABR-I PREFER IT

-having owned both, I would say they both are killer-you can score classics at lower price, so they are killer deals-i love mine(it haS UNPOTTED MULES....YES!!)

[HTH AMPS]

I don't know what Gibson did with the 'Classic' but I've never played one I liked.  I bought a Classic+ based on the gorgeous flametop and transparent cherry red finish, but the tone was shocking - bright bright bright.

All the standards I've played in recent years have been crackin guitars and felt solidly built (like my '91 std).

[shaman]

I don't know what Gibson did with the 'Classic' but I've never played one I liked.  I bought a Classic+ based on the gorgeous flametop and transparent cherry red finish, but the tone was shocking - bright bright bright.

All the standards I've played in recent years have been crackin guitars and felt solidly built (like my '91 std).

..bet it was those 500t/496r ceramic pups...mine was bright bright bright,too, until I bk'd the mutha!!!!

[d1dsj]

I believe one is chambered and one is weight relieved (holes drilled under the cap)... not sure which is which though.

[Gizmo]

i've got a classic. I love it. I got rid of those pickups though and put some BKP's in (lower output PAFS) Much better now. The standard has better pickups out of the box.

I like the plain top on mine. Its looks more vintage and old school. I saw a Slash signature LP in a shop the other day and it looked exactly the same.

The Standard is probably marginally higher standard of build,  but it really depends on the individual guitar.

[shaman]

http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149607&highlight=standard+classic
..lots of info here