anyone ever use the lp custom lite?

[Dmoney]

If you wanted some kind of tone control but youre not too bothered about how adjustable it is, you could swap the switch with another switch and wire a cap and resistors to it to give you fixed levels of treble cut. You could even use trim pots instead of fixed resistors so you can adjust it. Just an idea. I wouldnt drill it.

[Dave Sloven]

Is the coil split switch in the same location as a bridge tone pot would be?  If so I would enlarge the hole to fit a tone pot and install push-push tone pots if I wanted coil splits.

Yep, it's exactly where the bridge tone control would be, so an easy mod to replace it with a pot but I'm a bit hesitant - only because once I've enlarged the hole there's no going back.  I don't really like to do irreversible mods after all the silly things I did when I was young (fitting Kahlers etc).

If I do it, I might opt for a push-pull or push-push coil split, but the body may actually be too thin to fit a push-pull pot.

People fit them into SGs.  Tight though.

[littleredguitars2]

Looks awesome man congrats.  You can't beat an ebony board though ;)

[Kiichi]

Nice Philly, congrats! LPs just are hard to beat and that one looks tasty!

[PhilKing]

that looks really great.  As you can probably tell from my recent purchase, I like LP Customs.

[Philly Q]

Thanks guys.  :D

littleredguitars2, you're right, a Custom really should have an ebony board, but I was never going to find a "full fat" Gibson LPC light enough for my liking.  I've spent years scouring eBay for MIJ alternatives, but 90% of those have rosewood boards anyway.

In the end I just thought I'd snap up a Custom Lite while they were still available.  I don't know if they really only made 250 of them, but they're already getting hard to find.

[littleredguitars2]

I'm still surprised my new custom is under 9lbs

[Philly Q]

Yeah, that's about as light as it gets for Customs!

I've never understood why Customs seem to be generally that bit heavier than Standards, it makes no sense.  Well, perhaps that's not true - maybe it's the case that they just make a lot more Standards than Customs, so if you're patient and shop around you'll find a lighter one eventually.

I've actually got a solidbody LP Standard which weighs a fraction under 8lbs.  The weird thing is, despite what the scales say, when I pick it up it still feels heavier than my other guitars around the same weight, somehow!  It must be the psychological effect of seeing that big chunk of mahogany.  :roll:

I haven't mentioned, my Custom Lite weighs 7lb 7oz.  Not quite SG-light, but a nice comfortable weight for me, in the same range as my Jrs and Specials.

[PhilKing]

I used to have a really light LP Custom from 1972.  I don't know why it was so light, but it was easy to play for full sets and a friend with a 335 used to use it sometimes too (I used his 335 sometimes as well - we didn't have lots of backup guitars in those days!).  I would love to get it back, but I sold it in 1978 or so.

[Telerocker]

That looks awesome, congrats!

[Lew]

I've actually got a solidbody LP Standard which weighs a fraction under 8lbs.  The weird thing is, despite what the scales say, when I pick it up it still feels heavier than my other guitars around the same weight, somehow!  It must be the psychological effect of seeing that big chunk of mahogany.  :roll:

I think it's about weight distribution rather than actual weight. The LP is all arse end.

[littleredguitars2]

when it comes to weight, my fender tele is a friggen brick. still a nice guitar to play but man, it makes my LP feel light.