New Les Paul Standard 2008

[horsehead]

Who uses the word Dandy these days anyway?

[MrBump]

I think that a Feline Dandelion would be cool.

Would it come in pink?

[indysmith]

I've got beef with this new Les Paul. Not because of the spec, not because of the build, not because of the price, but because they've called it the Les Paul 2008 - why 2008? Everyone else releases new products at the beginning of the year, or if not they name it for the next year. Surely it should be 2009? And in real life it's not as if we're going to see it before 2009 anyway. Seems odd.

[Will]

I would guess they called it that to make it obvious that 2008 was the change from the semi hollow LP's of the past year and a bit

[indysmith]

I would guess they called it that to make it obvious that 2008 was the change from the semi hollow LP's of the past year and a bit

They're still going to be chambered

[blue]

it's basically a production version of the Slash les Paul, isn't it?  an intelligent upgrade to the standard, but i can't see any reason why it should cost more.  are they charging extra for a proper setup??

[dave_mc]

dandy is an awesome word which should be used more often. Fop too.

:lol:

[horsehead]

as should 'Hullo!' to express surprise, which is exactly what I did when I saw the spec of this Les Paul. With the price being so high on this new standard what will this do to the existing models. Will they lower the price to get rid of stock...oh and who's bringing them into the UK now?

[FELINEGUITARS]

I think that a Feline Dandelion would be cool.

Would it come in pink?

Now you are talking!!

We are doing a special Lion at present called THE EMERALD which will have a metallic green front and will feature BKP Emeralds on it.
Here she is before paint

[sambo]

^Metallic green on that will be AWESOME! :twisted:

Will that be metal-flake/sparkly or just solid metallic green?


Johnny's Lion is looking good too. :)

[WezV]

seems a shame to cover up that birdseye... i quite like the natural colour variation... but i suppose metallic green does sound cool!!   and i always get fed up when people tell me i shouldnt do a solid finish  :D

[nfe]

as should 'Hullo!' to express surprise, which is exactly what I did when I saw the spec of this Les Paul. With the price being so high on this new standard what will this do to the existing models. Will they lower the price to get rid of stock...oh and who's bringing them into the UK now?

Gibson UK. Although having started up on the 1st of Arpil (hur hur) they still haven;t had any stock to give to anyone.

Also, the number of Gibson distributors will drop significantly, at least if they are going to stick with their current approach that unless, basically, you are Reverb, PMT or another big chain (or so it would seem, since they're getting to be dealerswithout the next daft requirement), in order to get Gibsons you have to devote 42% of your entire guitar inventory to Gibson and Epiphone.

[dave_mc]

as should 'Hullo!' to express surprise,

great idea! :lol:

[FiXXXeR]

what all the fuss about chambered les pauls anyway, surly its against all the les paul stands for!!!

they should be big, fat, heavy, sound awesome and lets not forget feel just dandy.

[Will]

I would guess they called it that to make it obvious that 2008 was the change from the semi hollow LP's of the past year and a bit

They're still going to be chambered

Chambered or swiss cheesed?
I am not so clued up as others, but apparently they have been employing cheesing since the 90s just to make them a little lighter.