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  1. If it's weight relieved, I'd like to know why they're asking so much for it. I'd be upset if I bought even the least expensive model & found out Gibson charges about half for a similar product. Pretty much the way I feel about the Dean Hardtail. I love them, but what they were going for new... with a two piece body & two piece neck, I'll wait until the used market shows their true value.
  2. Agreed. However, with the double cut they should have put the three way near the volume controls like an SG. To me, it just doesn't look right on a double cutaway. Tell me, have you ever considered a Dean Hardtail? PRSish, with SG like controls.
  3. I've never claimed to have seen or held a 594. Look at PRS, site & the blogs they've released about this guitar & they mention the extra thickness of the neck, not the body. When the McCarty came put they mentioned the extra thickness of the body. When the DGT came out they mentioned the extra thickness of the body. If the 594 were thicker still, I'm sure they would habe mentioned it. & don't get me wrong, I want a 594. One day I'll have one. Let's talk about quality though. That dude in that video mentioned his 594 weighed 9.1 LBs. His Traditional just over 10lbs. Like I said in another post, you spend 5 grand on a Les Paul, it's not going to weigh 9 lbs. That's with no weight relief. At that level, Gibson won't use a piece of wood that dense. Then the gap in the binding where the body meets the neck. He says it's not there on his 594. Of course it's not there, the 594 doesn't even habe the faux binding in the lower cutaway.
  4. The main reason The other manufacturers don't do it is because they don't use as big a chunk of wood as Les Pauls. The PRS is a thin body guitar, it's just a different form of weight relief. A $2500 non weight relieved Traditional will weigh more than a $4500 non weight relieved Historic because they set aside the lighter wood for the Custom Shop. Spend $2500 or less on a PRS & it will be lighter than a non weight relieved Traditional because the body is thinner. Instead of cutting chambers under the top, PRS shaved a few inches off the entire body.
  5. I don't own a singlecut. I don't trust a word Chapman says (though I wish I could play like him, be as successful in business as him)... & that may be true for a single cut, though I doubt it. I have a McCarty here, it's not even as thick as my telecaster. But it is thicker than my PRS Standard 24 (& lighter). The 594 is no thicker.than the regular McCarty. Yes, pattern Vintage is beefier than normal PRS, I'd say comparable to 50s Les Pauls & Teles. Gibson's 50"s Les Pauls show the exposed seem in the lower bout since the top is thinner on the edge than it is in the center. My 2006 Classic is built the exact same way. However, you said you don't like to see that seem. Obviously it's ok for PRS to do it on a guitar that costs much more (even though there is no real bindung). I agree, it looks better the way PRS does it, but I never called the way it's done on a Traditional a QC problem. My 98 Standard has thicker binding to cover up the seem. I prefer the vintage Kluson tuning keys & should swap them out, but I never got around to it. My 2013 LPJ has the faux binding, similar to the PRS. It definitely gets thicker, closer to center. So my issue here is with you calling these features "poor QC" when it is obviously not the case. Customers actually complained that modern standards don't expose the seem the way the 50s guitars do. This is years after customers complained they could see the seam. To try & make everyone happy, they developed the Classic model, which became the Traditional model, then the Traditional & Classic models. I don't know how to get a 50s neck with modern binding.
  6. The regular McCarty & the DGT are as thicker than most PRS guitars. I don't believe they're as thick as Les Pauls though. Both the McCarty & the DGT have beefier more 50ish necks. Well when you criticize Gibson's QC, then the two biggest issues are features of the model you're looking at... It comes across wrong. Your maple top on a Traditional isn't a 10 top. It's AA grade. There may be specs the size of dimes in them (not guaranteed to find one, but they're not going to see it as a flaw). It's like complaining there's no flame on a $3800 guitar when you buy a 58 True Historic. Same thing with the binding. I understand your preference (even though the 594 doesn't have binding on the body & the ones with the faux binding doesn't carry into that lower cutout, because it not going to look the way you prefer if it did)... I understand your preference, but that is not the way it is. It's like complaining that a sesame seed bun has seeds in the top, but not the bottom bun.
  7. & while I do plan to buy a 594 one day, this will hold me over until then.
  8. The Les Paul Classic & Traditional were new guitars. The Standard & LPJ were used. I'll buy used if I'm going to save 30% or more.
  9. To be fair, a Traditional lists for $2600, a Standard lists for $3000. A 594 lists for $3600. & while you may not think the Traditional or the Standard compare to a 594, there are people who would rather spend that $3600 on a Custom Shop Telecaster. So this is truly a case of beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some people like Ford, some like Chevy, some like BMW. Some people prefer Bud Light, some Miller, some Corona. & when I see Warren Haynes, Joe Bonamassa, Slash, or Zakk Wylde start playing PRS, I'll believe the 594 is what the Les Paul should be. Heck, even John Mayer plays his Strats more than his PRS. PRS makes a fine guitar, but it's its own thing. My only gripe with them is you've got to buy a $4600 594 before you get one with a natural, or stained back. The $3600 594 has an opaque finish where you can't even see the wood. For Gibson, that line is much lower. $1800.
  10. I bought my first Les Paul maybe 16 years ago. I was bargain shopping at a guitar center & happened upon a '98 Standard. They were asking $1,800 for it, which was pretty close to the price of a new one. I planned on spending $550 max that day. A bit of negotiating & I got it for $1300 out the door. Great guitar, I still have it. I broke the neck twice, professionally repaired. Still a great player, sweet tone. I bought my second Les Paul about 10 years ago. A Classic. Gold Top. It was the best sounding Les Paul in the store at that time. To date, the most money I've paid for a guitar. $2K out the door. Then eBay took off. I bought my third Les Paul about a month ago. Off Reverb. 2013 LPJ. Very nice guitar, no regrets. I've yet to find any flaw with any of them. Before I bought the LPJ, I bought a PRS S2 Standard 24. $546 shipped. Nice guitar. & a 2002 McCarty Standard. $1099 shipped.Awesome guitar. Last night I bought a NOS 2016 Les Paul Traditional. Should be here by the end of the week. I'll let you know if there are any flaws.
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