deepblue Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Lately I have been busy. I have been tinkering with my Strats, enjoying my new acoustic. I have enjoyed every minute of it. Guitars, as with most guys here are my passion. All this time my beloved Les Paul slept quietly in her case. A well deserved nap I guess you could say. Well this morning I woke her up. Man!...One chord is all it took to remember why I love Les Pauls. One thick, meaty A chord that hung in the air with endless sustain. I then began riffing and it turned into a nice Cat Scratch Fever that had my wife yelling "hun turn it down!" lol....I really enjoyed myself today. Im not telling you guys something you dont already know. There is nothing, NOTHING like a Gibson Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Ya know, I gigged a Les Paul for 14 years. When the frets were wearing down I bought an SG (different story, but a good one!) I moved North, and hooked up with some Country/Rock bands and ended up with Strats and Teles for quite a while. Got back into Gibson after buying a 1933 Gibson Mandolin for my wife at Gruhns, and the local Fender dealer becoming an assshole. Pulled the ole' 79 SG out of retirement, then bought a new CS ES-339. Bought my daughter a new Studio. I think I'm gonna trade the last Fender in on another SG Standard because of that Boston dude. Anyhow. I know what yer sayin'.................................. Best of luck. Murph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Gibson Les Pauls are great indeed... all of them! I only had my tele home so I was playing 75% of the time with her... last week I took the lester in (I wanted to change the strings and follow all the steps posted by AXE a while ago). Man, once I plugged her and played just a chord, I just couldnt put her down, I spent all the past weekend playing her, so no complaints here... you are damn right: There is nothing' date=' NOTHING like a Gibson Les Paul.[/quote'] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I play my Sonex a lot more than the Pauls when I'm practicing. The Sonex is ok for heavy stuff, but when I play a blues tune with a Les Paul I quickly remember when I bought one (now two) in the first place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Yep. I was playing my Strat and SG this past weekend too. Giving the LP a break. They're both nice, friendly playing guitars. But then I had to go back to the LP and it's like "Now this is a real guitar!" It doesn't feel nice or friendly to me, but it feels and sounds like all business. Especially at 10lbs with that phat 50s neck, I know I'm not holding some wimpy girly mans guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 I know I'm not holding some wimpy girly mans guitar. Amen to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Agreed! Nice sentiment, too. I played the new Strat pretty extensively when I got her... exploring the various tones I could coax from her. Now I have picked up the Les Paul again and can't put her down. There truly is no equal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I miss read the thread title . I thought you were sharing a movement ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston004681 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Ya know' date=' I gigged a Les Paul for 14 years. When the frets were wearing down I bought an SG (different story, but a good one!) I moved North, and hooked up with some Country/Rock bands and ended up with Strats and Teles for quite a while. Got back into Gibson after buying a 1933 Gibson Mandolin for my wife at Gruhns, and the local Fender dealer becoming an assshole. Pulled the ole' 79 SG out of retirement, then bought a new CS ES-339. Bought my daughter a new Studio. I think I'm gonna trade the last Fender in on another SG Standard because of that Boston dude. Anyhow. I know what yer sayin'.................................. Best of luck. Murph.[/quote'] I've said it before in a few other threads, but dont sell that tele'! if you really want to i cant stop you but i wouldn't. if its 'cause you like my SG that's fine but if it's 'cause ive been posting pics of it all over the forum and you think i want sg's to take over the forum that's not fine. I've been playin' my strat a lot too. I played the strat for about 3 days, and then i picked up my SG again(im probably the only one here who doesn't have a les paul... yet) and it was like..... WHY DID IT TAKE ME SO LONG TO REMEMBER..... Whatever keep rockin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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