houndman55 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hello, So which one would you recommend? The Les Paul Standard or Traditional? The only difference I know of is that the traditional doesn't have the weight relief and perhaps slightly different pickups. PAF's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrains72 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I have both, and prefer the Traditional's tone over the Standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 In 2013 they started to make fully massive Traditionals featuring '57 Classic in the neck and '57 Classic Plus in the bridge position. In 2014 they changed to the new '59 Tribute pickups. Traditionals have a short neck tenon. '57s, '59s, and all sorts of Burstbuckers are variations of the PAF. They reflect the winding tolerances of the original handwound PAFs and come with different magnets. All of them have neck or "R" pole piece spacing. Starting with the 2012 models, Standards come modern weight relieved now. They have long neck tenons and Burstbucker Pros. Then there are push/pull pot switching options comprising capacitor coil split, polarity switch for the neck pickup (erratingly but commonly aka "phase switch"), and a bridge PU bypass. That having said, I love my Standards as well as my Traditional 2013. The first are more flexible and have more of a "deep" tone while the Traditional is closer to the real thing to my taste, with more bite and fatter midrange. As some surprise, my massive Epiphone 1960 Tribute LP featuring long tenon and Gibson '57 Classic/'57 Classic Plus is closest to my Gibson LP Standard 2012. I bought the Epi mainly for her nice series/parallel push/pull options. Trying out some of them would be best I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndman55 Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Good details, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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