IanHenry Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Guitarist magazine has done a review of the new LesPaul Deluxe. They've given a great write-up, and point out that this isn't a "reissue" more of an inspired by tribute (no pancake body for example). There's none of that muddiness that you can sometimes find with the neck pickup on a paf style humbucker. One interesting point is the weight of their example, 9.77ib for the guitar but when combined with the new style case it weighs in at 22.8lb so you'd better hope you haven't go a long walk from your van to the stage otherwise your going to need arms like a Russian shot putter. I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 looks and sounds nice...and very seventies vibe to that paintjob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Very nice!!🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Going by the thread title I thought this might be about some new French inspired Gibson guitar. It's a nice looking ax, but I can't truly judge the sound listening through these $25 PC speakers. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/27/2021 at 11:20 AM, Whitefang said: Going by the thread title I thought this might be about some new French inspired Gibson guitar. It's a nice looking ax, but I can't truly judge the sound listening through these $25 PC speakers. Whitefang Sure is a great looking one, sounds good to me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Ten pounds of joy. Haul away, haul away, haul away. 😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Those mini humbuckers sound great. Beautiful guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 9/1/2021 at 12:38 AM, sparquelito said: Ten pounds of joy. Haul away, haul away, haul away. 😔 Patrick Stewart with a wig? Nope. Lost me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Richard Gere looking for Mr. Sulu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Tim Finn, from New Zealand. Split Enz, and occasionally Crowded House. Neil Finn's older brother. The song was Haul Away, from the Time And Tide album, 1982. Lyric was 'ten pounds of boy'. I over-reached. I'm gonna shut up now. 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 7:38 PM, sparquelito said: Ten pounds of joy. Haul away, haul away, haul away. 😔 I'm still trying to reckon the relevance of this post. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Whitefang said: I'm still trying to reckon the relevance of this post. Whitefang I'm guessing it's a reference to the weight of the guitar. The guitar sounds pretty good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 6 hours ago, IanHenry said: I'm guessing it's a reference to the weight of the guitar. The guitar sounds pretty good to me. *sigh* (This is me sighing.) I enjoyed the OP's post and video link. I actually owned a used 1970's Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. A gold top. It was my first electric guitar. I saved all my pennies from my job at Hardee's to acquire it. I owned it from 1977 until early 1978. It was a boat anchor. It was heavy. But a joyful guitar, back then when I owned it. I was a teenager. I posted, with no thought whatsoever, "Ten pounds of joy". And then, because it reminded me of a song lyric from one of my favorite artists, "haul away, haul away, haul away". Eventually I was forced to elucidate. Very few of you here apparently ever heard of the New Zealand artists Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Split Enz, Crowded House, or the song, Haul Away. So I quickly and summarily apologized for over-reaching. That's all I got on this Friday evening. I love Gibson Les Paul Deluxe's. I wish I owned one. Haul away. 😐 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Just gotten around to hearing this. Pretty good vid. Fine guitar too. I like the unfigured top. Long been a fan of the mini hums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 20 hours ago, IanHenry said: I'm guessing it's a reference to the weight of the guitar. The guitar sounds pretty good to me. I'm guessing you've actually tried one of them out at a shop. Either that or you have your iNet connection hooked up to one BODACIOUS sound system. And can you be that sure it's the GUITAR that sounds great, and NOT the AMP it's being played through? Or is this one of those social media "say something nice regardless" type of things? tell the truth, through my PC's sound, the guitar doesn't sound that exceptional. As I previously stated, NOTHING sounds remarkably good or bad through it. But it is one very nice lookin' ax. But then again..... I've always thought LPs looked great. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Whitefang are you running a Dell or a Gateway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) No doubt, you won't really hear a sample on youtube, even with good headphones, and esp. what it would sound like thru your own rig. But, there are things you can hear, like texture, articulation, and some semblance of timbre... even better in a comparison. I heard a comparison of "PAFs," P-90s, and mini humbuckers on a youtube, and as much as I like P-90s, the mini humbuckers sounded best in that test. Edited September 4, 2021 by zigzag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I like it even though it doesn't have P90's. Hmm, maybe the mini buckers could be painted black.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 The things IMHO that would have made it more 70s-esque would have been the pancake body, volute and maple neck. Not that it's a bad guitar by any stretch (never tried one of these new ones myself). Just saying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.