Les Paul Supreme

[merciful-evans]

I watched the Troglys review of these recently

 

I recall seeing the Florentine version some 8 years ago and was taken with that.

There is a older (2003/4) model for sale near me for a very fair price. Nice though maybe not quite my thing. 

[sparquelito]

Hmmm...

It appears that Mr. Bond approves.

🙂

[Dub-T-123]

I always liked how they had the carved top and back

 

I’ve never actually played one of these but they’re nice looking

[Sgt. Pepper]

3 hours ago, sparquelito said:

Hmmm...

It appears that Mr. Bond approves.

🙂

When Bond movies were watchable. Octop-ussy is every straight man’s dream. 8 of them.

Edited August 13, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper

[merciful-evans]

 

Not only are the backs carved, but there are no back plates. Its like a strange reimagining of a LP. 

 

That local one has sold now. Assuming it was all original, someone got a good deal for £2,500. I briefly considered going to try it, but the guy didn't deserve a timewaster on his hands.

[gearbasher]

I always wanted a white LP, preferably a Standard. But, searching the web, I came across this Supreme. I kinda like it, but too much $$$ for me.

https://reverb.com/item/71229439-2013-gibson-les-paul-supreme-alpine-white-burst-video?utm_source=criteo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=Criteo-US-SimilarAudience-MF-2021Q4&utm_content=970x250&cto_pld=KQB_yi5jAADs2nJSwToiMQ

And there's this one:

https://reverb.com/item/70144117-gibson-les-paul-supreme-2013-alpine-white?bk=

Edited August 17, 2023 by gearbasher

[Dub-T-123]

On 8/14/2023 at 9:31 AM, merciful-evans said:

 

Not only are the backs carved, but there are no back plates. Its like a strange reimagining of a LP. 

 

That local one has sold now. Assuming it was all original, someone got a good deal for £2,500. I briefly considered going to try it, but the guy didn't deserve a timewaster on his hands.

I totally forgot about and overlooked the lack of backplates

 

These were made at a time when 300K linear pots were pretty much standard for Gibson. So if you’re like me, you’re going to want to immediately change the pots to 500K log with 50s wiring 

 

I know these are supposed to be pretty hollowed out for weight relief. Maybe the electronics go through a cavity in the bridge pickup route or something

[gearbasher]

28 minutes ago, Dub-T-123 said:

I totally forgot about and overlooked the lack of backplates

 

These were made at a time when 300K linear pots were pretty much standard for Gibson. So if you’re like me, you’re going to want to immediately change the pots to 500K log with 50s wiring 

 

I know these are supposed to be pretty hollowed out for weight relief. Maybe the electronics go through a cavity in the bridge pickup route or something

 

[merciful-evans]

3 hours ago, Dub-T-123 said:

I totally forgot about and overlooked the lack of backplates

 

These were made at a time when 300K linear pots were pretty much standard for Gibson. So if you’re like me, you’re going to want to immediately change the pots to 500K log with 50s wiring 

 

I know these are supposed to be pretty hollowed out for weight relief. Maybe the electronics go through a cavity in the bridge pickup route or something

I know the pots change the way the signal is processed but

(Naive question) what, if anything, do the 500k pots do to the sound / timbre ? 

[Sgt. Pepper]

5 hours ago, merciful-evans said:

I know the pots change the way the signal is processed but

(Naive question) what, if anything, do the 500k pots do to the sound / timbre ? 

I think since you now have 200k more ohms to play with you can get a tone that is darker and also brighter at each end of the pot.

Edited August 19, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper