Californiaman Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Your thoughts would be appreciated on the Gibson Les Paul Florentine. Has anybody any experience with this unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I always liked them, only played one once years ago, as I remember it had a really great tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I've been gassin for one for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 You mean other than the top photo looks like a counterfeit guitar? Exactly what I thought.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Too fancy for my tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Haven't played one, but (and this is just my opinion) I think F holes look better on a bigger body (like an ES). Why does the guitar in the first pic have stickers on the pickups?:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I love them! I saw one in rudys guitar store and fell in love... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeVeeWee Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 CAman, I've no experience with the Gibson LP Florentine but I do play a small hollow body, the Duesenberg Starplayer, which has a fantastic tone: seldom heard a sustain like that! That's the magic of the hollow body in combination with the humbuckers...you can feel the wooden body trembling to your belly... The Florentine is a real beauty, a pitty I don't find her over here, and I wouldn't doubt the tone too much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Gotta love the fake in the first picture.... Nice looking guitar... Never seen or heard one... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 So it's like a chambered Les Paul with F holes.... Cool[thumbup] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I wish I did have some experience with em! Those sure look good. But I thought the Florentine had a pointier cutaway/no f-holes?? Ebay always has some el cheapo LP hollowbody knockoffs that look fantastic tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 Yeah, the first one does look like a fake. The others look legit. I can't remember where I got the first photo, the second two I pulled of Gbass. Typed in Les Paul Florentine and "poof" there it is. One company had six or seven of them. I would like to try one out. Get some controlled feedback going, some sustain, like DeVeeWee mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWP37 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I remember the ones with f-holes. They were manufactured some years prior to the ones without f holes I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 They look beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Personally, I'd just get a 339. I know those didn't exist before, but they do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Nah I'm an SC guy, I don't care for the 330-series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Nice. I wouldn't turn one down but I'd go for the 339 first, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davie garden Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I'm new to this forum but I'm on so many other forums and the topic of fake Gibsons comes up all the time, because there are millions of them out there so again I'll offer this advice for the millionth time, If you have the chance to buy a Gibson and get a feeling it's a fake, send pictures of the headstock front and back clearly showing the serial number and logo, pics of the body front and back and pics of the whole guitar to Gibson.com or Gibson uk or Gibson Europe and FOR FREE they will look at your pics and send you confirmation if the guitar is real or not, it's easy. it's free it takes about two days to get a reply so what's 48 hours wait if you're about to spend upwards of £1000 or $1000 or if you live somewhere else, 6 camels and 3 goats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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