dchale Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 I turned 50 last week and my wife surprised me with an ebony Les Paul Traditional Pro! I have to admit that I did plant a couple ideas in her head. She bought it at the local Guitar Center and since Musician's Friend is currently including the Epiphone case for free, they included the case! Since I've never posted a pic of my other Epiphone, here it is as well: Now if only my skill level matched the quality of the guitars, I'd really have something. Oh well, back to practice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchale Posted September 7, 2010 Author Share Posted September 7, 2010 Congrats! Nice guitars I'm turning 50 next June..... how did you do it with the wife........ I have to convince my wife, too :huh: Thanks! Since I was born in 1960, my first suggestion for a gift was a 1960 Corvette, second was a 1960 Les Paul Tribute and 3rd was the Traditional Pro. The Corvette was an obvious ploy to make the guitars seem reasonable. I'm very happy with the Traditional Pro, she didn't seem like she was going to bite on the 1960 Tribute so I gave her a little less expensive option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalfarm Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 DC - You are a very fortunate guy to have a wife that will do something like that for you! BOTH guitars are definitely "eye candy", gorgeous! Does this NOW obligate you to come up with an EQUALLY outstanding surprise? (heh, heh, heh). I'm turning 50 next June..... how did you do it with the wife........ I have to convince my wife, too :huh: Pete.R - Just do THIS over and over and over - she'll get the message!!! (or RUN like h*ll....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Congrats! Looks nice. How does those probucker pups sound? Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren W Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Congrats nice axe Now rip those stickers off, and play until your fingers bleed. Be good to get a review after you've thrashed it a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjael Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 How do all these guys get awesome partners that buy them guitars... <_< Very nice looking geet there, dchale, very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordy01 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Very nice guitars, both of them. Midiman speaks VERY highly of his LP Traditional Pro. And he's a pro, so in my books that is high praise indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalfarm Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 How do all these guys get awesome partners that buy them guitars... <_< We're trolling for the wrong women, Sjael - Maybe we need to go after the "Cougars" with a "secure financial situation"? Just kidding, MRS. Sjael!!!!!!!! We DO that here... KIDDING!!!! NEVER serious, only joking, heaven forbid, NO WAY, WE LOVE our "Sweeties"!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjael Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Just kidding, MRS. Sjael!!!!!!!! We DO that here... KIDDING!!!! NEVER serious, only joking, heaven forbid, NO WAY, WE LOVE our "Sweeties"!!!!!! Not to worry, I ended things with the latest possible-Mrs Sjael yesterday. You make a good point about Cougars though. I might go and start advertising to mow lawns in the richer neighbourhoods or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerostreet Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Nice! HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchale Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Congrats! Looks nice. How does those probucker pups sound? Alan I need to get some better strings on it but even with the factory strings the pickups sound good. The bridge pickup is pretty hot. The neck pickup doesn't have anywhere near the crunch of the bridge pickup but that's by design, according to the specs the neck pickup is a Alnico Classic Pro Humbucker and the bridge pickup is a ProBucker-3. Between the two I can get some pretty nice tones. I definitely like the ProBucker-3, I'm not completely sold on the Classic Pro yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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