Bluemoon Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Do you think that over time your Les Paul sounded better as they got older? Or have they remained true to their original tone? This question is directed to those who have owned their LPs for a decade or more.
lpdeluxe Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Mine was 27 years old when I got it...it is now 38. Yeah, it sounds a little different, mostly because the original bridge pickup died and I put Seymour Duncans in.
L5Larry Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 My LP Std is 33 years old, and holding up well (a lot better than me). I think it sounds the same as the day I brought it home from Mel Bay's music store.
RichCI Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 It's hard to say since I've owned it so long and any changes were probably very gradual. I bought mine brand new some 16 years ago or so and it seems the same to me. The one definite change is that the bridge pickup has become a little microphonic which I can't say is better or worse than it was when it was new but I really like the way it sounds; I can really hear what I'm playing and it has a nice percussive quality to it which also works very well when combined with the neck pickup.
cvansickle Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 I don't know if the guitar sounds any better. I do know that I'm a better player than I was when I got it (28 years ago).
lucy-guitar Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 My long time companion right from the time when I started playing electric axes isn't a Les Paul but a Japanese El Maya EM-1200 with DiMarzio style humbuckers. It's now 29 years old and it hasn't moved an inch soundwise. But it did in sustain - longer, better! It's still my second favourite guitar right after my R9. But what I could observe on the other side is that guitars can lose by not being played. My 2001 Fender US Strat, in seven years played very ocasionally, seems to get dull more and more. Reason enough to play it even less. But me and my R9 - we are geting better every day...
ChanMan Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 My Strat sounds better now than it used to, but that is because I finally cleaned the fretboard....
lucy-guitar Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 I finally cleaned the fretboard.... :D Dont you think that's kinda too much attention for a Strat?
ChanMan Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Not this one (the '83). It was my #1 until this year when I got my LP. It is hella axe! Come to think of it BOTH of my Strats are awesome :D! My Lester is still my #1 tho :D
pippy Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 I haven't had the LP a decade yet but I bought it to replace a pre-CBS Strat which I had owned for 24 years and can't say that it changed a bit over all that time :) . A lot of absolute rubbish talked about aged wood making a huge difference. A small difference perhaps - perhaps not. If anyone reading this hasn't yet read the topic on the site on '6 originals...' on test then please, please do so. It is quite a long article but the most insightful review I've read since Frank Lucido's controversial explosion of the 'Old Wood' myth. IMHO, of course........
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