darryl99 Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Hello brothers and sisters of good taste. This is my first post but I've been a Gibson fan even before I picked up my first guitar in 1982. These pictures are of my 2008 Les Paul Traditional. The tag on the showroom floor says it's an Iced Tea, which it is not, my receipt says it's a Honey Burst. That seems likely but it's darker then the other Honey Bursts I've seen. I tried various 2007 and 2008 Les Paul Standards, a few 2002 new old stocks, a used Slash Les Paul ($1900.00 CDN, the one with the figured maple top) and eventually picked this one. The new 2008 Standard and Traditional were very consistent in feel and sound. To my ears the Traditionals have a more pronounced mid range and for my eyes it has all the right ingredients. My final decision came down to this guitar's top and it's fit and finish when compared to the other Traditionals in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Beautiful guitar man!! Grats the new axe!! ( I think it's a Honeyburst, too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajunman831 Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 beautiful..i see that strat and tele back there.wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darryl99 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 Thanks Chanman and cajunman831, I've been drooling over your avatars for a while now. My Flying V is just peeping out from behind my Tokai Goldtop in the back right. The Goldtop is in the middle of getting it's pots replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsmulebarn Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 nice traditional. i haven't palyed a new traditional yet, but i'd love to pick up a good deal on a goldtop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRom Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Welcome! Nice collection you got going for yourself - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsmulebarn Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 that guitar looks damn nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbpatter83 Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Great looking guitar. Gongrats HP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Congratulations. That's a great looking top! Almost like iced tea with lemon. Looks delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darryl99 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Very nice, does she sing as pretty as she looks? I haven't played one of the new traditional models yet but that or another reissue would be the choice for me if I was shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darryl99 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 She sings like a bird and the Plek'd setup is very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Beautiful Les Paul! The rest of them, too. You have some good taste...except for that one guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchananblues Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Welcome to the Traditional Owners Club.......very nice looking Les Paul. CONGRATS!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gromaj Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Congrats on the Honeyburst! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaicho8888 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Wow... thanks for the pics! Nice collection! Keep posting more pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Beautiful guitar man - well done. Just confused about the tuners. I thought the 2008's had the locking, Grover tuners? Love her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaicho8888 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Wow... thanks for the pics! Nice collection! Keep posting more pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I thought the 2008's had the locking' date=' Grover tuners? [/quote']Only the new 2008 Standard. Great tuners. There's a definitive fork in the road now in the Les Paul line. Gibson is really pushing the new Standard after dropping several other lines, leaving the Traditional to be what the Standard used to be.... Saying I'm a Traditional guy now has more meaning than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darryl99 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Just confused about the tuners. I thought the 2008's had the locking' date=' Grover tuners? [/quote'] The 2008 Traditional has Tone pros 18:1 Kluson style tuners while the 2008 Standard has Grover locking tuners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolff Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Wow! The top on that is stunning. Your whole collection is impressive. I even spy a Tele. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Great collection. Looks like you're about out of room on that bookshelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 She's gorgeous!!! I love my Angelina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darryl99 Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 Great collection. Looks like you're about out of room on that bookshelf. Thanks Saturn, definitely running out of room. Hey Silverbursted, Angelina is beautiful, I really like the Desert Burst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarGuy503 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I played one of these the other day at Guitar Center.... I loved it... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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