Kineman Karma Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Ok all, let's hear it!! As a live performing muso, which do you prefer as your main go to G-tar!! Les Paul or SG? Mine is my 2010 61RI SG..then my 2008 Fender American Standard Stratocaster followed by my 1973 Les Paul Custom
JellyWheat Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 H-m-m-m-m! OK: I prefer a Les Paul to the SG. I find the SG too "whippy" for me. I seem to pull them out of tune because the neck flexes more than the fat-necked Les Pauls I prefer. Also, that teensie-weensie neck/body interface doesn't stay in tune well for me when I heat it up with my belly fat! IMO, SGs are better for playing the kind of 'music' where it doesn't matter that much if you are in tune as long as you whirl yer arms around while yer playin'! ;) [DUCK!.... INCOMI-I-I-I-N-N-N-G!] J/W The Devil makes me do these things!
charlie brown Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Both! Along with Strats, Telecasters, Ric 12-strings, "whatever works!" CB
JellyWheat Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Both! Along with Strats, Telecasters, Ric 12-strings, "whatever works!" CB You're S-O-O-O-O good-natured and easy-going, charlie brown! SO SWEET! [...e-e-e-c-c-c-h-h-h! ptui!] Just funnin' ya, cb, just funnin' ya! J/W
charlie brown Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Well...I guess I can have that effect, on some people. "C'est La Vie!" CB
JellyWheat Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Well...I guess I can have that effect, on some people. "C'est La Vie!" CB A-a-a-h! Vooze par-laze lay frann-saze oo-see! Trezz bee-yen mon-sewer! Remember now, charlie brown,I'm just funnin'! J/W
charlie brown Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 A-a-a-h! Vooze par-laze lay frann-saze oo-see! Trezz bee-yen mon-sewer! Remember now, charlie brown,I'm just funnin'! J/W I know..."Moi Aussi!" LOL And, that's all the French, I know, or can misuse. CB
strat-o-steve Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 I always seem to get more versatility out of a Les Paul. But I love my SG because it is just light, thin, mean and nasty! If ya wanna rock, and rock hard....the SG! But if you need to do just about everything, the Les Paul is the way to go! :)
EVOL! Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 IMO, SGs are better for playing the kind of 'music' where it doesn't matter that much if you are in tune as long as you whirl yer arms around while yer playin'! ;) That's me: Sporting an SG, flailing my arms, jumping, rolling in broken glass, and generally putting on a show for the whole place. Come see me play and you will be entertained whether you want to be or not. Les Pauls are killer guitars and I will own one some day (with mini humbuckers or P-90s). For now it is my SGs and tons of pent up energy.
Dallastx Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 I prefer my SG. During the second set, my back is killing me with the LP.
JellyWheat Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 I prefer my SG. During the second set, my back is killing me with the LP. When you play the LP... is it the weight of the guitar or the Lederhosen that gets to yer back? [Just wondering!] J/W [ Do SG players have to shave their legs when they wear their Lederhosen to gigs? ]
EVOL! Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 [ Do SG players have to shave their legs when they wear their Lederhosen to gigs? ] Only if the lederhosen are a$$less, smart a$$.
TinyBabyBrandon Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 I gotta go SG here. Mine is my main guitar and just generally speaking I have never been able to get on the Les Paul wagon. Something about the shape of that guitar just does not jive well with me. It's awkward when sitting and, to me, hard to reach the upper registers when standing up. It's also so heavy, it feels very laborious to play that guitar for me. I don't know, for me my SG is really versatile. I can get all kinds of tones from it, great cleans, raunchy dirty and crazy psychedelic fuzz. It even gives me a warm jazzy sound, but I think that's mostly my amp, an old blackface fender.
JellyWheat Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 Only if the lederhosen are a$$less, smart a$$. I'm sorry... the Devil makes me do it! J/W [ ... a$$less???....!!! ]
carsonLILL Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 I like LPs...i reeally want a silverburst (fingers croseed)
JellyWheat Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 I like LPs...i reeally want a silverburst (fingers croseed) There are a couple of big wind farms near where I live. Rumor has it they're making BIG SG cutouts to mount on the pylons. Then they're gonna attach Mickey Mouse hands to the ends of the propellers. The farm generates electricity, so they're gonna call it "DC/AC", for the sake of accuracy... OH! And the color of the cutouts will be (you guessed it!): SILVERBURST! FYI J/W ;)
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