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Gibson Les Paul

Postby s4wgb » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:49 am

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Re: Gibson Les Paul

Postby ecca » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:58 am

Now where's me piggy bank ?
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Re: Gibson Les Paul

Postby 51 Relic » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:13 am

£45,000.00 for "snake oil " !!!! ;)
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Re: Gibson Les Paul

Postby Tigerdaisy » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:08 pm

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Re: Gibson Les Paul

Postby ecca » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:30 pm

You've got to have owned a Les Paul to appreciate it.
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Re: Gibson Les Paul

Postby geoff1711 » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:00 pm

Not so good for Apache, but brilliant for Parisian Walkways, or there again How High the Moon, November Rain.....
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Re: Gibson Les Paul

Postby JimN » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:05 pm

Tigerdaisy wrote:... a standard Les Paul I don't think is as well manufactured as a Strat....


You have to be joking.

I have three Fender Stratocasters and two Gibson Les Pauls, as well as several other Fenders and several other Gibsons.

There is no comparison between the construction standards. Gibsons are made by craftsmen. Fenders are assembled by factory operatives and were designed so as to be assembled rather than built and crafted.

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Re: Gibson Les Paul

Postby Bill Bowley » Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:09 am

JimN wrote:
Tigerdaisy wrote:... a standard Les Paul I don't think is as well manufactured as a Strat....



There is no comparison between the construction standards. Gibsons are made by craftsmen. Fenders are assembled by factory operatives and were designed so as to be assembled rather than built and crafted.

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I'd say craftsmen love Gibsons - I often see them (and Epiphones) in the luthiers with knecks broken up near the nut - inconsiderate Fenders don't provide much ongoing work like that! :roll:
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Re: Gibson Les Paul

Postby RayL » Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:34 am

According to a world expert on smashing guitars, Rickenbackers break easily. (Pete Townsend, interviewed for It Was In Tune When I Bought It)

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Re: Gibson Les Paul

Postby Bluesnote » Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:25 pm

RayL wrote:According to a world expert on smashing guitars, Rickenbackers break easily. (Pete Townsend, interviewed for It Was In Tune When I Bought It)

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That always annoyed the hell out of me in my early playing years. Struggling to afford a half decent guitar and amp and that idiot was smashing them to pieces at gigs.
I see in the news today that he wishes he'd never started The Who and gone solo instead :roll:
Had he done so there would be a lot more classic instruments still doing the rounds.
He seems to think that he'd still have been famous without the band but I have my doubts on that one :problem:
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