So today I played a 1956 Les Paul...

feylya

Oh... :eek:

Doctor J

Yeah, I know...

If it's any consolation I GAS for all of the bleedin things

feylya

That's crying out for some Yngwie style classical playing!

Doctor J

And you can't even see the side scallops :pac:

feylya

But I can see pacman's side scallop :pac:

Doctor J

I can't explain why but I want this sooooooo badly

feylya

Cos there's just something about LPs with P90s. Especially when you know how well made it is

Dord

feylya wrote: »

But I can see pacman's side scallop :pac:

Dord

Doctor J wrote: »

I can't explain why but I want this sooooooo badly

If it was gloss black then it'd be nice, not too mad on that stain stuff. :mad:

Doctor J

feylya wrote: »

Cos there's just something about LPs with P90s. Especially when you know how well made it is

Yeah, but I've never really liked LPs and I've little experience of P90s either... but I want

The back is only oil finished too

Dord

P90's in Les Pauls only look good when it's a black LP Custom, or when its a Jr.

FACT!

feylya

Oh, fact off

Doc, can you not see yourself sitting on the porch in a rocking chair, playing that LP and drinking your sippin' whiskey? :pac:

Doctor J

I can see myself doing all sorts of unspeakable things to that guitar... and yes the porch thing too :pac:

Dord

Doctor J wrote: »

I can see myself doing all sorts of unspeakable things to that guitar... and yes the porch thing too :pac:

:eek:

feylya

It's the country air doing that to him, pay no attention.

Vim Fuego

I'm definitely going for that black-stained Duke with humbuckers soon! It's gorgeous.

Dord

feylya wrote: »

It's the country air doing that to him, pay no attention.

Feckin' boggers! :mad:

<_<

>_>

Doctor J

Joe Robot wrote: »

If it was gloss black then it'd be nice, not too mad on that stain stuff. :mad:

I've gotta say, I will (probably) never buy a poly finished guitar again. Once you get away from it you wonder why the hell every guitar is smothered under a thick layer of the stuff. Guitars shouldn't be plastic.

Dord

Polyeurathane isn't too bad, I like that finish. Polyester is a whole other story! :mad:

The new bass I'm putting together is finished in Nitro. :cool::):):)

Doctor J

Nitro, eh, like two of my Bacchus'

Dord

Doctor J wrote: »

Nitro, eh, like two of my Bacchus'

Kind of, but sexier.

Doctor J

But everybody knows that's impossible

Quattroste

Doctor J wrote: »

Nitro, eh, like two of my Bacchus'

It's Bacchai. :rolleyes: Sheesh.

Nothing like good Bacchus Porn on a Friday. I've been sick for the last few days and had the pleasure of getting to know my guitars for long periods of time. My G Studio has gotten the most play. Amazing guitar. So well made and the pups, Doc you mentioned this before, the pickups are fantastic. Doesn't matter how much you dirty up the amp you can still hear each note.

John

Joe Robot wrote: »

P90's in Les Pauls only look good when it's a black LP Custom, or when its a Jr.

FACT!

I call unfact! Goldtops are sexy as hell:


As for stains versus gloss, depends on the guitar. That one the Doc has posted looks gorgeous, particularly because it's more unusual to see a stained LP compared to a gloss finish. I tend to like stains on basses and gloss on guitars but it really does depend on the colour, the build and the wood.

Doctor J

Quattroste wrote: »

So well made and the pups, Doc you mentioned this before, the pickups are fantastic. Doesn't matter how much you dirty up the amp you can still hear each note.

Yup, the black one with the floyd, it coil taps so well, much more so than any humbuckers I've played. It sounds like a Telecaster, seriously - albeit down in B, with the coils tapped. They retain some fatness, not just a weedy twang like a lot of coil tapped humbuckers.

And yeah, it rocks the house with both coils on

Ancient1

Doctor J wrote: »

it rocks the house

Not only the house, but the surrounding fields, farms and mountains too. :pac:

A damn monster of a guitar.