well then applaud them but dont expect me to, I dont play country...another issue with a Les Paul for me is the fact I spend hours with a guitar in my lap at my desk and I dont want to have to keep one hand on my neck all the time to keep the guitar in my lap. This Gibson you post does address the stop bar issue I have so that's cool. But FWIW, I have never paid over 800 dollars for a guitar (up until 2005 that number was 500 dollars. No one has ever told me that my guitars sounded cheap, no one has ever questioned what guitar I played while judging my gi-tar tone.Uncle E wrote:$1,399 is a good price for an American-made guitar, regardless of what name is on the headstock. Gibson did a great job of fulfilling the needs of country musicians and I think they should be applauded for doing so.Hink wrote:Not for me though, because once again...I'm not paying for six letters on the headstock.
The truth is with two on/on/on switches in the Daion and with the Duncans I have in it I have those tones I might get from a Les Paul, with both pups split it's pretty tele sounding too. (It came stock with two on/on switches so no mods needed) The Daion is the most comfortable guitar in my lap I own and the neck thru beats the hell out of the Les Paul set neck for me (I find the heal on a Les Paul too big). Like wooly I'm not a fan of Gibson necks either.
FWIW you wont find me buying two words and an acronym either (Made In U.S.A.) which may have meant something when I was a kid but it's pretty worthless today imho. So if were to ever buy a strat it would likely be a MIM, but I can build as good a strat as Fender for less with a much better neck cheaper. Dont get me wrong, I will buy a guitar made in the U.S., but not for that reason only.
I'm sorry Eric, I do not buy guitars for status symbols...I'm not saying you do or anyone here does but the fact is ime I find that one of the number one reasons people buy a Les Paul is as a status symbol (and the number one reason I draw criticism from those same people, they can't stand the fact that there is nothing magic about these guitars).
I could go one and discuss what negative a impact both Fender and Gibson have had on the music industry with their trademark fights (both blow away any perceived similar things from monster cable, but no one dares hate Fender and Gibson out of fear of being ostracized by other guitar players...except me ), their buying up pattens and burying them to squash the competition, the illegal use of woods for even more profit. You want it it? You buy it, I dont like it so does that make me bad? Because I voice my opinion about it? I hope people do listen to my words and understand that it is not the guitar that is going to make the player but the player that makes the guitar.
BTW the best Les Paul I ever played was not Gibson nor epi, I'll let you guess what it was...I will say many feel the same way as I do and they have been around a long time...second best, an Epi Les Paul my friend bought for his kid...I'm sorry my practicality seems to upset people, but I'm not a follower, I dont need no status symbol to define me as a guitar player and if I wanted a cheap Gibson Les Paul there are some brand new now under 1000 dollars, but I dont have any desire or practical use for a Les Paul while having a very nice collection of guitars that suit me very well and I have tailored (and continue to do so) to suit the only guitar player whose opinion matters on my guitars.
It really is funny how I seem to upset so many people with this, but the truth is it does upset a lot of people (again not saying you're upset but I have had people ready to go to blows to defend their guitar's rep )