Tell me how you really feel about Gibson Today

[Uncle E]

Some MIJ Epiphone's have the Gibson headstock. They're pretty nice if you can find one for under $800, but I wouldn't pay more than that. Epiphone Elitist's don't have the Gibson headstock but they're even nicer, you can find them for around $1K and they're completely worth it. I think tapper mike would like those because they have faster necks than Gibson's and other Epiphone's.

[tapper mike]

Some MIJ Epiphone's have the Gibson headstock. They're pretty nice if you can find one for under $800, but I wouldn't pay more than that. Epiphone Elitist's don't have the Gibson headstock but they're even nicer, you can find them for around $1K and they're completely worth it. I think tapper mike would like those because they have faster necks than Gibson's and other Epiphone's.

I did some YT searching on that. My god what great tone on those MIJ Epiphone Les Paul Elitist

[lfm]

For the most part over the years
My LP's and other 24.7 guitars have always had tens.
My solid body 25.5 have always had nines

That makes perfect sense.

From having used hybrid 009-046 on all electrics for 20 years, but only had Fenders for 7 years, I will try 010 on LP. Having played Fender a lot hybrid on LP feels like rubberbands.

Retract everything I said, after trying 010's on a new arrival with 24.75" scale.

It felt really heavy to manage. First G, B and E most essential, since playing style is different on wound strings, for me at least.

So got to a string tension calculator and found why
- moving same string guage from 24.75" to 25.5" is roughtly 0.5 kg heavier tension
- moving 009 and 011 to 010 and 013 is 1.5 kg and 2.0 kg heavier tension on 24.75"
- G-string 016 to 017 1 kg heavier on 24.75"

So staying with the great idea with hybrid sets 009-046 on all solidbody electrics whether 24.75" or 25.5".

[ew]

The 2014-2018 Traditional's and Signature I've played had incredible tops, wonderful 50s-style chunky necks, and incredible tone. That said, I'm completely burnt out on figured tops and have no interest in them now.

My main guitar is a 2011 Traditional Pro that I bought new. It's a gold top with the wonderful thick neck. I went heretic with it and put a Graph Tech Ghost FR on it, with the Hexpander board so I can use it as a synth controller. I also replaced the bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Norton. It sounds and plays wonderful.

[Uncle E]

The Norton is a great pickup!