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Gibson les paul special...or special faded

offaroundthebendoffaroundthebend Posts: 107
edited August 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
i was interested in buying a gibson les paul special..they have them in the faded version too....both come with
Pickups:
490R alnico magnet humbucker at the neck
498T alnico magnet humbucker at the bridge

any thoughts on this guitar and or the pick ups????..they are selling for about $700
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  • MissYouAllDayMissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    Faded = hideous and dent magnet.

    I have seen many a SG faded and am never impressed.
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  • offaroundthebendoffaroundthebend Posts: 107
    told you they come in non faded too...and was asking about the sound and tone..not the looks...anyone ever play one?
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  • CaptainSpaz91CaptainSpaz91 Posts: 266
    I have been curious about these too I played a one of the Mahogany ones the other day, it was pretty good.
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  • MissYouAllDayMissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    Sorry I didn't realise what you meant, your question was very vague
    "any thoughts on this guitar and or the pick ups????.."
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  • offaroundthebendoffaroundthebend Posts: 107
    think it sounded like other very expensive les pauls? it has the same humbuckers as some models
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  • offaroundthebendoffaroundthebend Posts: 107
    meaning what do you think about the guitar..and the pickups in the guitar??
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  • ShwnShwn Posts: 37
    I have a faded special, I got it as a refurb for $500. It was well worth the price, it has a very fast neck, and a really good chunky sound with the rythm setting. When you go with the neck pickup it screams. I don't see how the faded finish is hideous, and it makes it better for me since I'm a a fairly aggressive player and my guitars take a lot of abuse. The finish makes it harder to see the little scratches all my guitars get. I don't know what kind of music you play, but for the harder rock and metal that I play it does the trick nicely.
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  • MissYouAllDayMissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    "I don't see how the faded finish is hideous"

    I can see it apealing to the heavy gigger. But my problem with the look of it is it looks like someone left their half finished guitar lying around in the shop.

    I can definately see the the appeal of it, just I don't mind a shiny good looking guitar.

    In the end sound matters and if it sounds great, like really cool, fuck the looks.

    But I don't think many guitarists will deny the notion that, say, a teal SG special looks better than a faded SG.

    I think looks wise, especially when its a big hunk of wood like a Les Paul, it is more significant to have a nice finish on there.

    And if what you can afford is a faded LP by all means go for what you can. I am a poor person myself :)
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  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    The only faded i would recommend buying is the Faded DC special. Those are great rockers if you like those damn skinny necks..... If only that came in a fat neck, i would be all over one of them.
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