I just picked this Gibson up today...

release30
release30 Posts: 2,051
edited August 2008 in Musicians and Gearheads
Couldn't resist....http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gibson-Les-Paul-Classic-Electric-Guitar-101958429-i1147482.gc


Anyone else have a Gibson Classic?
Conversations getting dull
There's a constant ringing in my ears
Sense of humor's void and numb
And I'm bored to tears.......
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  • Piper At The Gates
    Piper At The Gates Posts: 460
    I bought mine new in 2001. Honeyburst. I love it, and you will, too.
  • release30
    release30 Posts: 2,051
    Piper At The Gates wrote:
    I bought mine new in 2001. Honeyburst. I love it, and you will, too.


    Great to hear!!!
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • Novawind
    Novawind Posts: 836
    This thread is useless without pics! Post pics!!!
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • ianvomsaal
    ianvomsaal Suncoast, FL Posts: 1,224
    Yeah, classic's are fine mid-level LP's - it should serve you well.
    Throw some nice BurstBucker's in there and it'll really scream.
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  • Piper At The Gates
    Piper At The Gates Posts: 460
    Hey Ian, I have heard a lot about the Burstbuckers and I've never had a guitar with them. I have even had real PAF's,(yeh, I still rue the day I sold that guitar).
    How do you think the Bbuckers sound in comparison to other Gibson PU's and/or Duncan Antiquity pickups or others.
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I learned on a LP Studio. It was ruined in a flood and I haven't picked one up since. I should go and start looking again.
  • Drew263
    Drew263 Birmingham, AL Posts: 602
    release30 wrote:
    Couldn't resist....http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gibson-Les-Paul-Classic-Electric-Guitar-101958429-i1147482.gc


    Anyone else have a Gibson Classic?

    I have a goldtop..love it.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    ianvomsaal wrote:
    Yeah, classic's are fine mid-level LP's - it should serve you well.
    Throw some nice BurstBucker's in there and it'll really scream.

    That's what I should do. I've got the Classic and the Studio, and I've found I like the pickups a lot better in the Studio.
  • Stone Is God
    Stone Is God Posts: 1,331
    My studio was the first really nice thing I bought as far as music was concerned. Still have it, play it, love it.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    This guy's jealous. :D Did you try out the new LP Traditionals by any chance? Those are very intriguing... if I had the money to seriously be looking at a Gibson I'd check those out, just judging from specs and price alone.
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • release30
    release30 Posts: 2,051
    DOSW wrote:
    This guy's jealous. :D Did you try out the new LP Traditionals by any chance? Those are very intriguing... if I had the money to seriously be looking at a Gibson I'd check those out, just judging from specs and price alone.


    The Traditional's that I tried seemed a bit heavier...
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    I've got a Gibson without a case.....
  • ianvomsaal
    ianvomsaal Suncoast, FL Posts: 1,224
    Piper At The Gates wrote:
    Hey Ian, I have heard a lot about the Burstbuckers and I've never had a guitar with them. I have even had real PAF's,(yeh, I still rue the day I sold that guitar).
    How do you think the Bbuckers sound in comparison to other Gibson PU's and/or Duncan Antiquity pickups or others.
    BurstBuckers are a bit more open sounding and have a bit more zing than the other Gibson Pickups.
    Here you go, from back in November (comparison): http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=4933704&postcount=2
    The BB's/Antiquity are both said to be modeled after the PAF humbuckers Seth E. Lover designed in 1955.
    I've never A/B/Y the three pickups to tell you which of the 2 sound the closest to the original PAF.
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  • Jam10
    Jam10 Posts: 654
    Which do you guys like better.......the LP Classic or LP Standard?
  • ianvomsaal
    ianvomsaal Suncoast, FL Posts: 1,224
    me . . . standard
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  • Piper At The Gates
    Piper At The Gates Posts: 460
    They are both very good instruments. All in all, the Standard is a better ax, but certain years of Classics are great, too. I just played my Honeyburst Classic at the store and fell in love with it. They are similar enough to compare and a real nice Classic can be the right instrument over a Standard. Preference enters into the choice.
    Thanks for your take on the Bursts, Ian.
  • seanw1010
    seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    neither.
    for about 200$ more you can get a custom shop gibson 58 reissue if you know where to buy
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • Novawind
    Novawind Posts: 836
    http://www.thegearpage.net/board/images/smilies/worthless.gif
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • who's_pearljam?
    who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Congratulations!
    I have a Classic and it's a great guitar. I like the neck better than the baseball bat necks, and they're the about the same guitar as a Standard.
    I changed out the pickups a couple of months ago with Duncan P-Rails and put in push pull switches to run them as single coils,, P-90's, and Humbuckers and it's a REALLY versatile guitar. I picked mine up cheap and you can't beat them!

    I just looked for that thread I made about them but I think they wiped it clean. It had pictures of the mod and everything. I'll find it later, and it's too nice to sit inside. I'm off to my neighbor's front porch rocking chairs to play the Classic while he plays his Standard, and we'll bug the neighbors. :D



    Edit: Found it! :)

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=291237&highlight=P-rails
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    release30 wrote:
    Couldn't resist....http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gibson-Les-Paul-Classic-Electric-Guitar-101958429-i1147482.gc
    congrats. Sweet!

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