Fender Strat Vs. Epiphone Les Paul

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  • StraightDayBus
    StraightDayBus Posts: 7
    sheenTN wrote:
    I know no one's mentioned this yet, but I'm a lefty (which SUCKS for guitar shopping) who has owned an Epi LP Standard (excellent instrument indeed), but now I have an older Lefty Squier with Seymour Duncan Hot Rail(which are small humbuckers that can fit in a single coil hole) that just screams, but if you can find one in your price range, try a G&L. I got the telecaster, lefthanded, at a music go round store for $450, and this guitar has a tone and the playability like no other. I've played vintage Strats and Gibson Les Pauls, and none feel as good or sound near as good as a G&L. Try it, but remember, whatever feels best to you is probably the best fit for you. Good Luck!!!


    G&L's are fuckin' unreal. I've had a legacy for about 7 years now. Its beautiful, sunburst, seymour duncan in the bridge, single coils in the middle and neck positions. I've yet to play a guitar that matches it for playability, sound, and just the way it feels in my hands. G&L's are the best out there in my opinion.
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  • rude
    rude Posts: 14
    StraightDayBus wrote:
    G&L's are fuckin' unreal. I've had a legacy for about 7 years now. Its beautiful, sunburst, seymour duncan in the bridge, single coils in the middle and neck positions. I've yet to play a guitar that matches it for playability, sound, and just the way it feels in my hands. G&L's are the best out there in my opinion.


    I have to chime in here on the G&L endorsement. They are very nice. Giant frets and superb necks. My strat, which i recently acquired in some sort of great karmic balancing...(long story, but when I got the guitar is was in a case so old and worn out that it is amazing it made it perfectly through the mail....and I could clearly see the outline of the 73 model --3 bolt backplate that was in the case for a long time before this one went in--)...has that G&L feel on the neck. Somehow it is 'unfinished' cept for maybe a thin layer of oil and has the same feel. I love it.

    Fenders are so incredibly varied by instrument, but every G&L I have tried/owned in amazing--the blues boy is also great and I based my Telecaster on that concept....single coil/humbucker. I had a nice sunburst G&L Legacy Deluxe about 3 years ago...I had to sell it due to some pinch in finances, getting the strat kind of fills that void.

    Also parted with a 73 Strat way back when *kicks self* Which is where the erie karmic thread comes in--The 73, It was a bad trade on my part for an effects bank which I later gave away...dumb kid that I was!!! But I scored the custom shop strat in Olympic White Hendryx Style of Course...from a defunct pawn shop in W. Virginia...fire sale at $375!!!- but now I am complete again. You gotta have a strat. I love my Les and my Tele, but my strat is the yellow ledbetter - esque chime.....amazing instrument.
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  • Lostdogsinthegarden
    Lostdogsinthegarden Posts: 844
    i have an american standard strat. i've had it for many years now, and i've been pretty happy with it. but now i think i want to move on and try something out such as a les paul. the strat plays great, but it doesn't go to the next level for me.
  • rude
    rude Posts: 14
    Lostdogsinthegarden wrote:
    i have an american standard strat. i've had it for many years now, and i've been pretty happy with it. but now i think i want to move on and try something out such as a les paul. the strat plays great, but it doesn't go to the next level for me.

    I have seen regular American standard strats and played a few. Usually they are real bare bones feeling without anything of the feel that you might get with some custom shop models and vintage strats. Mike plays a strat and takes that thing to incredible heights, so the right strat can offer unlimited performance.

    Les Pauls (I have an amazing standard from 1992 which I bought new...it has an ebony neck, candy apple red finish, lindy fralins, and simply plays amazing) are much heavier in weight and in sound. Depending on the setup they can sometimes give you a feeling of very fleet fingering potential. Les Pauls are a passion of mine. I love the sound Pete Townsend got with his in the seventies -- mine weighs a ton though.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    rude wrote:
    I have to chime in here on the G&L endorsement. They are very nice. Giant frets and superb necks. My strat, which i recently acquired in some sort of great karmic balancing...(long story, but when I got the guitar is was in a case so old and worn out that it is amazing it made it perfectly through the mail....and I could clearly see the outline of the 73 model --3 bolt backplate that was in the case for a long time before this one went in--)...has that G&L feel on the neck. Somehow it is 'unfinished' cept for maybe a thin layer of oil and has the same feel. I love it.

    Fenders are so incredibly varied by instrument, but every G&L I have tried/owned in amazing--the blues boy is also great and I based my Telecaster on that concept....single coil/humbucker. I had a nice sunburst G&L Legacy Deluxe about 3 years ago...I had to sell it due to some pinch in finances, getting the strat kind of fills that void.

    Also parted with a 73 Strat way back when *kicks self* Which is where the erie karmic thread comes in--The 73, It was a bad trade on my part for an effects bank which I later gave away...dumb kid that I was!!! But I scored the custom shop strat in Olympic White Hendryx Style of Course...from a defunct pawn shop in W. Virginia...fire sale at $375!!!- but now I am complete again. You gotta have a strat. I love my Les and my Tele, but my strat is the yellow ledbetter - esque chime.....amazing instrument.

    You mean to tell me you got a custom shop strat for $375!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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  • rude
    rude Posts: 14
    Yes! Not only did I get one - another guy in California won one as well. Before I bid, I talked to him, he had a few strats....I asked if this for real? he said his was/is amazing...when it arrived I nearly fell out of my chair. I really love it and it is totally unique....that smooth really nicely finished neck is amazing. Cannot believe the price. Karma came into it when I thought of the 73 that I let go for 'nothing' about 10 years ago and always was bothered by that event. Now I am at peace with my strat-i-cism....
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  • armanHammer
    armanHammer Posts: 471
    It's a tie. They both suck.
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