Gibson Les Paul Standard Review

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Gibson Les Paul Standard
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Guest's Review of Gibson Les Paul Standard electric guitar

18th Feb 2009

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
  • Appearance
    4.5 stars
  • Sound Quality
    4.5 stars
  • Reviewer's Musical Standard
    Advanced
Good Points

Well 'it's a Gibson Les Paul, and nothing else sounds like it. The creamy sustain and bell-like tone are undeniable. Fastest neck and smoothest action of any guitar in my stable. Beautifully made and finished.


Bad Points

For playing lead and getting that sound, it's unstoppable, but for many other purposes -- rhythm, arpeggio, clean, fingerpicking -- it's not very good. Doesn't tune up particularly well, and as many have noted, it's physically heavy. As others have said, I believe the quality in LPs can be highly variable. I spend an afternoon playing LPs at Manny's in NYC where I bought this guitar 'of course I feel that this one is the best, but in any event, some of the others were close, but some others again were not close, either in sound or playablility. Try a bunch before you settle.


General Comments

The deep humbucker setting on this played through an overdriven tube amp is one of the most famous and immediately recognizable sounds in the history of rock'n'roll. If you want that exact sound, then this is the guitar you need. I will own this for the rest of my life.

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