.......and I couldn't put it down!! OMG. I last played one in 1983 and HATED it. Mind you the git that owned it didn't exactly ring all of my bells either so that might have had something to do with it. Anyway expecting the worst, I played it unplugged and thought YUCK this sucks (I was expecting to hate it anyway). So next I plugged it in and played it clean and yuck it SUCKED - sounded dull and boring. The neck was nice and thick just how I like it though! But then I kicked in the distortion and OMG I was blown away - a whole new range of tones, sustain, harmonic resonance that I just never had in a strat in the last 30 years. Suddenly caught myself ringin out the classic Les Paul numbers - couldn't stop playing AC/DC numbers lol. (even if Angus does play an SG). It was so Gibson! A whole new world was opening up before me. I had to stop when my fingers hurt so bad they were raw. Anyway, I don't know if this is the right place to post this sort of post being a Fender forum an' all but for a different reason I will be adding one of these to my collection very shortly as I can now switch between classic strat and gibson tones and not be fussy about the badge on the headstock. Being a badge snob has it's drawbacks sometimes.

great guitars, had a 70's L.P burst, had great tone. I do have a nice L.P special w/ P90's, double cut-away, lite weight and screams. I personally can't put my tele down, I've always been more comfortable with Fender, and the Fender tone. welcome aboard. It is nice to have different options.

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2012 American Vintage Telecaster 1958
09 Fender american deluxe strat.
97 Gibson les paul special P90's double-cut
65 Princeton reverb re-issue
2010 Guild Gad-F40e

My son...say 5 Hail Mary's 10 Our Fathers and sin no more and go in peace It is ok to try somethng different. I tried a Gretsch and thought it was mighty nice..
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I have a `69 Les Paul in red sunburst inherited from my brother. Its a beautiful guitar both in sound and looks but its very heavy. I like the feel of the neck on my MIA Strat better though. I guess its just a matter of opinion.

L.P.s are nice but as you said they suck if youre playing clean.... that being said I LOOOOOOOOVE my dean soltero classic (its a dean L.P.) it has the sound of an L.P. but a nice thin neck (I have smaller hands so I like thin necks)

Hey BrianUK if you buy one soon put up some pics

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I own a 2001 Gibson LP Standard that sounds great clean. Of course I'm not using the stock pickups.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

i really want a sunburst Gibson Les Paul slash style

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No offense, but no, they don't suck if you're playing clean. At least the Gibson LP's. Les Paul played his clean until he died and so did thousands upon thousands of others. I have no problem getting clean tones out of them.

I play mine clean all the time. Sounds good to me.

What Joe said

Gibby's are good guitars too. Besides my Strats and Tele I also own an SG.

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oh must just be my dean then lol

why would make statements about les pauls if you dont even own one and you were basing your opinions on les pauls from a dean?

i have played lps but i remember very little of how it sounded.... also the clown who sold me the dean said it had the same pups as an lp but that must not be the case.... i dont think ill ever buy a guitar from a garage sale again lol