DavidE Posted March 12, 2007 Author Posted March 12, 2007 The Les Paul sounded fantastic Saturday night. It's a good one. Questionable finishing skills on the top around the neck. Not smooth like a Hamer!
phoenix Posted March 12, 2007 Posted March 12, 2007 Hey Bill o', Bring the standard over tues. If it kills my r-9 with '59 paf's, my conscience will be clear to cash out and go Esteban.
doody Posted March 12, 2007 Posted March 12, 2007 my plainjane classic. These 3 are in permanent heavy rotation. My others just sit in the music room.
mrhappy Posted March 12, 2007 Posted March 12, 2007 Looks nice DavidE! I thinks the holes may even out the tone somewhat and add a bit of 'ring' too.
HamerJammer Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Hey Bill o', Bring the standard over tues. If it kills my r-9 with '59 paf's, my conscience will be clear to cash out and go Esteban. That should be a event, a Les Paul shootout! Rearrange it to take place at the revamped "Ghost Town"! What holes? Those little S. American termites have really been munching on that juicy tropical Mahogany!
Craig S Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Mine's not so fancy... I have a Limited Colours Edition Standard with the smoked charchol finish over the plain natural top...in the 8-81/2 pound range... I was told they didn't make that many of them so true or not it's still a little different. I alway hear how something sounds just like a Paul... This one still sounds different than my other humbucker guitars.. I'll post a pic later.
DavidE Posted March 13, 2007 Author Posted March 13, 2007 We talkin' the infamous (that must mean really REALLY famous) weight relief holes?
hardheartedbill Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Hey Bill o', Bring the standard over tues. If it kills my r-9 with '59 paf's, my conscience will be clear to cash out and go Esteban. That should be a event, a Les Paul shootout! Rearrange it to take place at the revamped "Ghost Town"! just did this thisafternoon, you dont wanna know LOL ( '01 standrad w/ mystery PAFs did a really really good job against R9 w/ real PAFs )
mrhappy Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Yeah...weight relief holes. I kinda like em' ! I tried a couple of standards that I really liked and went and got me a "holy" Boneyard.
HamerJammer Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Hey Bill o', Bring the standard over tues. If it kills my r-9 with '59 paf's, my conscience will be clear to cash out and go Esteban. That should be a event, a Les Paul shootout! Rearrange it to take place at the revamped "Ghost Town"! just did this thisafternoon, you dont wanna know LOL ( '01 standrad w/ mystery PAFs did a really really good job against R9 w/ real PAFs ) It's already over?! Man, wish I could have been there to witness it.... maybe next time. I have some "mystery" PAFs also in a R8 that I would like to compare to some real deals.
hardheartedbill Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Jammer, your gonna have ta introduce yerself in person to have all the fun, me and Steve are always up to something and ther are several nice pices to play and compare, I'm always giggin around the area, tonight @ Wild Wing Cafe in Asheville
HamerJammer Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Jammer, your gonna have ta introduce yerself in person to have all the fun, me and Steve are always up to something and ther are several nice pices to play and compare, I'm always giggin around the area, tonight @ Wild Wing Cafe in Asheville Sounds like a plan! I'll give a P.M. when the timing lines up. It'll be cool to talk with ya
BadJaxx Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 i put down a deposit on an LP....ever since then, been thinking...."WOW!....i coulda bought anotha Hamer"
stonge Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Yeah...weight relief holes. I kinda like em' ! I tried a couple of standards that I really liked and went and got me a "holy" Boneyard. IIRC Hamer uses the weight relief holes on their chambered Standard Custom. Haven't seen any Xrays yet, but I think that's what we were told when wandering the factory last year. I keep having the thought that one of these days they'll chamber a Standard Custom like an Artist and cut a couple F-holes. That Standard Custom 'Duo-Jet' last year (two filtertrons and a bigsby, with an L5 fingerboard in gretsch orange over quilt) that Willcutt had last year will be tough to top IMHO. With the CNC, I'd imagine they could route a message into the top of the mahogany back and under the flame top - wonder what they would say (or if it's already happened lol - imagine getting an X-ray of your guitar with a message routed into it underneath the top). Got some old yard-sale LP around - best guit-fiddle I own except for Grandpa (ask Demented - I think he liked Grandpa . Don't think he even bothered plugging in the LP lol). Nothin wrong with a good LP.
Disturber Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 What holes? Perhaps these? They don't make 'em like they used to anymore...
DavidE Posted March 15, 2007 Author Posted March 15, 2007 Is there any definitive list of which Les Paul models are holy?Frankly, I'm more interested in the end result. If the guitar is lighter and sounds killer, I don't really care that there are "weight relief holes." If it killed the sound, that would be another story.
mrhappy Posted March 16, 2007 Posted March 16, 2007 Frankly, I'm more interested in the end result. If the guitar is lighter and sounds killer, I don't really care that there are "weight relief holes." If it killed the sound, that would be another story. Exactly! Like I said I like the holes!!
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