jamesg1213

kennywtelejazz
 
Our Friend James here on the forum plays a 1976 Les Paul Standard if I'm not mistaken . Great guitars
 
 

It's a '79 Kenny, but still great 

'79. pfffft. My son is older than that.

jamesg1213

kennywtelejazz
 
Our Friend James here on the forum plays a 1976 Les Paul Standard if I'm not mistaken . Great guitars
 
 

It's a '79 Kenny, but still great 

 
James,
Did you buy your Les Paul new back then ? and play it the whole time ?
                   Either way
Your the one that makes it Great
 
Kenny

kennywtelejazz

jamesg1213

kennywtelejazz
 
Our Friend James here on the forum plays a 1976 Les Paul Standard if I'm not mistaken . Great guitars
 
 

It's a '79 Kenny, but still great 

 
James,
Did you buy your Les Paul new back then ? and play it the whole time ?
                   Either way
Your the one that makes it Great
 
Kenny

Aww shucks... No, I bought it around 1989/90 from a guy who was down on his luck. He was asking more than I could really afford, but half what it was worth. Once I played it, the money became a secondary issue  A year or so later he got in touch and offered me close to it's true value to buy it back, which would have made me a tidy profit, but I said no. I'll never part with that LP.

jamesg1213

kennywtelejazz

jamesg1213

kennywtelejazz
 
Our Friend James here on the forum plays a 1976 Les Paul Standard if I'm not mistaken . Great guitars
 
 

It's a '79 Kenny, but still great 

 
James,
Did you buy your Les Paul new back then ? and play it the whole time ?
                   Either way
Your the one that makes it Great
 
Kenny

Aww shucks... No, I bought it around 1989/90 from a guy who was down on his luck. He was asking more than I could really afford, but half what it was worth. Once I played it, the money became a secondary issue  A year or so later he got in touch and offered me close to it's true value to buy it back, which would have made me a tidy profit, but I said no. I'll never part with that LP.

James, that was a smart move to keep it its definitely your sound  
it took me 30 years + to get another Les....
Kenny

I really want another SG.
 
And ES335.
 
Never really liked LP's except for specific things. I find their necks to be too obese and ridgid, the weighting all fizucky and the tone to bright for me. There are of course certain models (Studio? Junior?) that don't suffer from these personal annoyances but at that point... there's no point because those qualities are actually the POINT of owning an LP.
 
However I currently own one of those (modern... not the vintage) Ibanez ART LP clones but I never use (preferring my souped up Yammie Pacifica Strat clone... it's like a Strat but better... I actually don't like Strats except, again, for specific things but this thing is much more flexible due to the modded electronics).
 
The Ibby ART is actually pretty nice sounding but I have to replace the machine heads because it refuses to stay in tune. I have some Gotoh's (or sumthin') I raided off a smashed acoustic guit I found in the garbage years ago but they have those little stablizing pegs so I'll have to drill out little notches in the headstock to install them and I just haven't gotten around to that.
 
Then there is my ancient Ibanez Roadstar I bought off a schoolmate when I was 14 that's got a really nice feel but the electronics have ALWAYS been ganko'd since I've owned it (despite multiple rewiring jobs). Gotta get that in the shop or install some of the nice pickups I have laying around on my own to bring it back out of retirement.
 
But ya... I'm an SG > ES335 goon. If I had the dough though I think a nice Jackson would be more than useful for my metal chicannery.
 
/guit nerd blather

I have (seriously) only two more basses in mind to add to my arse(in all).
 
1. A fretless (I'm not going for any expensive models. Price wise I interested in the Std Fender or the Schecter which both look nice)
2. A circa 1970's Eb3 (mine was a 1972/73)
 
Given my limited guitar playing ability my 1985/6 Jap Strat is just fine for me and if I need modeled guitars there is my Line 6 JTV.
 

There is something referred to as a "Hot Strat" configuration which is what my is wired up to be. I'd have to go through my oooold files to get the exact specs/hardware models but it's essentially a splittable humbucker at bridge position, pole style single coil in middle position and a rail style in neck position with a five way toggle and and push/pull or button style volume knob to split the humbucker.
 
Just as long as the "strat" body is routed out to take the humbucker it's an easy install for a guit tech and offer an arseload of tone options.
 
My only beef with mine is the pole style SC in the middle futzes with my picking and I'm thinking of trying to swap it with the neck rail SC.
 
But yeah... I'm a big proponent of taking "economy" guits (as long as they play nicely... which needs to be checked out in person) and replacing the stock electronics with high end kit.

Beepster
There is something referred to as a "Hot Strat" configuration which is what my is wired up to be. I'd have to go through my oooold files to get the exact specs/hardware models but it's essentially a splittable humbucker at bridge position, pole style single coil in middle position and a rail style in neck position with a five way toggle and and push/pull or button style volume knob to split the humbucker.
 

Other than I don't have the pole style single coil in the middle (I have a rail there, like the neck) that is how my Strat is wired. I have a switch to split the bridge humbucker. Mine also is an active, not passive.
 
Oh yeah, I have a humbucker that is a single strat style shape not a trad humbucker. Similar to this:

 

Mine originally had a whammy bar setup but I had it converted to stationary. I fully dislike whammy bars. But as I've said in the past I paid like $200 for this thing sometime in 1985-86 (it was new) because my then boss used to work for CBS and had an in to get new Fender guitars at ~ wholesale.
 
Originally when I had the active electronics installed the battery was under the cover  (PITA to replace). When I had the whammy converted to stationary I had them move the battery under a pop off cover from the back of the guit.
 
The battery is turned on by the switch in the volume knob pot. 
 

Beepster
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Never really liked LP's except for specific things. I find their necks to be too obese and ridgid, the weighting all fizucky and the tone to bright for me. There are of course certain models (Studio? Junior?) that don't suffer from these personal annoyances but at that point... there's no point because those qualities are actually the POINT of owning an LP.
...

 
I have 2 LPs; '99 '57 Historic BB (2 pup) and a '14 Studio Pro with SD pups.  I love both necks.  The '57 RI has a baseball bat neck and the '14 Studio has a slim 60s.  The '99 weighs 10-9, the 14 weighs 8-6.  I'm [almost] ashamed to say that I play my PRS SE ZM the most because it's so light and comfy.  I do wish the frets were a little taller though.
 
I need another Strat.  Sold my '98 Am Dlx a few years ago.  I wish I hadn't.