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NicolasD
Published on 05/20/08 at 08:25
Gibson Les Paul Custom in 2006 made the United States.
All information can be found at the site of Gibson and the other opinion.
UTILIZATION
By the time I bought this guitar cost 4500 euros. I decided to buy it on a website for U.S. $ 2500 or Euro 2000 at the time.
Sure, it's not serious to buy a guitar without trying it before but for 2500 euros less, there was something to try.
I received the certificate with Custom Shop, who confirmed that the guitar was set and optimized before being sent to the store.
Here is a list of different problems:
- Handle very dug (set in DNG)
- Approximate Intonation (set in the same luthier)
- Mechanical Loose.
- Badly cut nut (with the little "clicks" in the tuning of the strings of Sol and Si)
- Problems of mass and therefore welding resulting in a crackling sound.
The finish is very bad for the price. There are still traces of red paint under the black paint makes small bumps to the head (which is not very nice in-game). A small piece was removed under the biding at 1 / 4 of the handle. I think that over time, it is all part of the paint on the handle which can be removed.
SOUNDS
In terms of sound, the Custom is very interesting for the professional musician. With the master volume and tone possibilities are numerous and more subtle than it seems.
I use on stage a Musicman Luke for reasons of convenience (and mechanical self-locking tremolo, humbucker for the bridge pickup and simpler for the neck pickup), but at the sound, the Custom drives, it sounds "organic" is a real guitar, seriously. The Luke looks like a toy next to it.
You can spend much of the true jazz to round felted metal purist "tight" with no problems. The ebony fingerboard adds a nice compression while being in a rock edge.
OVERALL OPINION
The Custom of the 2000s (Gibson and in general) are not worth their price. It is unfortunate that Gibson takes over as seriously its customers than before.
The guitar I received was not worth 1000 euros, 3500 euros to pay more just for a brand is too much.
If I had to make another purchase of this type, I would look more towards the PRS or Musicman instruments that produce quality and sounding better and better.
All information can be found at the site of Gibson and the other opinion.
UTILIZATION
By the time I bought this guitar cost 4500 euros. I decided to buy it on a website for U.S. $ 2500 or Euro 2000 at the time.
Sure, it's not serious to buy a guitar without trying it before but for 2500 euros less, there was something to try.
I received the certificate with Custom Shop, who confirmed that the guitar was set and optimized before being sent to the store.
Here is a list of different problems:
- Handle very dug (set in DNG)
- Approximate Intonation (set in the same luthier)
- Mechanical Loose.
- Badly cut nut (with the little "clicks" in the tuning of the strings of Sol and Si)
- Problems of mass and therefore welding resulting in a crackling sound.
The finish is very bad for the price. There are still traces of red paint under the black paint makes small bumps to the head (which is not very nice in-game). A small piece was removed under the biding at 1 / 4 of the handle. I think that over time, it is all part of the paint on the handle which can be removed.
SOUNDS
In terms of sound, the Custom is very interesting for the professional musician. With the master volume and tone possibilities are numerous and more subtle than it seems.
I use on stage a Musicman Luke for reasons of convenience (and mechanical self-locking tremolo, humbucker for the bridge pickup and simpler for the neck pickup), but at the sound, the Custom drives, it sounds "organic" is a real guitar, seriously. The Luke looks like a toy next to it.
You can spend much of the true jazz to round felted metal purist "tight" with no problems. The ebony fingerboard adds a nice compression while being in a rock edge.
OVERALL OPINION
The Custom of the 2000s (Gibson and in general) are not worth their price. It is unfortunate that Gibson takes over as seriously its customers than before.
The guitar I received was not worth 1000 euros, 3500 euros to pay more just for a brand is too much.
If I had to make another purchase of this type, I would look more towards the PRS or Musicman instruments that produce quality and sounding better and better.