MGR/Anonymous « Gibson Les Paul Smartwood »
Published on 05/18/02 at 15:00£750 including a gig bag at Scayles in Edinburgh
The neck feels great, just the wood opposed to the painted and vanished neck of most LPs. The body is thin and relatively light, but when u plug in you get the pleasent surprise that it sounds like the normal heavy LP. Comfy contoured body. Fantastic sound, v. good for blues and rock especially.huge range of variation by adjusting the pick-ups, tone controls etc.
The wood look is amazing. Fantastic!
the thin body-fat neck at first is rather daunting but after a minute of play it is great.
The sound comes from the multi-ply woods allowing a thin, comfortable body and a great sound from a guitar which wont break your strap. Or your budget, amazingly cheap for a real LP!!! The pick-ups are the same as a £1200 LP and are fantastically versatile. The neck pick-up provides and lovely warmth, yet doesnt 'muddy-up' when the gain is turned up. Great action.
Any chance you get buy this guitar! Please do yourself a favour! Only a couple hundred over a Epiphone for a real Les Paul which is far superior to any guitar i have played.
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This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
The neck feels great, just the wood opposed to the painted and vanished neck of most LPs. The body is thin and relatively light, but when u plug in you get the pleasent surprise that it sounds like the normal heavy LP. Comfy contoured body. Fantastic sound, v. good for blues and rock especially.huge range of variation by adjusting the pick-ups, tone controls etc.
The wood look is amazing. Fantastic!
the thin body-fat neck at first is rather daunting but after a minute of play it is great.
The sound comes from the multi-ply woods allowing a thin, comfortable body and a great sound from a guitar which wont break your strap. Or your budget, amazingly cheap for a real LP!!! The pick-ups are the same as a £1200 LP and are fantastically versatile. The neck pick-up provides and lovely warmth, yet doesnt 'muddy-up' when the gain is turned up. Great action.
Any chance you get buy this guitar! Please do yourself a favour! Only a couple hundred over a Epiphone for a real Les Paul which is far superior to any guitar i have played.
- - - Festoon - - -
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com