I am shopping for a new guitar. This is good news and I think I want to get my first Gibson guitar (I have 12 others but no Gibson)!
I am currently looking at Les Pauls, the new Midtown and also ES339 (2nd hand).
Can someone please explain to me exactly why I would want to spend £1800 on a Les Paul standard when I can buy a Studio Les Paul for under £600! Now I know that the Studio is meant to be a cheaper stripped down LP and it doesn't have the expensive and labour intensive lacquer job of the standard. But I need someone to tell me why one is 3 times the price of the other?
Is it the wood, attention to detail in manufacturing proces, pickups?! Would I be able to tell the difference if blind folded?
The Studio in question also comes with Bursbucker Pros which is what a lot of the Custom shops come with. Is this the self same pickup or do the studios use lower quality ones?
When I had an acoustic guitar built for me by Brook guitars the prices varied from £1500 to £4000 for the same model. When I asked what the differences were they told me it was purely cosmetic, i.e. inlays, binding etc and that the quality of tone was the same.
Are we talking about the same thing with Les Pauls?
I am currently looking at Les Pauls, the new Midtown and also ES339 (2nd hand).
Can someone please explain to me exactly why I would want to spend £1800 on a Les Paul standard when I can buy a Studio Les Paul for under £600! Now I know that the Studio is meant to be a cheaper stripped down LP and it doesn't have the expensive and labour intensive lacquer job of the standard. But I need someone to tell me why one is 3 times the price of the other?
Is it the wood, attention to detail in manufacturing proces, pickups?! Would I be able to tell the difference if blind folded?
The Studio in question also comes with Bursbucker Pros which is what a lot of the Custom shops come with. Is this the self same pickup or do the studios use lower quality ones?
When I had an acoustic guitar built for me by Brook guitars the prices varied from £1500 to £4000 for the same model. When I asked what the differences were they told me it was purely cosmetic, i.e. inlays, binding etc and that the quality of tone was the same.
Are we talking about the same thing with Les Pauls?