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Originally Posted by starmckenzie24
I am looking at buying a 2001 LP classic honeyburst with the 496 and 500 pickups. My question is....how versatile is this guitar. I hear these pickups can be pretty harsh, but I'm into playing classic rock and the blues. Can this guitar do these styles? im not interested in changing the pickups out.
also, this guitar has more of a dark brown back to it and the newer honeybursts have a redish back to them.. Should I be worried that this is a fake? The pics look totally legit and I called gibson with the serial number and they said it lines up pefectly with the guitar.
Any and all feedback is much appreciated. Thanks so much!
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Let me put it this way...youre probably looking for a guitar that will "do it all" without much modification or in this case, you dont even want to switch out pickups. Thats fine and its a challenge to find an axe that is truly versatile. All of us have our opinions on it. Ive had guitars with low to moderate output and sometimes, I ended up wishing I had a guitar with pickups that had more power.
I know guitar players out there who always just set the tone knobs on their guitars all the way to 10 as well as the volume knobs. Heck, I even know of a few who dont even bother toggling between pickups and are quite happy just using one pickup!
I used to be one of those who just cranked the tone & volume knobs on the guitar to full blast all the time. I was young and inexperienced then. After a while, I began to try different combinations and settings of those knobs. I began to give them some attention. Then I also tweaked my amp settings then my effects settings. I got tones and definition that I would have never guessed I could get out of my rig.
So after having said all that, for me, I would prefer to have those powerful pickups on hand, available on my guitar rather than wishing I had them at some later point. I would just dial in the right settings on the guitar, amp and effects until your ears are happy. And when you get the itch to just make your axe erupt, then you will be happy that you have the pickups for the job.