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Old 02-19-2008, 06:58 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Re: Now it´s official: chambered bodies

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Originally Posted by alexx View Post
Sorry by my post dude.I´ve never saw before a body blank of a cloud 9;actually, I searched the body blank of this BFG model,the current pattern of the chambering we´re tallkin´here(on Gibson forums the webmaster deleted all of the old posts).
I had very hard times to accept the fact that my les paul is not a solid body guitar.But I´ve tested(and already knew that the new models are chambered) it before buying,"side by side" to non-chambered LPs. Dude, I admit it sounds a bit different, but I tell you it sounded good, really.Since they do sound a bit different, they do not sound exactly the same,but the sound is still LES PAUL. And the more important thing: I LOVE THE WAY IT SOUNDS!(that´s what really matters in the end) I could have chosen a non chambered, but my 2007 was the one,and I´m happy with that.Soon I´ll buy an other LP, probably a pre 2006 model, just because I love les pauls, and to have variety (I´m in love to a heavy weight and "almost muddy" sound `81 model).
And I´m not a kiddo, I do´not use pedals(ok, just a HomeBrew Medicine Bawl Wah ,a DLS Echo tap delay,and an ocasional DLS Chorus Vib,all true bypass),my amp is a boutique amp called Vintage Cobra (all tube amp,with EL34 power tubes),non-reverb model,made by Augusto Pedrone(THE man).And I tell you, I do not LOOK LIKE SLASH- I´m almost bold,use glasses and I´m as white as milk.....BUT MY GUITAR TONE IS AWESOME-EVEN WITH A CHAMBERED MODEL.
Gibson is here for the money.I was in the search for THE sound."But a shitty-chambered model????"- YES,I LIKE IT, A LOT.
Man, the there's nothing, absolutely nothing wrong with a chambered Les Paul. Chambered can be excellent, but I just have a probelm with Gibson passing it off like no one would notice and now they are acting like it is an upgrade or something. It's insulting our intellegence trying to sneak that shit on everyone until they were busted. Why the hell did they not make it an option like with the Historics instead of imposing it upon the whole damn USA line?
I am not taking away from anyone's axe. I am just listening with my ears and can hear a bit of difference. Difference can be good. Options are better.

Now rock that MF'er!
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