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Originally Posted by stinger

I have 5 historic Les Pauls. R7, R8, R9 R0 and a B7. They all sound different from each other. Some are brighter sounding than others. Some have more of a "honk" to them. What is unpredictable is which model should be the best sounding. You can't take, say an R8, and claim they sound better because they have a larger neck. Some R8's sound awsome and some sound average. The same applies to each model.

You can't take a particular model a make a claim that one model is generally brighter than another. These type of generalizations really don't exist.

That makes sense.
No two guitars will sound the same, there will be variations and that is why they are all unique.

Originally Posted by romanos27

Though some will claim otherwise, there is nothing inherently different between an R7, R8, R9, R0 or G0 that would make one sound different from the others. But as has been pointed out, there can be subtle (and sometimes less than subtle) variation from one guitar to the next. But as R9 always says, these are the same guitars!

Based on this, since you already have a G0, I'd think about something other than the R8 - since they look the same (both plain tops). Maybe an R9 if $$$ aren't an issue, or an R7.

Let's see that SG!!!

I think I will look for a Les Paul Custom as my next guitar.
Here are the two SGs I bought Thursday.

Originally Posted by SKATTERBRANE

There is a difference in the wood. The R9s and R0s get the better grade maple (in any given production year) and the lighter mahogany, that is not to say ALL R9s are lighter than ALL R8s, far from it:



They key words are "OR LESS".

My G0 says it weighs 9.4lbs, but it certainly feels lighter than that?