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Now itīs official: chambered bodies
Check it out, dudes. Finally theyīre telling us that the les pauls are chambered
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Re: Now itīs official: chambered bodies
yeah, gibson is pretty proud of this "new and improved" les paul, all for the sake of less weight. I wonder what Les Paul's opinion is on this issue ?
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I don't know. He'd probably want to play one regardless.
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Re: Now itīs official: chambered bodies
I think it is what it is.
I have 2 chambered and like them both alot. But I have 1 Classic that isnt and I really like the weight. Granted I dont gig, so, if I did, I might have to change my tune. I think this might be interesting in the long run, see what the pro's have to say about it in a year or so, Gibson might have to go back to weight releif if they get enough complaints. |
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I have a chambered 2007 and LOVE IT. I´ve tested several other non-chambered Les Pauls(standards and classics), and the chambered one was my choice. I know what is like to play for almost two hours,(and what it does to my back and shoulders). But I think tone have IMPROVED( to my ears, as a semi-pro musician and a lifetime player - I´m 31 years old).
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For me,not having a past history with the old original les pauls, I wouldn't know the difference. All 3 of my LPs are chambered and I LIKE it. Maybe I just got lucky or I don't have enuff experience.
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I guess tone is subjective... I've both chambered and non chambered and I prefer the non-chambered tone (agains thats just my opinion
What I don't agree with is not giving the customer the choice of either... I likes choice me ![]() Then again its hardly the end of the world!
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I know they do chamber them, but I see nothing stated as such.
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But a good question is why not to have both chambered and non chambered guitars , as 50īs and 60īs neck?
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Exactly....
I like having both. I set up my chambered with Alumitone single coils and can get a great STV strat sound, as well as other unique tones. My custom is darker, and bigger, and much different but also because of the pickups.
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I don't know but I've been playing guitars for 23 years and Les Pauls for 20 years. What-ever Gibson did they did to save money. What-ever Gibson markets to you is more hype, spin and symantical jibberish than science or engineering.
When they decided to chamber the Standard, they made that decision for ONE reason and it wasn't superior sound quality. It was to help them chamber more money out of your wallet and spend less of their own cash on high quality wood. To those who say they love it...I say "whaaaah?". Everybody's going to get all freakin worked-up, but I think you're on more drugs than Hendrix was. Sometimes I think you could screw a pickup to a hockey stick, call it a Les Paul and people would drewl all over it. Cheap, low quality mahagony is heavy....real heavy. There's only one way to lighten it up. Do the math. Tell me how much tonal technology went into that CNC mapping program? People need to wake up and smell the saw dust. That or play a few guitars from the vintage shop downtown. Maybe a kick in the crotch from reality would change some opinions. In the end it's all an equation. This for that. I won't say a "chambered" LP is total crap. My opinion, along with wood, they should "chamber" out some of the price. Knock it down to $1500 for $2300. It would still sound harsh, trebly and impercise, but at least you would LOOK like Slash. |
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I love my chambered BFG.....it has an awesome tone....and sometimes it feels like a broken cell phone stuck on vibrate or a "personal massager" against my leg...I guess you could say it's quite satisfying to play.....I love it's tone........now get your minds out of the gutter...that is all
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I have played many of the new chambered ones, and although they do sound good, they do sound different to me.... a tad spongier than the more focused sound of a solid body or even the 9 holers ("swiss cheese"). They are routed out at least 80% with not even a center block for sustain like the Cloud 9's had.
If it was all about "advancing", why did they hide fact this until guitarists folks started x-raying them and asking questions? I just wish you had an option between the solid body and chambered in the USA Standard line, especially since it is the iconic "solid body" guitar. |
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![]() ![]() ![]() DUDE, I DO LOVE MY LES PAUL . AND YES, ALTHOUGH A BIT DIFFERENT, IS STILL "100% SOUNDING LES PAUL" NOTE : NOT TWO GUITARS OF SAME YEAR, SAME MODEL, SOUND THE SAME. AND ONCE YOU PLAY LES PAULS FOR 20 YEARS, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT. GIBSON MAKES GUITARS FOR THE MONEY, NOT FOR LOVE.ALWAYS. WHAT ABOUT THE "PANKAKE BODIES SHITY YEARS"? THESE GUITARS SOUND GREAT! THE BODY CONSTRUCTION? WELL, 3 PIECES OF WOOD INSTEAD OF ONE TO INCREASE GIBSONīS PROFITS!-ooooohhhhh....... AND IF GIBSON STARTED TO USE POOR QUALITY SUPER HEAVY MAHOGANY? THE NEW MODELS WOULD BE HEAVY AS HELL, AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY: "oh my,my, thatīs heavy! thatīs a lot of wood in my gorgeous guitar, great sound, .....blah,blah.how could you know that the mahogany used is cheap? By itīs weight?No way, dude. Some folks love the heavy ones... Have you ever really played a chambered les paul? I donīt think so. BUt thatīs only my opinion. |
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