I had a large collection of guitars until one day I decided that I would like “fewer but nicer”. You could turn that pile of Epiphones into several Gibson Les Pauls.
I voted for the 50s because I like the fatter neck. It just feels very comfortable, like your hand is more open.
I do the very same thing. My guitars are like art that I can play. I do like to see the collection up on the wall in full glory.
In the summer I run the air conditioning (as needed) and in the winter I run a humidifier (around the clock).
I just saw Tesla and they were absolutely amazing. The original guitar player has an SG with a Floyd and he knows how to use it.
The Floyd feels very heavy and stiff to me. I play PRS guitars when I need a tremolo. Their tremolos feel way more light than a Floyd Rose. A PRS feels like a Gibson...
The light weight of this guitar has made it my number one. The pickups sound amazing, too. The funny thing about Les Pauls is that I usually leave them stock. I am normally changing things on other model guitars to make them right for me, but Les Pauls are fine just the way they are.
I played...
I sold a bunch of Music Man exclusive models and they should come with certificates of authenticity but none of mine had them and none of the buyers even asked for them. If you’re into Music Man you know that they should have them. I recently found a pile of them in the “safe place” where I put...