Here is my new (to me) 2014 Les Paul Traditional. I have had many Fenders, various Ibanez guitars, one Epiphone Les Paul and more, but for some dumb reason, never a Les Paul. I love this guitar. I thought I liked my Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top Pro (that I picked out from at least 10), but this is a whole new world. Feel, action, sound, responsiveness… it is all so different. However, I still like my Epiphone and the shorter scale was what led me to look for a LP. I'm actually not enjoying playing my Fenders anymore. It is so hard to describe this stuff, but this LP (and I assume others) has a pretty distinct tone “personality” just like any of my better Fenders, but different. Maybe I am just stupid, but I kind of always assumed Les Pauls were kid of neutral in sound. Whatever it is, almost but not quite quack, but different than Fender “quack”, I really like it. Maybe "chime" or "ring"??? Whatever it is, clean it is awesome. Driven or distorted is endless fun with all kinds of sounds. The biggest surprise? Funk. Yes, my Les Paul is a pretty awesome funk machine. I always thought this was pure Fender territory, but not here. Beyond my inability describe how it sounds, the FEEL is mind blowing. It makes me play better, perhaps better than I am? Sorry, I have nobody to talk to about this. PS I always had a thing for blue guitars.