Telecaster Guitar Forum - View Single Post - Gibson Les Paul Standard compared to a Telecaster

jholcomb · August 2nd, 2007, 10:26 AM

I was always a die hard Tele man. I have owned other guitars including a Les Paul or two but when I was playing them I always found myself wishing I was playing my '52 reissue.

THEN I got the bug to get a LP Historic. I settled on a '57 Historic with factory Bigsby and Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. WOW. I LOVE that guitar. That LP has enough twang to make me not miss my Tele, but it can also growl and give me Clapton "woman" tones. No now I just consider myself very lucky to have two "NUMBER ONES". I play each about the same amount of time.

I think the moral of the story is that if you get a REALLY good Les Paul, it might be a little more versatile that the regular garden variety. I had at least two or three LPs that never did much for me. Maybe it's the Bigsby. Whatever. Now I have to find time to play my Clapton Stat, Historic LP Special, and Historic LP Junior!!!

August 2nd, 2007, 10:26 AM	#62 (permalink)
jholcomb Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 199	I was always a die hard Tele man. I have owned other guitars including a Les Paul or two but when I was playing them I always found myself wishing I was playing my '52 reissue. THEN I got the bug to get a LP Historic. I settled on a '57 Historic with factory Bigsby and Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. WOW. I LOVE that guitar. That LP has enough twang to make me not miss my Tele, but it can also growl and give me Clapton "woman" tones. No now I just consider myself very lucky to have two "NUMBER ONES". I play each about the same amount of time. I think the moral of the story is that if you get a REALLY good Les Paul, it might be a little more versatile that the regular garden variety. I had at least two or three LPs that never did much for me. Maybe it's the Bigsby. Whatever. Now I have to find time to play my Clapton Stat, Historic LP Special, and Historic LP Junior!!!