After thinking about it on and off for at least the last 30 years I've finally got around to buying myself a Gibson Les Paul. I've fancied getting one since the late 70s but when I last seriously considered it I ended up getting a Fender Stratocaster and then became hooked on Fenders. However since my interest in playing guitars was reignited about five or six years ago I've been thinking of getting one and now that space for these things is no longer a problem I've been thinking about it more and more.
So after weeks of agonising over which one I really wanted I finally went out and bought myself a Gibson Les Paul Studio and I love it. It doesn't have all the fancy detailing of the Standard or other models but does have pretty much the same build and electronics so the sound is everything you'd expect. It's so different to all my other guitars both in feel to play and in the sound it makes - it's a lot less edgy than the Fender and G&L but produced loads more sustain than either of them.
So after weeks of agonising over which one I really wanted I finally went out and bought myself a Gibson Les Paul Studio and I love it. It doesn't have all the fancy detailing of the Standard or other models but does have pretty much the same build and electronics so the sound is everything you'd expect. It's so different to all my other guitars both in feel to play and in the sound it makes - it's a lot less edgy than the Fender and G&L but produced loads more sustain than either of them.
