It's Official... Why I'm Done With Les Paul.
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I have had two Les Paul's. And as much as I wanted to love them, I absolutely hated them. I have found that Schecter is the guitar that suits me perfectly. I don't really care what anyone else thinks, this is my own personal preference. Love it or hate it, it is what it is.
I love LP's, but I just got my first Schecter Solo Blackjack and the thing is amazing.
My life my rules my style my attitude, love me or hate me I dont care but don’t play with me
Schecter's are great guitars and basses!
I've been eyeing up a schecter solo recently, lol
@@sheeps4485 🤝
You’ve become my favorite guitar channel since you started doing longer videos and sharing your journey. Each notification warms my heart!
I fully agree that aesthetics play a part (no pun intended) in how we feel or bond with our instruments. Great episode, Mike!
Absolutely! I doesn't matter how smart an instrument is designed, how good the neck is etc. If it doesn't make you pick it up and actually play it, it's useless. For me it's my Les Paul. I find it so gorgeous. Whenever I see it, I want to pick it up and practice - even though it's my heaviest and most uncomfortable guitar.
Yes aesthetics give you a "vibe".
But it's not enough to make a guitar sound good. At the end of the day the guitar that sounds and plays better is the one you will stick with.
And quite frankly most guitars look good really.
Mike you are a real guitarist when you admit you have so much to learn and that going to others makes you better. I also love that afterward you say I have so much work to do. So true for every guitarist. I’m an old guy just starting my journey. I only have four cowboy chords and you might wonder why I might call myself a guitarist. I found that as soon as you can play a song you need to do this because it makes you want to improve and not quit. You inspire me to keep trying and like so many others you are a community guitar friend. This video shows that side to me. Thanks
zip it up when youre done
@@RiffShark007you always a loser or just in comment sections?
Ok
LP is my only guitar, and it's been that way for 58 years, I love the way they sound, I love the way they feel, I love the way they look.
Great video and great information. I have been playing for years, and when I discovered the depth of the volume knob and what an eye opener!
The answer to all your issues is hanging on your wall - the Telecaster.
yep that all you need!!
The Farmer Guitar you hear on one speaker of every Rush album, ever...
And yes, Alex Lifeson is versatile.
And he writes so much stuff on that one old Tele.
@@j_freedI don't have either of them, but Teles and P-basses will probably always be part of recordings for as long as we use electric guitars. Just too damn much versatility for their characteristic tones, and EVERY sound engineer will know how to mix them well.
I used to think so. I played telecasters from 1993 until about 6 months ago. I still have one. But I picked up a Les Paul Special on a whim... and it's the best sounding guitar I've ever picked up. To hell with mudbuckers.
Nope, I have both and a Les Paul with P90s beats the telecaster. Don’t get me wrong, I really like my telecasters, but I love my P90 Les Paul.
Dude I love your videos so much, they’re so relaxing
P90’s are super versatile. Roll back the tone for warmer tones. Use the volume as a gain for over driven tones. I love them.
My PRS korina One is a similar guitar, but only one pot for volume/tone, turn it up all the way for maximum treble, turn it down a little for less treble - farther for less volume.
Bro, I feel the same way watching your videos as you do watching Shaun. Love how humble and honest you are🤙
I sold my Les Paul in 1985 and bought a Squire Strat. I still have that Strat. I just gigged with it today.
It's Official... I Don't Care.
So I feel the exact same way… about the strat. I naturally lean to the Les Paul. The strat highlights all of my mistakes. I too play at church and I felt that the spank on the strat was too much. I’ve bought and sold 4 strats.. I’ve been without a strat for about a year and a half and I miss it.. yes me and the strat fought all the time but there’s something about the struggle that caused me to bond further with the strat than I realized. I can’t fight, get mad, and leave anymore… I’m going to give it another shot. Come back to me stratty!!
trust me man, if you can well on strat you can do it on any guitar. after playing humbucker all my life .. playing strat was just eye opening. every mistake was amplified but it has improved my playing alot.
kept buying and selling Strats...then a few years ago found a love for blues/jazz/Mayer....and now I love single coils and my Teles. Selling a bunch of my humbucking guitars now...
@@pramesh.gurungyea if you think a strat exposes your weakness wait until you try a tele… now the tele is all I play
You should really try a Yamaha Revstar Standard p90s - my favorite ❤️
The honesty in Mike's videos resonates so much with me! I can relate to the things he says and understand how he thinks, both in the musical side of things and the human part of being a guitar player. I much prefer his videos which feel like talking to a friend, than shredder or virtuoso videos that make me feel overwhelmed by information from a teacher that, without saying, makes me feel I'm never gonna make it. Beautiful videos Mike!
What lens do you use...?
I currently have two Les Pauls, one a standard and one a standard pro and love the sound and playability of both guitars. I really enjoy your channel and your honesty and striving to be better, I really find that refreshing.
What do you mean when you say you play places with ambient overtones and why would a HH style guitar be optimal for that?
Do you keep all your guitars in cases I moved to Florida and my stings and frets don't last a month before replacing the strings and polish the fretboard I like looking at my guitars so I might be out of luck?
Mike I really like your channel and your take on all the models of guitars you own and have played. I own a “les Paul” style guitar. I use quotes bc I had the adventurous idea to build one. I am one of those people who like to know why something sounds the way it does and it was before you can find anything on TH-cam. To make this short, two things I’ve learned, 10 is not always your friend, and 50s wiring. I got lucky and decided to wire my humbuckers and pots that way and I feel it gives my guitar more clarity and dynamics. Especially around 5 on volume.
Great video and information, thanks!
I have a bridge-pickup-only guitar. They're great! Just keep an open mind about things like string gauge, down-tuning etc. to get the sound you want in addition to the more obvious tone/volume knob adjustments. I really like the ernie ball mammoths tuned down to C# on gibson scale with a bridge pickup.
your last video on the lpj made me buy one. I also maybe don't use it as much as i want to. but every time i play it there is something magical. it makes me think more too.
I absolutely agree with you, Mike. I own a Les Paul Special, Gibson's proverbial slab of mahogany with two P90s. It's a strange relationship because of the company's iconic history. But, as you pointed out, unless you're a dyed-in-the-wool Les Paul (which I'm not), it will take time and effort to master that guitar.
This was such a good video. And helped me make my final decision, im very excited to get mine :]
Ive heard a lot of older players mention how they like the tones that comes from lower output pickups. They like to let the amps/pedals do the heavy lifting.
I think if youre chasing tones, maybe try that approach. It may not be so much the guitar itself, but the way you choose to use it. Tones are affected by the guitars volume knob nearly as much as the tone knob.
Youre right, if you can master the lpj, then going to the lp should be amazing.
I love Les Pauls aesthetically but not ergonomically. A great burst can look gorgeous but they’ve always been awkward to play and usually weigh too much. My current favorite is the Reverend Sensei HB I have. It’s like a LP and SG combined, with all the benefits and none of the classic drawbacks. Gorgeous guitar, way lighter and more comfy, sounds killer. Love Reverend stuff. It’s so good. Of course, a good junior is super cool, love a good junior too. I just wish Gibson would do double cuts in tv yellow as a standard production option.
I completely agree. Got an LP recently and find it really uncomfortable to play
The truly good LP's are sub 9lbs. Murphy Labs, 59-60 reissues, Bursts basically. All the post Tele Zep is played on those bursts. They feel and play WAY differently than the usual LP you pick up in a store. Even the $3K+ stuff. They don't hold a candle to the "Bursts". Find one, play it, you'll be sold.
I have a 2016 LP Traditional, and a 2022 '57 Murphy Lab goldtop and I absolutely love both of them. The custom shop one is the best LP or electric guitar I have ever played period. I loaned my '16 Traditional to my friend who has a couple of Epiphone LPs and mainly was using a 10-15 year old US Strat. After two weeks he fell in love with my traditional so bad that he sold the other three and bought his own 50's Standard and it reignited that fire that he had lost in the last few years since his son was born. They most definitely aren't for everyone, but if you've been playing as long as I have you end up picking apart guitars relentlessly for so long that in the end you find what suits you best. The LP and the Tele are by far my two favorite electric guitars ever made. You can't get a Strat sound out of either, but that's ok if that's not your style anyway. Good on you for selling off what you knew you'd never really play or didn't jive with overall. I used to have a junior just like that, and I absolutely loved it. I'm still mad that I sold it, but I think I'll end up with one someday again if the opportunity and a good deal present themselves.
A Junior is probably the only Gibson I’d buy unless I came into a ridiculous amount of money. It’s the closest to being “worth the money” to me.
Especially if it a Harley Benton. Under $200.
@@ThatHuskyisCrazy Yeah as a young father of 3 kids, good import guitars are my bread and butter. Can’t beat the value.
I've played maybe 1 or 2 Les Pauls in my life that I enjoyed. I've played a bunch of Jrs. and loved them all. One volume, one tone, one pickup bolted on top of a slab of wood, yet there's so much versatility in it.
One day I'll buy one :) My EVH Wolfgang doesn't leave me longing for much.
Yea I’ve struggled with keeping my squire starcaster, I have a strat as well and the strats just way better. Tryin to figure out if I should sell the starcaster
Hi Mike, why dont you play super strats like Charvel or others? Its like a mix of Strats and Les Pauls.
Awesome man. Best vid yet.
I have 7 electrics. Two are LP's. One is a Traditional Pro with Probucker pickup's that can be split to single coils, and a Special with P90's. I love both of them and would never get rid of them.
I’ve played for 20 years never have I ever been so inspired to play guitar as much as I do now when I got my Gibson standard. I’ve had other Gibson’s under 2,000 and never liked them but I encourage you to try the new Gibson Faded Standard since 2022 they are the highest quality Gibson’s I’ve seen in the standard line up and you get Satin nitrocellulose neck and body and flames maple top and they seem to never wanna come out of tune👍🏼 they’re also the best bang for buck for all the hand done stuff on it. There’s real magic when you play and own the actual real deal Standard guitars.
My philosophy on anything you wish to master is to truly truly nerd-out about it. To genuinely enjoy getting into the details that no normal person would even wish to know. Getting over the hump of “I know enough to know I don’t know enough” is just about enjoying the process
That’s a fantastic video showing stuff that nobody does like getting the most out of your guitar sound
I've owned and still do own many very high end guitars. Not all of them gel with me, regardless. I just picked up one of the 150 Epiphone Annv Crestwood models in creamsicle orange and it's absolutely flawless in construction with US elecronics, plays like a dream and sounds awesome. Most of all, it's so FUN to play!
He said the word "I" one million times.
Let me know if I'm wrong, but couldn't you learn those lessons on the Tribute? I think those pickups express dynamics very well.
Another great video. Entertaining, insightful and delivered with a personal vibe. Thank you sir!
I have an Epiphone Coronet that I threw a Seymour Duncan antiquity P90 into. That thing is almost like playing an acoustic guitar. It is so dynamic and very tricky to figure out to play, but if you ride your volume and tone knobs regularly, you’ll figure out where the sweet spot is for different settings and how to achieve different tones. I typically play straight into my amp. Occasionally, I will use a fuzz face that I modded
And avoid fluorescent or point due north. To me that’s the best sounding pickup out there. Not as noisy but still has the tone of the originals.
My first guitar was a Les Paul studio and it taught me so much. I’ve played everything with that guitar, jazz, funk, rock, metal, they really do it all. You just have to learn how to work with it.
Also, playing at higher volumes changes the dynamics of your guitar and if your not used to it, it’s easy to say it won’t do what you want.
But at the end of the day your going to learn best on the guitar you like anyways so it doesn’t matter what you play as long as you enjoy it.
Agreed! My favorite guitar ist upgraded Epiphone Les Paul standard. I put Seymour Duncan pickups in it and all American made wiring. I used that guitar exclusively on my first rock album with my garage band. I wasn't a Les Paul fan when I got it. I meant to buy an SG at the guitar shop that day but ended up with an LP that I adore.
The whole Jimi approach is dimed amplifier + volume on the Strat turned way back. There's no boost pedal for the solo necessarily, you inch up the guitar volume. He really controlled the dynamics.
Bro I love you videos! Very soothing to watch and listen. You should do radio
Similarly, I got a Tribute, in tobacco burst, and I fell in love with it. But last month I got an Epi SG Special with p90s (great price, second hand on Ebay, it was an impulse buy) and I haven't touched the LP since. This SG has some real juju to it, I can't put it down. But I could never say that I was done with the LP, It's been a lifelong goal of mine to get one, and it sounds so good..
Best wishes on your Les Paul jr pursuit!
Just discovered your channel. Love it! I have owned dozens of Les Pauls and, the quality is wildly different.
Very cool to see you growing as a player. And yes, every electric guitar player one day must come to terms with the cold hard fact that the guitar is only about 35% of your sound and the amp is maybe another 35%. Which means another 30% is your technique and how you master the interaction of all your pots and how much you dig in. That's why so many people "keep it simple". I never had any love for Les Pauls because they were obnoxiously heavy and really the only sound I liked was the bridge pickup dimed. For the last 25 years or so the only Gibson I have is a ES-335..so much more versatile and satisfying to play!
25% is made better in mixing
@@sgholt As a Mixing engineer, that number is too generous, but hey let's not break anyone's heart xD
If you put ANY guitar into a great guitarist's hands, he/she will make it absolutely SING. It's usually not the guitar, but the guitarist that has the limitations.
All these lessons come with time my friend
Same here. in 1976 I saved and bought a Black LP Custom with the gold hardware. It was the "fretless wonder" model where the frets were basically bumps on the fretboard. Guitar was great except "G" tuner had miles of slop and the nut for the "G" had a defect causing the string to never tune correctly. Sole it for half price and started my love for Fenders especially for the Telecaster. Like Mike I once in a while by another; play it a little; and then get rid of. I do have a well worn '98 DC Standard in the back of my closet when someone "needs" a Gibson LP sound. For my Humbucking personal fix I use my 549 PRS.
Still waiting for you and Shull to collab. Fantastic playing mate!
I have owned 2 les Paul’s and I have loved them both I had have no issues they stay in tune perfectly. It’s all about how your nut is cut. I also play my les Paul more than my Strat and tele.
Having smaller hands, the Gibson necks are just to thick for me, Their weight is too much as well. I tend to go with makes like Schecter, PRS, and makers who have smaller necks and such. The only way I would take a Gibson, is to sell it for something better. (imo)
Did you try a Strandberg?
I know EXACTLY what you’re talking about. Play every Sunday at church. Used to be a Strat and Tele guy who drooled over push-pulls and phase switches. And then I got my Harley Benton Junior. Like you said, it’s a HUMBLING experience, but I was more locked in and inspired than I have been in a long time. It’s addictive. I think now I’m a Junior/Esquire guy.
Great video buddy 👍🏻
I have a Gibson LP Special P90 which is not my go to guitar, but its always there for those right moments 👌
I had the tribute and fell in love with a LP. So i traded both my Highway1,Ibanez and that for a 01’ standard. Best thing ever to happen.
well.... brother keep learning.
Good luck with learning this guitar!! I love the sounds/tones from a LP, but they are unwieldy and uncomfortable to play for myself. Hence why I mostly use strat body guitars
I had a 2016 Les Paul Traditional Honey Burst with 57 classic pickups which are my favorite Gibson PAF puckups. Was my favorite guitar I have ever owned. The sustain was just insane. As soon as Gibson no longer offered the 57 pickups in 2017, the LP's weren't the same. There is so many great LP's, just got to find them.
Loved my 75 LP Custom back in the mid-seventies. It fit the bill for the gigs we played. Also had a 62 SG w/p90s in the mix at time and a strat to cover the Deep Purple kinda sounds at that time. Still keep all theses and (way too) many more around even though my venues are limited to the living room and loft these days! Love having so many sound choices to pick from. Always was envious of the rich kids at school back in the 60s with their 64 and 96 crayon boxes...just gatta have all the crayons in my box now at 66 yrs old.
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I bought i Les Paul Classic this year and love it its the only guitar i play now, it teaches me everyday how it can play anything
So I try not to “miss” guitars I’ve sold in the past but one that always comes up was the Gretsch Steamliner Jet with a H bridge and p90 neck. I lean towards the metal when playing guitar and that was the first guitar that ever challenged that. I always found myself playing on edge of break up with the p90. I might need to revisit that one.
I bought a Les Paul Tribute, and I liked how it sounded and how it looked, but sitting and playing it was just awkward. I just never got along with it.
I went through some other Epiphone Les Pauls, 335-types, and SGs, and the final single guitar hanging on my wall that I will never sell is a modern collection SG Standard with the batwing pickguard. It’s so comfortable, and sounds so great.
I love my Epiphone Les Paul. I think one of the top of the line Epi LPs hit that same sweet spot as a Mexican Fender, especially if yu do the American electronics with Seymour Duncan pickups upgrade. BTW you can play any guitar for any gig in any genre. The important thing is to simply play.
The only thing I miss in the Juniors, are the pearl block inlays, just because is probably the aesthetic attribute that captivates me the most.
MAYBE, just maybe, Gibson/Epiphone or any other brand, could try develop new (really) Noiseless P90 pickups, coming from factory. Or something like Lace Sensors, but in a P90 size.
Have you tried SGs very much? As a strat player (and I've heard other strat players say the same thing) I MUCH prefer playing an SG over an LP
I'm traditionally a strat player and when I have tried a few SGs they were too light and the necks were rather whippy.
I realized I wasn't a Les Paul guy when I decided not to go to dental school.
i got a les paul junior i love it i think this is the one ive been looking for
Same here, Bought a brand new Standard and it just wasn't my thing. They are absolutely gorgious, but I end up selling it. Maybe it's because of the 24.75" scale.
still don't know why, Cause I am more of a humbucker player and always thought I needed aGibson.
I always considdered the Les Paul Junior more or less as the gibson Telecaster, you can get a nice twang out of it.
P 90 All the way Great video !!! I sold all my standard lespaul and baught this great and beautiful Junior you grab in your hands this lovely guys plays everything !!!
Keep rocking !
Nice playing Mike
I've had 3 LPs, one I had to sell and still miss to this day. The second is even better and I plan to keep it forever but the third I just traded for an ESP. I think guitars, regardless of brands or style, speaks to us or doesn't. I bought my dream PRS about 5 years ago after wanting it for 30 years... I sold that 2 weeks ago because it had just hung on my wall for 18 months... Congrats on finding something you love and enjoy playing! That in and of itself is a wonderful thing!!!
Where did you sell them? Ebay?
@@RmNaNtCbScRrn EBay back in the day, Facebook marketplace recently.
i too am a recent convert to the (not so) secret world of the junior. i just came across it but players have known its magic for 70 years. its 20 guitars in 1 all accessible by the tone/volume knobs and your picking hand. i have one like yours in ebony- big 50s neck. i love it. i cant put it down. once you know, you know.
Perfect timing, as I’m waiting delivery of an Epiphone 59 Les Paul from Sweetwater.
You’ll love it!!
i'm very happy and I didn't realize how valuable it was for me that my first guitar i ever played and learned on was a p90 guitar
Is music your full time job?
I have the Epiphone Les Paul Junior, and I had to raise the pickup with shims. Is it normal to have the volume suddenly drop off rather than have a gradual decrease? I am still trying to figure out how this guitar works.
Check your amp. I have a Blackstar and a peavey that have noise suppression that cuts off the sustain
Could also be high fret, poorly cut nut. Get a good set up.
The Epiphones don’t have the same grade circuitry. The pots and the capacitors won’t be so clean and smooth with volume drops and tone cuts. I used to own an Epiphone years ago. Was a really cool guitar I wish I still had but the electronics were not fantastic.
@@charleszaman7666 Several people suggested that I change the pots. Sweetwater wanted me to return the guitar, but I had already purchased and installed the shims. Bought the shims from Fralin Pickups.
I've got a 1992 Standard since that year. It's still the one guitar I'd take to the island. Lately I've been playing it through an Origin compressor, an MXR Timmy for low gain, a Friedman Dirty Shirley pedal for higher gain, into a clean Fender Twin. It does everything from funky rhythm to hard rock leads... most people don't know how to use those 4 knobs I guess.
Mike, Get your hands on a Custom Shop R9. Light years better than their normal standard lines. I regret selling mine to this day. Everything about it was amazing. Best guitar I've ever owned. I'm going to find another one..... Someday.
my 2013 LPJ with the maple neck is been made into a beast i put orange drop caps and Mallory pots
and some ernie balls strings , find the LP that works for you or get a SG with P-90's
I'll give you my strat for it man
I get my gain to edge of break up , still pretty clean, and go through a ds1 and a delay. Volume on guitar about 3 and play softer for cleaner stuff. Volume on ten for hard rock and dig in. Set up your peddles and amp to respond to your touch.
This Les Paul JR has been my favorite since I got the Billie Joe Armstrong (from Green Day) signature. I love playing straight up punk style with that p90
what about getting a maybach lester ? ( it's better than current les paul )
I think I could never sell any of my Les Pauls. Currently have 9 and I usually use all of them, they have quite different tone and feel too.
Highly anticipating the video when Mike discovers the Thinline Telecaster’s influence on Midwest Emo ¨̮
I love my Lea Paul guitars.
I think like you found G&L to make good strat alternatives, you should find a good Les Paul alternative. Hamer was a guitar company that built Les Pauls with slightly thinner bodies and double-cutaways. These instruments helped improve on weight and on fret access. The brand died out some time ago, but you can find their Indonesian imports and American customs floating around small music stores and on Reverb today.
Also, have you thought about trying out an 80's style superstrat like an Ibanez, Jackson, Charvel, or Kramer? They're useful for more than just metal, especially if you find one with HSS pickups and a Floyd Rose...
I love Gibson, and I’ve owned two Les Pauls and had many copies as well. It’s my preferred body shape/neck shape (fat not thin).
That said, I sold my standard over a year ago and grabbed a 594 S2 for a really good deals swapped out the pickups and the next Paul I get will at some stage of life be a 59 reissue and I’m gonna call it a day.
Nice opening riff. I like that high connecting phrase. Cool! My personal guitar choices change and change back and forth endlessly but it's nice to have choices. If you have several guitars, versatility of one is moot.
Of the Epiphone/Gibson Les Paul style guitars I've owned, the only one I haven't sold or have on the ready to sell is a Jared James Nichols Gold Glory. It does have an aftermarket P90 in it but it's in the top 3 best sounding guitars I've ever owned.
I have a black les paul 1991 studio. I love the warm creamy sound. I don’t love the feel of the neck like I do a strat or a tele. But it is all subjective
Also, keep your amp LOUD and play softly. The dynamics and tone variations you get with your fingers alone will scare you.
If u take your amps panel and dial the eq lower the bass boost the mids a bit roll off the treble and increase a little of the presence. Put gain about half way to middle put your volume up at 12 and then put your master at whatever you think is best. Oh your guitar roll off your tone know down to 0 or 1-2 is fine and then boost volume to 5 at the most on the guitar and control volume from your amp and you will get a pretty decent jazz tone (if that’s what ur going for) also play closer to the neck and away from middle or bridge. I have a very low end guitar with a p90 at the neck (the only good thing about it lol) and it has just two knobs one volume one tone and I have really had to make it work and squeeze as much tone as I can. I found out the settings i mentioned work best. It also helps to have a thick pick and decrease your attack on your right hand and u should be able to make a nice warm tone come out
I have two Epiphone les pauls and they're great. I also have an Epiphone SG double neck, Epiphone Casino, Fender stratocaster, Gretsch 5420T and a Rickenbacker 325. They are all good guitars and have their place, it just depends on the sound you want for what the occasion calls for.
Noticing the LP Jr. has the P90 in it is why you made the right decision. After 50 yrs of playing and 26 guitars I recently purchased a MIC Epiphone Casino with P90s that was my 1st P90 guitar I have owned or played. I very quickly learned how expressive and captivating the pickups are. So much so that I couldn't stand the hum the factory pups had and gutted the guitar to put Fralin hum cancelling p90s in with a Toneman 50s wiring harness. The guitar is now almost impossible to put down. The way the notes leap off the fretboard and how the volume & tone subtle adjustments give a universe of sonic options has me exploring playing techniques & dynamics I haven't done in decades. Can't believe it took 50 years to try P90s but it renewed my fascination with the guitar sparking creativity and wonderment I haven't had in years.