GREAT GUITAR/GIBSON RIP OFF
My review title may cause many to wonder why I would word it in that manner. The following review I submit, will be one of honesty, being fair, yet, tell it like it is. First of all, I can't say enough about how much I like this guitar. This is my third Gibson Les Paul, the other two are the Classic, and the Double Cut-Away. What I like about this Traditional Plus, are the pickups what Gibson has placed in the guitar. This guitar was played over my Fender 65 reissue Twin Reverb, which is a clean amp. Even so, the Les Paul still wanted to crunch had I have allowed it to. Then I plugged it into my Marshall JVM410H with cab, as you know this is the newest amp head put out by Marshall and is considered their Flaggship. The JVM410H will give you clean, crunch, reverb, OD1, and OD2. Each setting has three types of sounds, that go from mild to wild. When playing on the mild crunch, gain down, the guitar was kicking butt. From there, I placed it on each settings ending up on OD2, with the most dirty sound of all, and the gain turned way up. This guitar would hold out a note as long as I had my finger on the string. The humbuckers are some of the best I have ever heard in my 45 years of playing. The paint job is a work of art, with the maple top proudly displaying it's craftsmanship. The color I picked was honeyburst, but the icetea also looked good. All in all, I was happy with the quality, looks, and sound of the guitar. NOW TO THE GIBSON RIP OFF
Four years ago, The Gibson Les Paul Classic cost
between $1,800.00 and $1,900.00 hundred dollars.
The guitar came with locking tunners, a set of
strap locks, and a guitar case that had a silk
cover that went on top of the guitar once layed
in the case. This guitar was $400.00 dollars more,
no locking tunners, strap locks, a guitar case
that is inferior to the one I received last time.
If you put locking tunners on it, this will void
the warranty. Gibson has raised their price
beyond what the dollar ammount should be, then
gives you less than what you should get for the
money. Just about every guitar company who sell
a high dollar product, include these things I
mentioned. This is why I gave it 4 stars, any
guitar that cost $2,300.00 dollars should include
these extras. The Gibson hardshell case is a
little more than a generic model. In conclusion,
this is a great guitar, and has better reviews
than the model above it that sells for $2,600.00 or more. This mahagany body is not chambered, where as the higher priced Standard is.
Reviewed by WICKTANA on 8/2/2009 who plays Classic rock, Blues, Motown, Oldies, some Country, very light Metal.
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