[1SweetRide]

I've always loved the look. I pick them up every time I'm at L&M but they never feel right to me. I think it's the weight and the short scale. I'm willing to dive in with a less expensive Epiphone version but just not sure if it will grow on me. I currently have 4 Strats, 3 S Series Ibanez's and a Duesenberg. I'll trade or sell a guitar to make room.

Has anyone been a "Strat" style 25.5" scale person and yet loved the Les Paul too?

 

[Milkman]

My first electric guitar was a Les Paul copy, so maybe I got used to it early, but really I adapt/modify my playing for whatever instrument I’m playing.

I like the fact that a a Tele or Strat obliges me to play in a slightly different way than a Les Paul or a PRS.

Any adjustments I make are mostly subconscious.

When you jump from say guitar to keys or mandolin you have to make similar mental gear shifts.

 

[laristotle]

Rent one for a month?

 

[1SweetRide]

Rent one for a month?

Not a bad idea but used Epiphone's are so cheap that's it's not a big deal to buy one and then sell it for the same price should I not like it.

 

[Milkman]

Yeah good idea for sure, but for me, grabbing a Les Paul or a Strat is most often connected to a song.

Certain songs, whether they’re covers or originals, seem to call for one or the other.

They’re always going to sound different but that’s as it should be.

 

[RBlakeney]

Yes you need one. Try to find an lpj, you can find them for around the same price as an epiphone.

 

[1SweetRide]

Yes you need one. Try to find an lpj, you can find them for around the same price as an epiphone.

Been looking at a local Epiphone Les Paul Standard Pro. Is that better/worse than an LPJ? I know very little about Gibsons.

 

[RBlakeney]

Been looking at a local Epiphone Les Paul Standard Pro. Is that better/worse than an LPJ? I know very little about Gibsons.

I personally like the lpjs better. They are basically a lp studio, but have a maple neck.
I have one that I swapped out the pcb, change the pickups and I use as much as my standard.

 

[Wardo]

An LPJ is usually a single P90 at the bridge and kinda different than a regular LP. You would need to try one. I like the LPJ better.

 

[1SweetRide]

Hmm, I prefer the HBs over the P90s. I have one guitar with P90s and that's enough for me.

 

[cboutilier]

I don't need one. But I do need a 335 to cover that tonal range.

 

[1SweetRide]

This is one I was looking at: Epiphone Les Paul Standard PRO w/ Bugera amp | Guitars | Ottawa | Kijiji

Thoughts?

I don't need one. But I do need a 335 to cover that tonal range.

That's a pricey investment!

 

[gtrguy]

An LPJ is usually a single P90 at the bridge and kinda different than a regular LP. You would need to try one. I like the LPJ better.

Not a Les Paul Junior, a LPJ-

 

[RBlakeney]

An LPJ is usually a single P90 at the bridge and kinda different than a regular LP. You would need to try one. I like the LPJ better.

Not it's not.
Not a lp jr, an lpj.

 

[Louis]

I've always loved the look. I pick them up every time I'm at L&M but they never feel right to me. I think it's the weight and the short scale. I'm willing to dive in with a less expensive Epiphone version but just not sure if it will grow on me. I currently have 4 Strats, 3 S Series Ibanez's and a Duesenberg. I'll trade or sell a guitar to make room.

Has anyone been a "Strat" style 25.5" scale person and yet loved the Les Paul too?

If you like sitting while playing ,.......a LesPaul is not for you !...........very uncomfortable!

 

[Wardo]

Well that’s the LPJ and LPJr thing straightened out.

My preference is for the LPJr. Every time I try a LP of some kind I pass on them.

 

[1SweetRide]

Food for thought!

 

[Roryfan]

Has anyone been a "Strat" style 25.5" scale person and yet loved the Les Paul too?

Yes. I also really like SGs & have always thought of them as being the Gibson that’s closest to a Strat due to the lighter weight & high fret access.

 

[1SweetRide]

Yes. I also really like SGs & have always thought of them as being the Gibson that’s closest to a Strat due to the lighter weight & high fret access.

I had a Gibson SG with dual P90's. Didn't like it. Sold it.

 

[1SweetRide]

Anyone have thoughts on this package?

Epiphone Les Paul Standard PRO w/ Bugera amp | Guitars | Ottawa | Kijiji