Sunday, November 9, 2008

Gibson: Les Paul Std 2008

There are many revised features in the new LP Std 2008, the exterior components are visible to all but the interesting bit hides under the cover.

The pic above shows the new control pots manufactured by Bourns electronics for the 2008 LP Std, the outstanding outline there (square, not round) would breed contempt among purists. Add to that (look closely at the pic above) the fact that these controls are wired onto PCBs instead of direct cavity attachment. Agian, this would scream desecration among the aforementioned party.

So in time to come, would-be buyers would be touted to buy the pre-2008 LP Standards because they simply are 'superior' by not employing PCB circuitry in their control cavities. This insurgent camp would draw the ignorant to the PCB-equipped-amps-sound-very-wrong argument to justify this case.

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