The other Gibson in one of those boxes is my Les Paul Jr Special, humbucker version. I would say it's one of the least attractive Les Pauls in the manufacturer's catalog with no additional cap for the body & sporting a flat make. However, the neck binding there is a welcomed opulence; it's a bonus of sorts but this didn't make this guitar an upper tier consideration.
OK so those 490R/498T are very vintage inclined. If you wish for some warm crunch in the drive settings as well as a creamy, rounded neck voicing, these humbuckers are appealing. For someone like me, these pickups have to go, they are respectable but not my thing.
Be informed that the fretboard here is still the manufacturer's 'baked maple' version (since it's a 2012 model) which I do not mind at all. I have no particular reverence for a rosewood fretboard when it comes to Les Pauls (yes, it's sacrilegious), I'm game as long as it's superb in its entirety.
So there we have it, a new guitar for 2013. It's arguably a plain, boring Gibson but I'm one who tread the path of less appeal. At the end of the day, it's about ear candy & feel, aesthetics is an extravagant subject over a cup of tea.
6 comments:
Sub, did you ship this guitar in yourself?
Yes... :-)
Nice choice :)
chose this because i wanna try something quite unconventional but a Les Paul & its variations are not the epitome of 'different'...
i was wondering... did you ship this through comgateway?
No...
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