Yet another LP regurgitation but it's something sensible (at least to me & that is saying a lot since I'm not too into Gibsons...). I would start by pointing out the fact that some of us kinda struggled playing a Gibson ES-335 not attributable to the instrument's weight but the body dimensions. It's a little wider so it 'affects' your arm placement & there's this realization over time that the body is intruding into your under arm. So they made the ES-339, a shrunken ES-335 so to speak & here they have brought the ES idea into the Les Paul. It's a glorious consideration because people like me would be quite at home playing one. The manufacturer said other components, notably the hardware, were substituted for lighter versions so as not to contradict the ES philosophy. The pickups are also the vintage, unpotted version so they will hum with distortion in use, so be informed & make your decisions wisely.
On that note, here's a look at the rear- note the absence of cavities, much in line with the ES philosophy once again. However, for guitars techs, that wouldn't be much good news because any pickups replacement would have to be from the front & if you've tried to at least mount a fresh set of pickups & channel the wires under that cavity to the control pots, it's a cumbersome process. However, the ES Les Paul is a neat idea with playability in mind.
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The main difference between the florentine and the es-les paul is that the es-les paul has a laminated construction versus solid woods on the florentine.
Same idea, different manifestation.
Idea is the same, but they would sound different due to the construction? (even if they used the same pickups)
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