While it is rather ripe for Gibson to be doing a Les Paul take for a 7-string, the manufacturer had decided to preserve the traditional scale length of 24.75" which screams 'wrong'. If you've handled a 7-string guitar by other manufacturers, majority of them avoided going below the 25" mark on accounts of string tension practicality. Maybe, the good people at Gibson deem the default LP scale length to be suitable for this application, we are certainly not privy of this consideration. That singlecut design will also pose an issue pertaining to accessibility (more so with an additional string in there) so this instrument will have a niche appeal to some of us with rather long fingers. Of late, we see the LP classic sporting only 3 control knobs & that's perpetuated here. The flick switch is a booster unit, activating up to 15db of push should the need arises.
The desire for a 7-string Les Paul is as scant as the need for a Floyd Rose locking bridge in one; it reeks of desperation rather than a genuine attempt to adapt to the circumstances. I would personally acknowledge the limitations of the LP when it comes to a 7-string application rather than enforce its existence. Then again, I am not Gibson, I don't know what's good for the brand name, yes? *roll eyes*
2 comments:
desperate adaptations?
more than $2K for this? :-/
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