NGD: Gibson Les Paul Traditional

[cap47]

Congrats NGD! I would never sell a LP to see Springsteen and Neil Young or any artist! You can play the LP over and over. You will see those guys once and it is over.

[CyanideJunkie]

Don't be afraid to work that tone knob! And if you haven't, I strongly suggest that you give 50s wiring a try, especially if you ride the volume knob often.

[harpinon]

That traditional should have 50's wiring.

To the OP....
Since you are so new to Lesters, here's a tip. What you do at first is set it to the neck pup with tone/vol on 10. Then you set your amp EQ to where it sounds best to you. Then switch to the bridge pup and set the tone to where it sounds best. As I said, I have found 5-6 to be best.
Then remember to set your amp/OD drives to the maximum that you'll ever use and then take full advantage of those vol knobs to adjust your amount of gain you are after.
Lesters are among the best guitars for this. You should be able to reduce it all the way down to two which should give you about 85-90% of your volume but with almost no grit at all
I find myself relying less on amp/ pedal tweaking with les Pauls.

[BlueHeaven]

Originally Posted by harpinon

That traditional should have 50's wiring.

To the OP....
Since you are so new to Lesters, here's a tip. What you do at first is set it to the neck pup with tone/vol on 10. Then you set your amp EQ to where it sounds best to you. Then switch to the bridge pup and set the tone to where it sounds best. As I said, I have found 5-6 to be best.
Then remember to set your amp/OD drives to the maximum that you'll ever use and then take full advantage of those vol knobs to adjust your amount of gain you are after.
Lesters are among the best guitars for this. You should be able to reduce it all the way down to two which should give you about 85-90% of your volume but with almost no grit at all
I find myself relying less on amp/ pedal tweaking with les Pauls.

Agree with all this 100%.

[Pietro]

Not only is lowering pickups a good idea on a LP, but so is messing with Pole Pieces. I used to have the pole pieces on the rhythm pickup UP a couple turns and the bridge DOWN one turn, but ymmv. Google "les paul pole piece adjustment"

[TubeStack]

Very nice! I have a 2010 Traditional Gold Top with 57's that is my new baby. Absolutely love it.

[Mosfed]

For a Traditional you got a really nice top. They can be a bit hit and miss.

I really like the Traditionals. I had bought one and came into a bit of money from a work bonus so I brought it in to trade vs a 2008 standard or other. Until I got all the way up to a Class 5, the Traditional sounded as good or better than the competition. But the Class 5 (given nearly twice the cost) blew it away. Love the class 5.

I do like the Classic 57s. Some people want a firmer bass response but I dig them.

[DCAddy]

Originally Posted by cap47

Congrats NGD! I would never sell a LP to see Springsteen and Neil Young or any artist! You can play the LP over and over. You will see those guys once and it is over.

+ 1,000

[bluesguitar1972]

Nice one! HNGD

[zastruga]

Originally Posted by harpinon

That traditional should have 50's wiring.

To the OP....
Since you are so new to Lesters, here's a tip. What you do at first is set it to the neck pup with tone/vol on 10. Then you set your amp EQ to where it sounds best to you. Then switch to the bridge pup and set the tone to where it sounds best. As I said, I have found 5-6 to be best.
Then remember to set your amp/OD drives to the maximum that you'll ever use and then take full advantage of those vol knobs to adjust your amount of gain you are after.
Lesters are among the best guitars for this. You should be able to reduce it all the way down to two which should give you about 85-90% of your volume but with almost no grit at all
I find myself relying less on amp/ pedal tweaking with les Pauls.

Hmm, this is all good advice. I'm used to getting my sound from pedal tweaking and leaving the guitar pretty much at max everything. I guess I'll need to rethink some of my playing and experiment more with guitar knobs! This is why I love getting new/different gear, it forces me to try different play styles and techniques.

[Zero G]

Originally Posted by zastruga

Hmm, this is all good advice. I'm used to getting my sound from pedal tweaking and leaving the guitar pretty much at max everything. I guess I'll need to rethink some of my playing and experiment more with guitar knobs! This is why I love getting new/different gear, it forces me to try different play styles and techniques.

Indeed. Also spend some time with the middle position. You can get so many great tones by blending in different amounts of the bridge and neck pickups. Some of the best LP tones I've had were in that middle position. Have fun!

[CyanideJunkie]

Originally Posted by Zero G

Indeed. Also spend some time with the middle position. You can get so many great tones by blending in different amounts of the bridge and neck pickups. Some of the best LP tones I've had were in that middle position. Have fun!

+1. Jimmy Page is well-known for this as well.