Les Paul with one pickup: yeah or neah?

[Jim S]

What doe the TGP collective thinK? Not a versatile guitar but as an an unnecessary additionto the quiver just for the fun and coolness...or do you think it's a totally inane white elephant with a high degree of "WTF are you thinking" factor?

 

[dazco]

Well, i guess it's subjective because some like those. To me it makes no sense at all. kinda like preferring a stereo with one speaker. Why? Why would anyone want to limit the sounds you can get without getting some sort of benefit from the sacrifice? But like i said, thats just me. I'd prefer a epi LP over that no matter how nice those are because the neck P/U and the middle combo is that important to me. I look at it like a car w/o a steering wheel. What good is it? It can go straight, but what happens when you come to a curve?

 

[phantasm]

I think they could be cool. You can do a whole lot with one pickup-especially if you have a tone control.
What's the pickup switch doing on a one pickup guitar? Would that be a coil tap? a mini switch by the other controls or a push pull would be best.

 

[Jim S]

I look at it like a car w/o a steering wheel. What good is it? It can go straight, but what happens when you come to a curve?

Who turns?

Oh, I'm thinking of skiing again.

The pup switch could be on/off for staccato or a coil tap. Or it could be a cut switch for the vocalist's mic.

 

[twinrider1]

I love the looks of the goldtop Gibson did (1st pic). Isn't there a story behind those....something about Gibson doing a very small run of them, with one going to Clapton. Something like that.

 

[Jura]

I'd love the P-90 GP if it had only the neck pickup..

 

[Hackubus]

I'd jump all over that single P90/single knob Custom if there was such a critter.

 

[Mcclassic]

Not to me, I love the tones that the front pick-up gives, maybe only with the P-90...

 

[somedude]

I'd spring for a Junior first.

 

[Grenville]

Have you ever played a LP Jr? One pickup, hugely versatile.

Go for it.

 

[OminousPoultry]

I love the looks of the goldtop Gibson did (1st pic). Isn't there a story behind those....something about Gibson doing a very small run of them, with one going to Clapton. Something like that.

a run of 25 done for Dave's Guitars - based on the Rev's - one for sale

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[Timmo]

a run of 25 done for Dave's Guitars - based on the Rev's - one for sale

here
(I have no connection)

$7K ? Nothing like paying more for less.

Pass the Jr. please........

 

[richey88]

Diggin' the goldtop w/ the P-90!!

 

[benjammin420]

im sure theyve got killer tone, and if i could afford 1,000,000 guitars i would have a few of these, but i really prefer more than one pickup just to get some variety

 

[Yankee Univox]

I personally don't care for it,but if it gets the job done for YOU, that's really all that matters...right?

 

[The Golden Boy]

Who turns?

Oh, I'm thinking of skiing again.

"Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way- turn."

 

[rockinlespaul]

I don't care for it.

 

[innocent_bystander]

Looks cool.... I dig it.

 

[jhc]

A lot of folks prefer Esquires to Teles. Seems like pretty much the same concept to me. If you want versatility, a coil tap could help with that.

 

[Stringz]

That white one looks like one of those GibSUN copies from China.

There's nothing wrong with a single pickup guitar, though. Gibson would never have made the Junior or Melody Maker if there were.

Single pickup guitars have a clean and simple look to them, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.