Stratoben127
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I currently have a Custom Shop Strat and a Les Paul Standard. The Strat is Ash/Maple with CS69s and a Texas Special in the bridge, so it's very "Stratty" sounding and has a lot of chimeyness. My Les Paul has Wolfetone PAF style pickups, so it has that classic honky LP sound.
Recently, I've been playing my Les Paul a lot more because the wider radius allows me to play a bit more freely, and it sounds much thicker and bigger than my Strat for the type of music I play, which is Blues-Rock/Jam band stuff like The Allman Brothers, Cream, Govt Mule, Grateful Dead, Traffic, etc. I still love my Strat for some of my original stuff and when I play Hendrix, Floyd, and some other tunes, but lately the LP is becoming more of my thing. The 9.5" radius on my Strat, when comparing it to a Les Paul, seems very tight and difficult to do precise faster runs. I had the Strat first, and I love how it feels and everything, but when I'm really playing, my LP seems to give me the goods a bit more. I also find that with a medium gain sound (Plexi on about 6), the Les Paul sounds way better, while the Strat excels at low gain and Fuzz sounds. I play through a Germino amp and normally don't use too many pedals- just a Timmy to add some gain and keep the volume down, and some other boosts, a fuzz, and delay. The rest is just for fun.
I'm on the search for my next guitar that can cover somewhat of a middle ground between the chimier Fender sound (good when clean) and the nastier Gibson sustaining sound (good with a cranked up Plexi). I feel I play more precisely and comfortably behind my LP, so I'm wondering if I should get an LP with P90s for a brighter sound, and maybe get some underwound ones. Another option is to get a Tele with hot pickups. I'm not sure if it would be a mistake to get a Tele though, as I've been leaning towards Gibsons lately. Maybe even a Les Paul Deluxe would do the trick? If anybody could help me out, that'd be awesome. I won't be getting anything for at least a few months, but I want to wait to get something good. My choices right now are these, in order of preference:
-Gibson 60th Anniversary Les Paul ('53 style).
-Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
-Fender '52 Hot Rod Tele
-Partscaster Thinline Tele with a P90 in the neck.
Another option is also the Gibson Non-Reverse Firebird with the split P90s, but I played an earlier model and it played like crap, although it wasn't set up well.
Recently, I've been playing my Les Paul a lot more because the wider radius allows me to play a bit more freely, and it sounds much thicker and bigger than my Strat for the type of music I play, which is Blues-Rock/Jam band stuff like The Allman Brothers, Cream, Govt Mule, Grateful Dead, Traffic, etc. I still love my Strat for some of my original stuff and when I play Hendrix, Floyd, and some other tunes, but lately the LP is becoming more of my thing. The 9.5" radius on my Strat, when comparing it to a Les Paul, seems very tight and difficult to do precise faster runs. I had the Strat first, and I love how it feels and everything, but when I'm really playing, my LP seems to give me the goods a bit more. I also find that with a medium gain sound (Plexi on about 6), the Les Paul sounds way better, while the Strat excels at low gain and Fuzz sounds. I play through a Germino amp and normally don't use too many pedals- just a Timmy to add some gain and keep the volume down, and some other boosts, a fuzz, and delay. The rest is just for fun.
I'm on the search for my next guitar that can cover somewhat of a middle ground between the chimier Fender sound (good when clean) and the nastier Gibson sustaining sound (good with a cranked up Plexi). I feel I play more precisely and comfortably behind my LP, so I'm wondering if I should get an LP with P90s for a brighter sound, and maybe get some underwound ones. Another option is to get a Tele with hot pickups. I'm not sure if it would be a mistake to get a Tele though, as I've been leaning towards Gibsons lately. Maybe even a Les Paul Deluxe would do the trick? If anybody could help me out, that'd be awesome. I won't be getting anything for at least a few months, but I want to wait to get something good. My choices right now are these, in order of preference:
-Gibson 60th Anniversary Les Paul ('53 style).
-Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
-Fender '52 Hot Rod Tele
-Partscaster Thinline Tele with a P90 in the neck.
Another option is also the Gibson Non-Reverse Firebird with the split P90s, but I played an earlier model and it played like crap, although it wasn't set up well.
