Buying a Gibson

khmr33 · 2 years

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PyritePirate · 2 years

Dude. You have to try before you buy. This isn't a pedal. It has to feel good in your hands.

watterson · 2 years

Are you dead set on an expensive Gibson? I dinked around with a bunch of guitars recently, and liked the Heritages a LOT more than the Gibsons.

postdarwin · 2 years

You sound like you're determined to buy new. However, I've bought my last 6 or 8 guitars on eBay. The one I didn't like went right back up the next day at very little overall loss. With careful research and patience I have saved a fortune and bought some rare stuff I'd never ever have come across locally. Think about it. You don't have to get the latest Gibson incarnation--what about, to pick something at random, an older NightHawk? Have a look at a book on odd/classic/interesting guitars and do a search--the sky's the limit.

My two cents.

giantstonedbot · 2 years

i have a studio (2007 cherry heritage). People seem to talk shit about gibson these days, and maybe i have an exceptional specimen, but it's my favorite guitar to play. it may not be as pretty as a les paul std/profpro, but it plays like a dream.

The studios are definitely a very noticeable step up from the Epiphones in terms of playability. *note i've only played with the ~400 dollar ones, not the higher end epi's.

makuserusukotto · 2 years

A friend of mine bought the Traditional Pro from Thomann.de here in Europe. I believe it has gone mainstream now after its success.

The Studios are great guitars. There are two things that I would point out and I mean neither to talk you away from the Studio:

The Studio is a solid mahogany guitar, it differs slightly from the Standards and their variants (like the Traditional).
Because they have less by way of binding etc, you may later wish you bought the Standard. I don't really agree with this but it's a fairly common consequence.

One of the beautiful things on the Studio is its ebony fretboard. It looks and feels great. Between the fretboard and the full mahogany body it will sound a little different but not worlds apart.

Back to the Traditional; They are great guitars. They are essentially a reissue of the 80s-90s spec Les Pauls. Excellent guitars all around. However on that price scale The Pro also has locking Grovers and a Plek'd fret setup. I have played these guitars and I rate them highly.

Lastly pickups; I believe the Studios are still sporting a 490R/498T combo. These are great pickups and are more focussed in the upper mids. I suppose you could call the modern but not in the EMG sterile way. The Traditional Pro has a 57 Classic+ in the neck and a BB3 in the bridge. This is an excellent combination in that you get smooth round neck tones and a great bite from the bridge. I will just say that the coil splitting novelty wears off quickly. It is useful but it sounds better on paper than in practice. Anyone I know that had it stopped using it after a few weeks.

[deleted] · 2 years

I play a Studio and I love it. I would highly recommend you buy one.

Don't listen to al of the cheap-os on here. Buy a real guitar and it will last you a lifetime.

cc132 · 2 years

[Cheap punk alert]

Maybe I'm just a weirdo, but I can't justify/understand people buying and playing such expensive guitars! Personally I'd just go with the epiphone.

Aren't you going to shed? Jump around? Get blood (and other bodily fluids?) on it? Or are you going to play it with white silk gloves on in a special room designed by nasa to be static/dust free?

IMO spending $1000+ on a guitar is like spending $1000+ on an action figure... don't you want to break it out of the packaging and play with it in the sandbox?

[/Cheap punk alert]

phartnocker · 2 years

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omar91 · 2 years

Go for a PRS

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