whitey Les Paul

[sparky]

Hi whitey, been looking your guitar over, there a whole lot of controls on there, what do they all do, i know that Les Paul uses one himself, and if the man himself uses one, they must be the 'the mutt's nuts
I know they have low-impedance pickups, and i think i read somewhere that they have a switch, to switch to high impedance??
i'd be much obliged bro

[whitey's world]

Sparky, this could possibly be one of the most unique guitars Gibson made, just me talkin. Gibson did make a special amp and cord just for this guitar. I can do without the amp but would love to have one of the cords. Without the special cord, I am crazy about my LPR, it suppose to sound even better with the LPR cord. And so I don't have to type in all the stuff this guitar does I'll give you a link to "The Les Paul Recording Guitar Users Forum". It's a cool site and has a bunch of other good stuff on the home page. Read over it and I'll be happy to answer any questions you got. Let me say that this guitar can give you all kinds of sounds. If I ever have the chance to get another I will jump on it, just not on ebay cause I gotta hold and play it before I buy it. My favorite switch is the phase in/out.

www.gould68.freeserve.co.uk/lprusers/lprusers.html

Hey if anybody knows where to get the LPR cord let me know.

[sparky]

Thanks whitey, had a quick look, but will give it a proper look later

[whitey's world]

I always hear bout people not likin heavy guitars. The very first thing I noticed when I was handed my LPR the first time was the weight. It seemed very heavy to me. Well it's been 29 years since I strapped on the LPR for the first time and I still love how heavy it is, I guess I'm just used to it by now. It's never bothered my back, neck or shoulder. But I never weighed the LPR until right now. On my bathroom scale it came in at a whoppin 11 pounds. I did get 1 reading of 13 pounds out of the many times I weighed it, just a fluke readin maybe? It's a digital scale but wouldn't weigh the guitar by itself. I weighed myself several times and then me and the guitar. So is that about the average weight of a LP body? Does overall weight have anything to do with the sound of your guitar? To tell you the truth, I look for a heavy guitar myself, I just thought it helped out the sustain and tone, but I ain't an expert, just a string strummer at best. What's everybody else think bout heavy or light guitars? Try the old scale out with your favorite axe and lets compare.

[edharrison]

I think the Les Paul Recording is theunderdog of the Les Paul family. Bu far it was a masterful peice of art work. Matched with its sister The LPR bass. best combo for the studio. If you need parts for your recording let me know,I still have a few friends at Gibson......Ed

[whitey's world]

Thanks Ed, in fact I just brought it in to the shop yesterday. I decided to go back to 10 gauge strings (another step back in the quest for the ultimate tone) and did the best I could to set it back up but just couldn't get it right on. I do believe the adjustable bridge is the problem. I noticed that when I was adjustin the intonation some of the saddle screws turned but the saddle didin't move. I even let off the string pressure and it would take a few turns before they would move. But I guess I can't complain much, after almost 30 years of me bangin on it this is the only problem I have ever had with it. I've never had fret buzz, tuners slippin, nothin, the only thing I've ever did to it is just change strings.The tech said he would check it out, maybe try a newer bridge and see if that fixes it. As you probably know, the LPR bridge is different from most. I thought about sendin an email to gibson to see if any original style bridges are still available. So I'm gonna wait and see what he can do at the shop first. Anyhow, I guess the old guitar deserves a real good tuneup after all the strings I put on it.

[whitey's world]

Well I got my baby back from the shop all set up with new 10 gauge strings. The tech just blew out the dust and crud out the bridge and worked the screws back and forth and no problems, just like brand new. I couldn't wait to get her home and plug it in. I was expectin the 10s to be a little hard on the fingers but was I surprised. Because I tuned down a 1/2 step they bent oh so easy. And the overall tone is just what I been wantin again. I got a set of strings with a wound G string, the only thing I can gripe about is these D'Addario strings are very bright. I might have to try another brand. But here is the best news I got from him, the neck was as straight as an arrow. I was startin to believe my intonation problem was commin from a twisted neck since I couldn't get it tuned. I still have 1 old set of 8s I might string up just to see if it will sound as good as the 10s. So I guess you guys know what I'll be donin this weekend. JAMMIN

[sparky]

whiteysworld said:

Well I got my baby back from the shop all set up with new 10 gauge strings. The tech just blew out the dust and crud out the bridge and worked the screws back and forth and no problems, just like brand new. I couldn't wait to get her home and plug it in. I was expectin the 10s to be a little hard on the fingers but was I surprised. Because I tuned down a 1/2 step they bent oh so easy. And the overall tone is just what I been wantin again. I got a set of strings with a wound G string, the only thing I can gripe about is these D'Addario strings are very bright. I might have to try another brand. But here is the best news I got from him, the neck was as straight as an arrow. I was startin to believe my intonation problem was commin from a twisted neck since I couldn't get it tuned. I still have 1 old set of 8s I might string up just to see if it will sound as good as the 10s. So I guess you guys know what I'll be donin this weekend. JAMMIN

Cool whitey sounds like you got a good tech there, i bet she play's real nice now, and I bet you missed the old gal when she was been fixed

Jam on brother

[cofi]

That was good news about the bridge, saved a bit of money there, also kept the guitar with all the original part's if you where ever to sell her,
Not that your going to sell her like, she must be like a part of the family ;D

I used to use 9s, but nowday's i either use 9+half's, or 10, the 9+half's are really comfortable, but i can bend just as good with 10s, and they sound better, IMO, for slide,

nice one brother, happy jamming

[whitey's world]

I might have this LP buried with me. I did miss playin it alot. There's just somethin about your favorite guitar and how it feels. I been feelin this LP for almost 30 years. Now that I got it back and been strummin it to some old stuff I like to play made me realize just how good and different it sounds compared to the other guitars in the house. It feels good to have her back.