New Gibson all access heel

fastonebaz

I like to make good use of all thre frets on my guitars.   

Anyone tried the new les Paul all access heel? 

What's it like? 
Smooth easy playing? 
On par with feline guitars? 
Better than a standard les Paul? 
Worth a trip to Anderson's or similar to try one? 


Cheers

FelineGuitars

fastonebaz said:

I like to make good use of all thre frets on my guitars.   

Anyone tried the new les Paul all access heel? 

What's it like? 
1)Smooth easy playing? 
2)On par with feline guitars? 
3)Better than a standard les Paul? 
4)Worth a trip to Anderson's or similar to try one? 


Cheers

1) Not bad

2) nope

3) sure for access

4) yes , but put enough fuel in to go play a Lion at Feline

Fortheloveofguitar

Is it new or the same carve they’ve been using on the custom shop axcess model for some time?

If it’s the same then it’s really nice and does make a difference for playing at the diatu end of the fretboard. I have a CS Axcess and love it 

Kittyfrisk

FelineGuitars said:

fastonebaz said:

I like to make good use of all thre frets on my guitars.   

Anyone tried the new les Paul all access heel? 

What's it like? 
1)Smooth easy playing? 
2)On par with feline guitars? 
3)Better than a standard les Paul? 
4)Worth a trip to Anderson's or similar to try one? 


Cheers

1) Not bad

2) nope

3) sure for access

4) yes , but put enough fuel in to go play a Lion at Feline

A plug? Never. Have ye no shame 

monquixote

Kittyfrisk said:

FelineGuitars said:

fastonebaz said:

I like to make good use of all thre frets on my guitars.   

Anyone tried the new les Paul all access heel? 

What's it like? 
1)Smooth easy playing? 
2)On par with feline guitars? 
3)Better than a standard les Paul? 
4)Worth a trip to Anderson's or similar to try one? 


Cheers

1) Not bad

2) nope

3) sure for access

4) yes , but put enough fuel in to go play a Lion at Feline

A plug? Never. Have ye no shame 

He may not have shame but he makes a bloody good Les Paul

Kittyfrisk

OK, back down the rabbit hole we go .
Define 'a bloody good Les Paul' ?

sweepy

Kittyfrisk said:

OK, back down the rabbit hole we go .
Define 'a bloody good Les Paul' ?

Oooohhh where do we start

fastonebaz

FelineGuitars said:

fastonebaz said:

I like to make good use of all thre frets on my guitars.   

Anyone tried the new les Paul all access heel? 

What's it like? 
1)Smooth easy playing? 
2)On par with feline guitars? 
3)Better than a standard les Paul? 
4)Worth a trip to Anderson's or similar to try one? 


Cheers

1) Not bad

2) nope

3) sure for access

4) yes , but put enough fuel in to go play a Lion at Feline

Naturally   Have Gibson done a half baked attempt at it,  or is it a quality issue? 

John_P

I have an axcess and gig it most weeks - really comfy and going back to my other Les Pauls feels really clunky and awkward in comparison. One of Gibson’s best “upgrades” in a long time imo. 

meltedbuzzbox

sweepy said:

Kittyfrisk said:

OK, back down the rabbit hole we go .
Define 'a bloody good Les Paul' ?

Oooohhh where do we start

Robot tuners?

fastonebaz

Looking at the design of it,  looks like Feline's design is much better/smoother/more access still than the Gibson. Not many online demos yet though. 

Henrytwang

No matter how good or bad it might be it just can’t be successful as it’s not how it was in 1959.

TTBZ

Yes to all of the above. Not played a feline but the Gibson one was a massive improvement over the original design.

Maynehead

This might actually tempt me to buy Les Paul one day...

edit: on closer inspection it’s still a bit rubbish. The heel is still there, it’s just that the body near the heel has been carved thinner. Not the same as the Axcess heel and not sure how much it would help.

monquixote

Kittyfrisk said:

OK, back down the rabbit hole we go .
Define 'a bloody good Les Paul' ?

Simple I played one and thought to myself "wow that's a bloody good Les paul"

vasselmeyer

The best Les Paul I ever played was a Feline. I haven't played one of the new Gibson range, but I'd be amazed if they had the same quality and attention to detail that I experienced on the Feline.

No...I'm not an owner but if I ever get fed up of my PRS DGT then Feline are on my list.

TINMAN82

FelineGuitars said:

fastonebaz said:

I like to make good use of all thre frets on my guitars.   

Anyone tried the new les Paul all access heel? 

What's it like? 
1)Smooth easy playing? 
2)On par with feline guitars? 
3)Better than a standard les Paul? 
4)Worth a trip to Anderson's or similar to try one? 


Cheers

1) Not bad

2) nope

3) sure for access

4) yes , but put enough fuel in to go play a Lion at Feline

Do you do them in Gibson gold top?

Wonky

You can have the access in the world, but until they stick the rest of the frets on it, what's the point! 2 octave and nothing less

TINMAN82

Just noticed the moderns have richlite fretboards. That’s me out. 

Arjailer

TINMAN82 said:

Just noticed the moderns have richlite fretboards. That’s me out. 

Everything I've seen says the new moderns are ebony

TINMAN82

Arjailer said:

TINMAN82 said:

Just noticed the moderns have richlite fretboards. That’s me out. 

Everything I've seen says the new modern's are ebony

Richlite on Andertons website but I see it says ebony on Gibson.com