Hi all,
I may be in the market for a Les Paul style guitar in the near future and I was wondering if I could pick your brains.
Firstly, I am working to a budget of £400 and am happy with both new and used.
I would be looking for something that can do blues (higher gain a la Gary Moore and Joe Bonamassa) through to hard rock (think Black Stone Cherry).
Really what I would like is something that gives me a fat lead tone at the neck and an aggressive bridge tone, but can clean up relatively well.
I have a PRS SE Custom 24 and SE Angelus so I know and trust PRS, and I like the look of some of their singlecut models, but I'm staying open to any brand.
I prefer guitars with burst or trans finishes so this will be a factor but I am not staunchly against plain finishes.
Thanks!
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or look for something a bit different? The Fender FMT are nice, Fender scale length but humbuckers. Or my tele Blackout ;-) sparkly blue, Seymour Duncan 59 and Pearly Gates
I'd sell you mine but it has sentimental value/I'm practicing fret dressing on it.
more retro then maybe a Dearmond M75 as mentioned above
I had one of the original Single PRS SE Soapbars that was very light. If might be worth looking at something all mahogany like that. 50s LP Customs were all mahogany without the maple cap.
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Leftfield choice - careful shopping for late '70's/early '80's MIJ stuff...
This sort of thing turns up on Facebook groups (and here, a little while ago) - usually around the £300 mark.
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