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$450K Les Paul vs $2K Les Paul


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30 thoughts on “$450K Les Paul vs $2K Les Paul

  • since when does Gibson put plastic jack covers on Les Pauls on Epis yes but Gibsons have metal

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  • The '58 has a richness that's not there in the new one. That being said buying a '58 Les Paul isn't all about the tone.

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  • That guy plays guitar better in his sleep than I’ll ever play in my life awake.. he could make a shoestring sound amazing…

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  • one sounds great and is incredibly collectible because of its rarity, the other sounds really good and isn't terribly collectible. i'll have the one that sounds good and isn't terribly collectible.

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  • That slight puffy, woody airiness, midrangey tone the old one has is the difference. Sometimes you will encounter new guitars which have it, but is vary vary rare.

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  • The value is not in the sound. Just like the value of a classic car is not in the movement from A to B.

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  • I knew the '58 was real when I saw the top carve, they still don't get it right after 40 years of "re-issues".

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  • the variances are marginal but I will say they ARE noticeable. Not significant, but def there. Anyone have a high end oscilloscope?

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  • I'm a music expert and these sound identical through my 6 year old phone speakers at 65% volume with my palm covering the right one.

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  • You're not paying more because it sounds better, you're paying for the rarity and nostalgia. An antique muscle car isn't more valuable because it's faster or handles better than a new one, it's valuable for nostalgia

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  • Guitars are a lot like high performance cars and motorcycles. Hardly anybody is good enough to get the full performance out of them. You can do wonders by simply adding a pedal or changing pickups. A 59 Les Paul out of Geddy Lee's collection (Rush bassist) sold at Mecum Indy to Rick Neilson (Cheap Trick) for around $250,000. I doubt many of us could hear any noticable difference.

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  • Like building a modified car you put a few thousand into it and get some great results but to keep going up and up just to get a little bit more of an edge it gets more and more expensive. And aged vintage instrument like this is an amazing thing to own. I have a 61 fender jazz outfitted with EMG pickups, hardwired, and I dropped the hip shot. When I played this instrument with a music instructor who is selling it I couldn't believe how beautiful this thing sounded and well of course the rest is history. The weak link, me.????

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  • To a trained ear it's night and day…the depth of sound in the 58 is 3D analog whereas the re issue is 2D digital…????

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