Members Brewski Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I use to believe this, I no longer do. Its a oversimplification I can hear it now that I have the same pup in one that has a maple neck and one with a mahogany neck. Its quite noticable with the guitars I have - IMO and with the ones I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Maple neck LPs are cool.That Deluxe of Rataes is just..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _pete_ Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Bitch? Datz arsh:cry:Just messin wit ya.:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Did you shave the volute? Nah, he leaves it as hairy as nature intended. As for peeps 'hating' maple-necked Les Pauls ... how many folkses here have even seen one outside of pictures? Pas moi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 59humbucker Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I don't recall any hate specifically directed to maple necked LP's, though I guess there is some sceptisim in some circles for anything that deviates from 59 specs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rog951 Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 FYI, both my maple-necked '80 LPs (one Deluxe, one Standard) have volutes. They're not overly bright compared to my R8, but I would say they have just a bit of an "edgier" quality to them. They all three have vastly different types of pickups though, so it's not so easily quantifiable. The R8 is MUCH better (more resonant) acoustically though.Maple-necked LPs are good enough for Zakk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rog951 Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Nah, he leaves it as hairy as nature intended.As for peeps 'hating' maple-necked Les Pauls ... how many folkses here have even seen one outside of pictures? Pas moi. I think a lot of us own them...they made a TON between the early '70s and early '80s. Unless you're thinking about maple fingerboards...I've never seen one of those in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C-4 Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Plenty of us like them, but it may be the fact that maple necks coincide with N*rl*ns:mad:They're very {censored}ing stable and can hold a very very low action, even in ponds Having played many LP's including Norlins, historics, original LP's from the '50's, and all the other ones offered up by Gibson over the years, I tried a AAA Standard limtied at our local GC and compared it to 20 or so other LP's including the historics, and my own R9's and Cloud9 R9's and that maple neck LP made the rest of the mahogany neck LP's sound toodark, dull and unitieresting by comparison. So...I bought it and got rid of all of my other LP's. It is the best sounding LP I have ever played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BobbaFret Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I think my Swamp Ash Les Paul would be cool with a maple neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jlw001 Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I love my 78 LP Custom. Its has a 3 piece maple neck that has the perfect contour. It has a ebony fretboard that is so smooth and the action is incredible. Because the frets are low, you get the wonderful feel of the ebony as you play. I've never played a guitar that feels "better". I used to have a 91 PRS Cu24 with 10 top that I thought was the end all of guitars, but this Norlin era machine just knocked it off the pedestal I had for the PRS.Here's my Custom.Norlin eras are inconsistent, but when you find a good'n, its real good! BTW, if anybody happens to have that PRS I'd love to get it back for sentimental reasons. It was serial number 9477. It had a pau ferro board, tiger flame finish and tremolo. Here's an old pic of it.That old crate amp I was playing though was a friends that I was testing. Even the PRS couldn't do anything for that amp............lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 When Les Paul was working with Gibson designing the Les Paul, he found that an all-mahogany guitar sounded too muddy. The problem with a maple body was too much weight, too bright and tinny a tone (Les came from a jazz background)...and (believe it or not) too much sustain. Mahogany with a maple cap was his solution but I sometimes wonder if he just didn't consider the simpler option of an all-mahogany body and a maple neck. At any rate, the formula is written in stone now and can't be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BobbaFret Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 That's freakin beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jlw001 Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 That's freakin beautiful. Thanks. She sounds real nice and plays amazingly. She's a very nice guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hshaitan Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I think they're cool. Kind of bright sounding for a Les Paul. But it'd be a nice thing to own I guess. Zack Wylde swears by them. He likes them with no finish though. All the ones I've played with maple necks have been kind of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 The mahogany neck is the biggest strike against LP's in my book. My non-playing friends don't understand when I make offhand remarks like, "If he doesn't pay up I'll snap his neck like a Les Paul...:cop:" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mouse464 Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Anyone ever seen a Maple Fingerboarded LP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tinwhisker Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Anyone ever seen a Maple Fingerboarded LP? Zak has at least one. I used to have a custom with a maple neck and ebony fretboard, i didnt like it but that's all personal taste. The 70's maple necked lp's also get bashed for their pancake bodies and weight, usually around 12lbs. They're definitely solid but sound sort of a mix between a paul and an L6s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leakyfaucet Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 The mahogany neck is the biggest strike against LP's in my book. My non-playing friends don't understand when I make offhand remarks like, "If he doesn't pay up I'll snap his neck like a Les Paul...:cop:" I think the overall weakness of the Les Paul neck has more to do with the headstock angle and the resulting two pieces (if it was a 1 piece it would be even weaker) required than the type of wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 BTW - two of my AL LP style guitars have maple necks and they play great. so do the mahogany ones. Fwiw, I have an Agile Valkyrie with a maple neck, and the difference between it and my Epi G400 SG (that could be attributed to the necks, anyhow) were so negligible as to be non-existent. And I still have the Agile, the Epi is long gome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bryvincent Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 When Les Paul was working with Gibson designing the Les Paul, he found that an all-mahogany guitar sounded too muddy. The problem with a maple body was too much weight, too bright and tinny a tone (Les came from a jazz background)...and (believe it or not) too much sustain.Mahogany with a maple cap was his solution but I sometimes wonder if he just didn't consider the simpler option of an all-mahogany body and a maple neck. At any rate, the formula is written in stone now and can't be changed. no, it wasn't Les Paul that came up with the mahogany back, maple top concept. it was Ted McCarty and his engineers. Les' contribution was the crappy tailpiece bridge, the Gold color and the solid wood body concept. and, the bridge and the gold color even came later after the first prototype was built. Les wasn't even around when McCarty and co were designing Gibson's first solidbody. after they built the prototype, they approached Les to try it out and ask him to endorse it and use his name. Les and Mary liked it so they had a deal. and Les later designed the bridge/tailpiece and suggested the Gold color for the top. also, the carved top wasn't Les' idea either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 A lot of folks hate anything that isn't the spec first laid out. Same with Strats - far too many luddites hung up on the notion of if it isn't the 54 spec, it's "wrong." Tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bryvincent Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 A lot of folks hate anything that isn't the spec first laid out. Same with Strats - far too many luddites hung up on the notion of if it isn't the 54 spec, it's "wrong." Tedious. i think more people prefer the '57 spec(alder body). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 That's beautiful man.I'm not an LP guy... never have been. But that guitar makes me weep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Anyone ever seen a Maple Fingerboarded LP? I've seen about five of them. Three on the same day at a guitar show in Dallas. I've played two of them, one was black, one was natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J San Dimas Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I'm the opposite. You can keep anything with a painted rear, or mahogany. I'll take a maple neck LP any day! It's only an Epi, but I love my Zakk Wylde epi with maple neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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