Members Kid Klash Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 A Les Paul with a maple neck and fretboard reminds me of the fat albino kid that I went to grammer school with. Nice kid, and he got good grades, but dang - he did look strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members air guitar Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I've never seen in person a maple necked Les Paul. Let alone played one. I'm thinking I would love it though. Here's a design I wish Gibson would make some day: a Les Paul with a maple neck through mahogany body wings. No maple top. The neck and wings would be carved to the same specifications as the regular Les Pauls. Anyway I'm thinking it would be a crunch machine. With even more sustain than the regular ones. And it could come with your choice of Gibson, DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan, or EMG pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jlw001 Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 The early 70's saw the LP deluxes with pancake bodies, but no other model that I know of. I used to have a 74 Goldtop deluxe with pancake body. It was sweet and I don't think the interface between the two pieces of mahogany made any difference. My Custom has a multipiece maple top, but it is a one piece mahogany back. I've played lots of standards and customs and I usually like the standards much more than the customs, but the custom I'm playing now is just great and I've never played a Paul that was any better. That's not to say that there are better LPs out there, but its hard for me to imagine them. My Custom is heavy, but its definitely not your typical boat anchor. Its about 9.5lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members songsforbears Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 blasphemy, i know. but only $259 http://www.rondomusic.com/product1074.html Lovely, but:A. I can't stand the Agile headstock.B. Would it have killed them to stain the fingerboard the same color as the body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Filter500 Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 Lovely, but: B. Would it have killed them to stain the fingerboard the same color as the body? Uhh, that might look a bit BORING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members songsforbears Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 Uhh, that might look a bit BORING. Yeah... the schizophrenic look is definitely for exciting people. Matching is for total idiots. Who matches? Screw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members utterhack Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 A Les Paul with a maple neck and fretboard reminds me of the fat albino kid that I went to grammer school with. Nice kid, and he got good grades, but dang - he did look strange. This has a maple neck... doesn't look like a fat kid to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted March 1, 2008 Moderators Share Posted March 1, 2008 This has a maple neck... doesn't look like a fat kid to me That looks like a sexy chick who constantly begs to be taken from the rear:cry:Thats a 70s Utter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bryvincent Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 Anyone ever seen a Maple Fingerboarded LP?here's two from gbase: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Filter500 Posted March 2, 2008 Members Share Posted March 2, 2008 Yeah... the schizophrenic look is definitely for exciting people. Matching is for total idiots. Who matches? Screw them. Given that most guitars have fretboards that are a different color than the body, I don't find it odd or "schizophrenic"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members utterhack Posted March 2, 2008 Members Share Posted March 2, 2008 That looks like a sexy chick who constantly begs to be taken from the rear:cry: Thats a 70s Utter? '77 Les Paul Pro Deluxe The maple neck is slim and fast, noticeably flatter than the mahogany necks on my '96 Special and Epi Elite, but not nec. better or worse. Oh btw... trigger pull'd on the ObG. Mahogany neck and all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kid Klash Posted March 2, 2008 Members Share Posted March 2, 2008 This has a maple neck... doesn't look like a fat kid to me That looks fly - very sweet! It's no albino either, by the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members utterhack Posted March 2, 2008 Members Share Posted March 2, 2008 That looks fly - very sweet! It's no albino either, by the way... For the record, whether you love it, hate it, or don't care either way, the maple neck was definitely not a cost-cutting measure. It was conceived and implemented as a genuine step forward in durability over the accident-prone one-piece mahogany necks. And fwiw, mine has come off the strap and bounced its headstock off the floor with no ill effect, so apparently it worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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