58 Les Paul and Joey Landreth

[FNG]

Great guitarist and a classic. Serious tone!

 

[krysh]

yep, nice sound and playing, but this guy could make a shovel sound great.
why do you never see a comparison with a standard up to date les paul from the rack? I don't believe they would sound dramatically different.
I hate this vintage hype. [/rant]

 

[Antney]

Krysh, you couldn’t be more wrong. Here is a great example of vintage vs new

 

[FNG]

Krysh, you couldn’t be more wrong. Here is a great example of vintage vs new

Lol!

 

[fronobulax]

make a shovel sound great.

 

[walrus]

yep, nice sound and playing, but this guy could make a shovel sound great.
why do you never see a comparison with a standard up to date les paul from the rack? I don't believe they would sound dramatically different.
I hate this vintage hype. [/rant]

I agree with this. There are some comparison videos on youtube that prove your point. It's the player mostly, IMHO.

My go to story is having a friend of mine who was a very talented guitarist in his teens come over to my house and he picked up a Sears piece of $h1t electric I had and made it sound great. After that, I started to practice more!

walrus

 

[FNG]

yep, nice sound and playing, but this guy could make a shovel sound great.
why do you never see a comparison with a standard up to date les paul from the rack? I don't believe they would sound dramatically different.
I hate this vintage hype. [/rant]