lahawk
Senior Member
Registered: 06/28/01
Posts: 2783
Loc: Lehigh Valley, Pa.
A customer,Jonathan brought in his 2011, Gibson Les Paul "Buckethead" Studio, in Hawk Music for an inspection. First one I ever played. What a cool guitar !!!
Nigel Admin
Registered: 06/01/98
Posts: 6483
Loc: Ventura CA USA
I really like Les Pauls but as I have got older they are so heavy it is a bit too much for me over a 4 hour gig. Especially when I bend forward to play keyboard parts. But I like them sitting down to play.
Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 7294
Loc: Lexington, Ky, USA
Nigel, I have a Heritage Studio Lite. It is from the 80's, when all the good builders left Gibson to form Heritage. Just like a LP,but lots better construction and a lot lighter.
Nigel Admin
Registered: 06/01/98
Posts: 6483
Loc: Ventura CA USA
Sounds perfect Russ. I will look that up. I had been thinking of getting an SG just to get that Gibson sound without the weight. But maybe the Heritage is the way to go.
Nigel Admin
Registered: 06/01/98
Posts: 6483
Loc: Ventura CA USA
I was reading an article the other day about how ebony and some mahogany wood have become protected and illegal to use Fender and Gibson are going to start looking at alternate woods for guitars. It will be interesting to see how that works out.
Martin bought the last ebony saw mill just so they could close it down.
Nigel Admin
Registered: 06/01/98
Posts: 6483
Loc: Ventura CA USA
Did you ever see Dave Carroll's video about when he traveled United Airlines and they broke his Taylor acoustic. They wouldn't take responsibility for it it so he made this video. After millions of views they changed their position. Now they use it as a training video for their staff. It really is a great song he wrote for it.