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I've always heard it said that there are dark sounding Les Pauls, and bright sounding Les Pauls. I'm talking about irrespective of the pickups and electronic circuit, and having to do with the fact that the particular pieces wood the guitar is made of has a significant impact on the tonality. This particular Les Paul is the brightest of all I own, which is not to say bad, but just very crisp and snappy. It gives the humbuckers almost a P90 type bite. I may try 350K pots in this one, at least in the bridge position.

I also described in a previous thread that, inspired by reading that the stock Burstbucker 61 pickups are like Gibson 59 Tribute pickups only with A5 magnets, I pulled the A5s and installed rough cast A2s. This resulted in a warmer, more rounded tone. I'm very happy with that modification and highly recommend it.

Here's a short live video of the Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s being put through the paces in both pickup positions using moderate gain.

Very nice!

I am a HUGE fan of the brighter ones for the same reason I like the more articulate low output PAF style pups. I can always remove unwanted treble, but it’s hard to create what was never there. Sounds great to me, as does the playing!

NIce!
Your singer sounds like she could do some Black Crows.

jtcnj wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:51 am NIce!
Your singer sounds like she could do some Black Crows.

We regularly rotate "Twice as Hard" and "Hard to Handle" into the set list. That girl could sing the phone book and make is sound good.

toomanycats wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:57 am That girl could sing the phone book and make is sound good.

Do you have any direct links to a phone book video? Heck, when was the last time anyone has even seen a phone book?

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