A new "The Paul" from Gibson?

[dougk]

Man if I did a finish that bad I'd be drawn and quartered.

 

[Tiltsta]

Man if I did a finish that bad I'd be drawn and quartered.

I don't know a lot about painting guitars, but it looks like they did no grain filler before painting it.

 

[Mark Wein]

I don't know a lot about painting guitars, but it looks like they did no grain filler before painting it.

That's why I took that pic. That's one of the places they saved some money.

To be honest though the guitar sounds pretty good, especially considering what you normally get from Gibson at twice the price.


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[gtrjunior]

Les Paul Standards are $638 at MF (Open Box)

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guit...-series-t-electric-guitar?condition=used#used

Unfortunately thats a Studio and not a Standard. Otherwise I'd be buying 2 at that price.
Not that there's anything wrong with a Studio, I've got one of those too.

 

[mikesr1963]

Unfortunately thats a Studio and not a Standard. Otherwise I'd be buying 2 at that price.
Not that there's anything wrong with a Studio, I've got one of those too.

My bad

 

[shoeless]

Like others have said, it looks like it was painted in a hurry by a high school shop class student. Interesting neck joint...scooped out for high fret access. Seems like a bit of a trade-off for play-ability vs. neck joint strength.

What's the street price on them?

 

[Lerxst]

It's a decent guitar. I can see where they saved some money on finishing. Sounds pretty good.

How's it compare to the current Epiphones?

 

[Mark Wein]

How's it compare to the current Epiphones?

Kicks the crap out of them.

 

[Lerxst]

Kicks the crap out of them.

For the most part they're solid color nothing too fancy guitars but I could see them siphoning off a good chunk of sales from Epi if they're that much better. Curious to see how these play out.

 

[Mark Wein]

For the most part they're solid color nothing too fancy guitars but I could see them siphoning off a good chunk of sales from Epi if they're that much better. Curious to see how these play out.

I bet that the cheap finish would dissuade a lot of folks from spending the money but if I needed a guitar in this price range or even a little cheaper I'd cough up the extra few hundred dollars.

 

[Virtual Pariah]

Just kinda wish they hadn't made the M2 so similar visually. There's a pretty steep price difference and it's going to confuse people.

 

[GAS Man]

Are these the ones made with Chinese parts and Epi pickups?

I think that's the M2 (an Amazon exclusive), which I will boycott.

 

[GAS Man]

I like the looks of that Custom Special. It reminds me of a Gibson L6S I used to own and wish I hadn't traded off.