[Comments] Latest Comments from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright 1998-2013 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:59:54 -0500 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:18:13 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 144 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_1 POSTED: 12/01/2009 07:23am]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:23:22 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_2 POSTED: 12/01/2009 07:39am]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:39:28 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_3 POSTED: 12/01/2009 07:40am]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:40:55 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_4 POSTED: 12/01/2009 08:20am]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:20:39 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_5 POSTED: 12/01/2009 08:47am]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:47:50 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_6 It sounds great no matter what guitar you compare it to.

I lulled.
POSTED: 12/01/2009 09:02am]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:02:56 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_7 POSTED: 12/01/2009 10:33am]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:33:56 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_8
*noob*
POSTED: 12/01/2009 11:24am]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:24:20 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_9
the ibanez is much better :S
POSTED: 12/01/2009 11:33am]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:33:35 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_10 Chozodragon wrote:

81 and 85 exist in passive versions ?

*noob*It doesn't say so anywhere. The pickups just don't have the smooth caps they usually do. Noob
POSTED: 12/01/2009 12:08pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:08:42 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_11 POSTED: 12/01/2009 02:20pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:20:02 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_12
Maybe I just don't quite get it.
POSTED: 12/01/2009 02:27pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:27:44 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_13 Wiintruder wrote:

yeah, for that price u could have got the epi les paul goth and change the hardware...u would get "almost" the same guitar for much less

Umm ... for the same price you could have got a worse guitar for much less ...???
POSTED: 12/01/2009 02:54pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:54:46 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_14 POSTED: 12/01/2009 02:55pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:55:23 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_15 '
POSTED: 12/01/2009 05:10pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:10:07 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_16 It's heavy.

you did realise you were buying a LP?
POSTED: 12/01/2009 06:38pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:38:34 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_17 and they look better.
POSTED: 12/01/2009 10:22pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:22:33 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_18 filthylittleboy wrote:

the picture is an epiphone... these guitars are crap... you could buy an ibanez with equal quality at something close to half the price. Gibsons are overrated unless you're good/famous enough to be given one free '
Boy, you don't do a lot of research, do you? Gibsons (standards, customs, etc.) are expensive because of all the inlay and binding (which is done by hand) and paint jobs. The studio and faded versions are, aside from pickups and ocassionally tuners, the exact same as any other guitar from the Gibson USA factory. They don't look as pretty, but the parts that contribute to the sound are identical, for 1/3rd to 2/3rds the price.

I have a Les Paul faded and a Les Paul Doublecut Standard. Both are amazing guitars, and were worth every penny. Neither have tuning or intonation issues when I play someplace hotter or colder than my apartment either, unlike the Epiphones and Ibanezes I used to own. A good product is a good product, plain and simple.

I always use car analogies, and here's another one. I would rather own a used, no-option BMW or Volvo than a brand-new, optioned-out Honda or Taurus. Sure the newer cars look better, have more features, and probably have more horsepower. But the older cars are built like tanks and are reliable as all hell. A couple years ago I had a late-80s BMW 3-series that stuck to winter roads just as well as my friends' new econoboxes with their traction control. It started as reliably (or moreso) in subzero temperatures than most newer cars too.

There are a LOT of people in this world that put reliability before any other selling point. This is why people like myself buy Gibsons and American Fenders. Sure you can get a guitar that sounds just as good off the rack for much less - I won't argue that. But will it still be as good after you've beaten the crap out of it and dropped it a few times after several years? Hell no.
POSTED: 12/02/2009 12:56am]]> Comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:56:57 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_19 POSTED: 12/02/2009 01:00am]]> Comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:00:02 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_20 POSTED: 12/02/2009 01:00am]]> Comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:00:52 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_21 POSTED: 12/02/2009 01:01am]]> Comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:01:59 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_22 Warheart1188 wrote:

Why on earth did that guitar cost $1700? It's a $400 guitar!
Because it has a 1300$ Gibson-sticker on it.
POSTED: 12/02/2009 04:55am]]> Comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:55:53 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_23 POSTED: 12/02/2009 09:49am]]> Comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:49:31 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_24 POSTED: 12/28/2010 08:53am]]> Comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:53:58 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_25 The downsides are: All controls on an LP are placed so far away from the hand. Which I find kinda weird. And another thing: The PU-selector appears to be a common weakness in Gibsons and Epiphones. I've had to replace them on three different models including this one. I'd like to know though; Where did you hear that it comes with EMGs? I had an Epiphone "Scroll" fittet with EMGs and they sound nothing like this guitar (They where boring so I re-replaced them) But I allways thought they where standard 490R-498Ts!? I know it's an old post, but if somebody out there knows anyting about this, I'd like to know as it sounds pretty weird...
POSTED: 02/06/2012 05:11am]]> Comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:11:49 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_26 POSTED: 07/25/2012 09:44am]]> Comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:44:06 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_27 POSTED: 07/25/2012 09:44am]]> Comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:44:59 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_28 All the links in the chain make a difference. I have forged mine. The original "Gibson les Paul gothic" is number 1 as standard in my kit, with the ESP eclipse/Jackson sl1soloist sitting on reserve.
POSTED: 07/25/2012 09:55am]]> Comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:55:44 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/gibson/les_paul_studio_gothic/index.html#u_29 POSTED: 02/21/2013 10:18am]]> Comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:18:13 -0500