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Post by Derick on Mar 5, 2023 21:44:48 GMT
Well 3 days ago, just went to the local guitar shop, just for a chin wag and a noisy around. Spotted this used but in excellent condition, Epiphone Les Paul 1960 Tribute Plus , in Midnight Sapphire, Fitted with locking tuners, and has coil tapping. So now I'm the proud owner of a Les Paul guitar, I'm not an Electric guitar player, but I have a Fender Stratocaster also, and I do enjoy trying to play them. Find them most useful when the wife is watching the soaps on the T.V. in the evening, I just use a plug in amp, connected to me headphone , so the wife is happy, that can only be a good thing. I'm not an expert on Epiphone Les Paul guitars, but if anyone knows, could you let me know if it's a good model .
This is a video off YouTube of the guitar, but it's not me playing it.
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Post by ocarolan on Mar 6, 2023 0:01:33 GMT
Congrats! What a great colour - don't think I've seen a Les Paul in that shade before - lovely! And coil tapping too (?push pull pots?) - spiffing. Hope you'll have a great time together. But sorry, I know sod toot about Epi les Pauls, or any Les Pauls, or indeed any electric guitars. But they are fun!
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Post by Derick on Mar 6, 2023 10:49:37 GMT
Congrats! What a great colour - don't think I've seen a Les Paul in that shade before - lovely! And coil tapping too (?push pull pots?) - spiffing. Hope you'll have a great time together. But sorry, I know sod toot about Epi les Pauls, or any Les Pauls, or indeed any electric guitars. But they are fun! Keith Hi Keith Thanks for the nice comments. Yes push pull pots, makes the Humbuckers sound like single coil pickups. To be honest I haven't a clue how to play an Electric guitar, but I do like the sound, look and playability of them, tend to finger pick them, just the same as when I play my Acoustic guitars. The two main reasons I play around with the Electric guitar are, just a twiddle with a couple of buttons, and loads of different tones can be found, also the same with sound effects, Volume, Distortion, Reverb, Delay and Chorus but to name just a few, the other reason is can plug me headphones in, when the wife is watching the T.V. then peace and harmony can be restored. The thing is you can spend a lot of time just learning to use the guitar, but if I must be honest, I much prefer the Acoustic Guitar, but anything with strings on and I'll have a go.
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Post by ocarolan on Mar 6, 2023 13:21:45 GMT
I never know what to do with electric guitar either - I have a cheapo Bullet Tele as I prefer single coil sounds, but a tappable humbucker guitar would seem to cover a lot of ground. I could quite fancy a tappable 335-alike ... one day. I've never played electric "out" but have used it a fair bit when multi-tracking for adding different sounds to a basically acoustic track, though even then I've only used pretty clean tones.
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Post by delb0y on Mar 6, 2023 16:33:52 GMT
Lovely looking guitar. I've always been a Fender man rather than a Gibson man - no reason other than when I bought my Fender in 1979 it was a few hundred pounds cheaper than a Gibson and thus the latter would have taken longer to save up for. These days I rarely play the electric, although the boy came round recently with his new Marshall amp and I had to dig that old Strat out - it was actually quite fun (and very easy!) to play an electric. I think that's the key - they can certainly be fun!
In the mornings, when I get up early and every one is still asleep, I tend to play my archtop, which is reasonably quiet. But you're right, an electric is also great for those very quiet unplugged sessions.
Enjoy the new guitar. Being a Les Paul you should go and learn some Peter Green / Paul Kossoff licks now, then come back and teach me them :-)
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Post by Derick on Mar 6, 2023 23:47:33 GMT
Lovely looking guitar. I've always been a Fender man rather than a Gibson man - no reason other than when I bought my Fender in 1979 it was a few hundred pounds cheaper than a Gibson and thus the latter would have taken longer to save up for. These days I rarely play the electric, although the boy came round recently with his new Marshall amp and I had to dig that old Strat out - it was actually quite fun (and very easy!) to play an electric. I think that's the key - they can certainly be fun! In the mornings, when I get up early and every one is still asleep, I tend to play my archtop, which is reasonably quiet. But you're right, an electric is also great for those very quiet unplugged sessions. Enjoy the new guitar. Being a Les Paul you should go and learn some Peter Green / Paul Kossoff licks now, then come back and teach me them :-) Hi Delb0y Thanks for the nice comments. Yes, I've got a Fender stratocaster, and not to long ago had a Fender Telecaster, I don't think ones better than the other, just different and a matter of personal choice or what sound/tone you are looking for. They all sound the same when I play them, and it's not pretty, but they are fun to play. When I need to play quiet, just plug in the mini Amp straight into the guitar then plug the headphones into the mini Amp, sounds a lot better than it should do. I'll check out the Peter Green and Paul Kossoff licks.
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Post by grayn on Mar 7, 2023 8:07:04 GMT
That's a nice Epi you have there. Definitely one of the higher level models, with USA pickups and Switchcraft electrics. Even keeping sounds clean, there's a lot of fun to be had and if you use pedals, just good reverb and delay pedals can do amazing things these days. Congrats.
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Post by Derick on Mar 8, 2023 10:17:10 GMT
That's a nice Epi you have there. Definitely one of the higher level models, with USA pickups and Switchcraft electrics. Even keeping sounds clean, there's a lot of fun to be had and if you use pedals, just good reverb and delay pedals can do amazing things these days. Congrats. Hi Grayn Thanks for the info. It's nice to know I've actually bought a guitar that's pretty good, considering , I played and tried it in the shop, but was not really sure what I was buying . The good news is I've played it every day, and really enjoying it, starting to get to grips with the different tones, and there is a lot of them, there is a long way to go before I can say I'm an Electric guitar player, but I'm in no rush, but sure I will get their one day. No extra pedals yet , but sure one day in the not to distant future pedals will be on the sean, then there will be even more to learn.
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Post by surfguy13 on Mar 8, 2023 16:57:48 GMT
These Tribute Plus LPs are really amazing value for money and so many upgrades over and above a standard Epiphone LP. For me the pickups on Epiphone guitars have always let them down but the Tribute Plus has USA Gibson Classic 57s which are my favourite humbucker bar none. Not only this but they have upgraded electronics with really decent quality caps and pots. Also have Switchcraft jack socket and switch. Tuners are Grover I think and work really well. I tried a used one locally about 6 months ago and it was superb, I couldn't see anything that wasn't as good as a US Standard Gibson LP.....apart from around £1500!!
Great buy and hope you gel with it.
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Post by Derick on Mar 9, 2023 0:30:44 GMT
These Tribute Plus LPs are really amazing value for money and so many upgrades over and above a standard Epiphone LP. For me the pickups on Epiphone guitars have always let them down but the Tribute Plus has USA Gibson Classic 57s which are my favourite humbucker bar none. Not only this but they have upgraded electronics with really decent quality caps and pots. Also have Switchcraft jack socket and switch. Tuners are Grover I think and work really well. I tried a used one locally about 6 months ago and it was superb, I couldn't see anything that wasn't as good as a US Standard Gibson LP.....apart from around £1500!! Great buy and hope you gel with it. Hi Surfguy13 Thanks for all the positive information. Yes, played the Les Paul ever day since I got it, and very pleased with it, I'm just starting to gel with it and at this rate it will become a keeper for sure, it makes me feel better, knowing it's a good model . Think there is quite a big learning curve, but I'm in no rush, as long as I'm enjoying myself, I will happy, thanks again for the information. Nearly forgot, yes the tunes are, Grover Locking tuners.
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Post by grayn on Mar 9, 2023 7:43:55 GMT
That's a nice Epi you have there. Definitely one of the higher level models, with USA pickups and Switchcraft electrics. Even keeping sounds clean, there's a lot of fun to be had and if you use pedals, just good reverb and delay pedals can do amazing things these days. Congrats. Hi Grayn Thanks for the info. It's nice to know I've actually bought a guitar that's pretty good, considering , I played and tried it in the shop, but was not really sure what I was buying . The good news is I've played it every day, and really enjoying it, starting to get to grips with the different tones, and there is a lot of them, there is a long way to go before I can say I'm an Electric guitar player, but I'm in no rush, but sure I will get their one day. No extra pedals yet , but sure one day in the not to distant future pedals will be on the sean, then there will be even more to learn. I hope you enjoy the journey. If you love creating ambient sounds, a good reverb that has a Shimmer setting is really worth getting. I'd highly recommend the EHX Oceans 11. Though there are plenty of others. Have fun.
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Post by Onechordtrick on Mar 9, 2023 12:35:31 GMT
I'm a big fan of playing with effects on my electric, partly because if I dial enough in it hides my poor playing If you're thinking of jumping down that rabbit hole I'd recommend a multi-fx pedal like the Zoom MS 70. I has copies of many pedals and may help you decide what sort of reverb, delay, phaser etc. that you like
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Post by Derick on Mar 9, 2023 12:57:49 GMT
I'm a big fan of playing with effects on my electric, partly because if I dial enough in it hides my poor playing If you're thinking of jumping down that rabbit hole I'd recommend a multi-fx pedal like the Zoom MS 70. I has copies of many pedals and may help you decide what sort of reverb, delay, phaser etc. that you like Hi. Onechordtrick Thanks for the information, I'll check the Zoom MS 70 pedal. At the moment I'm using a couple of these plug in amps, with me headphones, as the video below, it's a bit long, but the sound that you get from them is better than expected. At the moment with headphones one the wife can watch TV, in the same room, it keeps the peace, and I can practice for a long as I like.
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