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The 8.8lbs one you saw is literally the only sub 9lbs new range Les Paul I’ve seen so far on any website world wide. Average seems to run around 9.6-9.9lbs with the heaviest at 11lbs. These weights will put many off, that’s just fact. I guess it might be different if the compromise was a single slab body but these all seem to be 2 piece.
Any holy grail circa 9lbs and under standards will be needle in a haystack territory with no choice but to take what you get when it comes to the top, fit/finish etc.
For me the best value in the new range looks to be the juniors so far.
Many or just a handful of obsessive people?
The 11lb ones might be on the heavy side for some people I absolutely agree - but your quoted average of 9.6-9.9lb will be fine for anyone who hasn’t got a medical condition or been ‘told’ by the internet that it’s too heavy.
I’ve owned at least 3 Les Pauls and have never weighed any of them before or after buying.
To be honest before I’d looked on a guitar website I wasn’t aware of the average weight of a Les Paul and even now I know - I’m not arsed about the difference between 9lb guitars in ounces.
I very much recall the R8 thread and the obsession with which weight was discussed...and very few of those were much over 9lbs. Probably a biased sample of players I accept.
It’s not about tone imo, just physics. I’m 6’3” and stocky (with no “conditions”) but my shoulder definitely feels the difference with my 9lb R8 strapped on for a while. More than a few ounces beyond that would put me off. There are still a lot of 2019 classics on the hangers unsold, despite pretty similar spec to the new standards, and weight could be an issue with those. Happy to be proven wrong.
- New pricing which finally makes sense
- Graph Tech nut finally (instead of some cheap plastic). I hope they are cut well too.
- Pots and Orange Drop Capacitors
Neutral:
- QA seems to be improved but still not that good
- I'm already tired of praising the new CEO as Jesus Christ and the start of the new Golden Era
- Still hearing about people changing pick ups
Downsides:
- Two-piece bodies
- Still Acrylic inlays
- Short tenon necks
In general: Gibson are definitely moving in the right direction. I believe this will be a good year for them.
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I have enormous amounts of GAS for one of those.
The new regime has got rid of yearly models and instead introduced its new range of guitars that replace these.
Yes... Gibson filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year.... As a result of that Henry Juszkiewicz the man who saved Gibson in the 80s is out and new guy J C Curleigh is the new boss at Gibson and has changed their direction somewhat... So there was the old Henry 2019 guitars released in 2018 and now JC guitars re-jigged and actually released in 2019.. So yes, two lines in 2019 but for good reason.
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