Les Paul vs Strat

AlbertC

Philly_Q

Although generally I'd lean towards the Strat side of the argument...

Kurtis

Some of these pics are treading the line between cool and ridiculous 

fretmeister

SRich said:

While you ol' boys carry on discussing which way and that.................I'll be over here writing terrible lyrics that haven’t relatable since 1950...........  

Fixed.

Basher

I'm a bit like that indecisive character out of the fast show who changes his opinion to that of whoever spoke last. When I play or, ever better, listen to a good player play either guitar, I tend to come away thinking the Strat/Les-Paul is the best thing ever.

If forced at knifepoint to decide between them I'd probably choose a Strat as I think you can probably beef them up a bit more easily than you can thin-out the sound of a Gibson (at least one without a varitone).

Fortunately, we don't have to decide between them and many of us are lucky enough to own them, or lose variants thereof and enjoy both.  

SlopeSoarer

Why are most of the pictures used for reference of old/dead guitarists?

Basher

SlopeSoarer said:

Why are most of the pictures used for reference of old/dead guitarists?

Both instruments have been around since the early 1950s, so that's 70 years or thereabouts.

Arguably, their heyday in terms of cultural influence was 50 years ago and the famous young adults who played them then will be either (a) quite old or (b) dead (particularly the ones who indulged in a hedonistic lifestyle, which was quite a few of them).   

Philly_Q

SlopeSoarer said:

Why are most of the pictures used for reference of old/dead guitarists?

Because we don't listen to young/live guitarists. Not ones who play Les Pauls or Strats, anyway.

tone1

Strats…..as I don’t like binding 

Offset

SlopeSoarer said:

Why are most of the pictures used for reference of old/dead guitarists?

Because there aren't many cool ones around these days :-)

SlopeSoarer

Philly_Q said:

SlopeSoarer said:

Why are most of the pictures used for reference of old/dead guitarists?

Because we don't listen to young/live guitarists. Not ones who play Les Pauls or Strats, anyway.

Probably true the cheeky young whipper snappers mostly play offsets! 

Mr_Claw

guitars4you said:

..No one guitar does it all...

Telecaster...?

Mr_Claw

My main guitars are a strat and a tele.

I've played a bunch of top-end guitars incl LPs, PRSes, custom shop strats and teles, Ibanezes and whatnot. 

The 2 best guitars I've ever played are a 59 custom shop strat (belonging to my old teacher) and a 70s Fujigen made LP-alike.

Take from that what you will. 

Danielsguitars

The only good thing on a strat is a neck pickup and I think a LP is too clunky now, a good compromise is a slab bodied LP with p90s

Philly_Q

SlopeSoarer said:

Philly_Q said:

SlopeSoarer said:

Why are most of the pictures used for reference of old/dead guitarists?

Because we don't listen to young/live guitarists. Not ones who play Les Pauls or Strats, anyway.

Probably true the cheeky young whipper snappers mostly play offsets! 

Not the (very few, of course) young whipper snappers I listen to, they play lots of different brands, often pointy-ish, but usually not Gibson or Fender.  Or offsets.

Kurtis

Danielsguitars said:

The only good thing on a strat is a neck pickup and I think a LP is too clunky now, a good compromise is a slab bodied LP with p90s

The three pickups on a strat are part of why it's such an expressive instrument. 

Danielsguitars

Kurtis said:

Danielsguitars said:

The only good thing on a strat is a neck pickup and I think a LP is too clunky now, a good compromise is a slab bodied LP with p90s

The three pickups on a strat are part of why it's such an expressive instrument. 

Not to me, there's much better pickups for me personally, a HSS is better but I still want a blend circuit and split coil

A jazzmaster is the best fender made, again just my opinion as I've made and tried the rest 

Mike58

For some reason my lefty guitars hunt in pairs ( flipped to protect the ugly aspects !!)

Murphy 40th Ann R9 and Fender Japan ‘62 Chandlerised.

1990 LPC and 2020 Fender Japan FSR Fiesta ‘60s Traditional.

snowblind

Obviously you need one of each. Unless all you play is high-gain mush where you can't actually tell what guitar it is, each does its own thing. Right tool for the job and all that. 

Which is why you also need an SG, a solid tele, a thinline hollow tele, a gretsch, a 335 or similar, maybe a firebird, a Les Paul, a different Les Paul, a LP junior with a P90, a jag, a ricky 12-string, a divorce.......

Sporky

Kurtis said:

Some of these pics are treading the line between cool and ridiculous 

Sadly the rest are all firmly on the ridiculous side.