les paul with f holes

Hootsmon

saw a really nice semi LP with f holes in Glasgow today....Mmmmmm lovely

I wonder if it will catch on?

not_the_dj

The ES Les Paul's are great...especially with a Bigsby of course ;-) http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/not_the_dj/5DF0D87A-389C-4217-9720-F801F78F7082_zpskdjw3lgu.jpg

UnclePsychosis

hootsmon said:

saw a really nice semi LP with f holes in Glasgow today....Mmmmmm lovely

I wonder if it will catch on?

Probably

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/37664/ngd-gibson-memphis-es-les-paul-with-bigsby/p1

Hootsmon

yummy....

ICBM

Could they not have made the f-holes the right size for the guitar? Or at least not like an afterthought which conflicts with the bridge pickup location.

Hootsmon

ICBM said:

Could they not have made the f-holes the right size for the guitar? Or at least not like an afterthought which conflicts with the bridge pickup location.

jd0272

They're wrong. End of.

ICBM

hootsmon said:

Monkeys

Is that the design team? That figures…

If you're going to do something, do it right. Admittedly this seems to be a problem for Gibson.

Here's one where they got the size of the f-hole right, but unaccountably forgot that there are supposed to be two.

https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/a_exif,c_limit,fl_progressive,h_620,q_85,w_620/v1425857021/wfwxvkgubfm3c8fxyarz.jpg

not_the_dj

ICBM said:

hootsmon said:

Monkeys

Is that the design team? That figures…

If you're going to do something, do it right. Admittedly this seems to be a problem for Gibson.

Here's one where they got the size of the f-hole right, but unaccountably forgot that there are supposed to be two.

https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/a_exif,c_limit,fl_progressive,h_620,q_85,w_620/v1425857021/wfwxvkgubfm3c8fxyarz.jpg

For me that one looks wrong, too close to the edge.

UnclePsychosis

They don't work for me at all I'm afraid.

I actually prefer the single f-holed one that @ICBM posted to the doubled ones but even then its not quite right. 

SimpleSimon

Not a new model 'to catch on' as theyve been around for years, just Gibson have 'reissued' a batch for 2015....

not_the_dj

SimpleSimon said:

Not a new model 'to catch on' as theyve been around for years, just Gibson have 'reissued' a batch for 2015....

Which ones do you mean? The ES ones (proper ES construction) have only been around for a couple of years. The Florentine's been around a while of course.

capo4th

It's a no from me

TTony

I've never like the traditional f-hole shape.

It looks too fiddly and ornate.  It belongs on old instruments, not modern ones.

Sassafras

Tele Thinlines have been getting away with a single f hole for years.

ICBM

Sassafras said:

Tele Thinlines have been getting away with a single f hole for years.

Yes, but they have a pickguard over where the other one would be so they don't look odd.

Same with Rickenbackers.

usedtobe

If they'd got it right, that would've a cracking guitar..

Evilmags

They did, it's called an ES335....

usedtobe

Fair point!

Jeremiah

I like the 339, but the LP doesn't quite look right. 335s are too big and bulky for me to play comfortably (plus they make me look like a midget.)

57Deluxe

I do not like the 339 or these F*-holes in LPs or Tellies, Strats or other cross-over aesthetic.

Some things are just not meant to be...

http://www.kokillo.com/version8/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/monstertruck.jpg