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I love Les Pauls, but the Indie one I own with no weight relief is insanely heavy. The Epi and Gibson I own with weight relief are much more civilised.
Four about four years I had a 2011 McCarty (not a 594). It was great - played well, one volume in the 'right' place, less tail-heavy when played seated, etc. A great Les Paul substitute that cured the things I wanted curing.
So why do I no longer own it? The short answer is I bought a CS Strat and something needed to go to help to pay for it - but the longer answer is it didn't really sound 'that' much like a Les Paul - and my 335 gets close enough to doing what the McCarty did....
I've changed my opinion about this quite considerably in the last few months - I think if you 'really' want to nail what a Les Paul does - I think you need a Les Paul. Fortunately a shortage of cash will hopefully stop me from mistakenly buying my 5th.
Light weight great tone imo
Or just get a light weight les paul
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I have some Rickenbackers as well which always get stick re the neck. I suppose my attitude is that if I want a guitar I'll put up with it's foibles.
I think the issue with PRS is the lack of X-factor. They're really well made, sound good & look good too (though sometimes overly shiny for me). They just don't set my pulse racing... Close your eyes and image opening a magazine to a photo of yourself on stage. What are you playing? Probably not a PRS (unless you already have one).
However, with all the recommendations made here I'm amazed that no one's mentioned the one guitar that IMO is the perfect 'LP alternative' ...and that is the guitar intended to be the LP's replacement, the Gibson SG.
Great humbucker tone, very light by comparison, and terrific access to the top frets. In addition to my LP Custom I have an SG Standard and a PRS Cu24. The latter I use when I need both H/B and single coil tones. But I treat my LP and SG very much as 'interchangeable' guitars and having played my friends LP Standards, the SG is very, very similar tonally. And of course the original SG's were called Les Pauls!
Very comfortable to play, great LP type tone and sustain, light and half the price of a LP, you can pick up a decent used SG Standard for £6-700, and a decent SG Special for as little as £4-500.
Weighs 8lb, easy upper fret access, stays in tune, neck angle perfect. The carve on the top is rolled slightly flat where forearm rests, which you can barely see but makes a difference, rolled edge in the cutaway, lots of little things which add up to improve comfort. People who have compared them directly against Gustavsons, Bartletts and that sort of thing put them on the same level, and they are a little less expensive than those. Still not exactly cheap though.
May be a simple question.. But did any of those LPs have a slim 60s neck?
My first Gibson was a 92 LP Studio... I did love that guitar but always found it a bit awkward as you say... Then when the day came for me to buy a Standard level guitar I went to the shop and asked to play one and was instantly disappointed when I found the neck even chunkier than my Studio and harder to play.... So I told the shop owner what I thought and he gave me a LP Classic.... and wow oh wow, total night and day for me....
Since then all of my Gibbies must have a slim neck.. The fat 50s necks cramp my hands.
And my LP Double Cut Special has the best fastest neck of all.. (and the great upper fret access)
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