Guitar Reviews

Fender American Standard Telecaster Review

March 22, 2011

The Fender Telecaster can be a hard guitar to love. The body is big and blocky, without the grace of a Les Paul or the comfortable contouring of the Strat. The tonal palette is limited by two single-coil pickups linked by a single volume and tone knob. The tones tend to be chimey and bright, [...]

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Gibson Les Paul Studio ‘50s Tribute Review

March 20, 2011

Every so often Gibson just hits a completely home run with their budget-priced guitars. The Les Paul Studio ‘50s Tribute is one of those home runs. Gibson originally introduced this guitar in a limited run, but it turned out demand was so high that they ended up making the run bigger and bigger. The Gibson [...]

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Gibson Les Paul Studio Review

March 18, 2011

The Gibson Les Paul Studio is a truly excellent guitar, a fine choice for the musician who wants the Les Paul sound, but doesn’t particularly care about the cosmetic adornments which mark the famous brand. Don’t be mistaken: the Studios are still magnificent-looking guitars. But they lack the body and neck binding of the more [...]

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Gibson Les Paul Traditional Review

March 18, 2011

Guitarists seem to fetishize the past. It’s not too hard, if you browse blogs or online bulletin boards, to find guitarists waxing philosophically for older instruments, swearing that nothing today can ever come close. So it’s not surprising that, when Gibson introduced a whole host of design tweaks to their Les Paul Standard, they chose [...]

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Gibson Les Paul Standard Review

March 17, 2011

There isn’t a more iconic guitar than the Les Paul Standard and it represents Gibson’s continued efforts at the evolution of this classic design. If you have experience with Les Pauls, the standard will be instantly familiar. The scale length, dual humbuckers with individual volume and tone knobs, the iconic looks – these you know. [...]

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