Thread: Chambered you say???

Quote: Originally Posted by Sheik_Yerbouti Heritage... Where smart shoppers go for a new, REAL Les Paul! They ain't cheap either + that ugly headstock

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Abstract~ I don't give a shit why they're doing it...but plenty of people want them to stop...and they wont. ...So I buy used...w/ one piece bodies. All real les pauls have a maple cap, unless you get a special or something of that nature, so I don't know where you're getting these "one piece body" Pauls.

Quote: Originally Posted by NaturalBornBoy Gibson's decision making process never fails to make me go Maybe if Hartly Peavey took over it would be different??? Now for the most important part of the day........"nap-tyme", TTYL.

Quote: Originally Posted by ENdtime But as a wood worker, 1 piece bodies(or other woodworking) do offer a level of premium quality and better appearance.. I agree but that is really only feasible if you are making smaller quantities of guitars. Gibson does this with their Historic line and Customs but it's not really possible to do their entire line that way and still be able to find enough large pieces that are of good quality these days.

When I was shopping for my LP last year I called Gibson and asked where they get their mahogany. The customer service woman told me that all Gibson mahogany comes from central american sources, unless marked as korina, which is african.

Quote: Originally Posted by chrispsullivan theyre just trying to avoid putting out 10-13lb les pauls since honduran mahogany is expensive and hard to get these days i believe they use a lot of african mahogany in their guits PEOPLE WANT IT...Call it the Gibson Heavyweight...Who gives a shit...just make it. Imagine an amp manufacturer saying... "We know you want a tube rectifier in your Tweed Clone...but we don't do that because...

I think what they're trying to do is achieve that 'semi-hollow bodied tone' in some of the Les Paul models. A lot of you guys are totally missing the point.

Quote: Originally Posted by jlb32 That's not really all that realistic these days though with the way wood is more scarce. Alot of the LP's are still one piece backs but of course all of them are not. I'm sure some of the smaller pieces are better looking and of better quality overall than some of the larger peices so they would rather put together 2 nice smaller pieces over buying a larger piece that isn't as nice. To buy...

Quote: Originally Posted by NaturalBornBoy They ain't cheap either + that ugly headstock Define cheap? You can find used "standards" for $1200 all day long Headstock is a matter of opinion, some of us prefer the tone playability of the guitar than what the headstock says/looks like

Quote: Originally Posted by Symmetry2170 True or false, there are some models that are non-chambered? True. There's chambered, weight-relieved and non-weight-relieved.