My new Les Paul copy

Wicked_Tone · Post by **Wicked_Tone** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:55 am

I recently made a Craigslist trade of my old, worn acoustic guitar for a Encore E 49 R Les Paul copy that came loaded with a Gibson 490 & 496 pickups. It also has Planet Waves locking tuners installed, which seem to keep it in tune really well. The trade deal included an old Crate 60XL amp, which surprisingly still works well. I just finished cleaning her up, installing a set of D' Addario 10's, setting action and the intonation. I plugged into my Rocker 30 and was shocked at how good the tone was using this economy guitar. Granted, it will never be a real Gibson, but it certainly would do well for a backup or even a beater guitar to take places where you wouldn't want to take you're prized gear. Below is my 1993 Gibson Les Paul Studio, with ebony fretboard and covered with autographs from the current lineup of Deep Purple, who I met late after a show in 2003 with Thin Lizzy. To the right, is the Encore Les Paul. I will eventually cover up the cheesy Encore logo with some artwork.

Van Cleef · Post by **Van Cleef** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:18 am

awesome

personally i think you should keep the Encore logo - it's so bad it's good...

Wicked_Tone · Post by **Wicked_Tone** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:24 am

Van Cleef wrote:awesome

personally i think you should keep the Encore logo - it's so bad it's good...

Thanks. I do see what you mean about the logo. It does have that vibe.

Van Cleef · Post by **Van Cleef** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:28 am

yeah - if it's a backup guitar - Encore kinda fits...

AJS19 · Post by **AJS19** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:54 am

Looks sweet. How much did that run you?

Pacemaker · Post by **Pacemaker** » Fri May 01, 2009 3:33 am

Van Cleef wrote:awesome

personally i think you should keep the Encore logo - it's so bad it's good...

Yeaaa. Keep it, its cool.

BrianGT · Post by **BrianGT** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:36 am

Nice guitar!

Keep the Logo.......because there is always someone sneering at your gear on stage........."OH......it's not a REAL LP"

Then just pickit up and blow them away!

Many of my guitars are copies of the real thing......including MY LP!

Bensen · Post by **Bensen** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:46 am

Beautiful paulas!!!
I love beater guitars, my partscaster esquire was only about 120 bucks(johnson tele+gfs pickup+squier neck+sticker to hide the neck pup cavity), but it sounds so cool, i let everybody play it and its just fun.

Wicked_Tone · Post by **Wicked_Tone** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:50 am

AJS19 wrote:Looks sweet. How much did that run you?

Thanks. It got it through a trade of my acoustic for the guitar and amp.

Wicked_Tone · Post by **Wicked_Tone** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:52 am

Pacemaker wrote:
Van Cleef wrote:awesome

personally i think you should keep the Encore logo - it's so bad it's good...
Yeaaa. Keep it, its cool.

You guys have convinced me. I'll keep the logo.

Wicked_Tone · Post by **Wicked_Tone** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:55 am

BrianGT wrote:Nice guitar!

Keep the Logo.......because there is always someone sneering at your gear on stage........."OH......it's not a REAL LP"

Then just pickit up and blow them away!

Many of my guitars are copies of the real thing......including MY LP!

At first I wanted to cover up the logo in some way, but I do agree. That does sound cool to have a guitar that is a wolf in sheeps clothing.

Nice collection you have there in your sig!

Wicked_Tone · Post by **Wicked_Tone** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:58 am

Bensen wrote:Beautiful paulas!!!
I love beater guitars, my partscaster esquire was only about 120 bucks(johnson tele+gfs pickup+squier neck+sticker to hide the neck pup cavity), but it sounds so cool, i let everybody play it and its just fun.

Thank you! I've owned some beater guitars in the past and they are cool to have especially when they shock people with how good they play/sound.

AJS19 · Post by **AJS19** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:43 pm

Wicked_Tone wrote:
AJS19 wrote:Looks sweet. How much did that run you?
Thanks. It got it through a trade of my acoustic for the guitar and amp.

Doh, my bad. How much was he asking for without a trade? How's the quality.

Blainy · Post by **Blainy** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:52 pm

Wicked_Tone wrote:
Pacemaker wrote:
Van Cleef wrote:awesome

personally i think you should keep the Encore logo - it's so bad it's good...
Yeaaa. Keep it, its cool.
You guys have convinced me. I'll keep the logo.

Good shout. You couldn't forge Phil's sig on your Studio?

Mono · Post by **Mono** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:05 pm

hold on a minute.

BrianGT.... your LP is one of the more beautiful things I have seen on the net, and now you tell me it isn't a Gibson?

WHATT? where did you get it....? That is HUGE, it looks incredible, I thought it was a '58 VOS especially in the old sig photo you had of it.

Mono

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