John Learner
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Hello. I'm new to the forum and a beginner. I hope this is the correct forum for this post. I'm torn between two guitar choices.
I'm 5'3" with small hands looking to buy a new Gibson Les Paul Studio, which gets me the shorter 24.75" scale and a "slim taper", which are very important to me. From "google", I gather that Gibson's slim taper is a flat style C profile about .765 to .80 from 1st to 12th frets, which looks great. My preference is for acoustic, but I want to have an electric to expand my options, plus my fingers get sore on the Martin and Taylor acoustic guitars that I have. I prefer "clean" sound and typially play in a living room situation with a little modeling amp called Spark 40 by Pattern Grid. I don't go for high volume and dirt.
One aspect that concerns me on this new LP Studio guitar is the 490R/498T humbucking pickups. I realize they are coil split, but I wonder how well they'll sound "clean" when in single coil mode. Will they be too muddy? After all, the the pots and caps will still be 500K and .002uF, I assume. I just don't have any idea. Because of this crazy Covi-19 PITA, and caring for an elderly person, I really can't go play one anywhere. I'm gonna have to roll the dice and order online.
Does anyone have experiance with this model ( https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LPSTTNCH--gibson-les-paul-studio-tangerine-burst in single coil mode as to whether it may sound good playing clean?
I'm also looking at used 2010-2015 Les Paul Studio '60's Tribute (slim taper neck/ (2) P90 pickups), which area about $800-$900ish on Reverb. I know the P90s sound good played clean, but don't know about the humbuckers, when split to single coil.
If tone were the deciding factor, which would you get? Any advice appreciated. Thanks so much!
I'm 5'3" with small hands looking to buy a new Gibson Les Paul Studio, which gets me the shorter 24.75" scale and a "slim taper", which are very important to me. From "google", I gather that Gibson's slim taper is a flat style C profile about .765 to .80 from 1st to 12th frets, which looks great. My preference is for acoustic, but I want to have an electric to expand my options, plus my fingers get sore on the Martin and Taylor acoustic guitars that I have. I prefer "clean" sound and typially play in a living room situation with a little modeling amp called Spark 40 by Pattern Grid. I don't go for high volume and dirt.
One aspect that concerns me on this new LP Studio guitar is the 490R/498T humbucking pickups. I realize they are coil split, but I wonder how well they'll sound "clean" when in single coil mode. Will they be too muddy? After all, the the pots and caps will still be 500K and .002uF, I assume. I just don't have any idea. Because of this crazy Covi-19 PITA, and caring for an elderly person, I really can't go play one anywhere. I'm gonna have to roll the dice and order online.
Does anyone have experiance with this model ( https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LPSTTNCH--gibson-les-paul-studio-tangerine-burst in single coil mode as to whether it may sound good playing clean?
I'm also looking at used 2010-2015 Les Paul Studio '60's Tribute (slim taper neck/ (2) P90 pickups), which area about $800-$900ish on Reverb. I know the P90s sound good played clean, but don't know about the humbuckers, when split to single coil.
If tone were the deciding factor, which would you get? Any advice appreciated. Thanks so much!