I've never been a gibson fan.

[deathstrike from hell]

but I played a zakk wylde gibson custom today, and for the first time, I finally understood why people would want to play them. Even though the guitar was 3,000 dollars, the sound was well worth it.
fyi to those in the market for a new axe.

 

[BlueSky]

if you want a broken neck

 

[ShadowsWithin]

lol yeah heavy as shit, I had an Epiphone Les Paul year or two ago, and my friend always played it he likes the distortion and sound that comes out of it more than he does his custon gibson les paul, so if i ever got a zakk (although im keyboards now) id probally get the epi and save some money.

 

[RedKef]

I have an explorer, but I never use it. I like my Schecter better.

 

[flying_whale]

if you play a guitar that a fag likes to play you will turn into a fag

 

[Mike]

gibsons are heavy and i dont like the necks on them. the zack wylde LP has the EMG 81 / 85 pickups... same as a hell raiser, and 2400 dollars less the price. also lighter, smoother neck, and sexier

 

[Jeff-Loomis-fan]

just keep it with Ibanez...

until i can find a nice Caparison somewhere....where can i buy those bitches in The Netherlands....

 

[El Stormo]

Gibson's never been a Jew fan.

 

[eaeolian]

The good Gibsons are still really nice guitars - and there's just nothing else like a Les Paul for that particular tone. Finding a good one can be an adventure, though.

 

[Narmoth]

lol yeah heavy as shit, I had an Epiphone Les Paul year or two ago, and my friend always played it he likes the distortion and sound that comes out of it more than he does his custon gibson les paul, so if i ever got a zakk (although im keyboards now) id probally get the epi and save some money.

gibsons are heavy and i dont like the necks on them. the zack wylde LP has the EMG 81 / 85 pickups... same as a hell raiser, and 2400 dollars less the price. also lighter, smoother neck, and sexier

The thing with the EMG pickups (that are on both the gibosn and the epiphone signature) is that they are active, meaning they give a louder outut, which gives better distortion on a tube amp than standard humbuckers, wich again give more than sigle-coils.

Personally, I'm a big fanof Gibson Les Paul-guitars. They got great tone because of the body-construction, and they look beatuifull. My current guitar is the 24 fret Gibson Les Paul Baritone that sadly is out of production

 

[deathstrike from hell]

difference in the wylde les paul being epiphone- 2 active hz's and the 81 85 combo on the gibson.


the sustain was unreal, and it wasnt the heaviest guitar Ive ever played (that would be the acrylic bc rich mockingbird)

As for the caparison comment, hell yeah. the dellinger 2 is fucking amazing. As is the applehorn. I played one at a local guitar store in ohio, they wanted 3000 for it though (sticker). But 27 frets... oh yeah

 

[tered]

I've got a 85 and 81 on two of my Icemans...does wonders!

The OLD Gibs are cool with me. I got an '82 E2 back in 1983 and picked up
another ('81), last year. This one has the chunky neck, but I'm partial to
my Icemans; so...? One nice point is that the Explorers have the dirty fingers PUs and solid and feels like you could whack an army of spartans
to death. On the other hand, my '75 LP is perfect and I was a cunt hair shy of getting an '84 a few months ago, but I have issues with the mid-80's . At the same time I tried a '94 LP. ABSOLUTE SHIT!--Should have said ChingChang on it.
I guess the factory moved in 1994 and the quality stayed in Kalamazoo.
*Not interested in the Zakk model; basically because of the name association
and the tard bullseye paint. I'm hunting for a nice '77-'79 RD Artist,
which apparently Mr. Zakk owns one as well. I wonder what he records with...hmmmm