My Les Paul, in black and white.

[the_hollow]

I was messing around with the aperture settings and this is what I got. The lighting is natural light from my bedroom window, by the way. :cool:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/attakreload/crap_depthoffield.jpg

[Michaelmjc]

cool shot, nice guitar! Is it a Gibson? or a Epiphone?

[Wrench]

I can see your feet.

[Jayson_Ang]

maybe you could try shooting at a different angle ..
Maybe, showing the body of the les paul from a 45 degrees ground up

[Steve Parr]

It's not the most flattering shot I've seen of a Les Paul. They're beautiful guitars, man, SHOW IT OFF!

Steve

[ACDCROCKS]

It's not the most flattering shot I've seen of a Les Paul. They're beautiful guitars, man, SHOW IT OFF!

Steve
i Like the SG Les Paul Series better with the cutaway horns, As angus would say "It reeminds me of myself", anyway heres my SG, took it a few minutes ago for fun

[the_hollow]

I think I'll try shooting it from the ground up next time.

[Jayson_Ang]

yeah ... the Les Paul is known for its beautiful crafted body ...
show it off!
by the way, is your les paul in orange sunburst colour?

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Pfft...too bad I don't still have my '68 L5 Custom. That was a beautiful guitar. Pictures don't do it justice, though. Not without that sound.

47097

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[baldybaldstock]

Here's my Les Paul taken just now. A Cherry sunburst Les paul "Classic" model. If I had to evacuate the house this is the first thing I'd grab......then the camera!;)

[ACDCROCKS]

looks like DAddrio Strings

[Steve Parr]

i Like the SG Les Paul Series better with the cutaway horns, As angus would say "It reeminds me of myself", anyway heres my SG, took it a few minutes ago for fun

I never could dig the SG; too thin for me...

Steve

[Steve Parr]

Here's my Les Paul taken just now. A Cherry sunburst Les paul "Classic" model. If I had to evacuate the house this is the first thing I'd grab......then the camera!;)

During the wildfires here in 2003, we were evacuated because the flames were within 1/4 mile of the house.

My brother called while we were packing, and my daughter (who also plays guitar) answered the phone. "Did you and Dad get all the guitars?" They were the first things in the van after the "lock box".

I recently sold my Les Paul and turned it into more photo gear. I've come to realize that I'm more of a Fender guy; I like the longer scale...

Steve

[baldybaldstock]

certainly are Daddrio's ACDCROCKS....well spotted!, Cool SG by the way. Its wierd how people tend to be either Gibson or Fender people.....I guess its just because they are complete opposites, but both excellent in their own ways.

[Steve Parr]

certainly are Daddrio's ACDCROCKS....well spotted!, Cool SG by the way. Its wierd how people tend to be either Gibson or Fender people.....I guess its just because they are complete opposites, but both excellent in their own ways.

D'Addario uses color-coded ball ends on their strings. Looks like you had to change the G string, though. The ball end on that should be green!

Steve

[Steve Parr]

certainly are Daddrio's ACDCROCKS....well spotted!, Cool SG by the way. Its wierd how people tend to be either Gibson or Fender people.....I guess its just because they are complete opposites, but both excellent in their own ways.

Before buying my Les Paul, Kaman Music gave me two Hamers. Probably the best made guitars I've ever held; certainly blew the doors off of Gibson or PRS. The downside, though, was that I wasn't inspired by them. I sold them and bought my Les Paul.

One of the things I like about Fenders is that you can't kill 'em. I've beaten my Strats half to death, and they just laugh at me...

Steve

[baldybaldstock]

I've Gotta stop Overbending the G string Steve! :mad: . I know what you mean about the Fender's build quality, The amount of stick they take is mad!. The Les Paul is a very well made Guitar but I've always been a bit wary about how much stick a glued - in neck could take (or not!).

I've never played a Hamer but the double cutaway Les Paul style one they did looked really nice. I also have a Godin guitar which is a Strat - style guitar made in Canada, Thats been thrown around all over the place but still thankfully works!:)

[ACDCROCKS]

D'Addario uses color-coded ball ends on their strings. Looks like you had to change the G string, though. The ball end on that should be green!

Steve
I tried D Addario strings but, they seem to loose their sound quickly. When I played Mother, it just didn't sound right after 2 days (Not that it was played on a sg;) )

[Jayson_Ang]

hmm since ... when this thread have become a guitar discussion forum?
hehehe
anyway, will be posting up my ibanez real soon ...

[ACDCROCKS]

To behonest, what ever the picture should be, is what the disscussion should be. Ex ample: Guitars, talk about guitars...picture of a Car, talk about cars. It's nice to mmet people that are like you and have similar interest.

[baldybaldstock]

I'll second that ACDCROCKS.

[the_hollow]

I also have two low-end Ibanez...but they aren't worth showing off. I'm a Gibson/Epiphone man. I like the mahogany bodies because they're rich in low-end and the necks are nice and thick, good for my big hands.

:cool:

[stevieboy378]

Not a very good pic, but this was my Xmas treat to myself - USA Custom Shop Strat Player in Honey Blonde, with aged white parts - Can't put it down :) :) :) :) :)
Plays even better than it looks . . . .

[stevieboy378]

^ ^ ^ ^ Oh, and it sports Ernie Ball .009 Super Slinkies - surely the greatest electric guitar strings ?

[the_hollow]

Not a very good pic, but this was my Xmas treat to myself - USA Custom Shop Strat Player in Honey Blonde, with aged white parts - Can't put it down :) :) :) :) :)
Plays even better than it looks . . . .

Nice. I'm not a big fan of honey blonde..but that looks good. A little too much white on it for my tastes, but still very nice. :)

The best strings I've ever used were Gibson Brite Wires (.10's) and another brand, I forget the name of them, but they're really heavy gauge (.13's) and they are amazing for dropped tunings.

:cool:

[stevieboy378]

Nice. I'm not a big fan of honey blonde..but that looks good. A little too much white on it for my tastes

The pic doesn't really do it justice, as its a little burnt out - it was just a quick snapshot taken to e-mail to my wife to try and justify the price I paid for it !
In daylight the body is a lot more off white, and the pickup covers and knobs match it very well - I'll try and take a better pic tomorrow. The finish is semi-transparent, allowing the grain of the wood to be seen - a lot of work must have gone into it.
I wasn't too keen on the anodized scratchplate at first, and thought of replacing it with a tortoiseshell one, but its growing on me so I guess it'll stay !

[the_hollow]

The pic doesn't really do it justice, as its a little burnt out - it was just a quick snapshot taken to e-mail to my wife to try and justify the price I paid for it !
In daylight the body is a lot more off white, and the pickup covers and knobs match it very well - I'll try and take a better pic tomorrow. The finish is semi-transparent, allowing the grain of the wood to be seen - a lot of work must have gone into it.
I wasn't too keen on the anodized scratchplate at first, and thought of replacing it with a tortoiseshell one, but its growing on me so I guess it'll stay !


Ahhh. I see. Well, it's starting to grow on me as well.

How much did you pay for it, if you don't mind my asking?

[ACDCROCKS]

Not a very good pic, but this was my Xmas treat to myself - USA Custom Shop Strat Player in Honey Blonde, with aged white parts - Can't put it down :) :) :) :) :)
Plays even better than it looks . . . .

Looks like we have a David Gilmoure on this thread :), nice strat!

[ACDCROCKS]

technically we should be able to tracks of the music we play on here, as long as it's under 100kb. but it's a photo fourm

[philpereira]

i'll have to take some shots of my les paul and post them here. i have a thread with a pic of my strat somewhere in this category. i'm definitely a les paul guy, i love the thickness of the neck and the sustain on mine as compared to the strat and the washburn kc-70v i owned before i got the LP.

[the_hollow]

Here's a better shot of my LP, if anyone's interested. :cool:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/attakreload/lespaul2_bw.jpg

[stevieboy378]

^ ^ ^ Nice edge binding on the fretboard . . .
How about a colour shot to show off the sunburst ?

Heres a few more of my baby - the closeup has a piece of white A4 included to show the off white of the guitar. The wood grain was hard to capture, but it is just about visible, as are the mother of pearl dot markers.

Both pics show the one minor imperfection on the guitar - an oversight at the Custom shop, but I can live with it - in fact IMO it looks cool . . . can the more eagle eyed of you spot it ?

As for the price - lets just say I could have added several High end L's to my sig with the money, but I've been playing guitar now for almost a quarter of a century, and have been promising myself a Strat for ages, so I think its well spent.

[Spoonford]

Both pics show the one minor imperfection on the guitar - an oversight at the Custom shop, but I can live with it - in fact IMO it looks cool . . . can the more eagle eyed of you spot it ?


Is it the pots? You seem to have Volume-Tone-Volume when it should be Volume-Tone-Tone ? I'm assuming this is a mistake with the knobs not a wiring choice? I'm probably wrong - been out of the guitar buisness for a while!

edit: Forgot to say - those noiseless pickups are great! Much better than the old Lace Sensor ones

[stevieboy378]

Is it the pots?

Yup - someone at the custom shop obviously hadn't had enough coffee that day, and put on a volume knob instead of tone :)

[the_hollow]

^ ^ ^ Nice edge binding on the fretboard . . .
How about a colour shot to show off the sunburst ?

Here you go. I took this at the same time I took the B&W one.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/attakreload/lespaul_color.jpg

[stevieboy378]

Nice - the transition from black to to tobacco is very abrupt - thats unusual.
Gold hardware ?

[the_hollow]

Nice - the transition from black to to tobacco is very abrupt - thats unusual.
Gold hardware ?

Yep, gold hardware.

It's not really all that abrupt really. It looks like that because I did a little contrast work to make the color stand out a little more.

[Steve Parr]

This thread is making me want to set up the Martin and one or two of my Strats. I haven't shot photos of them in a few years...

Steve

[dmilwain]

Back to the photo at hand - I like the angle, it's not your typical shallow DOF guitar neck image - in my opinion it's got a bit more originality...I'd like to see it without the feet and the stuff on the desk/shelf.
good try though!
-david

[baldybaldstock]

This thread is making me want to set up the Martin and one or two of my Strats. I haven't shot photos of them in a few years...


go for it!. I would love a Martin!

[timjeburton]

Of course, this thread isn't complete without a real guitar...

[Steve Parr]

But doesn't one need little girlie hands to go around that tiny neck?

:lol:

Nah, Rick's are cool...

Steve

[timjeburton]

... and this is my Ibanez:

[stevieboy378]

Of course, this thread isn't complete without a real guitar...

Nice ! what is that, a 360-12 ?
Bet it sounds cool through that AC30 . . . .

[Steve Parr]

... and this is my Ibanez:

Methinks I spy an AC-30 sitting under an Orange in the background...

Steve

[timjeburton]

The Ricky's a jingly-jangly 330-12 :)

Ironically, although I also have an Orange, the orange thing in the background is actually a limited-edition orange coloured Marshall DSL100 :cool:

[Steve Parr]

the orange thing in the background is actually a limited-edition orange coloured Marshall DSL100 :cool:

Sweet...

Steve

[Steve Parr]

Since everyone's tossing up pictures of their axes, allow me to be no different.

This is commonly referred to as "Ol' Faithful", which my "go-to" Strat whenever I play. The other ones, I think, are getting jealous:

http://onstagephotography.com/images/hugestrat1.jpg


Messing around with the white balance and flash, I almost nixed this shot, but something about the angle worked for me. I have no idea why:

http://onstagephotography.com/images/hugestrat2.jpg


http://onstagephotography.com/images/hugestrat3.jpg


Steve

[timjeburton]

Very tasteful tortoiseshell scratchplate!

[Steve Parr]

Very tasteful tortoiseshell scratchplate!

Thanks. I thought it looked a lot better than the boring white oone that the guitar came with...

[stevieboy378]

Thats the style of scratchplate I wanted to replace my anodized one with, but I've decided to stay with it for the moment. Thats a tasty strat - which model is it ? Looks like a 60's style neck, judging by the logo . . . .
The third pic - man those polepieces are really staggered aint they . . .

[Steve Parr]

Thats the style of scratchplate I wanted to replace my anodized one with, but I've decided to stay with it for the moment. Thats a tasty strat - which model is it ? Looks like a 60's style neck, judging by the logo . . . .
The third pic - man those polepieces are really staggered aint they . . .

It's the Highway 1; the cheaper American version.

I've got a number of Strats; this is just the one that plays, sounds, and feels the best. I don't think I've taken my 1990 American Standard out of its' case since 2002.

I'm not big on anodized guards, and I like how the tortoise shell looks against the Honey Blond finish.

I need to take some proper glamour shots of my girls...

Steve

[philpereira]

Here's a pic of my Les Paul. I've had it almost 2 years. It's an Epiphone version, but plays great and looks great with the blue quilt top.

[Steve Parr]

Here's a pic of my Les Paul. I've had it almost 2 years. It's an Epiphone version, but plays great and looks great with the blue quilt top.

Tose Epiphone Les Pauls are good bang for the buck. The Elitist line is even more so...

Steve

[KeithLaFaille]

Here's my '04 American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster in B&W and color. I took off the pearloid pickgaurd and threw on a mint green in it's place. The mint gaurd matches very well With the aged cherry sunburst finish, and aged knobs, and PU covers.

http://gallery.kerensky.net/albums/bw/strat.sized.jpg (http://gallery.kerensky.net/bw/strat?full=1) http://gallery.kerensky.net/albums/virginia/strat2.sized.jpg (http://gallery.kerensky.net/virginia/strat2?full=1)

Click the pics for the hi-res shots.

K

[Ronald S. Jr.]

welp...myeah, I can see where this is going. ;-)

48748

[Steve Parr]

welp...myeah, I can see where this is going. ;-)

48748

ES-1275... Nice...

Steve

[ghaleon109]

IBANEZ! :evil: :lol:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a303/Mikael454/Ibanez.jpg

I think Les Paul's are are great! If I was more into guitars I would have bought an all black one... I dunno they just look and sound nice!

[the_hollow]

IBANEZ! :evil: :lol:

I think Les Paul's are are great! If I was more into guitars I would have bought an all black one... I dunno they just look and sound nice!

You could try the Epiphone Black Beauty's, or the Gothic Les Pauls, made of swampwood with mahogany necks and rosewood fretboards. I played a Goth LP, and it sounded very good.