God help me, I went the robo-tuner way.

[rfurtkamp]

I just couldn't say no to the specs on the Les Paul Studio HP model for 2016. Selectable strangle switch, coil tap, a ton of other stuff, the beautiful wider neck with better access joint at the body. Unfortunately, comes with robotuners. I guess I'l like them or replace them, but damn I hope they work. It'll be neat if they do.

Incoming from Zzounds, should be here early next week.

I went with the wine red/chrome hardware model. Normally not a fan of red on Fender-type stuff but on a LP it's AOK with me for some reason and my 1993ish Studio I used to have was a wine red model.

Pics once it arrives.

As an added bonus it comes with some fancy aluminum case.

I have officially become a blues lawyer.

[doommeow]

Nah. If you swap the robos out for vintage correct tuners that cost more than the guitar - then you're a blues lawyer.

[Chankgeez]

I have some pending litigation I need to discuss with you.

[rfurtkamp]

That'd be some expensive tuners ($1850).

This thing ain't cheap but it comes with the kitchen sink, and I'm a sucker for strangle switch on anything.

I miss my old LP studio, and well, I can afford one nice guitar a year.

[rfurtkamp]

Do you wish to start a class action suit of people hurt by the Opti-Grab tuners?

[sears]

I think those tuners are great. You can make your own tunings. The creative possibilities are endless.

[Chankgeez]

Do you wish to start a class action suit of people hurt by the Opti-Grab tuners?

Yes, that sounds like a good idea. Let's proceed with that lawsuit!

[rfurtkamp]

Yea, I'm also enamored if they work as advertised simply for the days I'm too sick to deal - if this means I can play without having to do any setup myself, I call it a win.

Got a photo from the dealer, waiting on the tracking number.



And chank, we're going to get 1.09 from Navin Johnson, tops, but screw it. That's a pack of discount peeps to freebase!

[rfurtkamp]

Arrived a day early.

Only got to play it for about a half hour (have a perfunctory landlord thing today).

it is, however, everything Gibson claimed in the promo materials (haven't played with the alt tuning or setting what gets assigned to the PU electronic push pull pot), but as its own guitar, it sounds and plays like a Les Paul on crack.

Neck is early Gibson baseball bat with a Wizard-type neck width feel, I like it a lot on first impression.

Robo tuners firing is like watching a kid's toy but it worked flawlessly (tried standard tuning only, again, limited time, no fancy shit).

PUs are standard modern 490/498 alnicos, lot of bite. Sounds good clean, sounds good with the couple fuzzes I ran with it.

Can't wait to play with her more.

Aluminum case is stupidly well made as well, they cut no corners on this monster. Case candy included a kit that lets you plug non-Gibson PUs into the electronics (which are socketed PCBs now, I don't care but...if I wanted to swap 'em out later, it means I don't have to hack the wiring. A nice touch, along with a full set of truss adjust/bridge and nut adjust allens and the Gibson screwdriver/truss multi-tool, and the battery charger with any country adapter plugs. Initially I couldn't figure out why there were plastic torture buttplugs in a bag.

The little stuff claimed in the video are huge - the switch is quiet as advertised, the input jack the nicest I've felt on that style of jack, ever, and the pickguard is a snap-off (no screws, boom, you're without a pickguard, bang, you have one) variant that Gibson should have done years ago. Feels more solid than the normal one as well ironically.

Quick photo (will do better later):

[Chankgeez]

Looks pretty good.

[rfurtkamp]

I'm happy.

I shouldn't be happy with a $1850 guitar, my inner punk kid who paid $150 for the '64 beat up Fender Mustang that got this all started is yelling at me...

...but....I like the thing.

[goroth]

Hot.

[rfurtkamp]

I love, love, love, love the robotuner. It is the best thing I have ever, ever played with. No-brain tuning for days I just want to play and feel like dirt. Instant DADGAD. Instant Open whatever. I am so ready to rhumba!

[goroth]

Serious question: will it do drop G?

I only do this to play Meshuggah tunes, and even then I have to play so insanely gently to stay anywhere near in pitch. But I'm interested as to when robotuner says no.

[rustywire]

Man that's a handsome guitar