Quote History Quoted:Nice! I'm not really familiar with the different models the Les Paul comes in these days, but that one sure is pretty.
I got my Les Paul out yesterday, for the first time months (or maybe even a year). Man do I ever suck with an electric guitar.
I've been playing my acoustics pretty much exclusively for the past couple of years, and what a difference. The strings on the electric felt like slinkys. I never could sit down and balance the Les Paul on my lap, so I had to get a strap out, and that felt weird too. After about 45 minutes, I gave up and put it back in the case.
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R0 stands for "1960 Reissue", or the Teissues also are known as True Heritage line. They are custom shop models that are made as close to period correct to the vintage originals as you can get. I've played and owned many LPs (including another R0 a couple of years ago), all the from the Studio series on the low end, to these True Historic models. And they look, feel, and sound like the real thing. The lightness of the bodies and airy, clear, openness of the pickups, combine to create a much more vintage style of instrument than newer LPs. A Les Paul will give you a tone that no other guitar will give you.
Having said all of that, I've mostly been a strat guy for much of my 35 years of playing and gigging. So like you, every time I go back to playing an LP, I get a bit discouraged at first because they are so different. I too keep mine in their cases and don't play them often (unless I'm really into one, like I am this one. And like you, I've been in acoustic mode for much of the past decade. I was very discouraged several days ago, but I've enjoyed this LP so much that after several days of enjoying playing her, my LP feel and chops started to come back. I've found that if I push through the slop and frustration for several days, the feel comes back and my discouragement starts to morph into encouragement. I'm gonna stay away from my holy grail strats (Anderson Classic and Friedman classic) for a while and hopefully keep this LP train a rollin'.