Weird LPs - Craigslist content

[JonnyG92]

Just browsing through my local Craigslist and wondered "What the heck are these?" Has anyone seen these before?


Les Paul Menace
http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/msg/2548132056.html

Les Paul Baldwin
http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/msg/2546664469.html

[JOLLY]

The Les Paul Balwin's are pieces of crap that are sold at places like Best Buy. I really wouldn't even consider them a Gibson. The Les Paul Menace was out a few years ago and was sold where other Gibson Les Pauls are sold. A quick Google search should give you all the information you need.

[JonnyG92]

Why Google it when I have you guys?

[Funkfingers]

The LP Menace was a limited edition model targetted at a very narrow market sector. I suspect that it would be difficult to sell on except to cheapskates or completist collectors. The absense of an asking price is a bit of a clue. If you are interested, make a low offer.

The Baldwin is a SE Asian copy guitar. Baldwin is a distribution company that has put its name to numerous products over the decades. I was especially amused by the vendor's use of parentheses around the word guitar. Guitar in parentheses is a pretty accurate description of the Baldwin object. Avoid.

[Barron1]

Both are crap.

[JOLLY]

Why Google it when I have you guys?

Because if you Googled it you'd have better chance of actually getting correct information about the guitars instead of alot of the misinformation and dumbass answers that are given around here.

[JonnyG92]

Lol I'm not really interested, just seeing if you guys had encountered these before. I'm on the lookout for a nice PRS or a Les Paul DC.

[Surgeon]

I would love to find a menace around. It's not much to look at but I assume they'd be cheap as heck and be a nice guitar to take around on tour and such.

[TheLivingDead]

I know about the Menace. Pretty sweet guitar.

[Lucid_Lunatic]

Both are crap.

Have you played a Menace? What do you base that opinion on?

[75lespaul]

The Menace looks pretty sweet. Are those the pickups that the Zoot Suit had? I wonder how it sounds and plays.

[TheLivingDead]

The Menace looks pretty sweet. Are those the pickups that the Zoot Suit had? I wonder how it sounds and plays.

Yeah they're the clear bobbins. I think they're cool.

[75lespaul]

I looked around after seeing this thread and saw the Menace SG. Now THAT I'd love to get if I had the dough.

[astrozombie]

id hit it so hard that if you pulled me out youd be the king of england.

[shreddingblues]

smart man this man right here

Both are crap.

[Zerberus]

Both are crap.

smart man this man right here

Sorry dudes, but judging by these posts you´ve very obviously both either never played a LP Menace before or you´re just 2 more of the ******bags that love to slag Gibson purely because they´re Gibson without any actual facts backing up their statements.

Until such facts are actually presented, I´ve no choice but to value your opinions of this subject as useless and unfounded. Others probably should, too

[shreddingblues]

i love gibsons real les pauls just not the cheap cash in kiddie models for people who cant afford a proper guitar like this or the raw power or the bfg or any of the studios.

[Coma]

The menace was the continuation of Gibson lower price special edition Studio models. The first one was the Gothic series original run, which had the same matted black finish the Menace would later sport. The production chronology is as follows:

Gothic series mk I
Voodoo series (finish was called 'Juju', swamp ash guitars)
Menace series
Gothic series mk II (same as 1'st run, but with EMG electronics)
Gothic Morte (e.g. mk III, same specs, but with different headstock decals, no 12th fret inlay or washer around the pickup selector switch)
Vampire Blood Moon (uses the 'Juju' finish and swamp ash wood, but is limited to Explorer model only)

Also noticable is that the Gothic LP was one of the earlier versions of thinned down studioes. at least, far as I know, the Studio models used to be the same thick mahogany slab as the Standards, whereas there's 5 mm or so shaved off on the Gothic and subsequent runs.

And for the record, I do own a LP Gothic, and it sounds and plays better than any of my mates guitars, the possible exception being my buddy's late 90's LP Classic.

[Barron1]

Sorry dudes, but judging by these posts you´ve very obviously both either never played a LP Menace before or you´re just 2 more of the ******bags that love to slag Gibson purely because they´re Gibson without any actual facts backing up their statements.

Until such facts are actually presented, I´ve no choice but to value your opinions of this subject as useless and unfounded. Others probably should, too

I apologize dude. My mistake I thought both guitars were Balwins, which are crappy from experience, I only opened one link. I didn't realize one was a Menace.

Please don't group me in with shreddingdoosh

[75lespaul]

i love gibsons real les pauls just not the cheap cash in kiddie models for people who cant afford a proper guitar like this or the raw power or the bfg or any of the studios.

You know first, are you ever going to post something of your playing? Until then, your words are shiet afaic. Secondly, what exactly is a proper guitar. I need a good laugh. Let's hear it, baby. I call you baby cuz you gots to be a woman with as much as you whine and complain and rag on this forum. Since you've got such a big fat wallet it seems, how about you buy EVERYONE on the forum a "proper" guitar...you know...just so's we can know what it is? You owe it to us after all yer big talk.