Gibson Les Paul Double Cutaway

[NUNOSLASH]

I've owned a Les Paul DC Plus for years and I love it. I only paid about $700.00 for it brand new, so I'm not sure if it would be as easy to buy at $1670.00. It definitely doesn't sound quite like a regular Les Paul. Like someone else said, It's almost like a cross between a Les Paul and an ES-335 (which is why I like it so much). The pups in mine sound a little too harsh for me, but I wouldn't sell my Les Paul DC for any price. IMO the only way to get a better Les Paul is to buy a very expensive Gibson custom shop version ($2700.00, or so). My Les Paul DC is about as close as you can get to the feel and vibe of a custom shop LP without paying the higher price tag. If you like a chunky neck, then you might not like the LP DC. The neck is excellent, but it's not big and chunky, like some Paul's. It kind of has a flat, wide feel to it. I think Musicians Friend has a return policy, if you don't like the guitar you can send it back. You might want to find out how that works, then you can try it out and see if you really like it or not. All I can say is that I love mine (even though I might also get a custom shop single cut LP some day...I like a fat, chunky LP neck). IMO the LP DC beats the heck out of Les Paul studios and other cheaper Paul's. The 24 frets might not really feel all that different from 22, but I think it makes a difference in the tone. A 24 fret scale length is gonna' sound different than 22. That's my opinion anyways. I really think Jimmy Page would have sounded better playing a LP DC (just my opinion again). It's almost like a LP, but with a little more clarity, like a Tele or something.

Thanks for the review man but i wanna know if the double cutaway is useful when playing the higher frets, or is just the same as the normal LP, specially when you are standing up, is it a big difference?

[D-EJ915]

The cut adds quite a bit of difference:

faded back
DC back front

[Skarekrough]

Whats wrong with 24 frets man??

I'd rather have that real estate for the connection of neck to body and have it translate into sustain then three frets I'd never use.

Those notes are there....you just have to ante up a sack and go bend for them.

[theodie]

Whats wrong with 24 frets man??

It dosent have that good neck pickup tone becasue the neck pickup is closer to the bridge than on a 22 fret.!

[slightly_rude]

I really wish LP DC's didnt have 24 frets. If they didnt, I would be all over them in a heartbeat! I cant get past it but, if they had 22, it would be my favorite axe!

Be careful what you wish for.
http://www.gibson.com/Products/Gibso...ul%20DC%20Pro/

[fingerace]

Be careful what you wish for.
http://www.gibson.com/Products/Gibso...ul%20DC%20Pro/

+ they are not chambered!

[RadVortex]

I don't know if a couple extra frets are worth almost $1700.00. I bought the double cutaway LP because I'm a fan of double cut guitars (SG's, etc.), and I really like the tone that the LP DC has. If you've gotta' have double cut guitars, like me, then $1650.00 is a small price to pay for a LP DC. The AAA flame top on mine is beautiful, too. The fact that it's a double cut Les Paul is really the reason to buy one IMO, as long as you can live with the fact that it only has one volume and one tone control.

[theboatcandream]

I've played a bunch of them, and the only ones I've liked are the fadeds. The rest, though really pretty, just didn't have enough guts to their sound. For some reason or maybe a variety of reasons, they have a very different sound than normal les pauls.