Comments on: Best for The Blues: The Gibson Les Paul Standard or Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster Review http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/ Sounding the Devil Note Wed, 16 May 2012 15:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David W. Boles http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-2607 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:26:34 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-2607 Thanks for your insight! I can think of a lot of Les Paul players who get tremendous emotion from their Gibsons.

]]> By: cleverjester http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-2606 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:23:35 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-2606 Sorry for coming late to the party, but this review turned up on Google and I had to comment. I recently got my first Gibson after being a longtime Strat hound. To me, the glaring difference is pick response. A Les Paul has harder wood and a more balanced output, so it will never respond to your picking dynamics like a Strat, which is the only true disappointment for me. I have to agree with you-I like everything about the Les Paul better…but I’d have to pick a Strat in the end because it conveys emotion in playing in a way that a Les Paul can’t.

]]> By: Bobby the Wannabe Blues Reviewer: Ten Sentence Story #155 | 10txt http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-2550 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:10:04 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-2550 [...] wanted to be a “Blues Reviewer” — and he’d sell his soul to the Devil if he could only write about musical [...]

]]> By: David W. Boles http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1319 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:49:54 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1319 Jack –

Clapton made his reputation as a solo artist using a Strat.

Yes, he started with a Les Paul:

http://bolesblues.com/2010/09/20/the-best-guitarists-first-played-a-les-paul/

]]> By: Jack Baruth http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1318 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:18:53 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1318 Re: the provenance comment.

Clapton made his breakthrough recording with a ‘Burst Les Paul. He’s more responsible for the popularity of the LP than he’s ever been for the Strat… there were plenty of iconic players using a Strat well before he ever picked one up.

Just my opinion.

]]> By: David W. Boles http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1245 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:42:35 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1245 I tend to agree with you now, John. On the right day, a Strat can pounce on a Gibson for the Blues, but in the right hands, you can’t beat a Les Paul for that classic, Blues, sound.

]]> By: John from Les Paul custom http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1240 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:56:30 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1240 The Gibson sounds slightly better, but that’s a matter of taste.
Best way to decide is to try both of them…

]]> By: The Best Guitarists First Played a Les Paul | Boles Blues http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1144 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:57:17 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1144 [...] Clapton played his Les Paul in all of his early groups.  Today, he plays a Fender Stratocaster with his name on it, but he owes his early recording fame to Gibson and a Les Paul [...]

]]> By: The Perfect Blues Guitar Rig | Boles Blues http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1076 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:36:37 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-1076 [...] guitars — but sometimes that movement between muses can be seen as waffling by some.  If you have more than one guitar, I’m sure you understand my [...]

]]> By: Honoring the Born-On Strings Gauge | Boles Blues http://bolesblues.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-820 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:17:12 +0000 http://bolesblues.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/best-for-the-blues-the-gibson-les-paul-standard-or-fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-review/#comment-820 [...] a guitar comes with 9 strings, that is the gauge it will forever have.  If a guitar comes with 10s or 11s — those are what will subsequently be strung.  This plan relies on knowing the [...]

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