I remember reading an interview with Eddie Van Halen in an early Guitar World magazine where he was asked to describe what lead him to nail a humbucker into a Charvel / Boogie Bodies strat body. He said something to the effect of wanting a guitar that “…sounded like a Les Paul, but played like [...]
Every time I look at a Firebird, I have to laugh. Gibson was so desperate to catch up with Fender back in the early ’60s, they hired a car designer to help them come up with something more hip. Personally, think the guy was on cat-nip. What a nutty looking guitar. But I have always loved it and think it is nothing short of hipster-doofus-genius.
Some are not sure how to differentiate a “Studio” Les Paul from a “Standard” Les Paul. Here are a few very simple ways to be sure