Opinions on 1980's The Paul

[sumitomo]

Anyone ever play one and what do you think?Sumi

 

[ZMAN]

There are several editions of the guitar. One was a walnut body with two exposed coil pickups. There also was a mahogany body. They get fairly good reviews and are usually reasonably priced.
I have never played one but if I had an oportunity to try one I would be very interested in picking it up. They are pretty collectable.

 

[hubberjub]

I've always loved the looks of those. I like very simplistic guitars. I've heard some people say that they can be less than stellar instruments but that is very subjective. I've seen them sell in the $450 -600 range and that seems about right.

 

[Tone2TheBone]

I played one lonnnng time ago. I can't remember the details though.

 

[otaypanky]

I had one for several years a while back. A lovely all walnut flat bodied guitar, rosewood board, and had what I think may be called Dirty Fingers pickups. Nothing to complain about, it was a nice guitar. 'Came across it by accident while exploring a music shop I was passing by that I had never been in. It was too nice and reasonably priced not to grab it. I found a new home for it where it would get more play time

 

[ZMAN]

I suppose that is where the idea for the Faded series LPs and SGs came from.

 

[sumitomo]

Thanks for all the input guys,there are so many guitars and amphs comming up for sale due to these hard times,but the good thing is that these guitars are finally going to get played and not sit in closets.Sumi

 

[Brian Krashpad]

I've always loved the looks of those. I like very simplistic guitars. I've heard some people say that they can be less than stellar instruments but that is very subjective. I've seen them sell in the $450 -600 range and that seems about right.

Yep, seem like a somewhat cheaper alternative to an LP Studio, at least the mahogany ones. Wonder how much tonal diff the walnut provides?