2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard vs 2008 Fender Standard Stratocaster (Part 1)

[TheUnicornslayer]

Beautiful strat. I own an. awesome cherry finished epi SG. But your strat sounds so clean. I love it. You play really good by te way

[ColtonSaylor713]

lol sultans of swing. good song, why not play all of it though, including the instrumental at the end (which reminds me of the second half of the song layla by eric clapton and derek and the dominoes)

[legumes12]

Honestly man, I think Gibsons are overrated. I went to the closest guitar store the other day to try out some amps and brought my Fender American Standard Strat along to try 'em out, and I was there for a while playing along until I decided to try out a Gibson Les Paul. I honestly hated it. The modern day Gibsons have just murdered themselves. The neck, the tone, the weight all killed me, I played for maybe 3 minutes with that thing and put it back.

[Charlie1406]

What's the song from 1:16 to 2:07??

[octoberguitaru2]

Layla Eric Clapton?

[VlastaStevanovich]

Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits

[pacrat90]

lol @ sultans of swing

[DoubleIntruder]

These really are two completely different types of solid body with completely different sounds..

I think probably about 80-90% of tone is in someones hands really, & depends on their style & technique.

But if your gonna be playing hard rock & want a really thick aggressive chunky sound then you really can't go wrong with the Les Paul.

For this guys playing style i felt the extra top-end twang & glassy quality of a Strat suited his playing more though.

[AndreErtz19]

Personally, if you wanna play rock or heavy metal, then I'd go for the Les Paul. But then again some kickass rock guitarists play Fenders (Malmsteen, Hendrix). I think Fenders fret so much smoother, and easier. And the prices for a Gibson are just ridiculous. Even for the beautiful looks and tone, i just don't think it is worth it. Fender All the way

[MrEdischu]

@AndreErtz19 Thats what you think, the difference is just big as the prices are big in between them.. Maybe if you try a gibson you will understand...

[fretboarder]

for the type of stuff your playing the strat sounds better..

[Fear3001]

depends what type of music gibson for distortion fender for twang, why compromise get both

[shakeshaftthomas]

or get an ibanez with fender 9.5 radius neck with single coil and humbuckers. i know there not traditional but after all the sound comes first ,

[bcsguitar22]

with gibsons, you are paying for the name more than you are paying for the quality

with fenders, its just the opposite

i like both

[TheSmokingGuitar]

gibsons are pretty freakin amazing, but fenders, unless youre really paying, sound worse, standard les paul > standard strat

[tr0yB]

totally agree. i personally like the fender sound more than gibson. BUT no fender can compete against gibson when it comes to buildin beautiful guitars, which is my personal opinion.

[cRaMer347]

very nice, which one do you preferr?

[Stretch3]

does anyone know what song he's playing at around the 30 second mark with the strat

[jimmypageg1275]

slow dancing in a burning room

[maggotboy9294]

were you playing the wind called mary?

[koshodi]

@Stretch3 john mayer. "slow dancing in burning room"

[Stretch3]

does anyone know what song he's playing at around the 30 second mark with the strat?

[zumaiter]

studios sont suck but your mom does isdman14

[Pntbllrfrk13]

Bro, please, you've got some really sexy equipment there, both guitars and the amp kick ass. So please do us all a favor and do something tweaking for some better tones.

[jimmypageg1275]

I usually have a pedal board with boss and digitech stuff hooked up, just not in the video

[carefulwiththat]

These guitars are two completely different beasts... people don't seem to understand that. Both are amazing guitars and are better/ worse in certain areas.

[Jak3Mac]

I agree.

[eliahu33]

i prefer to strat guitar

[KmyFood]

well it depends wat ur playing. i woudl say gibson is the rock machine. but that doesnt deny the fact that my guitar collection feels empty without a strat.

[Lol1245555]

Lol the strat vs les paul arguements just make me laugh. It's different for your playing style, i'm not being controversial but for me i prefer a quick action neck so i'd opt for the strat, however, gibson les pauls do have a nice sound in certain heavier songs, but then the stratocaster has a very changeable sound so it's kinda split

[mikeguitar92]

dude thats definatly the les paul studio. i have the same one

[lsdman14]

Its a standard.... studios dont have binding

[irritatedmushroom2]

Nice job dude, but that's not a Les Paul Standard! it's a Studio :P

[Jak3Mac]

Im pretty sure its the Standard. From what i've seen, the Standard has chrome covers over the pickups, and the Studio does not. Also, Im pretty sure the person in the video is able to read his guitars head. They will clearly say the model of Les Paul.

[lukeschennFTW]

wheres the binding?

[lsdman14]

you can see it right after he switches guitars and lifts up the les paul

[ECgod77]

It's definitely not the studio. You can see the binding, at least on the body, when he plugs it in.

[Jak3Mac]

Oh yeah. I guess your right.

[FetusElitusInc]

glad to see that people still know about the Dire Straits

[redslownight]

keyblade shut the frick up please. you probably have never played a real fender. An AMERICAN fender

[AlexRockinAuz]

thats a studio man not a standard

[jimmypageg1275]

It's definitely a $2300 standard

[lsdman14]

Its a standard man... or at least not a studio. You can see the binding when he lifts up his les paul and studios suck

[GuitarGeek469]

I prefer Strats. They have more tonal options more tonal to dial in exactly the sound you want. Also when you buy a strat there are many more options so you can get exactly the guitar you want (eg. what kind of wood in the fingerboard and if you want a humbucker or not). Also Strats have a thinner neck and a contoured body which makes them really comfortable and inviting to play. Just my opinion!

[keyblade09]

gibson rocks, fender is just for styles, but fender's sounds crap, gibson is mixture of style and tone

[JMMGReviews]

i agree

[papaburrrrr]

yeah ok keep telling yourself that keyblade09

[keyblade09]

yes i will, and keep telling yourself how stupid fucking idiot i am, i dont care.. oh and keep telling your self that gibson sucks, i dont twice care

[bwsauce]

well done! Im looking into a fender again to go along with my 06 les paul standard is that the american standard or the 399 mexican? if it is the mexican I may get it and save some money that sounded killer