Posted by Denshichiro Kuroyama (via moderator) on June 05, 2007 at 20:46:44:
In Reply to: photogenic les-paul-copy posted by spedy on September 09, 2004 at 13:46:43:
(Originally posted 08:22:53 5/25/07)
I bought a Photogenic Les Paul LP250. I paid about 12000 yen for it, which is about $100. I have no illusions about what Ive bought, but this is far from my first guitar. Still, Ive never learned to play at all. I may alter this guitar, but it is my intention not to buy something else, until I demonstrate some ability on this thing.
I bought the Honey Burst finish. It comes in about 7 colors. The HB finish isnt quite as Honey as I would have liked. Its kind of yellow with an orange-like edge for the "burst" part. Further, the plastic moulding for the pickguard, pickup mouldings, and selector switch... instead of white or ivory, theyre a light pinkish color. Ive removed the pickguard, but they horked in one of the screws which cracked the finish of the top. I found the tiny piece of cracked finish and glued it back. Still, I think about filling in the holes with wood putty and painting it over to match.
As far as the pink pickup moulding, I thought I could find moulding that wasnt pink and replace it, but Ive had no luck. So, I will paint over the plastic. Itll take a little surgery, but this is far from the first time Ive taken guitars apart.
I bought this online and the pictures were not clear enough to show the true colors of the guitar. If they had been, I would have passed on it, and just gotten gold or black.
Still, for all my complaints its a $100 guitar. Ill teach myself to play it (once and for all) then Ill pitch it out a window perhaps and buy a better guitar.
I know you can get these in Japan which is where I am. I dont know if they can be bought elsewhere.
The sound is routed through a Zoom G2 digital effects box. This creates good tone (digital modeling of overdrive and clean, a great fave is the digital model of a Roland Jazz Chorus amp. One Ive loved for years but will likely never spend the big cash to buy... but since Im only doing scales and one-note-love-songs, Im not really qualified to judge what "good tone" is. Whats more, Im routing that through a 15W Laney am
p. Still more is that since my neighbors live so close, I route practice sessions through headphones (When I plug in at all)