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I produce music for a living and have a complex set up for work but you can make great music with a good laptop (my pref would be a Mac) and Logic Pro. Logic Pro comes with a lot of plug ins, sounds and effects and is pretty easy to learn and is not that expensive for what you get.
Latesixtieslespauls website is brilliant and especially useful now as it seems like these guitars have got very popular in recent times and prices are rising especially for the small headstock one piece neck and body 68 and 69's with long tenon neck joint. But that means people are trying to get...
Les Paul's especially from the 70's don't suffer from neck dive as the bodies are too heavy and are normally well balanced. That's usually an issue for lighter bodied/heavy neck guitars like the Firebird, Explorer, V etc........The LPC should have Patent sticker T-Tops. 1972 was the only year...
If it were me I’d wait for the right guitar to come along. Personally the extreme wear and lack of original parts makes it seem too expensive. The headstock face in particular will make it hard to sell in the future.
I waited and ended up with a great all original 1960 Junior at the right...
Wow that’s very impressive! Sounds great. Home recording can be very rewarding and you only need a laptop and a simple interface. So easy not like when you needed a 24 track the size of a small car!
I used Logic with an Apogee One and the UAD 55 Fender Tweed Deluxe plug in. Simples!
A lot depends on your playing style and the kind of music you want to play. It's a very personal thing so hard to give opnions on the descriptions. I'd play them all and see which one resonates with you. Good luck with the search.
Thanks for your very kind comments (y). I might have one more go at the mix and then move on to another track 🤘. While gigs are not happening it's a fun way of kinda getting to play with a band.
I wanted to learn the guitar part to Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who as accurately as possible as I'm a big Pete Townsend fan and decided to replace the guitars on the record and share the finished results. It was great fun and really interesting working out all the intricate parts and trying...
I too use 10's on most guitars in standard tuning Gibson and Fender and 11's down a 1/2 step. I do like 9's on my 335 though for some reason. Just feel right on that guitar.
I suppose it could be to do with lack of tour income? or just feeling the time is right to let them go. Would have been great for the auction house to have done an interview with Mr Nugent about the guitars, how long he's owned them, the songs/tours they were played on etc.