This Is Getting Out of Hand. Now There Are Two of Them!
Finally did it. My Epi LP (1995 Korea) was my first guitar that was not a hand me down from a relative or a pawn shop find…my parents got for me for Christmas in 1995 and it has been my primary guitar since then. After my wife and kids and cats it’s what I’d run into a burning building to save (hopefully never have to).
As much as I love that Epi I always wanted a Gibson LP and a tobacco burst LP (yep one of those people who wanted to learn guitar the moment Slash walked out of that church and into the desert in November Rain). After a visit to the Gibson Garage in Nashville recently I was inspired and finally felt the time was right and made my move. I debated humbuckers versus P90s but I have a couple guitars with humbuckers and one of my favorite artists (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) has used a gold top P90 LP at times so I felt tobacco burst P90 bridged where I started I ended up as a guitarist.
I’ll be honest…in terms of playability the difference is negligible but it makes me very happy to see them next to each other…some kind of full circle nonsense, but they’re both stunning and inspiring guitars.