Les Paul with a built in OD??

[jimilee]

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

https://reverb.com/news/gibson-announces-custom-shop-les-paul-with-built-in-overdrive?utm_campaign=a8e30cc8ea-rn170802_dns_non_personalized&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=0_5889ed6702-a8e30cc8ea-64448277


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[shedland]

Just seems wrong to me.

[somnif]

At 5700$ I know exactly how I feel about it.

[Zigcat]

Gibson is so innovative. Oh wait, nevermind. https://www.electraguitar.com/pages/history

[Matt]

I don't like it. But I'm very set in my ways.

[somnif]

No worse than the ridiculous "self tuning" robot Gibsons I suppose.

I wonder what the mysterious "analog overdrive" will be. Given its 3 control set up my first thought would be a BMP, but shoving one of those up an LP's tailpipe just seems... weird. Not to mention needing a screwdriver anytime you want to change a setting...

I could get like, sticking in something dirt simple like a LPB or SHO, thats easy enough and transparent enough to actually work in an "always in the chain" config, but this?

And seriously, almost 6 grand. No.

[AntKnee]

How does an OD circuit, that any of us can build, crammed into a guitar cavity justify doubling its price?

[jimilee]

No worse than the ridiculous "self tuning" robot Gibsons I suppose.

I wonder what the mysterious "analog overdrive" will be. Given its 3 control set up my first thought would be a BMP, but shoving one of those up an LP's tailpipe just seems... weird. Not to mention needing a screwdriver anytime you want to change a setting...

I could get like, sticking in something dirt simple like a LPB or SHO, thats easy enough and transparent enough to actually work in an "always in the chain" config, but this?

And seriously, almost 6 grand. No.

Rehoused behringer probably.


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[pickdropper]

Decidedly impractical for a convenience feature.  Having the controls recessed on the backside of the guitar requiring a tiny screwdriver make them less useful than bending down and changing controls on an actual pedal.

[gordo]

They've done silly crap like this before.  At least the RD Artist guitar & bass had Moog stuff in it.  In fact the model was pretty much built around the electronics.  But this?  For one thing I'll never be able to afford an LP anymore but this strikes me as adding a trunk net to a Ferrari.

[chris weaver]

More non sense for people who can't play but have disposable income. ("It's got a built in overdrive....")

[Govmnt_Lacky]

First of all.... I believe the pricing is so high because they plop the words "Custom Shop" in the name.

Second of all..... probably just a tweaked TS in the cavity 

[Aleph Null]

Shove an OD in a guitar? Sure! But start talking about active pickups and the same guys loose their mind. 

I have trick wiring in a few guitars, but if I'm going to put an effect in the instrument I want an effect that I would want to manipulate in real time (a delay, maybe? Chaos pad?) and easy access to the controls.

[lars]

Would have been more impressive the other way around:  an overdrive with a les paul built in.

[jimilee]

Would have been more impressive the other way around:  an overdrive with a les paul built in.

BAM! I don't mind the overdrive or even a floyd rose, just not on a Les Paul, it's just an American tradition style guitar.