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[Taylorboy87]

Hi SOFTIES! i was wondering which would be easier? A les paul player playing a strat or a strat player playing a les paul?

I know its all based on personal perference, but which is more difficult for you guys to play or accustom to when you make the swtich?

 

[subversion]

i don't switch- i own both 8)

1. bridge
some people don't like how the strings are elevated off the body markedly with the tune-o-matic bridge (Les Paul), the strat bridge offers a little finger anchoring... but really depends on how you place your picking hand

2. neck profile
thick narrow (LP) vs slightly wider, rounder strat profile

3. scale length
there are players who cite the scale length difference affecting their (pinch)harmonics triggering.

4. upper fret access
the upper fret accessibility is always an issue with the LP but the blocky neck-body joint of the strat isn't very accessible either. however, the latter profile does allow further reaches

personally, i'm with the strat playability. but i'm not about to discourage strat fans from owning an LP. it's a matter of adaptability. 8)

 

[jeremyrozario]

i love strats, super strats, mini strats and stuff liddat, point is i love strats, but......

bending on a les paul is easier, due to the lower string tension due to the shorter scale length

but i love strats becoz:

1) i have fat fingers, so the longer scale length allows mi fingers to sit between the frets easilier

2) can do volume swells due to the volume knob placement

3) i can sand down the neck if i dun like the gloss, with a les paul, i dun dare to, coz i cant take out the neck by myself

4) single coils rule over humbuckers, all you get is pure tone ( yes, and a ton of hum)

5) i love the looks of it

6) the switch is so flickable, not so fond of the lp-style switch

7) its usually lighter than a les paul

well, of course these are just my opinions

 

[Taylorboy87]

I own both too..and but i prefer the strat as the elevated strings from my les paul does not allow my picking hand (ring and pinkie) to rest on the pickguard acting as a pivot to my wrist movement, unlike the strat.

I also do realize that since the tension is lighter on the les paul, i tend to overbend the notes sometimes haha

 

[DarknessFury]

Just asking a question...if I'm not able to play x47xxx with a Strat, do you think I'll be able to play that with a LP?

 

[Taylorboy87]

If you can't do that particular chord fingering on the fretboard, most likely you can't do it on other fretboards either. The fretboards playability diff by a bit only on whether your able to hold this chord more comfortably than the other. Not to the extent of refraining you to play this chord when used on another fretobard.

 

[detroit_red]

Just asking a question...if I'm not able to play x47xxx with a Strat, do you think I'll be able to play that with a LP?

Lol you got short fingers lolol

 

[DarknessFury]

^Absolutely...haha...quite sad though...I can reach only if I'm sitting down and stretching really really hard...but even then it's not very stable...

 

[daryl]

darknessfury, you might be able to why dont you try it out? cause the frets are placed further apart in a strat if you get what i mean/

 

[tany]

i owned a LP before but i sold it.

why?

cant stand the weight, the thick round neck, the smaller scale (just dont feel right as i've been playing strats since the start), and definitely the single cut factor.

why a strat? because of the larger scale, the neck which i'm more accustomed to, and higher fret access.

 

[DarknessFury]

darknessfury, you might be able to why dont you try it out? cause the frets are placed further apart in a strat if you get what i mean/

I would when I get enough money to buy an LP, haha...don't like to try things without thinking of buying, lol...

 

[RazrAsh]

its just as easy... cuz both have rather wide and thick neck profiles.. anyway, heard that the long tenon neck joint thing is a lp with a longer scale length?? anybody care to correct me if i'm wrong??

 

[ShredCow]

RazrAsh, it just means how the neck is joined to the body. No change in scale length.

Either guitars are fine with me, but i prefer a F-spaced string spacing, and if there's 6105 frets, then 24 3/4 scale is fine with me.

In my opinion, its not totally about the feel of the instrument, as seems to be the main thrust here. Really, if you are a good player, you can expect to play well on different guitars, not don't expect optimum performance lah.
I get frustrated with single coil bridge pups, because I don't like the tone. I get upset with Les Pauls because there's this overwhelming midrange that sticks out and kind of clouds the clarity of the tone.
If the guitar doesn't sound like what you are used to, or what you prefer, then its no longer a guitar you should be playing, regardless of make/size/weight/construction/physical properties.

Why does Vai play Evo? Cracked up, falling apart? Why not just get a similiar 7vwh, brand new and all. Its the tone man.