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Whammy Bars on Les Pauls?
Does anyone know if it's possible to get a floyde rose or any other whammy bar put onto a les paul, or how much it'd cost? I love my Les Paul but I want to do some crazy manowar solos and shit. And I don't want to buy an Ibanez or a Jackson. It's a Gibson Les Paul Studio if that makes any difference.
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Old 27th November 2003, 10:27 AM   #2 (permalink)
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STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dont do a thing to it!
Christ man, its a Gibson!
It is possible to fit one, but you will have to saw out a section of your guitar to fit it. Even then it will still be pish because the tension of the gibson necks will be all wrong so the tuning till be all wrong, and there is the danger of snapping the neck!!!

The only thing that may work would be a bigsby trem, but even then, you will still have to drill in to your beautiful Bibson.

If you were to get one fitted, it would have to be done by a professional, which, for major work like that would be expensive. if you want to fanny about with a whammy bar, just get a cheap strat for £100 or so and fit descent pick ups, the build quality will be almost as good as £300(ish) jacksons etc... it will only be the components that differ.

Please dont destroy a nice guitar.
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Old 27th November 2003, 11:06 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Haha, oh well. Looks like I'm gonna have to buy another guitar. I'll probably just spend £500ish on a decent ibanez. You may be thinking I'm a rich bastard but it's all down to the amazing power of the student loan.
Cheers for the help.
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Old 27th November 2003, 11:49 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Haha, oh well. Looks like I'm gonna have to buy another guitar. I'll probably just spend £500ish on a decent ibanez. You may be thinking I'm a rich bastard but it's all down to the amazing power of the student loan.
Cheers for the help.
Thats how i bought my gibson too.
unfortunatley i had to save every penny for my USA tele and im still paying off my taylor!
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Old 27th November 2003, 03:30 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I was lucky with the gibson, it was my dads. He never really played it so when I went down to his last xmas he gave me it. Black with gold hardware, it turns me on quite a bit i must say.
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Thats how i bought my gibson too.
unfortunatley i had to save every penny for my USA tele and im still paying off my taylor!
theres a reason les pauls dont have tremelos, so DONT DO IT!

and attaching a bigsby would be an insult, why not just go the whole hog and play it through a 15w crate solid state aswell?

if you really want the whammy bar stuff then go for a fender strat, and seeing as you`ve got a gibson (£1400 mark i`m guessing) i`m assuming you can afford a £900 odd usa strat. or get a highway1 strat for £599.

did i mention that strats are simply better?

(edit: ibanez? ibanez? nooo dont waste your money! remember at all times fender>ibanez)
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Old 27th November 2003, 03:37 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I hate strats, they suck.
You can't beat a Les paul through a marshall cab.
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I hate strats, they suck.
You can't beat a Les paul through a marshall cab.
psh, strats rock! listen to mike mccready of pearl jam if you wanna know how a strat should sound.

but anyways, you dont like teles either? its just there are plenty of better choices than an ibanez, what about an sg?
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I dont know much about guitars but les pauls look lovely, specially the white les paul customs. John you should get a crazy lookin jackson, like a flyin V or something, just for the banter likes
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I don't mind teles or sg's.
I played a nice Ibanez in sound control when I was trying out my overdrive pedal, £599 i think it was.
Strats sound a bit too weak I reckon, and I find the necks qutie annoying.
I don't really need another guitar 'cos my les paul's more than good enough, I just want to learn to use a whammy in my solos.
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I don't mind teles or sg's.
I played a nice Ibanez in sound control when I was trying out my overdrive pedal, £599 i think it was.
Strats sound a bit too weak I reckon, and I find the necks qutie annoying.
I don't really need another guitar 'cos my les paul's more than good enough, I just want to learn to use a whammy in my solos.
you should prob borrow a friends guitar for awhile to test if you reckon its worth spending all that money just for a whammy. after all if i had a gibson i`d find it a shame to ever put it dont for another guitar.

i assume you already have things like phase/delay effects and a wah pedal to spice up your solos? nothing beats wah (apart from taste).
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Old 27th November 2003, 04:05 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I don't really use pedals 'cos they're a bit of an annoyance onstage. (I'm shit with my feet) I just use a boss metal zone MT-2 and that's it. A wah's not a bad idea though.
If I do get a new guitar I wouldn't stop playing the Les Paul, that'd just be madness!
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No... They Really Suck!!!
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Some Les Pauls had tremelos fitted.. the Bigsby Trem.
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