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Just wanted to hear your playing experience and impressions of tone differences between these two guitars.

Thanks.

hey jayk,

can't really answer your question but here's an interesting read on single and double cut lp juniors.

from : localhost/www.vintageguitar.com/brands/details.asp?ID=108

dani,

Thanks for that link, real interesting read, I love that stuff!

amp; Leslie West is another one of those guys who tend to get overlooked nowadays but is a great player.

I could have sworn I posted something here...

I've got no practical experience with the DC other than playing them in stores and my old DC Special and DC Juniors.

I like the DC shape, but I don't like it as much with the carved top and binding, it just works better as a quot;slabquot; for me.

They sound fine, they look cool, but the one thing I always hear complaining about is the percieved lack of stability of the neck joint. I've seen dozens of broken LP and SG headstocks, but I've never seen a heel joint unseated on a DC LP. I've seen stress cracks in the finish, but nothing that resembles a catastrophic failure of a neck joint short of smashing the guitar.

I didn't click on the link, but I do remember a VG LP Jr and Special quot;tone shootoutquot; and something like 3 of the 5 finalists were DC guitars... Food for thought for all the singlecut snobs.

Having owned both guitars (the Standards, not the Specials or Juniors) I can tell you that the Double Cuts are brighter and do not have the low end that the tried and true Lester has. I have owned several of each over the past 6 years and they have been very consisitent.
I use the same model pickups on each one so it's a fair assessment. The DC being 24 frets has a more open neck tone and the tone chambers adds some airieness (no pun intended) on both pickups. I like each type of Lester for what they do.