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I don't know who feels more like a kid at Xmas...

My 6 year old boy or me...

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mmmmmmm......paula

i'm confused.

ah. never mind.

pardon?

Sorry no pics yet...tomorrow...I got the camera downstairs and ready for quot;Xmas Morningquot; at my house w/ my boy (he'll be at his mom's sunday....you shoulda heard the story I had to concoct to explain why Santa was coming to my house tonite )

Anyhoo.

Uhm. Yeah.

This Paula is the $hit.

Apparently this quot;finish migrationquot; is somewhat normal. There's even a hangtag type thing in the historic goodie bag that says as much. Christian said the same thing to me in a PM as well. Apparently it gets worse for a bit then goes away. I was never aware of this.

Honestly DONquot;T FRIGGIN CARE

The little thing at the headstock just looks like a teeny little spot where the black of the stock didn't go all the way flush with the nut, its about the size of a ball point pen mark . Yes I'm being picky, only cos I got spoiled with the Hamer!

The rest of the binding is fantabulous. The neck binding, and the body binding is just as nice as the Hamer. The fretwork is excellent (apparently Gibson Custom shop got themselves a quot;plekquot; machine and this is supposed to help? I don' know). Regardless, it's awesome. inlays, controls, etc..all great ( tone and vol pots that are like the Hamer and actually work! Though the taper is a little odd).Plays like butter, but its not so easy It feels sloppy. I'm diggin the big fat neck. The only time I notice the difference is playing some open chords, or right at the heel, cos the transition is not as pronounced compared the faded.

The BurstBucker 1/2 are very nice too. I don't see how anyone who likes a off balance wind PAF could not like these things. They are Alnico II and not as tight or agressive as the BB pros, but they still are pretty quot;hotquot; sounding. Hotter than the 59s, not as smooth or bright, but a nice balance between the 59s and BB pros. I had to back off the gain a bit since they aren't as tight as A5, but the inherent tone and sustain just makes the guitar sing...don't feel like I NEED as much gain. BTW, my Faded has damn good sustain, and this R8 has noticeably more. pinch harmonics are really easy on it too I've noticed. In fact the dynamics period are just great...very responsive even through the POD XTL. Very quot;woodyquot;, and cello-like.

Tons of low end/low mids typical of a good Paula. Super Chunky. With a good distortion pickup this thing would be a helluva modern metal guitar. Stock, it's Paul Kossof, Gary Moore (in fact sounds alot like Gary's 59), Billy Gibbons type tone with the A2s.

Very impressive. I guess it's a little sad that you gotta go Custom shop to get a Les Paul thats built and sounds like a Les Paul should, but initially I can't say it's not worth it. In fact, with the recent price increase of Standards up into the $2300 range, IMO unless you gotta have flame or a small neck, I don't see why anyone should by a production Standard these days. My Classic, my CSB Std, and black STD, were all built about as well (fret/binding work wasn't quite as nice on those, but still very good) but tone/sustain wise, no comparison.

Oh..the top has a little figure, and the washed cherry I got has a very classic look and is not so much a quot;clown burstquot;

QC-wise, and even value for the $-wise the Hamer has it beat...I've never had such a pretty well put together instrument as that which also sounds so great. But this R8 is THE sound, and build quality is still very very good.

iI don't know if it will beat the Hamer in the coming shootout, but I mentioned previously the R8 would have a tough row to hoe against the Hamer...I think it's gonna be the other way around now.

we'll see.....

LOL LOL....funny how this thread started. Total confusion......LOL.

Doesn't the post explaing the thread normally go first?


Originally Posted by PecanDoesn't the post explaing the thread normally go first?

Not in my world

I knew what the thread was about, since I saw his other post on the quot;Paula.quot;

The other aspect is that your toys are fun, and so are the kid's toys. I feel like a kid again, when I'm playing with other people's kid's toys. I even bought myself a couple quot;kids toysquot; when I was out shopping, for myself.

I'm now the proud owner of a remote control Formula 1 racecar, and 3 Punching Puppets, with fighting arms. Bush, Saddam, and Osama! I love'em!