Played some nice Les Pauls yesterday.

[Plank_Spanker]

I had some time to kill and went to GC to do it. I played a new Standard, an Axcess, a Supreme, and a Classic.

The new Standard was nice - played great. The tone pots don't have the same linearity to them that the pots on my Standard have. They sound like they're rolling right off around 4. The clear control cavity plate is a little cheesy, but overall it was a nice guitar. The locking tuners are a nice addition.

The Axcess was beautiful - much nicer looking in person than pics on the web. I love the body contour on the neck heel and the small heel. The fit of the Floyd was nice, as was the nut. It's a well built guitar. This guitar is a "rocker". I really like it, even if I'm not a Floyd user.

The Supreme was pure eye candy. It has a chunky body. The flame on the back of the one I played was as nice as the top. The lack of a control cavity plate is a show stopper for me. It's a collector's piece. While it played nice, I just don't get the figured back and the lack of access to the pots. It's definitely not marketed to the "players".

The nicest player was the Classic. The one I played was done in some sort of antique burst with aged looking binding. It played great and felt really good to me. Short on the eye candy, but long on the mojo.

As far as "Plek" goes, I really didn't experience any out of body nirvana from that. The Plek'ed guitars played nice, but not anything above what I own now.

It was an fun and informative way to kill some time.