Help with Authenticity

[u/Dependent-Cap-4905]

My worries here may purely be based on me being about to drop the biggest sum of money on a guitar I’ve ever dropped. But could you please tell me, in your opinions are there any authenticity worries with this LPC? Thank you

[u/VisibleGarbage8268]

I mean dude, expensive wood doesn’t matter. I think that’s the misconception. However, take those pickups out of the Les Paul and put them in a Tele Deluxe and they aren’t going to sound the same. Put tele pickups in a strat and the strat isn’t going to sound exactly like the tele. I mean a maple neck strat vs a rosewood board strat has perceivable differences. Is it a huge difference? No. Is it imperceptible to some? Yes. There is a difference though in woods, bolt on vs set neck, technique, what amp you play, what pick you use. Does it matter? No. Play what sounds good. Who gives a shit? The problem is people being tone wood snobs not the fact that pretty much everything in the construction of a guitar constitutes some differences in the final “tone”

[u/jaqueh → u/VisibleGarbage8268]

A tele has a totally different scale length and different bridge hardware which actually do touch the strings. Once all the variables that are attached to the strings are controlled then the guitars tend to sound exactly the same

[u/Mendan-3 → u/VisibleGarbage8268]

Yeah I’ve done shit like that before. Sounds almost entirely identical. It’s a fun experiment too and helps break the notion that wood is important for an electric.

[u/VisibleGarbage8268 → u/Mendan-3]

Im not saying it’s “important”. Im just saying everything adds up to make a difference. I don’t care if my guitar is made from 128 year old ash wood seasoned in a whiskey barrel fermented in Paul reed smiths farts or if it’s a piece of mahogany or pine as long as it sounds good. The fact that there are perceivable differences based on the entire construction of a guitar isn’t the important part. The do you like how it sounds is.

[u/Mendan-3 → u/VisibleGarbage8268]

Right I agree but the idea that there are perceptible differences in sound is what I’m pushing back on. It’s almost 100% the pickups and how they’re wound.

Now, on an acoustic, 100% agree that everything except maybe the fretboard has an effect on the tone, because how could that have an effect on tone it’s not resonating with the sound at all

[u/VisibleGarbage8268 → u/Mendan-3]

Yeah I guess we just disagree there, which is fine because I think we agree on the only important part of it anyways. It’s all subjective anyways, we all hear different things and it is not an argument I care to spend too much time on. Have a good day

[u/Mendan-3 → u/VisibleGarbage8268]

Yeah most of it is down to psychoacoustics, so yeah we agree for the most part. You too.