Currently the LP Jnr DC, an Antoria EB-3 shorty, a Harley Benton PB Shorty and Retrovibe P30 shorty. I have had several others though - mainly Fender flavoured - but I did have an Epiphone EB-0 for a while. The LP Jnr DC is the pick of the Gibson-y ones and at £500 I'd say very much worth the extra £150 over an Epiphone. Possibly the biggest minus if you can't live with it is the 3 point bridge. I put a Hipshot Supertone in mine.
Here's mine in action Sounds great through the big pa there.
Incidentally a Gator Deluxe Les Paul guitar hard case fits one of these like a glove.
Plenty Gibson-y enough for me, I love mine. Not the classic SG/EB0/3 mudbucker tone with the pickup further back but all the better for it IMO - more bite, more middy.
Totally devalued now, of course, come the time I might want to move it on
I'm not sure anyone is being hostile here. My observation would be that the way you write is incomprehensible to a lot of us. There are many on here for whom english is not a first language, maybe even not a second, yet folks always try to make themselves understood. But this weird street patois you have adopted really is next to impossible to unravel. I am sure you have some interesting points to make but I actually have no idea because I can't make head nor tail of what you are writing. And clearly I am not the only one.
My view is a combination of these two, really. I used to tinker, learnt a huge amount, spent a huge amount. Now I generally don't bother unless I can see a tinker that is worthwhile. But I wouldn't be in that posiiton had I not tinkered in the first place. So I would say go for it and enjoy the ride.
I composed a vegan rap earlier this year, after seeing a vegan wrap for sale in a cafe. It is only very short and needs lots of people to join in the italicised bits. Imagine the drums to 'rock me Amadeus'
You can't eat meat and you can't eat dairy
You can't eat nothin if it used to be hairy
You can only eat something it is plant-based
You can't eat nothin if it ever had a face
😀
There is nothing I need or want so I foresee a gear-free 2022... but I know only too well how GAS comes at you unexpectedly from out of the sun. Probably my weakest moment would be if a decent sub-4kg Rickenbacker or faker came along.
Quite a lean year for me, 2 basses in, 5 out, nothing else apart from the odd set of strings.
In
Retrovibe P30
Antoria Precision
Out
Guild B301
Maruszczyk Jake 5
'Sprackenbacker' 70s MIJ faker
Gibson Thunderbird
Riverhead Unicorn