@Pascal: Excellent playing again! Congratulations on the new LP! Now as you can compare the 2001 Bluesbird to it, how do the two compare, if at all? I mean the LP sounds excellent in your video!
Thanks Ralf.
The feel is very comparable to the B-bird, with not as chunky a neck.
The weight seems the same to me at around 9 pounds (not sure what the B-bird weights at?)
Obviously the major difference is the sound, and that difference will vary depending upon pick ups appointments that vary across the different models, and which brings me to the two main reasons I wanted a "Standard": Chambered body and Burst Buckers.
I'm sure you heard references before about the "beefy" Les Paul sound, or the "fat" Gibson sound as it is also sometimes referred to, well it's no cliché.
It's "beefy". Much beefier than the B-bird, and maybe the best feature of these pup's is their "articulation" (to borrow a term put forth by Gad in another conversation). Not only can you clearly hear every string from a chord, but whether you play a G on low E string, or a D on the 22nd fret of the high E string, you will hear them at equal levels.
The "bite" that thing has, is the reason why it makes so many players love it, and lead guitarists love the fast fingerboard.
Another feature that isn't offered on the B-bird stock, is the coil splitting, phase reversal with the push pull knobs, that bring more coloring options and that I will explore next on a more bluesy setting with the help of a vintage Fender amp to get closer to the "Mike Bloomfield" vibe....
The closest I've got to this "bite" was with Coastie's B-bird (equipped with an after market SD2 IIRC) that was much hotter than the stock SD1, but still not as punchy as the BB pros.
It's been a long time coming for me, and I'm extremely happy that it's here.