I need some stuff to go with my new Guitar, recommendations for amp, cable, strap all sorts

Sig T with translucent black top looks ace. You definitely want to go and select one personally, even if just so you can get visually the best AA top they have.
 
It does look really smart, and they have 20+ in stock across the country, no rush :)

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easyrider said:
does that leave a hole on the side....?my zebrawood didnt have a pickguard
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Raymond Lin said:
I don't mind the pick guard, it kinda matches the binding and switches colour.
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Yeah it leaves a tiny little screw hole in the side and just next to the neck, but you can just pop the screw back in on its own if it bothers you (or I guess you could fill the hole with something else) - My LP didn't come with a pickguard but I'd have taken it off if it did - think they look much better without

Mr Badger said:
What the heck. Here's my LP DC Standard in trans amber - with binding :D
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Ooo very nice :) You don't see all that many double-cuts
 
Just had ago on the ebony les Paul, meh, it felt wrong when I picked it up, it even looks wrong too. It photographs much better than it looks in person, the binding quality on it is also suspect. It isn't flushed with the maple top or the neck joint. That actually isn't just on that one, checked a few out and it's a Gibson trait, QC on the binding can be hit and miss. Compare to the Taylor, the binding on that is smooth with the guitar all round.

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Talking about picking a les Paul that speaks to you, I did try a Custom Classic that just screamed out off the rack. Love that but it's more expensive again.

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The last les paul I tried was the 2013 Studio in Wine Red.

Brilliant colour and I like the wine grain on the top, more so than the flamed in the Signature T actually. The lack of binding also means the edges are smooth all round (seriously, if my limited experience of Gibson binding is true across the board, they need to see how they bind a T5, really not impressed by the binding at all, considering the money it costs compare to a Studio), I actually really like the studio, more so than I did with the Signature T.

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I also felt some of the frets isn't as smooth as it could have been to the edge of the fretboard, it almost felt like the reason they bind OVER the fret was because of this, to hide this QC issue.

My Mexican made Taylor GS Mini has a smoother fret board than the Les Paul Studio.

I could also see some kind of fabirc or stuff surrounding the pick ups in its position and they are not sitting tight at all, they all have a little wobble if you touch it....is that normal?
 
If it's what I think you mean it's almost like there is a strip of a sort of fabric wrapping around the perimeter of the pair of the little rounded plastic covers with the pole-pieces in (someone put me out of my misery and tell me what they're called I can't remember!)... As far as I know they're always like that (though of course on some models they have the covers over the entire pickup so you can't see that part). Why exactly it has the slight wobble I'm not sure - mine do, if I poke the pickups with my finger there is a little give in each direction, but not loads
 
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