re: #35 albusteve

the criticism regarding the Les Paul was always the weight…Fender stormed back with the Telly and the rest is history…weight is a serious consideration, but the 335 is a sweetheart, just ask Alvin Lee…

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Gibson’s started making them where they ‘chamber’ the bodies by routing a lot of the weight out of them.

I had a ‘54 Les Paul Gold Top for a week when I was a kid. I had to trade it away because it nearly weighed more than I did. I traded it for a ‘65 Strat, brand new at the time.

I don’t think I could afford to buy either one nowadays.