Stratocaster Les Paul
Stratocaster and Les Paul Comparison
In today’s
blog I am going to do a comparison between a Stratocaster Guitar and a Les Paul
guitar. The two guitars a am going to talk about are guitars that I have. I
have played both of them and they both sounded pretty good. Even though they
are just guitars and you think that guitars are the same, well these two
guitars are a little bit different. All guitars are not the same because there
are all kinds of different shapes and sizes. If all the guitars are the same,
why do guitarists have more than one guitar. All guitars have that unique sound
and tone to the strings. Today I am going to tell you the comparison.
First I
am going to talk about the Stratocaster. The Stratocaster everybody wants, not
literally every single one but most. The Stratocaster has that rock and roll
flavor body. The guitar feels a little bit light, but not that much. I like
this guitar because it has a whammy. A whammy on a guitar is what makes the
string bend to make that crazy whammy sound. The Stratocaster is known by the whammy.
The guitar cost about $500 and up, it's good for performance and good for look. Artist
such as Jimmy Hendrix made The Stratocaster really famous in 1969. After that,
people loved the Stratocaster because people would know this was a good guitar.
Les Paul
is a classic guitar. For a long time, people in blues bands uses this guitar to
play that smooth sound and clean feeling. I have used this guitar for about a
year and I have seemed to like this guitar. This guitar can hold a note longer
than the Stratocaster. The reason for that is that this guitar does not
have a whammy, so the whammy bar on the bottom of the guitar won’t stop the
vibration of the strings to soon. The Les Paul was used by artist Slash. He is
one of the best guitar players and he made Les Paul very popular. This cost
about $500 and up also but depends what style of music you would like to play, it's good for the prize and this
guitar can be good for blues music. Actually you can play any kind of style of
music on Les Paul guitars.
Pros on
Stratocaster: What I really like about the Stratocaster is that it has the
whammy. The whammy can really give that crazy sound and that’s what I like
about it. Another thing I like about this guitar is that it has that rock and
roll look.
Cons on
Stratocaster: What I don’t like about Stratocaster is that the guitar can't hold
a note as long as the Les Paul. The guitar is light but I can’t feel the weight
of the guitar and I like to feel the weight. These are the only problems in
Stratocaster.
Pros on
Les Paul: What I like about the Les Paul is that the guitar can hold a note
longer that the Stratocaster. If I was to perform and I’m in a solo, or want to
play a song that has a long note playing, Les Paul is the one.
Cons on
Les Paul: What I don’t like about the Les Paul is that this guitar does not
have the whammy. The fun is the whammy and without it is just plain.
Thanks for looking at my blog.
Joseph Jimenez
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