Les Paul for a Week!!! =D

I, for one, am shocked. I never dreamed I'd actually have one in my house.

So today at guitar lesson, I was struggling with my pinch harmonic on my little Fender Squier Mini when my teacher said, "You know, Sam, not that your guitar is bad or anything--your guitar is fine--but I think you play a lot better to be playing that guitar."

The next few words took me by surprise.

"Do you want me to let you borrow my guitar this week?"

If I was not mistaken, my heart stopped for at least a second. And he was serious.

It turned out he had another Gibson Les Paul at the back, a red/yellow one (he was currently playing a black one). He got it out for me, took it out of its case, and let me plug it in.

It was like magic. I could not believe my ears, nor my hands. I could not comprehend the smoothness and clarity as I played like never before. My teacher agreed, "It's like you've had a whole month's practice in one minute!"

But there were setbacks of having a Les Paul. My teacher explained that it could spoil you, because it worked like a baseball doughnut--a weight put on a baseball bat to make it feel heavier during practice, so when the weight was taken off and the batter played, the bat felt lighter and easier. In other words, my Squier was the doughnut, and the Les Paul was the lighter bat.

So with excitement and amazement bursting out of my head, we loaded the Les Paul in my car. With the Les Paul:

• My sweep picking is cleaner.
• My notes are faster.
• The strings are easier to bend.
• I CAN PINCH HARMONIC!!!

You probably don't have a clue what any of that is, just think it's something that sounds quote "SICK!!!" on electric guitar.

The Gibson Les Paul is the choice guitar of Joey Milligan, guitarist of Anberlin, by the way. ;-)

"So what? All guitars are the same," you say.

You're not a musician.