Do Les Paul-ish guitars make you play old school?

[Budda]

I definitely chug away in B standard on my R9 sometimes (thanks virtual capo!)

 

[RevDrucifer]

Probably something to it psychologically -to have a guitar in hand that "represents" the music, in addition to whatever technical aspects apply.

Absolutely. Add to that, I stopped buying guitars for versatility and started going for their specific/stereotypical sounds. One of my partscasters is really close, spec-wise, to a 50’s Strat, while I can crank up the distortion and get plenty of hard rock sounds out of it, nothing about that guitar screams “Play hard rock/metal on me”, it’s more like “Slow down and appreciate these wonderful tones via sustained notes….except for your little shitty EJ runs you try to throw in there”

 

[Tonedeaf]

My Mickey Mouse guitar makes me play Kindergarden

 

[ESW]

Probably? I can't play strats because I immediately start aping Hendrix stuff.