Nah, they just buy any company that tries to copy their guitars and are halfway successful.Has Fender ever tried to sue any of the many companies that have copied Fender designs? There are countless strat and tele copies out there. Fender doesn’t seem to think it’s a big deal.
What companies?Nah, they just buy any company that tries to copy their guitars and are halfway successful.
How so? It's basically a Strat body with a 25.5" scale length... Not an LP-style at all, IMO.Get a EBMM Morse Y2D, Gibson LP done right.
Looks like a Les Paul with the single cut away but has a 25” scale length. Gibson LPs are 24.75”. The scale length is a defining characteristic of both the Strat and LP. The Kiesel would have higher String tension and would have a tighter feel, Gibson spec would have lower string tension and have a more loose feel.Surprised no one mentioned Kiesel.
https://www.kieselguitars.com/guitargallery/cs6
Price as shown: US$1859
Two humbuckers and a third single-coil for more sound flexibility. Plus one of the best Floyd Rose implementation ever. And fun to play. Plus won't break your back.How so? It's basically a Strat body with a 25.5" scale length... Not an LP-style at all, IMO.
Uhhh - Steve Morse models are fixed bridge...Two humbuckers and a third single-coil for more sound flexibility. Plus one of the best Floyd Rose implementation ever. And fun to play. Plus won't break your back.
All of the Les Pauls currently on the Gibson products page use a 24.75” scale length. The only thing that I found in a web search related to what you have said comes from PRS in an interview. It seems to me that Gibson believes they are producing 24.75” scale Les Pauls.Many Gibson's will actually scale shorter than 24.75 and actually closer to 24.5 (594) Hence the name of the 245, as well as the 594. So, all other things being equal, the tension and feel will be quite similar if not the same, which was one of the design intentions of the 594. Have not had a lot of exposure to 594's but the few have played, reminded me of the best qualities of some of the best LP's I have played over the years. And of course, the build and consistency is exceptional.
All of the Les Pauls currently on the Gibson products page use a 24.75” scale length. The only thing that I found in a web search related to what you have said comes from PRS in an interview. It seems to me that Gibson believes they are producing 24.75” scale Les Pauls.
That leaves me wondering: why would Gibson believe one thing but people observe something else? I think the answer may lie in the intonation of the guitar.
One thing I noted when searching about guitar scale length is that a lot of people; luthiers, manufacturers, and players determine scale length by measuring the distance between the inside of the nut and bridge. The conversation invariably turns to which string you should measure due to saddle relocation associated with intonation. In other words intonation affects the effective scale length and could explain why variance is reported in 24.75” scale length guitars (or any guitar for that matter).
There are some luthiers who measure from the nut to the middle of the 12th fret then multiply by 2. This would provide the nominal scale length (i.e. the scale length on the drawing board exclusive of saddle relocation related to intonation).
The nominal scale length is a design detail that is important to determine where to mount the bridge. On an assembled and intonated 6 string guitar, there could actually be up to 6 effective scale lengths. The effective scale length, while crucial to a well setup guitar; is meaningless on the design drawing board where you are trying to plot the bridge mounting point.
Additionally string gauge effects intonation.
As a result when manufacturers provide their specs on guitar scale length, I think the only number they could reliably quote is the nominal (design) scale length. To use effective scale length would require 6 different measurements and would be dependent upon the string gauge that the guitar was setup with... that would get confusing.
I think the 24.75” number is probably accurate from a design perspective. I would be very curious as to how PRS measured the scale length referred to in the article I found.
Two humbuckers and a third single-coil for more sound flexibility. Plus one of the best Floyd Rose implementation ever. And fun to play. Plus won't break your back.
Surprised Gibson didn't go after them first.For an alternative to Gibsons, the new Eastman solid body looks pretty awesome: https://www.eastmanguitars.com/electric_solid_body
Consider The Heritage. They are made in the original Gibson factory in Kalamazoo. I own 2 of them. They are way better than anything coming from Gibson. Just my $0.02.I've been Jonesin' for a single-cut LP style guitar for a while and almost bought a Gibson a couple weeks ago. This whole fiasco got me researching alternatives. So far I've found:
Nik Huber Orca
Collings City Limits
PRS McCarty 594
Any other suggestions?
I'm pretty sure both Gibson and Fender did just that back then.if they had filed these charges back in the 70's