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Let's get some inspiration!
Love the Les Paul. I friend of mine just got a Less Paul Studio a couple of months ago and he loves it. I haven't seen it but he's gigged with it a few times with his band.
I had a Gun Metal Blue Standard Strat (not American) that I had to sell due to neurological issues that prevent me from being able to play anymore, but I was able to sell it to that same friend and he's gigged a few times using that one, as well. Very different sounds between the two, of course.
The Studio has a minor quirk where you have to be careful about winding the G string. Over time the bend where the string goes in the tuning peg breaks, so you end up retuning 50 million times as it just slips around the peg. At that point you just restring all of it with a new set. Unsure if it's due to the string thickness and how many times you bend it, but it's one of two longest strings on that kind of headstock so there's more tension. Plus, I know I bend a G more often than a D (don't think I ever bent a D, actually).
That's interesting. I had a Cort when I was a teen that did that a few times. Granted, I played mostly rhythm, so I wasn't putting more tension on the strings with bends or the tremolo very often, but it would still happen.
For me: Mostly Classic Rock and Punk.
Although, when I played in high school in the early/mid 70's there was no 'classic' to it: Zepplin, Bad Company...
In fact, my current finger exercise is bascially the beginning to Over the Hills and Far Away.
