Let me start by saying I'm not putting down any PRS guitar. They are very fine instruments. I’ve owned two custom 22's.I recently bought a Les Paul faded heritage cherry with 60's neck. This guitar absolutely screams. The satin finish looks much better in person, although I do recommend seeing it first, because the picture of the one listed is NOT the exact one you will get. The burst buckers are fantastic. They have a nice "airy" tone and they can scream for the hard metal stuff. I found out first hand that a PRS will not hold its value. A Les Paul DOES hold value, just check the internet and you'll see for yourself. If you want a beautiful guitar that sounds amazing and holds value, then this is your guitar. Take it from me; you will love this over any PRS out there.

This is my first Les Paul - with hopefully many more to come. I've wanted a Les Paul since I saw a picture of Jimmy Page in Guitar World when I was around 8, at the same time I was a huge Aerosmith nut and saw Joe Perry playing a Paul as well as Slash playing Duane Allman's '59 in the "November Rain" video. I think the fact that these guys can pretty much pick up any custom guitar they want and they choose a fairly stock guitar such as a Standard(with minor tweaks to theirs of course) says something about the quality of these instruments and their legacy as well. Naturally, when I finally was finacially able to buy one, I went for it. I chose a Tobacco-burst with the '50s neck for pretty much two reasons - the only other Gibson that had a nicer flametop was the '59 reissue next to it on the wall. Also, it was fairly heavy, I've weighed it at 11 lbs. 13 oz. Needless to say, between the dense mahogany and the beautiful flametop (although it's not "Pearly Gates" it has a similiar style flame to it, very three dimensional) it rings forever, and what a balanced tone. Also stays in tune no matter what which I need( I use ALOT of vibrato and bending). The neck isnt thin but it's very comfortable and easy to play, nice leverage. What really amuses me is how much depth you get from the tone controls. Also, I play this through a silverface, early 70s Fender Champ at home, and what's the results? Pure "Brown Bomer" tone! I am currently in love with the out-of-phase pickup setting, it nails the tone to "Achiles Last Stand" and MTB's "Can't You See". If you dont buy a Gibson at least play one, every guitar player should at least hear themselves through a Les Paul once and just cut loose!

I bought this guitar on sale last week from Guitar Center (at an amazing price!). In addition to being in perfect condition, the action was dead-on and the thing was even in perfect tune! It sounds just like a Les Paul should -amazing sustain and tone (especially when played through a vintage 1960's Gibson Scout amplifier). I set this guitar up on a stand and sometimes I just stare at it for 5 minutes; it's that beautiful. The faded finish is incredible. Based on my experience, I don't have any hesitation recommending this guitar.