Richard's and Robin's and Ron's Les Pauls

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

OK, was it me, or did Robin and Richard have their pickup selectors removed, while Ron had his in the usual spot.  What gives?

[alexh0618]

Its all personal preference really.

[chineseblues]

OK, was it me, or did Robin and Richard have their pickup selectors removed, while Ron had his in the usual spot.  What gives?

Robin has his selector in one of the knobs, Richard was in the usual place as far as I could see.

[Jimmy?]

Did you know Ron won that les paul in a competition that he won when he was younger! Caused some problems though because he was over the age limit to enter but still got in    

[AXL 20]

it gets in the way when they fo their fancy strums. I noticed Richard's is an LP special wit 24 frets. both i think have killswitches

[Solidius]

I think they got killswitches intalled to play some of the stuff Buckethead wrote.

[odd1]

Buckethead loved his killswitch

[-Jack-]

killswitches rule though. good shiet

[AdZ]

Speaking of Les Paul's Richard's that he plays in IRS, what's up with it?

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

The black one?

[AdZ]

The kind of silver/metallic black one yeah.  How does he get the acoustic sound?

I'm assuming some sort of magic pickup..

[Skeba]

Acoustic sound can be done by piezo pickups.

For example Slash has one in his signature Les Paul. It's not _that_ expensive, but not worth installing into a low priced guitar. You can google it up.

[AdZ]

Yeah I figured they were the same thing, Richard's and Slash's sound nothing alike however.. which I found strange.

[AXL 20]

its a fishman power bridge with a piezo pickup inside

[alexh0618]

There are also acoustic-simulator pedals out there too.

[chineseblues]

The kind of silver/metallic black one yeah.  How does he get the acoustic sound?

I'm assuming some sort of magic pickup..

He uses acoustic simulators:

[Skeba]

Nice.. Do acoustic simulators require a piezo bridge too, or do they construct the sound from a normal pickup?

[Jimmy?]

Nice.. Do acoustic simulators require a piezo bridge too, or do they construct the sound from a normal pickup?

they construct the sound from any normal pickup in an electric guitar. the rhythm guitarist in my band has one, they're pretty cool 

[Mobenrad]

Robin Guitars::
Gibson Les Paul Custom , open coil rhythm pick-up and a zebra open at treble
Gibson Les Paul Standard Premium Plus w/ custom finish and custom pickups
Gibson Les Paul Custom Wine Red w/nickle hardware, open coil rhythm pick-up and a zebra open at treble
Gibson Les Paul Standard Ebony, open coil rhythm pick-up and a zebra open at treble, black tuning keys
I might be missing a few, feel free to add to this list!

Richard Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Custom ebony, open coils for both rhythm and treble
Gibson Les Paul special, custom finish with a custom-made 24-fret Gibson neck made by Gibson and Warmoth (collab.)
Gibson Les Paul Faded Double-cut, worn yellow, kept stock except he has an extra piece on his bridge
Gibson ES-335, White with gold hardware and block inlays, white open coils
2 Fernandes Sustainer Montereyes, one white, one cherry burst
A White telecaster styled guitar, not a Fender due to the different headstock
Gibson Jumbo Classic acoustic

Ron Guitars:
Gibson  1989 Reissue of the 1959 Les Paul (Heritage Cherry Sunburst) kept COMPLETELY stock (w/ pickguard removed)
Vigier Custom-made guitar (the foot with wings)
Takamine 6-string Acoustic

Please feel free to add to this if I forget something or mistake something!

[makane]

Didn't Richard have a Gibson LP Studio also? I remember seeing him play it (RIR 2006?) Or maybe it was the Special...?