BB! i didn't know LP Specials looked so cute they have a different sound character than LP Standards i imagine. soundclips???
solid collection zire! (bow)
Depends which Standards you're talking about. Tonally, they share a lot in common with the old vintage 50's standards with PAFs -- those old humbuckers sound a lot like P90 pickups, but are a bit less noisy. Those P90 pickups are "it" for me -- fat and warm like a good humbucker should be..... clear, detailed, and cutting like a ballsy tele pickup.... super responsive. Quite different from current prod LP standards in general. The red (now brown) special is the gnarliest sounding of the bunch -- galit na galit, spanky, and 3-D sounding. Zero muddiness, even from the neck pickup.