Ben, I recently spent over $1500 on a Gibson Studio Les Paul, by the time I had the pickups replaced. The guitar was my first Gibson and I gotta tell you, I am very disappointed. My Luthier said the quality of Gibson has gone down (but I see the prices have not). I play Rock (Classic and Southern), Blues, and would like to learn to play some Jazz.
I own a Fender Strat (that I love), but I can't get that Gibson sound from the Strat so I thought I would get a Studio but I can't get it adjusted right and my guitar tech said he wasn't sure but he's heard Epiphone's that sound better. He mentioned chambered vs non chambered as the problem.
Anyway, I cannot put anymore money into this Studio guitar so I am trading up, but I heard the Gibson ES-335 had a plastic nut, I am concerned I could spend up to $2000 and get another lemon from Gibson.
The Les Paul's I believe are all chambered so maybe buying a older model would be better, but when you buy used or new its buyer beware I guess.
So my question is this, is the newer ES-335 a better built guitar then the newer model LPs? And what is chambered vs non-chambered?