Gibson Les Paul Custom 1969 vs Ibanez SLM10 Scott LePage Signature
The Gibson Les Paul Custom 1969 and the Ibanez SLM10 Scott LePage Signature are both electric guitars sharing sustaining, transparent, dynamic. The Gibson Les Paul Custom 1969 leans tight and mid-forward. The Ibanez SLM10 Scott LePage Signature leans crunchy and bright. Current prices: $1901.79 vs $1532.70.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.49% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- sustaining
- transparent
- dynamic
Gibson Les Paul Custom 1969
Gibson · electric guitar
Ibanez SLM10 Scott LePage Signature
Ibanez · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$1901.79via Reverb
$1532.70via Reverb
John Frusciante acquired this 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom, fitted with two uncovered PAF-style humbuckers, around mid-2004 as a practical alternative to his SG, whose factory tremolo system his guitar technician Dave Lee found unreliable and impractical for touring. He used it to record Readymade on Stadium Arcadium and to add overdubs on Make You Feel Better, then continued using it live during the Roll On The Red tour starting in June 2004. As a late-60s Les Paul Custom it carries the model's mahogany body, multi-ply binding, and ebony fingerboard, giving Frusciante a heavier, more sustain-focused alternative to the brighter Stratocasters most associated with his main recorded tone.
The Ibanez SLM10 is Scott LePage's signature AZ series electric guitar, introduced in 2019. The guitar features a quilted maple top over American basswood body bolted to a one-piece roasted maple neck with roasted maple fingerboard and 22 stainless steel frets. The 25.5 inch scale length and 42mm nut width provide a comfortable, modern playing platform. A custom DiMarzio IGNO humbucker bridges with DiMarzio True Velvet single-coils in the neck and middle positions, enabling excellent sustain and flexible tonal range from clean to crunchy tones. The five-way pickup selector switch accesses at least five distinct pickup combinations with a T1502 synchronized tremolo and Graph Tech TUSQ nut.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Classic Rock
- Alternative Rock
- Hard Rock
- Punk
- Punk Rock
- Progressive Rock
- tight
- mid-forward
- crunchy
- bright