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Sorry if this is a stupid question.

We all know the Epi's aren't as good as Gibsons but I was wondering some of you more experienced guitarists could tell me what you feel about the Epiphone Les Paul range (it's all I can afford).  I'm about to buy one and I want to find out all the information I can before I do.  I'm especially interested in the things that make them inferior to Gibsons (sound wise).

Thanks.

THanks a lot for the advice.  I was actually thinking about the custom or the black beauty!!

the black beauty rocks! i own one myself... (only with 3 pickups though) :D  :smoking:

Stickying this, we have loads of topics about Epiphone Les Pauls, too many.

my theory on a crappy guitar:

For the price you pay on new Epi-  why not find a nice used Gibson?  works for me. My used 1986 LP Junior that I bought for $300 with hardshell case even puts alot of the new Gibsons to shame.

I even kept that $300 Gibson & sold a Brand new Fender Strat Delux because I favored the Junior.
My 77 Custom Gibby puts to shame alot of brand new models.

I've been playing a lot of Gibsons of the last year looking for a special new friend. A lot of the new Gibbys' suck ass & is why you really need to play em' so you don't get stuck with a dead sounding guitar.
That being said, I picked up a Epi in the store a month ago for the hell of it. I was testing out about 8 guitars & the Epi was really bad. I guess it was printed up to look like a standard.

anyway, use your ears, pick up a bunch, feel around that thang. Plus I will never buy a guitar online again.. EVER. Musicians Friend sent me 3 fucking Classics the last year & only 1 was ok but sent it back due to some damage. I ended up with none from them. Plus I'm no millionare.

peace out
-BP

I consider that epiphones SUCKS.

For the same money, you can buy an Ibanez guitar, or a BC Rich guitar, wich I consider better than epiphone... the new epiphone series are all made in korea and it sucks. I find epiphone necks very unconfortable...

when you buy an epiphone you're paying licenses for mic designs, guitar design, the name in the headstock... in a B.C Rich for example, all the money you spend is in woods, mics, floyd rose... I dunno if you know what I try to say.

Well I did look first.  Plus the search function on this site doesn't work.  Didn't have much of a choice.

Aero, I was under the impression BC Rich and Ibanez were for heavier material than I am used to playing.  I'm much more into blues-rock guitaring.

slash did start with a bc rich warlok... he also used a mockingbird (famous for YCBM) and he uses the bitch model for some VR shows...

tracii guns also uses BC Rich...

Ibanez guitars are REALLY versatile guitars, I own one and I can play gnr perfectly. just plug it into a marshall amp and that's all... you can also consider that you can put any pickup you want when you want in the future...

Oh that's cool, I just thought it would be a good idea to have a source of this info at the top of the forum.

I could help a little tomorrow in making a sticky thread with some gear reviews and prices...

for example, guitars and effects who can fit for guns n roses sound, sorted by price ranges

I actually had a Translucent Amber Epi LP that was made in 2000. Was very impressed. Felt and sang just like my Gibson Classic. Was a standard Epi LP. The quality beat anything fender could prduce and was 500.00.

my epiphone les paul classic plus plays so poorly that i use it to practice on.

when i switch to my main les paul i play like crazy cuz its so much easier.

thats about all the epiphone is good for.

impossible to set up........its being set up at the store and they dont know what to do with it.........still buzzes at certain frets even with some fret dressing.

ah well i'll be like malmsteen now with the action so high. i may aswell scallop the frets too :hihi:

I have an Epiphone LP Studio; it's a decent enough guitar, the stock pickups are Gibson manufactured and have Alnico magnets, so with a half decent amp you can get a mean sound out of it. The neck is smooth and fast and sounds great.

The only thing I don't like are the cheap black volume/tone knobs, and it takes ages to break a new set of strings into it (in terms of keeping them in tune all the time, particularly the G-string).

I've had this guitar for nearly 4 years now, and have played it to death, it's taken it's share of abuse, but it still looks and sounds great. The only serious thing that is wrong with it at the minute is fret wear, but that comes with the territory in any guitar.

For the most part, I find there is very little wrong with Epiphones. My mate has an Epi SG which plays like a dream...

It's easy to get bogged down in technicalities trying to achieve the "perfect" guitar, and you can end up spending a fortune and just making such a chore out of something that shuold be nothing but fun.

My advice is to go to the guitar shop, try out as many guitars that you like the look of as you can, and try and get a feel for them. If it feels comfortable and easy for you to play, and has no obvious technical problems then go for it. The guitar is for you at the end of the day, not anyone else.

Thanks for all the replies.  I played the Black Beauty and loved it personally though I am not an expert as it is my first guitar.  I read loads of reviews online and pretty much everything I read was a great review; the lowest average rating I saw was 8/10, most were above 9 so I bought it.  It should be coming in today so I'lll let people know then how it is.

Well I've had the guitar for a couple of days now and I am very, very impressed.  I really don't see how anyone could say anything bad about this piece of work.  Anyway, I'd really like to learn a lot more about electric guitars and the way they work/ the things you can do with them/ effects pedals... does anyone know where I can find out this kind of info?

Hey I got one and it's great. My band covers sweet child o' mine, intro sounds just like it. Reason being that song was written on a les paul. Go for it man. Great guitar!

The price I paid for my used Gibson Les Paul Standard with replacement seymour duncan pickups and new tuners, was LESS than the price of an Epiphone Les Paul Zakk Wylde model...

Awesome deal.

www.rondomusic.net

order an agile...i live very close to this store and the  $300 guitars are better then $600 epiphones.  hell for $200 you can get an agile 2500.

personally i just bought a ESP Edwards MIJ LP. It's fantastic, most resonant piece of wood i've played, better then gibson standards, at the level of "lower-end" custom shop models (the cheapest model is $2500)
the Edwards cost me $450+$120 shipping from japan and plays very well now but once i throw in some new pickups, higher-end hardware and replace the electronics it will be at the level of a r8 or r9 (they go for about $4k-$5k new).

i work at samash and even though we stopped carrying gibson we still have a few and the agiles are as good as the LP studios.  We had a sweet gibson R7 used but i actually like my Edwards better.  also don't get epiphones, there are alot of Quality Control issues and there have been cases of epiphones using plywood with veneers to hide low-quality supplies


but in conclusion DON'T BUY THE EPIPHONE, YOU CAN GET A MUCH BETTER GUITAR FOR 1/3 OF THE COST.  check out the agiles from rondomusic.net if you live in teh USA, trust me i deal with 100's of guitars a day and you will be much happier. 

ahhhhh just saw you bought it, i'm going to make a guide for buying les pauls and a slash gear guide for this site in the next few days.

anyway enjoy the guitar,  even though i may have come off very anti-epiphone they're very usable although overpriced. plus all guitars that aren't handmade are going to vary in quality so i hope you get a good one.

Don't live in the US either unfortunately...

But I like my guitar, it plays well and looks lovely.

my friend left his epiphone les paul up here and i hate it


i have about 500.00 bucks to spend on a guitar and i have no clue what to get

any help or suggestions for my style?

i think a telecaster might be good, get a second hand american one or a brand new mexican one.

they're like the do it all guitar, they can do anything decently.

what guitar do you have atm?

I have a LP Standard Bass never had a problem with it I have never dealt with their guitars though, I would look into the Fender Telecaser custom from MF It has 2 humbuckers might be what you are looking for.

ive got a Epiphone Les paul black beutey. It has 3 gold humbuckers fitted and sounds sweet as fuck. Slash made me wanna get a les paul. The third humbucker gives it a very bluesy tone when needed

I also have this guitar.. The Epiphone LP.... Its a good guitar for what it is but i dont really play it very much at all... I actually prefer my Squier Strat over it.....

My absolute favorite guitar is my ESP Kirk Hammet style  24 fret black solid body.....

While i dont really like the epiphone LP i would buy an Epiphone guitar again...  Im looking at an Epiphone or an Ibanez Bass guitars now..

whats ur style?? the ESP guitar is really comfortable to hold and one thing i like about it is the back of the neck stock is really smooth and easy to slide my thumb across... I fount the Epiphone had a "sticky" feel...   

They rock and are alot cheaper than Gibsons - i knew a guy who made bass guitars for The Who bassist and he said apart from the pickups they were pretty much just as good as Gibsons if you got the Standard or higher.

Anyone interested in LP copies should try out Agiles.  www.rondomusic.com  These guitars are less  than Epi's and are made from solid Mahogany and set necks.  I've owned the epi LPs and the Agiles smoke them.  i own three of these Agiles.  Check the Harmony Central reviews on the Agile AL 2500.  In some ways they have less defect than actual LP's.  Check em out and tell me what you think.

i personally love my les paul, its fuckin great.  i think it plays alot better then a ton of guitars out there even some gibsons, but its cause i treat the wood so its always smooth n hella easy to play. they sound great with blues breaker pedals too

Well, I have an Epiphone Standard that I just got recently. It's a pretty good guitar. It's my second guitar, and it sounds really awesome. The guy that had it before me (I got it used) put in Seymour Duncan and Dimarzio pickups, so it really rocks.

On the other hand, it doesn't really play all that great. Even after a professional setup, the action is a little high, and the frets still buzz in some places, but at least I can't hear it through the amp. I would say, it's a decent guitar, but overpriced. I wouldn't recommend buying one unless you can get it cheap and used with replacement pickups, since I keep hearing everywhere that the stock ones are crap, although I've never actually tried them because the original owner threw them out or something.

Oh, and the finish also looks wicked too... I dunno what the guy did with it, but it looks almost as nice as some of the Gibsons I've seen around. It's just, so, shiny.  ;) :D

With the fret buzzing and the high action, I would suggest a truss rod adjustment and heightening the bridge.  If you are unsure on how to do that, take it to a professional.  You could possibly break your neck on the guitar screing around with the truss rod.  You said you took it to a professional already.  Doesn't sound like he did a good job.

Just gets your frets ground and re-crowned.

Zoso Jade from the Zeppelin forum?
anyways, Don't buy BC rich unless you want to buy new pickups. they are worse then Epiphone. The neck thrus are good. But they are normally used by metal guitarists like Kerry King. Slash has a really nice Mockingbird supreme made to his specs. The supremes are supreme, but they cost as much as a LP by Gibson.

When did Slash ever say he had a warlock? He said his first good guitar was a Mockingbird.

if you already have a guitar, save your money untill you can afford a used gibson... if you don't have a guitar, get the cheapest lp copy you can find and then save money for a used gibson...  :yes: : ok:

Agreed about BC Rich sucking, unless you can afford the expensive Mockingbirds.  The reason the BC Rich sucks is because of the Agathis bodies that company uses.  Thats pretty much the worst and cheapest wood that you can use for guitar.  No tone at all.

Actually he said his first good guitar was a BC Rich I'm not sure if he ever mentioned in any interviews what type it was, but judging from the photo's in the AFD sleeve, it was a Warlock.

On the subject of Les Paul copies, you shoulc buy a Schecter.  You can get 24 3/4" scale necks, with mahogany set neck, mahogany bodies and thcik flame maple caps with tone-pros bridges and grover tuners all for a lot less than a gibson studio.

Hey all, just thought i'd give some input to this.

I own a Black Epiphone Les Paul Standard, and i assure you it is great. Me and my guitar teacher both agree that the only difference between this and the Gibson is the quality of the pickups, but, hell, they're still GOOD.  It plays better than any Fender model ive played, including the Mexican Strat shit. The finish also happens to rock, and besides the pickups and brand name, you really would think its a Gibson.I had some small fret buzzing initially, but after making the bridge a 'lil higher on each side, it now plays like a dream.

Buy a Standard, they are well worth it! :D

JonesLloyd

i have one, i really like it and it does the job for me cos im not in a band or anything, i just like to play in my spare time, sure the equipments not as good as on a gibson which is probably why my pickup selector is playing up a bit but its prob just a loose wire or sumtin

I'm thinking of buying an Richwood RE-Series Les Paul Model just for the fun of it and cause it looks so freakin good :)......has anyone got any experience with this guitar?

Sorry, that's totally untrue.  I have owned an Epi for 6 years and then Gibson.  The Epi Les Paul Standard is no where near as good as the Gibson Les Paul Standard.

However... still good guitars!

Get a new teacher.

ive had my epiphone les paul for about just over 2 yrs now and i fucking love it.  the only thing that makes them inferior to the gibson one, is that the gibson one is made in the US out of one piece of wood and isnt put together with several different pieces like the epiphones are.  i love mine tho, i play throught a tech 21 1x12 combo and have a blues breaker 2 effect box and have pretty damn good aerosmith/gnr tone.  id sugguest getting and epiphone if you cant afford the gibson, especially if you havent played for that long.  but dude the epiphone is worth every penny if not more they are awesome.  hope that helps some

Buy a used Gibson instead.

the epi lps are nearly as expensive as the gibsons and not as good
i say get a epi SG there great better then most fenders and don't cost as much

An Epiphone Les Paul Standard, costs 458.00 EUR at Thomann, and a Gibson Les Paul Standard 2550.00 EUR. So I'd say there's a difference. This is in Europe. So I don't know about the prices in the US. I bet you don't have to pay that much. One can find 'em cheaper here too, but that's about the average I think. Haven't really been looking all that closely, 'cause it's way out of my budjet anyways.

i live in london and my local guitarshop sells gibson les pauls from 600 pound

New, Gibson Les Paul Standards (!?) for 600 pounds? Not Specials or something like that, but brand new LP Standards? Wow... Do they ship them to other countries?

I'm pretty sure he is referring to the Les Paul Specials, they're smaller than the regular Les Pauls and run about $700.00 here in the US.  Good guitars though.

standards in the uk goes for 1300? and up....

there proper les paul standards
but i think there cheap cause they might be stolen

Seriously, where the crap in london do you live? And what store?

it could only be the LP special, you know the faded ones....

I've seen Studio's for that price in loads of places, it's not that strange.

On topic, unless it's Japanese (or the Korean Elites), Epiphone sucks.

Elites are made in Japan, but they're inferior to non-export japanese models. If you can find a japanese epiphone, or better yet, Orville by Gibson (the "by Gibson" means alot) you can pretty easily match a Gibby. Fuck, better yet get an old Burny or Greco lawsuit, true quality, only set you back about the same as an Epi in Europe. Btw I love living in America. Sure our president is crazy, our economy is going to shit, and the whole world hates us, but apparently our guitars are cheaper, and thats all I need.

I have an epiphone lp and is great!!! And 1 pound is more than 1 euro! I bet!

I had a Epi LP standard before and I must say it is a really good guitar for a cheap price.
But now i have a new Gibson LP Studio and its like in a different league, much better than the Epi but it also cost about twice as much.
So I would say if you are a beginner you could be happy with Epiphone but you really cant compare it with Gibsons :smoking:

i have an epi les paul custom and it really needs setting up since ive fiddled with the action so many times.do you know any sites that can help me with setting up or maybe some tips,cheers

I have a Samick Avion AV3, which is their version of a Les Paul (little to no difference) and I love it.  It's the guitar that goes everywhere with me.  I also have a cheap acoustic and a Fender strat, and when I moved to Texas, the Avion is the only one I brought with me.  I highly suggest it.  Additionally, it only costs $350 or so.

I've had one and my friend has one. bad thing about these "cheaper" copies are that their quality varies much more than with the top brands, overall they're good guitars to begin with. though I had Alcino pro II on mine, the original pickups sounded kinda "choky".

i love my epi

my axes  http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/4160/dsc000980vx.jpg

^ Nice white LP.  : ok:

thanxz.im getting another guitar soon but havnt decided which yet.and im gettin a better acoustic aswell as that one isnt that good.

My friend's Epiphone Les Paul Standard felt and sounded like a cheap toy to me compared to my Epiphone Les Paul Custom which was much closer to a genuine Gibson Les Paul Standard which I happen to own.

i always prefered the custom for its looks alone coz iv not actually played a standard.

im havin trouble with fret buzz on my LP CUSTOM and was wonderin if anyone can give me any advice on adjusting the bridge ti stop it happenin :beer:

I really hate to say it, but that sooooo isn't the only difference :P  I have owned both :)  I loved the Epi, but it really isn't in the same league as the Gibson.

if i could afford a new gibson id sell my epi now.they really are different in classes but it doesnt mean theres much difference anymore like there used to be with gison copies

I've got an Agile LP. It plays and sounds much better than an Epiphone imo but not as good as Gibson. But then again not everybody has $800+ to spend lol.

I have a epiphone les paul slash signature model,and it rocks,
the pickups are the one's that come with all epiphones, yesterday i've changed them for emg's 81 and 60,and now she has an excellent sound

I have an Epiphone Les Paul Standard.
Cost me $600 (CDN). My friends all have 3,000 dollar Gibsons.

I'd take my Epi over anyone of them. There's something about it... It has a nice feeling.

i have a white custom for sale with new sweetened pots.
I cant really compare it to my orville, its a different level/ orvilles are soooo close to gibsons.

i have the same ep lp.  :peace:

i gonna buy a epi lp too but i dont now what LP some advice?
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from sweden im 12 year

LOL  ... ok :)

i just purchased a Epiphone Les Paul Standard (cherry sunburst) for $500 off of muscians friend. i love it. it looks great, sounds great, and has a really great feel too it. i will eventually change the pickups to Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II humbuckers, but for now the standard pickups are ok.

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g45/fridayfan13/guitarpic.jpg)

Urgent question.......have any of you ever owned or even played an Epiphone ES-175.......I'm wondering if they are somewhat faithful to the Gibson version soundwise.  Any info would be great.

I've been playing a epiphone Les Paul Standard with a pair of Bill Lawrence pickups that I put in for the past two years and I just recently bought the the ESP LTD Les Paul goldtop copy (EC 400 AT) for $600, which is what i paid for the epi. (but i think they've lowered the price to 500 since then) and it blows the epi. out of the fucking water. I strongly suggest that you look at other Les Paul copys if you're planning on buying a Epiphone Les Paul because with all honesty the epi. lp's arent that good. The ESP has a really bright sound and everything is really clean crisp, unlike the epi. which can get a sort of buzzing and twang which is hard to get rid of. Also, unlike a lot of ESP's this isn't an extremely hot guitar, it came with Seymour Duncan JB's (Bridge) and 59's (Neck) pickups wich gives it a good real Les Paul tone. So if you're looking for a new guitar I highly suggest you at least try one of these out and you might be surprised!

I also have the Epi LP Custom White, but I've changed all the cheap hardware to genuine Gibson hardware, and I've fitted it with Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro's. It's sounds so much better now

need advice what epi lp should i buy?

Your best bet is to go try them out yourself, but if you dont have a good guitar shop in your area where you can do that I guess the epi. standard is good as far as epiphones go, thats the one i liked the best when I was looking at Epiphones. But if you read my post above you'd know that I don't think too highy of Epi. LP's and if you're willing to look at others guitars you should, just don't limit yourself to that one model, but hey! if thats what you really want go for it!

Sorry to rehash my old post....but has anyone played the Epiphone ES-175?  Just wondering if it was anywhere near as great as it's 5x's expensive counterpart. 

Isn't the ES-175 orignally a Epiphone guitar? Before Gibson bought Epiphone, Epi was their toughest competitor, and I think they made these guitars. So I think the Epiphone ES-175 is the "real-deal"

I think all Epiphone hollowbodies are pretty good.

I've got an Epiphone Les Paul Custom and Wildkat and especially the Wildkat with it's P-90's is a great guitar.

Nah the ES-175 first came out in 1949 from Gibson.....they didn't buy out Epiphone until the late 50's.?

Epiphone bought out Casino though and they made that their signature guitar.   The Beatles popularized it after they all got one.  They're really good, I actually got to play one and the price tag on it was only $600.  Really great deal.

I just got the Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top Antique Sunburst finish....she's a beauty...I'm very happy so far ;D

yeah i own a standard flametop. i was going to get the black beuty cuz its so goddamn beutiful!

An Epi Les Paul standard will sound great if you stick a set of Bareknuckle Pick-ups in it.?

Hi. Okay this post is not about a Epiphone Les Paul in particular, but it is a Epiphone guitar, rather than making a new thread and getting blasted, maybe someone can give me their feedback here. In advance I apologise for the length of this post, but I just need to give the background

About two or three years ago I upgraded my shitty ibanez GIO to a Epiphone SG Sunburst. Nice guitar, pretty decent for the price at the time, and I traded in my old ibanez for it as well. Now back then I was just concerned about getting something with a nice heavy sound or whatever, and it was good enough for me. Although recently I've been trying to improve my technique in the guitar, and starting to try to get in more with the technical side of things, and I finally persued my on again off again interest to get a hollow body guitar of some sort.

Now I'm on a very very limited budget.. I would have traded in the SG but I want to have an alternative to that, in the event I ever get back into a gigging band, for different tunings, but also something thats genuinely different in sound, not just another guitar for the sake of having one if you know what I mean

I went to one of the local guitar stores in Sydney and had a look at the range of hollow body, you have all sorts, ibanez, yamaha, gibson of course (hah, not in this lifetime for me), but as always, i resorted to my trusted epiphone brand, they are a pretty good alternative, of course not the same quality as gibson, but close enough, again considering my budget. my attention had been bought to an Epiphone Dot model, a copy of the original Gibson model etc, I'd seen a few different musicians using these, and of course, the hollow sound. My choices were narrowed down to a Epiphone Dot which was about $800 and the Epiphone Dot which is about $600

They are both very similar guitars, the only difference is the Dot has the pickguard, more knobs for volume/tone control etc. But my argument was that, I'm not an active touring musician, it wa ssomething that was going to be used for recording more, and of course, in the event I get into a gigging band etc. Considering the fact that I'd have to fork out about $150 for a secure case, I decided to go with the Epiphone Dot Studio

Check it out
http://www.epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=228&CollectionID=1

The one I have on layby is a bit of a darker red, wine-ish colour

I tried this out with my Marshall 10watt amp that they happened to sell at the store, and, considering the price of the guitar, it sounded SO MUCH cleaner, a better distorted tone, not as buzzing, not as messy sounding. The funny thing was, the guy in the store (good bloke, if anybody here is around Sydney, it's Allans music in the city) was interested in seeing how it sounds since he had a Epiphone Dot, and he plugged it in and he was pretty amazed himself, I wa sjoking with him about the fact that it's his job to make the guitar appealing to me but he was genuinely surprised by it

Anyway I was wondering if anybody around here had any feedback on this guitar? The off chance that anybody owns a model similar to this? It feels pretty comfortable, nice sound...I'm not a technical guitar player by any means, but it does make me sound better. I'm not a shredding virtuoso, I try to do more bluesy leads I guess, and it complements it so well

I have played around with an Epi Dot Studio and also sat with someone who was reviewing one.  Both of us thought it was great.  I would personally change the pick-ups though.

thanks. yeah thats the advice i usually get with epiphone guitars, to change pickup.. ill look into it.
if anyone else got any cooments about this guitar, please share. thanks

First of all, I am not a good guitar player, but I like to play some Guns N' Roses just for fun. Right now I have an Overland, a fender copy. It's a really crappy guitar, the micks are broke and stuff, not a good sound at all. And then I have a Squier Champ amp, not so good but it's enough for me.

So, I have been offered to buy an Epiphone Les Paul Special-II, I think that's the name. It looks good, fine. Maybe not a super-guitar, but I think it's enough for me. I mean, I will give around 1000 swedish kronor for it, thats around 140 dollars. And it's almost brand new.

It looks like this: http://mega.tradera.com/353/40094353_1.jpg

What do you think, shall I buy it?

Is this guitar better? It's a Keiper 111BLS, a german Les Paul-copy. It's a little bit more expensive, but it's nicer (and hopefully better).

http://mega.tradera.com/293/40052293_1.jpg

Which one do you think I shall buy?

well the special 2 is a bolt-on neck but i don't believe they come with 3 pickups :-\

the german one is a set neck

setnecks are usually better for this style of guitar, you can also check out Rondo Music....alot of people swear by them and they are cheap in price i almost bought a rondo music lp guitar but i found a sweet deal on an Epiphone LP Standard so i went with that cuz i could play it before i bought it and it was about the same price, the big thing i had about buying a guitar online is that you don't know what you get until you got it :(

but anyway here is one similar to the blue german one....$199 USD

http://www.rondomusic.net/al2000blueflame.html

but the AL-2000 series has loads of different colours to choose from check it out ;)

Oh well, I bought the blue german one. I think I will get it in a couple of days, hope that I'll be satisfied.  :)

what about Epiphone LP Special 2s? are they decent for the price or just a peice of cheap crap?

they are supposed to be good for a starter guitar...but i'd say go with the 100 at the very least, but a studio is better

but everyone i know with the special II says they are decent, personally i never played one

they're not that bad with swapped p/ups, but if you have cash to do that go on ebay and find a btter sued guitar

cool thanks guys, ive heard they need pickup changes so ill look into that.

Just bought a black Epiphone LP Standard, and I'm very, very, very satisfied with it. Can't really say much about the pickups yet, but they're fine this far. Now I just need a new amp ::)

I love epiphone guitars. I have one of the last sheratons produced at the US factory before they moved production to Asia, but she is pretty beat up now as I used her as a gigging guitar for years. I switched over to a telecaster for a while but in 2002 I went to buy myself a nice shiny BC Rich. having seen GN'R at Docklands, Buckethead was my latest obsession... A white Epi LP Custom caught my eye and after playing it I had to have it... It is my main guitar now.

The pickups sound great when blasting through a beat up old marshall, and I have no complaints about the pickups or the workmanship. I have played a few Gibson LP's in my time and I loved the sound but never liked 'the feel' of them (Is it just me or do the Gobsons seem to have amazingly wide necks?). The Epi is great. It gives me the sound I want with no tweaking necessary - I simply plug it into the amp and I'm ready to go. Every other guitar I have ever owned needed 'something' for me to be happy with it, but the Epi LP did not.

The 50's neck is wider.  The 60's neck is narrower.

Slash loves the 59 model Les Paul Standard.  It was the first year to have the 60's neck I believe.

i got a epiphone les paul custom and a marshall ministack!!: ;D

im so happy! :drool:

Here's Giovanna:

(http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n17/GarryCarlson/101_0263.jpg)

Do you mean this?
http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/product/buy_marshall_mg15msii_micro_stack?full_sku=101897007

If so, how is it?  Is it a good little amp for home use?

yea, its so good for home use and maybe some studio just love it :drool:

COOL  garry i got the same one : ok:

hey guys,

is that the Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plain Top?????

if so, how good of a guitar is it? I want to buy it , but im not sure yet, I want to know how is the sound and everything, and I want to get a randall 30 watt , do u think would be a good combination?? ??? please adivise  :beer:

i love it : ok: its the best guitar ive ever owned....i've had like 6 or 7 dif ones...its heavy though

not sure if its a plain or a plus top :-\

I played it with a randall amp...sounded pretty sweet to me, but my top 3 amp choices were Marshall, Roland and Line6

oh cool thanks,

I was wondering 'cause I was lookin for a 30w marshall and /or a 30 watts Randall, in this case, the randall had more features and it seems to be a bit better than the marshall. I was looking for a $ 200-$300 guitar amp. I cant afford more than that.

Does anyone own a Epi 56 gold top with p-90s?  If so let me know what ye think of it

dont buy an Epi...there are lower priced Gibson models, u dont have to get the standard, classic or custom. the Epi's dont stay in tune and the pickups are muddy and not clear. do yourself a favor and get the real thing!

playing my best friends epi std is like jerking off with 1 finger compared to my orville.
ebay+Orville= happiness

when is the last time you played an epiphone? :-\

It's the same as I mine. Bought it a couple of weeks ago and I'm loving it, best guitar I ever had (although I never really had a good guitar).

But I removed this white thing (shield? I dunno the english name)...

Pickguard. 

It's funny watching the Paris 92 vid with Slash and Joe Perry.  Perry has his while Slash doesn't.

Yeah, the pickguard. I don't like it, it bothers me and I never got used to it....

Also, the guitar looks way better without it.

My Epiphone Les Paul Standard:
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The pickups are not as muddy as some people make out ... but of course they're muddy compared to Gibson or SD pickups ... jeez, you get what you pay for... I think the biggest thing for me about my Epi was that the pickups weren't the hottest.  But I sold my old Seymour Duncan 59 and JB pickups to my mate who threw them into his Epi and it sounds great.  Sure, my Gibson is nicer to play and rocks harder in many ways, but the Epi still rules a lot ... I don't think I'd ever go back to mid range guitar land, but ... for people who can't justify or simply don't have that kind of cash, a Gibson isn't possible.  So Epi stands in as a great replacement.

That said, I have indeed heard a lot of good things about Orville guitars too ...

I got a slash sig les paul classic, the snakepit one, a few years ago. It was used, and had some marks on the back from where the previous owner's belt buckle scratched it, but thats on the side nobody sees. Its the epiphone version, I got it for $250, and its got great tone

I have an Epiphone Les Paul Ultra and it sounds fucking amazing. I'll post some pics tomorrow

I have a black Epiphone Les Paul Custom since 2003 and I love it.. it's never getten rid of voluntarely ;) In 2005 I bought an Epiphone Wildkat (P-90's) which I traded in a few months ago for the Epiphone ES-175 reissue. The Wildkat is a good guitar but I found the P-90's didn't sound that great on my Marshall AVT50x, too cold and sterile and I've always wanted a big hollowbody like the ES-175. The ES-175 is the best soundin guitar I've ever had.. it's like the LP Custom sound only fatter, warmer and spacier. If you're a hollowbody fan you should get this one :yes:

I've tried a few Gibson's and most of them are a better then the Epiphone's, but a good Epiphone is better then a bad Gibson if you know what I mean.. I'm happy with the guitars, they stay in tune just fine

(http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/3/9/4/435394.jpg)

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^ On the ES-175 they deliberatly put the E sticker on the pickguitar on loosely so that people can easily pull it off ;D Looks much better without

Thinking of getting a guitar for my daughter. 

Any feedback on the Epi LP Special II?

yeah my nephews got one. great beginner guitar, lightweight with a thinner body than the more expensive ones.  good sound on it too

thanks!

My daughter is still on the fence about the whole thing, so I picked one up (Epi LP Spec II) for myself.

Now I just need to find a song that I can play that only uses D and A - the only two chords I know so far!! :)

I've shifted the balance of world power towards newbie guitarists by +1.

Tom Petty- Free Fallin'

Pearl Jam- Betterman

Thanks, I'll look those up.

Learn G and you'll be able to play Used To Love Her. 

Awesome!!  Thanks.

or dead flowers, but they're mostly identical with some twitches here and there. but same chords.

I play an Epiphone Les Paul Deluxe from 98 with the mini humbuckers, as Sir Les Paul himself said ... these are damn fine guitars ...

http://www.musicianshotline.com/archive/interviews/lespaul1.htm (http://www.musicianshotline.com/archive/interviews/lespaul1.htm)

i play an epiphone custom made limited edition silverburst les paul. i luv it

At least the copy is produced by the same parent company as the original.

Suggestion...Heritage...Kalamazoo, Michigan.