All user reviews for the Epiphone Les Paul Standard Bass

Bought New at Daddy's Junky Music $419

The sound is great, I play mostly rock, some blues, and practice with an Ibanez sw35 amp. This LP gives me a nice fat yet clean sound, especially at high volume. I keep the tone controls at about 2 1/2 for a real crisp effect. It also looks great, what a finish, flawless.

It came with some no name round wound strings that not only hurt my fingers but sounded tinny. If you play hard, the strings have a tendency to hit (and scuff) the pick-ups. Whatever you do, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVERS!, or you will be replacing the pick-ups. If you experience this, I suggest using a pick to play, even if you've never used one to avoid damaging the pick-ups.

This is the heaviest bass I've ever picked up. It weighs a ton! I'm a fairly big guy at 6' 195 lbs, and my shouder gets sore hefting this around after 90 minutes or so, if your not physically fit, don't buy this bass, or get used to playing it sitting down.

Like its big brother the Gibson very well built, you could drive nails with this thing and barely dent it. For the price, the quality is excellent. Original strings were poor.

If you can stand the weight, and can't afford the Gibson LP, this is a bass you will love and it will last forever.

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The wife and I were shopping for used videos at a used video store in Green Bay WI,
and in the corner sat this guitar case. I asked the clerk if I could take a look at it and
he said "Go ahead."

In the case was a "Limited Edition" Epiphone Les Paul Standard Bass, 4 string, with a set neck,
carved flame maple top, dual coverd humbucker pickups, dual tone and volume, and the thing has
no fret wear what so ever. Who ever bought it didn't play it very long, or hard.

They have a shop sticker on it for $250.00 with the hard shell case. I called the wife over and told her
it was a real deal. She asked if I was sure, and I told her I thought it listed at $400.00.

We bought it, and when I got home I checked my pricing guides, and found that it listed for $699.00
without the case!

I own a Fender Mexi Precision, and an American Standard Precision,
and I've always wanted a set neck bass. The small Les Paul body is
so unusuall after playing Fenders for so long. It reminds me of a
Washburn Scavenger bass I had years ago.

This thing has great sustain, and a very deep bright tone. I'd almost
say it's piano like.

It stays in tune, and the tuners seem to have little or no backlash.

There are a couple of minor finish flaws on the neck down by the body joint,
but all you have to do is look at the flamed heritage cherry sunburst on the top,
and you can overlook the little flaws.

The bridge is the cheaper Epiphone one piece unit. It adjusts for intonation and hight
well enough, but string through body would have been incredible on this thing.

Maple top, and mahogony body. Body is bound with single ply. Mahogony
set neck with rosewood fingerboard and trapezoid inlays. I don't know if the
inlays are real pearl, but the one on the headstock most certainly is.

The rest ive already mentioned.

Construction is very good. I own an Epiphone "DOT", and the construction
on this instrument is by far better than on that one. Could be part of the
"Limited Edition" status, though CMI (Epiphone/Gibson's parent company
says that LE is only cosmetic considerations.)

The bottom line is I got a very good bass at a very good price. Even if you had to
put out $450-$500 for this piece I still think it would be worth it, but hey, . . . that's
just my opinion.

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