Edwards E-LP-90LTC

This is the covered pickup version of the Edwards "Custom" guitar. It has pretty much the same specs as the 85 model, but the pickups are covered to give it a more period-correct look, along with giving it some more class. The guitar has the following specs:

Mahogany body with a maple top
Mahogany set-neck with an ebony fretboard
22 frets with Gibson-style inlays
Tune-o-matic bridge
Seymour Duncan 59 in the neck and JB in the bridge (covered)
Two volumes
Two tones
Three way switch

UTILIZATION

The guitar had some pretty good fretwork. The frets weren't quite as polished as I would have liked, but some quick work with 0000 steel wool fixed that up. On top of that, it cleaned the fretboard, which I noticed was slightly dry. The rest of the guitar is pretty much like your average Gibson. The only real difference you'd probably notice, aside from the poly finish, would be the fact that the guitar doesn't have any binding nibs. Some people love those, but I personally hate them. They annoy me to no end, and they can cause issues down the road. Whenever I get a refret, I yank them out and don't have my luthier keep them as it costs way too much.

SOUNDS

The guitar is a little bit thicker than the 85. It has a little more low end and has a little more of a mellow sound overall. This is pretty much due to the fact that the pickups are covered on this version. On the 85, the pickups are open, and open pickups tend to have more treble, output, etc. The bridge pickup in this is a Seymour Duncan JB. It's probably one of the most versatile pickups ever made. The guitar works great with both clean and distorted tones, and it responds quite nicely to the volume knob. On top oft that, it can do pretty much any style you can think of. The 59 is much the same way. It's a fat and vowely kind of PAF tone, but it has enough output to do metal without any issues. In fact, it happens to be my favorite pickup in the neck in the Duncan line.

OVERALL OPINION

If you want something a bit more like the actual Les Paul Custom, this is probably the guitar you'll want to get. It has a bit more class thanks to the covered pickups, and it's a bit thicker than the 85 version. In reality, both of these could be completely changed depending on how the actual wood sounds since every piece of wood sounds slightly different. Both are great guitars, and you won't be disappointed in either of them, I bet.

Edwards guitars is another line of ESP similar to LTD. They are Japan only so they can make really accurate copies without getting in trouble from Gibson. People have discovered them and realized their guitars are very good quality. This guitar is only about 1000 dollars whereas a real Gibson Les Paul Custom would go for thousands and thousands more. This guitar has all the same features or better features than a Gibson Les Paul custom. It has a mahogany body with a maple top and a mahogany neck. The Edwards headstock has the right open book shape for a Les Paul Custom. The fully bound neck is ebony with 22 frets. There are large block inlays like you would find on a Gibson Les Paul custom. It has gotoh tuners up top with a gotoh bridge out back. It has a Seymour Duncan SH-1 59 in the neck and a Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB in the bridge. This is a classic Seymour Duncan set. All the hardware is finished in gold. The electronics setup is a standard Gibson setup with a volume and tone knob for each pickup. The only thing that stands out on the guitar is that they use strange top hat knobs for the knobs. These can easily be changed to speed knobs for a cleaner look. The LTC in the guitar name stands for Laquer Taste finish. This means they have a finish similar to nitro ontop of the normal poly finish. This gives you the vintage feel of nitro and gives you a matte look but will not wear off as easily as a real nitro finish.

UTILIZATION

Being such good copies these guitars play every bit as well as the USA made Gibsons. Because of the set neck design there is a large neck tenon and joint. This can make the upper frets hard for some people to reach because the body essentially joins the neck at the 17th fret. After the 17th fret you are reaching around the body to get to the frets. The Edwards guitars have super strong neck joints that are even bigger than on a normal Gibson. The tuning stability is good because there is no tremolo. The tune-o-matic bridge can be uncomfortable for some people. It has sharp edges where the strings come in contact and these can get into your hand.

SOUNDS

This guitar comes with better pickups than a Gibson would come with stock. This guitar sounds better than most Gibsons stock because of this. With the Seymour Duncan pickups the guitar already comes with some of the best pickups you can get so the tone is there out of the box. This pickup combination is something that Edwards uses in a lot of its Gibson copies. The 59 has a great PAF style tone. It has a good amount of sag and the mids are nice and pronounced. The JB in the bridge is the jack of all traits and can be used for just about anything. You can get great overdriven tones all the way to searing high gain with it. Many Jackson guitars come with this pickup set so you know it can hang for metal too.

OVERALL OPINION

With the outrageous prices of real Gibson Les Paul Customs importing these Japanese made guitars are becoming a great option. Importing one of these is about 1/4 the price of buying a real new Gibson and they are pretty much all of the same quality. A guitar is just a piece of wood basically a name on the headstock is not worth thousands and thousands of dollars if everything else is the same. If you are looking for a good quality LPC but dont want to shell out thousands and thousands of dollars these are a great alternative.

Made in Japan .. E-LP 90 LTC/98 LTC .. Vintage White
I have a doubt on the model exact..90/98..pour one presented here, I would go for the 98 because of mounting an SD SH6 the bridge and SD SH4 for a check .. 90 ..
bridge type tune-o-matic (Gotoh) no vibrato.
22 fret ebony .. button.
neck pickup Seymour Duncan SH1
bridge pickup Seymour Duncan SH6
typical configuration 3 positions
volume tone for each pickup

UTILIZATION

handle is quite comfortable in the hand .. very soft to the touch surface ..
comfort gameplay very well .. very nice frets in ebony complement the key .. it is one and the same .. lp custom for access to acute.
yes this guitar is capable of delivering very good sound quality

SOUNDS

this guitar is made for the big crunch rif .. a max saturation have easily found his account .. can not have that round and smooth it sounds but it is when even with a tendency to harmonic nice enough .. this rather a lamp .. the amp has is the bridge pickup.
circuit internal pre-amp and multi-effects, the SH6 is especially powerful, distortion-margin crunch is quite short ..
I play in two configurations ..
the amp is a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL entirely original with 4 Svetlana EL34 paired pre-amp .. Marshall JMP-1 and JFX-1 effects + a pedal compression Marshall ED-1.
Vintage 1960 4x12 (Celestion Vintage 70 Watts) and 1960 TV 4x12 (Celestion Greenback 25 Watts) for firms.
internally'm on the Rocktron and JMP-1.
Les Paul Custom has modern sound (HS-6) has amplified the old ...
to have mellowness citeras the SH1 to handle that seem to go from Seymour Duncan PAF .. I would simply say that it is close .. I know the original PAF and to my taste it's not really that ..
at the same temp on any guitar the neck pickup is not one that I use regularly ..
on the other hand coupled with the bridge pickup is very interresting ca playing with the volume / tone ..



OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 7 months now .. it has replaced my Greco LP Custom 78 expecting a refretage ..
what I like most about this guitar is simply the play ..
for my taste it is a very successful guitar impecable finish .. .. .. acastillage quality tuner included .. except .. the gold plating is beautiful but fragile ..
Another small detail without any consequence, cache trussroad and secured by one small screw on the upper part .. may rise slightly lower ..
qualified for this resumé resolutely positive I want to say that I am in possession of at least four LP .. Greco LP Custom Gibson LP 78/Orville by 59/Gibson Standart Custom Shop 58 LP Classic and Edwards .. I'm obviously trying to inombrable model .. American and Japanese ..
for those who would be interrested by Edwards .. do not buy it for the sound Gibson unless you graft prevoyer him two or PAF Classic 57 apellation modern manufacturing and real original PAF ..
see a Classic 57 Plus to keep the side .. Metal
but rather for the ease of use that particular round / button on the LP Custom besides the rest bah this is a Les Paul ..
matter quality / price is a exellent number ..
setting apart the small details mentioned above it is significantly more than the base price that must be around 1000 Euro ..
there is a big debate about the origin and quality of wood species, especially for mahogany .. I have not been able to establish a personal idea .. the subject being quite complex with a lot of gray area but I take note that Navigator guitars are top notch and Japan worth 4 to 5x the price of Edwards are manufactured on the same string that Edwards .. I only mention here that the case .. I LP little or no know the rest of the production ..
can have more than one Navigator Edwards ..??
the price of the Navigator first thing I would like wood species ie a superior type of wood selected for its density on one hand and also a period of natural drying extremely long ... a type of wood which comes particularly dear to purchase and which would, apparently with superior sound quality ..
in the specifications of the two brands, it seems that there was no differences indicated about the quality of the wood used ..
I prefer the idea that it would be possible and that two marks use the same gas to LP tjr .. only ..
use of ivory (the nut) for the Navigator ..
Using real pearl for key reperes ..
on Edwards is nicely done but certainly not true ..
custom type logo on the head like a mother of pearl also visually different from reperes key and also nicely done, same for the brand logo on the upper part of the head.
I think the Navigator is also equipped with a electronic a little more upscale, such as knobs volume / tone and the filter cutoff frequency for the wiring and microphones is the same ..
acastillage the mechanical and this is also the same except maybe the gold plating of the Edwards ..
basically what are the real differences between the two brands that justifies the huge price difference .. the question remains for me .. but Edwards and Navigator are simply twins ...
there was also controversy over the place of manufacture of these guitars ..
to make it simple and I hope quite fair, Edwards are charged gross control of China in the hands of very skilled Japanese work .. most of the labor being less qualified Chinese ..
to be completed and sent to Japan (electronic and finishing) ..
all these parameter mentioned above could easily explain the price very atractif of Edwards face price very "Rolls Royce" of the Navigator ..
if yes .. I do not esiterais to buy so presented itself ca ..
but it would be for him only two grafted Classic 57 see 57 + .. or maybe more depending on the desired direction for the guitar .. 2 real PAF era ..
it is also true that I became a convinced Japanese production ..
and to complete certain anti-Japanese I put the Edwards position equal with my Gibson CS, not for her, the remaining exellent Edwards has this level all the same, two different brands of microphones are not comparable, which makes sense to me, on the other hand to finish, comfort games, and felt overall, the object did nothing less than a very good Gibson ..
and for those who still hesitate ..
if you go see a copy .. jump .. it's much later than you regreter very strong risk of not having done ..
voila voila ..
in short .. very very very good guitar ..!
greetings to all