Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Studio

Guitar factory in Japan under license gibson
Mine and beautiful black lacquer trs simple no default. Tand-type handle is collla junction with the body is almost invisible. The table is lgrement bomb the most beautiful effect. It has no dcoration just dots inlaid mother of pearl button .. No binding, the plate is black plastic pickguard a little cheap ... Note the plate that covers the access is to trussroad Gibson grave on the rear of the head a red logo "elitist" in the varnish
22 medium frets, fixed bridge adjustable tunomatic
The mechanisms are grover dhuile trs prcises bath with a good performance of the agreement
2 volume knob SETTING THE 2 Tone (one for each pickup)

UTILIZATION

The handle is round (I do not know the sleeves gibson in general) I would describe as "too big" it is varnish, rosewood fingerboard is beautifully made with dark colors.
Access in acute is not the strong point of this guitar: s'paississant around the heel of the box 16 em ..
At the ergonomics, the guitar is lighter than I had imagined. It must weigh a pti kg more than a Start, but nothing castrophique, it can be played sitting or standing without disassemble the shoulder or ratings.
The microphones are rglage trs performance gain that level autaint Tone, so it is very easy to change the CHARACTERISTICS of his son ... The pickups are Gibson humbucker in a sleeve and a 50SR 60 St bridge in the section I will discuss the

SOUNDS

I bought this guitar because I wanted to broaden my palette of sound with a "sound Lespaul" .. I am certainly not: the sustain is impressive, the attack is powerful, the sound is smooth its clear, sharp and can become aggressive saturation ... We really feel a "power" expressed in the attacks in power chords, and roundness on the bluesy solos pti ....
The pickups have CHARACTERISTICS diffrent the bridge is sharper and more aggressive so that coupled with the spars rglage Volume and Tone it feel to change channels on an amplifier to the passage of a microphone the other ...
My sounds are the sounds prfrs crunch or clear ... According to the amplifier saturation make beautifully, like not over Satus modern type with this guitar too much gain a drool my taste. ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 week
I love the sound of this guitar, gibson sound for a reasonable price. In my quest of his Gibson Epiphone SG I tried one of Gretsch PRS Corenne an ESP ltd ... This guitar is for me that most closely matches my expectations at a price trs sound reasonable ...
I sacrificed the Aesthetics of scratches on the altar of finance .... For her it is well Submitted Submitted ... Do not hesitate if you want a gibson but you do not have 2500 euros in your bank account, and you do not want to wait 8 months, litist this is for you .. Please note there are more Labors litist MODELS ... I do not think the sound is better