All user reviews of 4/5 for the Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio

Bought this by mail order from Peter Cooks guitar world, brand new for £250. I would def recommend them - cheap, polite and fast delivery.

The thing I love most about this is its visual appeal - a matt black finish and all black hardware - ooh baby!!! The single VII inlay at the 12th give it a touch of class and the cross on the headstock is a bit gimmicky but cool nonetheless. Playing - clean, it's surprisingly good and not metally at all, a really good 'Hero of the Day' sound. Turn the overdrive switch on and it can sound fantastic if your settings and knobs are in the right place. I like it best on pure treble giving it a real AC/DC like sound with chords and a really good Metallica mute effect.

The worst thing is the strap handles, i'm constatly re-screwing the left and one so i'll need to get it replaced. I find it hard to get a good sound playing it heavy on the rhythm swicth. It's also quite thin and light (lighter than a strat) which does make it lose a bit of les paulness if you know what i mean. It can also get very dusty especially in the alcinos. Apart from that its top notch.

finish - excellent
set neck - better than screw on
fret board - surprisingly fast


Quite simply, for the money, you wont get a better guitar, but if your willing to spend another £50-£100, I'd go for a standard or a black beauty.

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22 frets, 2 volume, 2 tone, a pickup selector
I have the version with Floyd (Epiphone licensed floyd).

UTILIZATION

The neck is thin enough, pretty nice. Access to acute is average. It is light compared to the Les Paul Standard.

SOUNDS

For the metal it is fine.
The only problem is to play live or repeated with its strong enough: it starts very quickly and with the feedback ca floyd not suit the thing.

OVERALL OPINION

I have 2 years and for the price I'm still satisfied. It is aesthetically very successful (be careful not to over friction matte painting or it becomes brighter).
If I had not, and if the opportunity presented itself to me, I think a gibson j'econnomiserais for the same kind and surment without the floyd.

_Fabriquée In Korea, Luter is good even with a very high price not necessarily like a lot of epiphone
_Manche 22 frets with 2 humbuckers (Alnico V) with 3-way selector position, what a les paul ...
_Chevalet Fixed, it also exists in version with Floyd but hey, it's already very unattractive on a les paul, it adds extra weight and the quality leaves something to be desired
_Selecteur Pickups 3-way and the classic 2 volume controls (one for each pickup) and Tone 2 (ditto), which already offers a lot of possibiltées to find her well as potentiometers are not great (that epiphone is still, not a gibson c).

UTILIZATION

_Manche Very nice to play both solo and rhythm that comfortable, no risk of cramps =)
_Bah Access to the acute it is what it is, we like it or not, yes it is not great but sufficient. it must be time to get used to straighten the fingers
_A Les paul has always been heavy, more or less depending on the models, without being over the top. This model remains is lighter compared to a standard or a classic or else many models by the fact that his body is slightly thinner than the other
_on Easily find a good sound as clear that in full, just play around with the volume pots

SOUNDS

_I Play a lot of metallica and especially suited. It's the same for everything else, it is an instrument which I find quite versatile, I play also the black sabbath, the gun's & roses, megadeth, dio, iron maiden etc ... and I managed to find a sound correct for each style without great Difficulty
_I Played on a Marshall Lead 100 MOSFET coupled with an Ibanez TS9 and a Boss MT-2 (Metal Zone)
_The Clear sound is good, full of roundness and warmth, it is clear that this is not a gibson but its price is ca quite acceptable. The overdrive sound is not too bad although a little too bold when the saturation is too high, then opt for a change of microphones as pickups are original time but quickly realized their limitations

OVERALL OPINION

_I Played with for 1 ½ years now, ordered on the internet without ever having played with the screen, and frankly I'm not disappointed to have made this purchase
_J'aime Much its look with his painting black matte complexion loses most places, and then solicited his graduation at 12th fret
_J'avais Tried a few guitars before buying that were in roughly the same price range without being really attractive and one day I came across this little gothic les paul on the internet and I cracked
_I Have paid € 330 with shipping and a guitar like this I would say the price / quality ratio is pretty good
_I Would do this choice, of course, I do not intend to part with it any time soon, she will follow me all the way =)

Korean, 22 frets, two humbuckers made in epiphone (that means what that means), Les Paul style acastillage (tune-o-matic, stop bar ...)
Volume and tone with microphone, a three-position switch.
Channel rather pleasant, even friendly enough. Well we will not have fun the last 3 squatter huts but otherwise it does.
It is rather light for a Les Paul. Well balanced with a good strap ...
The mechanical rather nazes and the plastic nut is not really first choice.
The electronics are low-end to low end, must pay attention!

UTILIZATION

As I just said (I have trouble with me ...), opinion sections of the handle is quite nice, is comfortable in hand, it is pleasant enough on that side.
Access to acute is worthy of a Les Paul, what about other ...
It is rather thin and light for a Les Paul, very nice to play. On this side there they did a good job at Epiphone.
However, its level is still not quite that ... But ergonomics is very good.

SOUNDS

It was my first guitar at the time, I played a little bit of everything ...
I played with a Roland Cube 30, and sometimes I just plugged a lamp for fun.
In his clear, micro defend themselves well, nothing to say. Side neck pickup, it sounds soft and round, it's really nice. For the bridge pickup, however, it sounds very slamming, but it is playable with the tone.
on the other hand, when it goes into distortion, low hurts: the pickups are rough, it is formless, ugly, it's drooling like melted butter ... At the limit it goes in the mid-scooped distortion ultra to Recto, but once you balance a little medium is Hiroshima.
In addition, microphones Feedback to every turn as soon as the volume is substantial.
Me, it amuses me becaufe it gives me a good basis for making noise (the noise j'adôôôôôre), but it still makes it unusable in rehearsal or live ...
So 10 for clear sound, 0 for the distortion, and we will raise the bill for Larsen amuse me.

OVERALL OPINION

It's been over a year I have now.
I like nice ergonomics, however all the hardware and electronics is to replace, and if you make a gaffe so slightly to the quality, it is almost as expensive as the guitar ... That's what made me give up elsewhere.
Now she serves as a scraper to make noise, I screwed up a mic strata bridge, and strange it was completely unbalanced the guitar! (I changed the strap at the same time, it can play.) I use it to make the feedback, so I use a stick or battery as I pass between the strings and the handle (inside Sonic Youth, uh).
Level quality / price ratio, it can be argued in German, but not in France, it must be my biggest regret this: to have bought in France.
Before buying it, I tried another model Epiphone, a signature I can not remember which, I let go because he y'avait large flames painted on it, it was a bit "too much" for me.
With experience, I do not redeem one, obviously. It's a good guitar to start, and if we take care it can be continually upgrade and finish with a good scratch, but if you have some experience and greater resources, you need to type elsewhere.
Ah, so she went through a period of "pulling rope ultra heavy" for tuning two-tone below or in the vicinity, and it has not done well at all to the handle, going over on it s normal ties' is arranged.

Basically, to summarize, it is a good guitar for beginners, but it quickly shows its flaws, and if you do not have the patience to upgrade regularly, it may not be worth it ... See for yourself. I still had a great time over Christmas to take me for Gallagher, Billy Corgan and Kim Thayil. Now she sleeps on a stand ...

_CONTRACT MANUFACTURING In Korea, Luter is good even with a price not necessarily be very lev lot of epiphone
_Manche 22 frets with 2 humbuckers (Alnico V) with 3-way selector position, what a les paul ...
_Chevalet Fixed, it also exists in version with Floyd but hey, it's already very unattractive on a les paul, it adds extra weight and the quality leaves something to be desired
_Selecteur Pickups 3-way and the classic 2 volume controls (one for each pickup) and Tone 2 (ditto), which already offers a lot of possibilties to find her well as potentiometers are not excellent (epiphone is still, not a gibson c).
_Manche Al pais but not too much, just right, very nice for rhythm and for solos, very comfortable handle typical les paul 60's what. It includes 22 boxes with access to acute ... not very easy but hey you get used to it quickly

UTILIZATION

_Manche Very nice to play both solo and rhythm that comfortable, no risk of cramps =)
_Bah Access to the acute it is what it is, we like it or not, yes it is not great but sufficient. it must be time to get used to straighten the fingers
_A Les paul t has always heavy, more or less depending on the models, without being over the top. This model is nanmoins is lighter compared to a standard or a classic or else many models by the fact that his body is slightly thinner than the other
_on Easily find a good sound both clear that saturated just play around with the volume pots

SOUNDS

_I Play a lot of metallica and especially suited. It's the same for everything else, it is an instrument which I find quite versatile, I play also the black sabbath, the gun's & roses, megadeth, dio, iron maiden etc ... and I managed to find a sound correct for each style without much difficulty
_I Played on a Marshall Lead 100 MOSFET coupled with an Ibanez TS9 and a Boss MT-2 (Metal Zone)
_The Clear sound is good, full of roundness and warmth, it is clear that this is not a gibson but its price is ca quite acceptable. Saturated sound is not too bad although a little too bold when the saturation is too high

OVERALL OPINION

_I Played with for 1 ½ years now, order online without ever having jou with the screen, and frankly I'm not disappointed to have made this purchase
_J'aime Much its look with his painting black matte complexion loses most places, and then solicits his graduation at 12th fret
_J'avais Tried a few guitars before buying that were in roughly the same price range without being REALLY sduit and one day I came across this little les paul gothic online and j 'I craqubr /> _I have paid 330 with shipping and a guitar like this I would say that the report is rather good qualitprix
_I Would do this choice, of course, I do not intend to part with it any time soon, she will follow me all the way =)

Gibson has a budget line of guitars made overseas named Epiphone. Epiphone makes guitars to pretty much the same specs as Gibsons except they are made overseas. The electronics are not as good but they are made from the species of wood but the wood may not be the best quality. Gibson has a line of Gothic series guitars which are all black and have a metal look so Epiphone makes a budget line of these guitars. This is pretty much a Les Paul studio with the black Goth paint job. They have the standard Les Paul setup with mahogany body with a maple top and a mahogany neck with a 22 fret rosewood fretboard. The fretboard has no inlays apart from a 12 roman numeral on the 12th fret. Two humbucking Alnico Classic pickups with dual volume and tone controls with a 3 way toggle switch pickup selector. The up position on the switch selects the neck pickup. The middle position on the pickup selector selects both pickups. And the down position on the pickup selector selects the bridge pickup. It has a tune-o-matic bridge and stop tail piece.

UTILIZATION

The Epiphone Goth Les Paul pretty much has the same advantages and disadvantages of any Les Paul. If you are use to modern guitars with thin necks the Les Paul neck will be very big for you. The 60s profile neck that this guitar has is slightly slimmer than the huge Gibson necks they use to use but it is still big compared to something like an Ibanez or Jackson. I would have preferred an ebony fretboard for a better feel and it would match the metal motif of the guitar better. 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 tuning stability is good because there is no tremolo.

SOUNDS

The most likely weak spot on any budget guitar is the pickups. The pickups Epiphone uses are not that great. They are pretty muddy and dead. You do not get much attack with these pickups. Since these pickups do not have much definition the neck position can get really muddy. With a high gain amp the sound might get muddy due to the lack of definition. With some types of music these pickups are great. If you want a bluesy sound these pickups will do really good and you will be able to get a smooth tone out of them. With a pickup swap this guitar can sound great so I would recommend to anyone who has one of these Epiphones to try it out with some after market pickups. Since this is supposed to be a metal guitar I wonder why they dont put hotter pickups in it. Some other Epiphones come with EMG's and I would strongly recommend those pickups for metal over these pickups.

OVERALL OPINION

Some smaller foreign companies are exceeding the quality of Epiphone nowadays for the same price. But being Epiphone it is like buying the official copy so its not like you are hurting the company. There are peices on this guitar that should be upgraded like the pickups but once you do that you have a solid metal Les Paul.