All user reviews for the Epiphone Les Paul Classic [1995-2005]

I bought this guitar from American Musical Supply
$1399.99

I like the neck and the finish on this guitar the most. The neck is the 1960 profile neck. the finish is honeyburst

I really do not like the pickups. I haven't a clue why gibson puts high output pickups in a classic guitar such as this. I would prefer covered humbuckers with maybe the 57 classic series. I am gonna switch these out for duncan classic covers 59 models neck and bridge.

the construction is awesome for a 1400.00 les paul I mean I can't see paying 500.00 more for the standard just for pickups. Plus I hate the neck profile on the standard. My favorite is the slim taper. The hardware is top rate. I might add a tonepro's bridge stopbar tailpiece unit to make it more stable.

I like the guitar basically the way it came except for the pickups and I also added straplocks this guitar is typical for a les paul. I am tired of people complaining about les pauls wieght I mean its a les paul its always been this way either play one or play something else bottom line! Great Guitar.

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Purchased: Sam Ash Website Price: $1290.00




The neck is awesome, very thin, easy to play. the pickups are very hot and love to be overdriven..


Pickups might be a bit too hot for my taste. I am gonna try installing covers. Hard to play sitting down. Expensive guitar, should come with strap locks.




Good fit and finish, a well made instrument. However, poor setup out of the box and stock Strings stink.


Excellent instrument overall, should come with Straplocks, and pickup covers if one is interested in installing them. Any guitar over $1000 should have a good set up right out the box. This one did not.


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Gibson les Paul Classic 1590.00


I picked it up at sam ash. I liked the style of the classic. I Play a fender and the necks of the classic are similar. Both are tapered . The neck on the classic seems a little wider then the fender, but it plays nicely.




I like the way the guitar plays, rather fast for a gibson. The dbl humbuckers are "susstain city' , something hard to come by with my fender( which I Love!) unless you use the effects, or switch the pick ups. Overall the gibson classic is nice, and cheap ...it was the only Les Paul I could afford



What I didnt like , was the support from gibson itself. About a month after puchasing the guitar, I went to remove it from its case. The case has a locking combination mechanism , similar to an attache case. Well the mechanism would not release. A friend of mine had a similar problem. He ended up removing the lock( and damaging the case) Anyway, I e-mailed gibson, told them of my problem, and received a reply. I was told to find a luggage repair center so they could open the lock.....??. When I explained it was a NEW guitar, I was told. 'Sorry' and that the cases are made in canada...cant help you'. Is that customer support?..I dont think so. i had a similar problem with my fender case a year..thats right..one Year after I bought it.. I was sent a new case. i dont mean to Bash gibson, but yes, it did leave a bad taste..especially after shelling out 1500 bucks. Hope I didnt bore you..just 'beware'


The guitar is very heavey and seem very well made. The case however, ...the locking mechanism tends to malfunction. Mine did and i still have a guitar locked in the case. Ive heard of others having the same problem



gibson makes great guitars.. we all know that, and usually we will never need to call for repairs or warranty service. But it is nice to know, especially with the price of guitars these days, that if support is needed due to a defect by the manufacturer, that you will be treated properly and promptly. Unfortunately..that's not the 'case' with gibson.



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22 frets
Gibson pickups (I have changed xD): a classic 57 '(neck) and a classic 57' + (bridge)
Set neck
2 volumes and 2 tones
A 3-position selector

UTILIZATION

The handle fits me very well and is not very big and fast enough (of course stratum 'is sole mistress)
With a Les Paul, the shape of the table does not favor access to acute (compared to the PRS Hollowbody I Maccarty (my favorite of all the guitars)). However, I rarely plays solos after the box 19 so it suits me like that.
Weight level is satisfactory (3h Repeat '(ie standing) and no shoulder pain)
To get the sound you want, not need to be a pro at Grat '. Sound for the rhythm you put the selector on the pace or two and for good distortion and solos, treble selector (and the fact that I find)

SOUNDS

I play mainly Pop / Rock with my microphone so it suits me very well. It's a very clean and powerful.
I plugged into a Marshall AVT50 (I had not loved, I loved a DSL201). It's a hybrid amp (tube preamp, the rest in transistors) so it sounds good without impurities (of course with a mesa it would hearts total)
I play 90% on the bridge pickups (classic 57 '+ so) and assaying much gain and bass / middle / treble of the amp I can approach the desired sound.
I added an effects pedal (Delay, Tremolo, Chorus, Phaser ...) and yes it is much improved sound.

OVERALL OPINION

I bought it in August 2005 and aged well
I first chose to form (LP) and its rock sound
Price / quality ratio is very good well what lost its value (but I do not intend to get rid of)
This is my first Grat 'power so when I bought it I did not have a huge budget and my knowledge was not huge. Faced with a gibson I find it ridiculous at all so I probably do it again this choice.

The Epiphone Les Paul Classic is one of the more popular guitars that Epiphone has in their lineup. The guitar features a mahogany body with a mahogany neck, chrome hardware, 24.75'' scale length, carved maple top, optional pickguard, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets, trapezoid inlays, tune-o-matic bridge, binding, two humbuckers, two volumes, two tones and a three way switch.

UTILIZATION

The guitar itself is put together decently. You can tell it's one of the lower models because of some fretwork issues. For one, the frets weren't perfectly level. You could tell this once you start lowering the action. It wasn't bad, but there were some frets that wouldn't perfectly ring a note because they were low. The ends themselves weren't too bad on this one. The nut needed to be recut, however. It would cause some tuning issues, and this was particularly noticeable once you start bending. You could hear a slight ping every time you tuned up, so it's obvious it was binding. A new nut should fix that issue, but again, these are fairly standard problems on these guitars.

SOUNDS

The pickups in this are pretty bland, I've found. The bridge itself is muddy and undefined. It has some bite to it, but I find it's not enough to help cut through the mix for what I'm looking for. The neck pickup is decent, but I find that it's not thick and smooth enough for me. I like super powerful and thick sounding neck pickups, and the only way I could get that tone was by rolling down the tone knob. Even then, it wasn't the same. The clean tones were half way decent on the neck pickup, but they sounded pretty bad on the bridge.

OVERALL OPINION

If you're going to get one of these, be sure to play through a bunch to find one that is setup nicely. These tend to have issues with fretwork and nuts, so pay close attention to those. Once you get one you like, spend some money and invest in some nice sounding pickups for it. That'll make it rival any Gibson out there.