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Published on 06/28/12 at 17:39
Mahogany body
Bolt-on mahogany
Rosewood
Dot markers
2 open coil humbuckers
Chrome hardware
Color: Black
22 boxes
A tone knob
A volume knob
A 3-position selector

UTILIZATION

At the handle, it's a fine enough to handle a Les Paul, 22 frets and nice, the frets are not razor blades as some guitar in this price range, only flat, a little varnish gene for slide along the handle, but it hangs it's a detail, we made it fast!
Les paul shape, we like it or not, this is a guitar that is light enough for this type of scraper, about 3 or 4 kg no more, it is well balanced, I play with my feet and it does not dismantle shoulder after several hours of games, sitting on the other hand, I find it tends to drag because of its thinness, it is not great and probably the absence of a table. Access to the top is not acute (the form requires paul) it has the galley 19th frets but I rarely play near the body.

SOUNDS

I play a lot of punk rock, some blues, rock and roll years 70/80 and she is doing well overall. In clean it passes, it's still correct, we get a rather soft which tends cruncher when we go a little more in the acute setting but with a good bit this pass in crunch nothing to say, it is very good and will very well on an old "telephone", in saturated I find the pickups a little rough, it does not sound very les paul to my taste, the hambucker are a bit aggressive, but we manage to get something and not drinking too loud a little by fiddling the tone and the amp. This guitar has a tendency to curl when we reach the 12th fret which can be quite disagreeable, especially on a solo.
The pickups are correct, they are a little fatty, and I think a lot of metal (personal opinion), they are rather aggressive. I regret a little bolt-on neck that causes a real lack of sustain!

OVERALL OPINION

I have this guitar for a little over a year, and I must admit I'm quite happy, the finishes are very correct, nail maintenance, it is shiny black, very beautiful, by the mechanical cons are rotten , it is not the agreement simply ask the head or clean it out of tune, the strings of origins are very average, a bit too soft in my opinion, I do not know what it is pulling but we must not keep them.
What I love about this guitar is its look, I regret that the marks on the handle is not trapezoidal, it loses the charm les paul but it feels a bit like the junior was also that I love, I am a little disappointed that there was no bulge above table, it is a true bread board has, fortunately, the varnish is there to give him a little mouth.
The value for money is very good for a little over € 100 was an Epiphone Les Paul and with good finishes and look great, guitar relatively easy to use, you plug it plays. With the experience I would do certainly this choice, this guitar allowed me to make me hand over power, I took a lot of fun playing it.