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Epiphone Les Paul Special II

LP-Shaped Guitar from Epiphone belonging to the Les Paul series

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Published on 05/28/06 at 06:10
Guitar made in Korea
two humbuckers
a knob for tone and volume
a toggle switch 3 positions
handle varnished, screwed rosewood fingerboard with 22 frets back in points
Tune-o-matic
apartheid the body is mahogany, I will discuss later ...
the quality of wood does not look even when terrible, especially the one of the key that is frankly bof, the mics are the most low-end epiphone ...
mcaniques are not the oil bath, we spend our time to connect, that ds attack the strings a bit much.

UTILIZATION

The guitar is heavy trs! I have borrowed twice a girlfriend for RPTES, I regretted the borrower.
So, the guitar is heavy trs, no concept of ergonomics (no dcoupe the back of the guitar) no bevel, but hey, did when ^ MITHE same part of the les paul.
trs guitar badly RULES (action too high, pickups too, so that the del 17me of the box, the strings touch the pads of the mics)
the handle is not dsagrable, but it lacks dsrieu in its finish, not too big, it is not too tired playing it.
varnish (varnish peiture + black) on the back of the handle does not impede too much for the solos, and Access in acute easier than a les paul standard grace the box under grazing, we get relatively easily dernires boxes of the handle. Of course it's not an Ibanez RG, but still playable.
knobs and switches rather cheap, the knobs are too progressive, particularly the tone knob which cuts only the treble!
if not, I note that on which I had jou must have three years, but the frets taient comic pa oxidation, the bridge and the pickups too, all the screws of the same ...

SOUNDS

I used a metal band, a group of grunge, and I had the opportunity to play the AC / DC as above.
the microphones are dcevants has drool all over, the distortion is Afreux, the sound has no depth, it's just a shapeless pulp in distortion, while the mics saturate themselves in the clear ...
the palm mutes are woefully flat, gives a small crrrr crrrr ridiculous, in a riff mlodique rajoutent noise no more.
the nuances of the game are not well transcribed, and the mics are screaming that ds is in the treble.
try on a Marshall Valvestate 50w, a randall lampes100w, and a Fender Frontman 212R, with boss ds1, ds2, mt2, and a digitech death metal (trying in vain to find the right sound with) nothing.

OVERALL OPINION

Used for two RPTES, and a night he is only the look of this guitar that would make me buy it, to the limit of COD by MODELS equivalents cort report (SERIES zn) at the price, it does not make the weight, I have a hard couraging this kind of guitars are ... even an ibanez exr170 sopnne better when she is agathis!
good, the report qualitprix, I would say we are not even for money, the low-end Japanese brands is much better.
I believe that no guitarist who has tried other guitars can not make a choice like that, but can be for the look, but even the quality of the wood would not make an upgrade of mics or daccastillage profitable.