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henribreton
Published on 02/25/06 at 06:34
Made in Asia (Korea, ...)
22 frets, 2 pickups epiphone hunbucker
bridge: tune-o-matic
total volume treble switch / both / rhytm
works very nice, good speed, not too big
UTILIZATION
Handle very nice, fits comfortably in your hand, neither too broad nor too EPAI, not commensurate with the huge sleeves of his big sisters gibson.
well, it's a les paul, so access to the treble is not very easy from the 17th fret which does not stop me from doing solos until the 22nd boxes without twisting my wrist
les paul shape is great, the guitar does not sting the nose. this guitar is playable as well at the ankles on the chest. agree, it weighs quite heavy (but what does he put in?) but with a good strap positioned on the shoulder, I have to play three hours standing without pain.
This is a beginner guitar, so we branch on a rope clip and oh miracle, a sound! there are only two knobs for volume and drive a pickup selector and its use is very simple.
SOUNDS
I play everything that is pop / rock of the 90s: oasis, stereophonics, which both use the les paul. This guitar is well suited to this style of music but his repertoire is much broader, nor jazz, nor did the hard scary.
This is a beginners guitar so it is not very typical but very versatile.
I play on a 15-watt behringer amp with a distortion pedal / overdrive and a chorus behringer behringer. the guiatre suffers all the effects very well.
amp behringer does not fully appreciate the capabilities of the guitar. But I tried it on a kustom amp and I must admit that the sound clean and pretty, pretty clear and sounds pretty lens. In overdrive, it's a little winded, the microphones were a bit hard to follow but the result is correct, especially by setting out the knobs.
in clean 9 / 10
in overdrive 7 / 10
OVERALL OPINION
It's been a year since I have my Les Paul Special II and everything works very well.
Its main strength and its price, super affordable for a epiphone, and versatility. For a guitarist who does not know his style, this guitar can do everything without any problems (it still prefer rock to metal).
I tried a lot of guitar first before buying prices but most came from private label, known for making guitars in "boxes". Squier and Yamaha make some nice offers but no strat not beat a good old les paul.
the price / quality ratio is the real advantage of this guitar. A epiphone for less than 200 euros is a bargain especially since the quality is by appointment (but do not expect either the quality and the sound of a gibson 10 times more expensive).
if I will be restarted tomorrow, I will not hesitate, I bought that guitar for its price and versatility.
22 frets, 2 pickups epiphone hunbucker
bridge: tune-o-matic
total volume treble switch / both / rhytm
works very nice, good speed, not too big
UTILIZATION
Handle very nice, fits comfortably in your hand, neither too broad nor too EPAI, not commensurate with the huge sleeves of his big sisters gibson.
well, it's a les paul, so access to the treble is not very easy from the 17th fret which does not stop me from doing solos until the 22nd boxes without twisting my wrist
les paul shape is great, the guitar does not sting the nose. this guitar is playable as well at the ankles on the chest. agree, it weighs quite heavy (but what does he put in?) but with a good strap positioned on the shoulder, I have to play three hours standing without pain.
This is a beginner guitar, so we branch on a rope clip and oh miracle, a sound! there are only two knobs for volume and drive a pickup selector and its use is very simple.
SOUNDS
I play everything that is pop / rock of the 90s: oasis, stereophonics, which both use the les paul. This guitar is well suited to this style of music but his repertoire is much broader, nor jazz, nor did the hard scary.
This is a beginners guitar so it is not very typical but very versatile.
I play on a 15-watt behringer amp with a distortion pedal / overdrive and a chorus behringer behringer. the guiatre suffers all the effects very well.
amp behringer does not fully appreciate the capabilities of the guitar. But I tried it on a kustom amp and I must admit that the sound clean and pretty, pretty clear and sounds pretty lens. In overdrive, it's a little winded, the microphones were a bit hard to follow but the result is correct, especially by setting out the knobs.
in clean 9 / 10
in overdrive 7 / 10
OVERALL OPINION
It's been a year since I have my Les Paul Special II and everything works very well.
Its main strength and its price, super affordable for a epiphone, and versatility. For a guitarist who does not know his style, this guitar can do everything without any problems (it still prefer rock to metal).
I tried a lot of guitar first before buying prices but most came from private label, known for making guitars in "boxes". Squier and Yamaha make some nice offers but no strat not beat a good old les paul.
the price / quality ratio is the real advantage of this guitar. A epiphone for less than 200 euros is a bargain especially since the quality is by appointment (but do not expect either the quality and the sound of a gibson 10 times more expensive).
if I will be restarted tomorrow, I will not hesitate, I bought that guitar for its price and versatility.