All user reviews for the Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top

In which country was it made?
China

What type of bridge?
fixed

What kind of handle?
Mahogany neck

How many frets, what kind of microphone and their configuration?
22 frets
alnico humbuckers pickups I replaced with two EMG 81 & 85 because the microphones origins are downright bad in sounds very saturated (which is the case with most microphones guitars of this price range)

What are the settings?
volume, tone, micro switch

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The handle is it nice?
very, I have yet played on a lot of (good) and the handle guitars Les Paul is my favorite

Ergonomics is good?
nickel

Access to acute (recent freight) is it easy?
no, but I must admit I'm not a virtuoso

SOUNDS

Are they adequate for your style of music? What types of sounds you get and with what settings?
fan of greasy metal, I play in C and it fits perfectly with my style of music

With what (s) amp (s) or effect (s) do you play?
Peavey tube head + + DISTX Blackstar HT Overdrive Zakk Wylde

OVERALL OPINION

How long you use it?
almost 7 years

Did you tried many other models before buying it?
no, I went from a Epiphone Les Paul Special to it

What is so special that you love the most, least?
sound, monstrous

How would you rate the quality / price?
very good, because with a change of pickups and an adjustment in the luthier (guitar total cost of 570 €) it happens to have tried a few, to a quality at least equivalent to the inputs of Gibson ranges which are sold 800 to 1100 €.

With experience, you do again this choice?
definitely because I bought a lot of good guitars (Epiphone Slah signature Ltd KH602) and meanwhile it is the only one I've kept because in the end I only play with it.

In which country was it made?
The woman is Korean.
What type of bridge?
Tune-O-Matic tailpiece stop bar
What kind of handle?
Mahogany set neck, rosewood fingerboard with 22 frets binding
Scale 24.75 "
What types of micro and their configuration?
2 Epiphone humbucking pickups
What are the settings (volume, tone, micro switch ...)?
2 volumes, 2 tones anda selector 3 positions
The body is alder and mahogany; the flamed maple top and bulging, with net cash edge
The tuners are Grover oil bath

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The handle is it nice?
This is a log, and personally, unless you are masochistic, I find it comfortable to perfection, it's soft, it does not cramp the hands. Channel perfect!
Ergonomics is it good (in terms of shape, weight ...)?
This is a Les Paul, so it's heavy compared to a Strat or other guitar in the genre. To play sitting, it is top, it is balanced, it does not take down. As for the game while standing, a good thick strap will do the trick I think. The weight is largely bearable, should not exaggerate as we hear often.
Access to acute (recent freight) is it easy?
So there is not one shred guitar designed for. Access after the 15th box is not easy but doable if you do not have a solo of 15 minutes to play between the 15th and 22nd fret.
Do you get a good sound easy?
Bah ... 4 knobs, a selector, and you be the judge.

SOUNDS

Are they adequate for your style of music?
I use it in various musical fields ranging from mild blues to the explosion of metal, and it provides pretty good. Note that here I want accounts perforances mics I'm installing (gibson 490R and 498T). With the original pickups, the sound lacked personality and was not very hot.
With what (s) amp (s) or effect (s) do you play?
I use it on a Bugera Tube (2 * 12 ") and Laney (head + cabinet 4 * 12"), sometimes with a MXR M-116 for a heavy distortion, and my sound is perfect regardless of the configuration .
What are the sounds you prefer, you hate?
The sound of the mics handle is deep, round and warm, and that the bridge is incisive, sharp and more chad (yes!). Super versatile guitar with its own personality. There is no sound that I dislike about this guitar.
And when the sustain is not bad, keep good notes.

OVERALL OPINION

How long you use it?
Pil hair a year I think, and I do not get enough of this beauty.
Did you tried many other models before buying it?
I tested the Epiphones (much worse) and Gibson (the wood of the handle is more comfortable on Gibson). If not rich, I rabbatu on it, and it does its job properly.
What is so special that you love the most, least?
Likes: the form (yeah, Les Paul, this is legendary!), Color (the table is beautiful in the light), weight (at least you can feel it), ergonomics, and of course SOUND Finally, its price is really interesting (note that the finish is just perfect on mine, which is not always the case).
I do not like: the original pickups, solder (easy to do again) and mechanical.
How would you rate the quality / price?
Nothing to say, it's cheap and it was a good guitar that can upgrade later.
With experience, you do again this choice?
With experience, yes, I would do this choice without hesitation, with the money keeps flowing, I'd take a gibson les paul supreme (yeah, the legend comes at a price!).


PS: My opinion is based on all the changes I made on the guitar that is:
- The gibson pickups 490 and 498
- The mechanical schaller (same as on the Gibson models)
- The straplocks
- The jack came with locking system
- The knobs
- The selector
- All welds
- Bridge tonepro

Well, for less than € 1000, you have the equivalent of a Gibson in sound (deuce benchmarks are not the handle pearl! What will I do ...)

The Gibson Les Paul guitars are actually iconic rock 'n roll music as Elvis or the Beatles. You can't flip on the radio did not hear a guitar or a band use this instrument. They have a certain feel and sound with a tone that is just synonymous with rock 'n roll music. However they can be someone expenses for many of the budgeted musicians out there today. That is why the Gibson company basically started producing the more budget friendly Epiphone Les Paul guitar's. Basically these guitars are exact knockoff copies of a Les Paul guitar but very lower prices.

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Features

Solid mahogany body
Flamed maple veneer over carved top
Set mahogany neck
Slim-tapered neck
22-fret rosewood fingerboard
24-3/4" scale
1-11/16" nut width
Alnico Classic humbuckers
LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece for more sustain and easier string changing
Cream body and fretboard binding
Chrome hardware

SOUNDS

The tone of these guitars are basically exactly the same shape and feel. These guitar and we'll get the exact count for a penny tenth of the price with some of the Gibson guitars. When you stick this guitar in front of a good high gain amplifier such as Mesa Boogie or Marshall amplifier than you to get some sweet rock 'n roll tones. These guitars features to public and pick ups with mahogany wood body/neck and a rosewood fret board. It's a pretty standard wood set up just like you find on basically every Gibson electric guitar.


OVERALL OPINION

You should find these guitars for right around $450 new. That's a great price for a budget friendly Les Paul type instrument. These guitars have the same controls as you refund and also to volume control knobs as well as the two tone control knobs. All the features and even the look is basically right down to the Gibson Les Paul guitar. I really recommend this guitar to anyone looking for a decent sounding Gibson Les Paul style instrument who doesn't want to pay the big price tag of an authentic Gibson Les Paul guitar. This is a great alternative for some and many others will appreciate the quality and workmanship that goes into these guitars.

Epiphone Les Paul Standard Ebony Left MODEL 2003 with a border around crme
the 4 pots with an amber vase shape down the two covers on the back of the body are colored crme,
if Batman had just said about this guitar clean gnrales CHARACTERISTICS

mine is up with mcaniques Grover (3x3) models are apparently the last ride with chrome Grover mca brand
I bought them with ropes trs soft on them, not so good when you're used harder.

I have not changed the plastic nut for a graphite or bone ... is that much better? the diffrence is she feeling?
ties kouroi are the original ones (chrome)

8 because 9 is too close to perfection and is good Epiphone, but for now, no veneer of party, just that I find the pots are mounted askew because when they turn the bend of a cot .. nothing mchant

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Les Paul body shape, except the head is diffrent from that of Gibson, but you think what you will but I prfre the head Epiphone, I know why, it is diff rent and I prfre,
- Pickguard color crme, although enjoyable when you push the back and come from a little too hard mdiator ...!!!
- I love the handle, so I pass on my qd imitation Start, comfort level I feel lost, it's too flat, my rhythm s'enchane less (I ... more rhythmic) handle the Les Paul is anchored well in the palm of your hand is a style prcis, but when you take your foot like
- Access in acute ... bah we do with, when we will not even make a dfonce lol ... I'll n'ys rarely, but when it is m me not hell, just dpend solos jous ...
- ESG slice a little beginners (I n'tais not really used but you get done, and you just do Clisse ctes crush or sever your veins .. it is still wise.
the body seems smaller APRS a strato example, but I like it is heavy (lighter than a Gibson) we really feel like a musical instrument in the hands, a guitar close belly makes you vibrate when a saturated ... oh the other! the friend Sunday
vacuum is, a sound correct, but with extra light strings has a frieze max in serious but it's not really a problem.

9, because I feel comfortable trs, except with the tite tobago nylon strap qumander Total Guitar, bah hello shoulder, do not play ... the shirtless the Bertignac hh .. live without in December with a good well-padded leather strap wide, no problem, so j'hsite to 10

SOUNDS

So it's a topic on the forums that brings the most value GERRIER, yes yes
c powerful sound, warm, with sustain, now we dveloppe.
I play mostly rock (Stones, Oasis, ...), a softphone can go to the hard (ACDC. ..) blues, soul or funk
First time when you're used to sound with his Fender Blues, bah littralement has changed, I have struggled to beginners ... APRS will we tame
if I find the pots of Tone are not exceptionally varied sound, from 0 to 10 bah has changed between the two ... but so so has to change or not?
the other in level I can not switch the position diffrencier intermdiaire and the "Rhythm" whether or CLAIT drive. Will has made another'm normal?
I like a clean sound, it's hot, I find that a ring trs "vintage" difficult to explain, in this in any position. it's true that it is more his forte, the sound clear, but there are only three possible 'compartment must get used to a Start. when I find that beginners IMMEDIATE is attracted to the saturation because the power is felt, is discovering the magical world of doubles! but we must clean sounds have more charm!
speak into the saturated bah that mean? has a drool drool is true, and when people say the wrong sense, I find that a lack of precision, in harmony, clarity of sound, distonctions notes (jme r qt is the power ...), but is not everything ... hhbr /> in such a saturated ring vintage
nanmoins when you do not know the double standards there way to have fun ... without DCON.
APRS if you have a minimum of practice, bah I think we're trying to change the pickups,
I think it will make him a lot of good, and I will take (because I think that one day ... .. unless the lottery ... as ... the older sister .. . you follow me) and probably of Seymour, trying to choose a MODEL gives me a vintage sound that will suit him like a glove ...

OVERALL OPINION

I've had two weeks, not like, I myself dja habitu I like it
I have not tried Coxx AIM at all, the comfort of non-Thurs .. blah

report quality price ... haha ​​yes I am left handed I pay so it's more expensive compared Toka Orville ... or others ... c real expensive, but I have not tried these dernires, their mouths sometimes lacking in charm, in the Epi Ebony mm .. trs with beautiful chrome hardware ... Cherry sunburst but the trs is beautiful too ...

then continue to the best of the length (yeah yeah I know ...) I balance my upgrade when the ides of this guitar, I have not ... but I'm in the ides

- I keep mca Grover
- A micro SH1 59 in sleeve
- A micro SH4 JB in the bridge (not sr)
- Strap lock (Shaller or Dunlop ...)
- Bone nut or graphite
- Changing the pots?
....

tite going good guitar, the pleasure is 8 (average of the three ...)

deuxime in a guitar I will Tlcaster (mex well s ^ r..)

I bought this Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus has lead guitars and a pigalle javou qu'ellle a thing.
I do not buy this coulleur but this is not the issue. this guitar is very easy to seduce and control many of the fan paul.meme if it is not working as a gibson United States it has a trs beautiful violin, well done. the handle is really great very easy to achieve the treble in less than 2 trs and is smooth. Finally, this guitar is great.

UTILIZATION

This guitar has an excellent easy to use and very easy to Magnes. Satisfesant trs weight is for a les paul, lesgibson its heavier, but a good gun leather strap Matelac nothing will prevent you from playing like Jimmy Page himself.

SOUNDS

The sound is not bad but it is better to change the pickups with Gibson, or the sound will come out a better quality and you will shake hands when they heard the big sound ROCK.cette guitar fits any style of music els rock, reggae, blues, etc. .. .... trs sound hot.

OVERALL OPINION

This guitar is fantastic, easy to play a guitar you impressionante.cette pleira Lesperance and I'm going to be my great benefit of a veiled thank you. BONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MUSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIQUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AND .............. ......................

Guitar-Epiphone les paul standart bought over 600 euros, now it is a little cheaper.
22-fret neck, Grover that takes very well even with a game strongly oriented bending
- The settings are simple while I will not go into details
- The look of the guitar is excellent, the table in maple outbreak is beautiful, not much to complain about at the finish for a guitar of this price.

UTILIZATION

- The handle is good and access to your fever is finally gibsonnien lespaulien instead (it's not an SG)
- We regret that there is no cutting in the lower belly like the strats
- It is a little heavy but nothing special
- To the sounds see below

SOUNDS

-The sounds are unfortunately not up to the quality of the finish
In the clear is pretty bad.
Saturated in it not better, sound is unworthy of a Lespaul
- To remedy this I quickly put DiMarzio pickups in place and I found sounds Gibsonian with a saturated sound of excellent quality.
- I play on a hot rod with a tube screamer pedal, the overdrive is excellent and although the amp has a lot to the new pickups are not for nothing.
She is perfect for the blues-rock.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two years and I have no regrets
I hesitated with a Mexican Start, but I finally chose this guitar because it was beautiful. Then I was disappointed by the sound. So I invested in microphones. Made like you would not be disappointed because it is a good investment even if the microphone to 100 euros Dimarzio or Seymour Duncan is given ca worth the time.

Guitar-les paul standart piphone plusque I was silent for 550 what a good price trs a year ago!
22-fret neck, gibson pickups Submitted on + standard and not the standard with Grover mcanique that can be loose on the solos is Jimmy Page!
- The rglages are very very simple there is nothing wrong!
- Otherwise the CHARACTERISTICS of the guitars are more than perfect as 1ST guitar (me is my third)

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- The handle is very enjoyable to touch the only inconvnient the frets are a bit imposing for the sweeping
-Access is easy to acute Les Pauls in May is a not a Start so we can not ask him tro either!
- The shape is superb!! But his weight !!!!! c true that it is heavy blacksmithing May his back at least!
Be obtained very easily sound you DSIR was just a jack and connect the c left for a good time of fun!
I would put 9 / 10 because of its weight if it will be 10/10!

SOUNDS

- To the sound is almost perfect (it's not a gibson either!) But I use it on a tube amp and frankly it's one that poses all rock fans to the Led Zep!
- Is not easy to play any type of rock with this guitar. it's a really versatile guitar that suits everyone!
I play with a distortion prfere not tros mtal + grunge but that suits him perfectly!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1year now and it suits me perfectly even if I buy an ibanez vai or strat order to satisfy my cravings for a sweeping the Steve Vai!
the price quality ratio is outstanding especially if you buy it used because they do not get damaged TRS: trs the varnish is good (each time it looks we get the impresssion it is new!)
mcaniques the trs are in good quality +!
I do it again no problem this choice because it is really an exceptional guitar!

Made in China.
22 frets, 2 humbucker pickups.

UTILIZATION

The handle is comfortable for my taste because it's asser epai, typic Les Paul!!
O The access is pretty sharp but good c no one stratum or a music man!
The weight is suitable, since it is made in China because it is lighter before buying it I had to try one made in Korea and much heavier.
This gives a good sound .......... if you change the pickups! and yes I do not just get used to it.

SOUNDS

It's perfect at the mid puiske g kit Zakk Wylde I recomand those ki play metal, it's a dir EMG 85 and 81.
This completely changed the ki.
But if his back on the old microphones, and bein c asser versatile but still very average trs my taste.
The sound is fat, but just to please some people.
I use a line6 spiderII 212 ki ki is a sound amplifier.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 month.
I love his table amber flame degrade beautiful!!
The sound is not great but change the pickups and g always goes well.
the price is enormous RAPORT quality because I found so owers 415 150 euros cheaper than elsewhere!!
If I remake it again the same choice, the kit Zakk Wylde EMG of course!!

I bought the les paul standard left handed for a week.
22 frets and original microphone.
Mcanique thrushes are much more fun tuning the previous ones MODELS
I find it lighter than The models of Annes 98-99. THE FIRST I t much heavier than the.

UTILIZATION

The handle is enjoyable trs, CHAC is the acute dlicat 22ime box for a les paul but you have to know what you want.
Ergonomics is agable but rather than sitting upright to play because it did not groove like that have US fender.

SOUNDS

The original sound is a rgale I find a good course I played on a Peavy Classic 30 amp a lamp and I must say that sustain trs is enjoyable. I think that in the future when I pass to Di Marzio pickups for a little over neighboring EHJV in the treble.
The clear sound is warm but not too dfois feel the diffrence be tween the position of double microphone set and the neck pickup position.
But it is a dtail.

OVERALL OPINION

I for a week
It is a rgale.
Month: be difficult to play sitting
The sound of the double well microphones acute crunch has led zep
I regret not my choice. I do it again if a remake c'tait
I took my guitar complmentaire Fender Standard United States and is a good compromise I travel a great beach with its two high.

The features have already been presented

UTILIZATION

- A sleeve that slides well. He often repproche its width, for me it allows a good grip. Those who already play guitar on it folks Accommodate quickly.
- Access to the last fret of strings is relatively difficult
- Guitar very well balanced, which makes you forget its high weight when playing standing. Personally, the only problem is the weight associated with transport (difficult to transport the guitar and amp at arm's length).

SOUNDS

- From folk guitar, I was looking for a guitar with a good clear sound and correct distortion. For its clear, it is excellent (even if the treble could be better).
- The distortion is often criticized, judged "dribbling" it is true that she did nothing special (still high), position play rhythm can sound good.
- I play blues, metallica, the Srv ... A good guitar for guitarists who like the versatility, or have not found their style.

OVERALL OPINION

- I play it for about two months (allowing a global view)
- The -: the treble!
- The pros: Its appearance in heritage cherry sunburst, it is beautiful.
The clear sound
The well-balanced weight
- I have long hesitated between this guitar and a fender standard srato for the same price range. But I found the fender unbalanced, and with a lack of sound ... difficult to find the right word, I think that this difference depends on the person (the sound of this guitar seems more pure, more natural)
- Anex In detail, I bought this guitar via thomann, and have received inordinate (the high E string and serious curled)

See below

UTILIZATION

- Easy to play neck.
- Access to a specific acute les paul ... (There's more but it just perfectly).
- Guitar quite heavy (compared to my stratocaster for example).
- The shape of the guitar really does not follow the body shape as opposed to fender. He must find the right position to avoid messing up the coast.

- Excellent violin

SOUNDS

- I bought this guitar for very specific sounds (like Neil Young) and that's exactly what I needed.
- The original pickups are not really terrible drafts, not well defined. So I installed the Seymour Duncan and since it sounds awfully good: warm, full of harmonics and sustain.
I put 10/10 after changing microphones.

OVERALL OPINION

- Used for 1 month.
- I think the weak point of this guitar are the original pickups because the violin is pretty good.
- Mounted with good microphones, this scraper is very interesting fair. For about 700 euros, it was an instrument that sounds, with actual perfumes paulien (warmth, depth, sustain, power).
- The only competitor I have tried: Hagstrom. it is comparable to the ear but the sound of the one I tried was rather unconvincing at all.

Everything is already said,
mine dates from 2000 and is customized with Seymour and meca grover jb/59

UTILIZATION

Small seed with the original knobs they should be changed -1

SOUNDS

The pickups are really corect bases under the price of the beast, but even with duncan qd ca pete grave. I personally think it is better to avoid the microphones gibsons that are expensive and less than duncan. For my part with the couple jb/59 any lamp plugged into a Boogie Rectifier, well I can tell you it sounds.
see the diference in sound and quality and between epiphone gibson, I find the prices outrageous gibsons. once equipped with good microphones epiphone they do not pale beside the big sisters gibsons.
I sold mine a year ago and a half, and I regret tjs. I redeemed one of ocaz tjs and I am also seduced, yet since I have played both the qqs gibson ...
Anyway if you like the sound les paul it is incredibly good considering the price.
therefore predict the same change of pickups and knobs. and if it is an older version predict the passage of Mecas in Grover or Sperzel -1 for AC as cons for basic Mecas are downright despicable

OVERALL OPINION

Very happy supere grate, yet I tried the free (esp, ltd, ibanez, gibson, jackson, schecter). I love my other brands and other grates but it must be confessed qu'epphone not make fun of the world and shows quite a price (or more) justified.
-1 Because it qqs qd same defect (above)
roughly qqchose missing the little guitar that would make a perfect ...

. China Manufacturing
. Alder body and mahogany / maple table (table flamed version of 'More') with binding
. Mahogany set neck / rosewood fingerboard with 22 frets binding
. 2 humbucking pickups
. 2 volumes and 2 tones
. Bridge tun-o-matic stop bar tailpiece +
. Chrome hardware

UTILIZATION

Channel pleasant not too thick
easy access to acute
good balance, relatively low weight
easy adjustment

SOUNDS

Perfect for what I play for silverchair foo fighters through RATM
plugged into a peavey envoy 110 clean sound is pleasant
the distortion through a boss ds1 is large and suits me perfectly
lacks some treble in same clean qd

OVERALL OPINION

Recent acquisition dc favorable necessarily having started on a TV squier is a huge difference in terms tt finish, sound, and ergonomics.
the look is terrible (vintage sunburst) finish, high quality (I hesitated with sg)
having bought from thomann I could not find better value
was whether I would do the same choice? saw my use and I board my level no reason to change

- It's a pretty nice Chinese by Mr. Gibson. A "handmade in China" but also made with machines.
else adj t said many times on Previous notice.
The body and mahogany are good quality trs. Assemblies impeccable. As for the table in Saddle Flamm's just a sheet plate on the body ... Dixit my Luthier. Now it is mainly 3 / 4 mahogany and 1 / 4 Saddle which the sound of a "Paulette"! Grover Mcaniques excellent. Fillet or "Binding" is just paint. In short, despite the quality of the violin, if you look prsy Z'Y put a fresh coat of makeup (trs patent pais) ... to make it look real.

UTILIZATION

The handle is no pais no end, a good compromise between the 60 'and 50' at Gibson. the handling and banding are a bit rough to beginners, but eventually got used to it quickly because it is a guitar to play it right?
Overall a good scratch to mimine muscles, and to give expression, you can go is physics! To Access in acute must be crossed and the heel is dangerous mission, but not impossible, it is very similar cel its big sister, as the weight elsewhere.

SOUNDS

Nothing is more subjective than the one to call, if you feel like a terrace sipping a "Canada Dry" We got little to no real thrills.
The original pickups sounded light, I Mount of Seymour Duncan 59 '... and on my Fender Blues Junior branch o I also occasionally my old Gibson 335, I found presentations rather close: the sound is fatter with more depth and dynamics, opration SURGICAL done all of the same drive up the price by 30%. Having said that price level is still far from Gibson!

OVERALL OPINION

In short after six months, I try to be as objective as possible (not easy when you're like me, an old bluesman converted into family life and s'tait largest scratch for a few years ).
That said:
So much to say right now, and as in previous ones cit opinion, do not expect to have a clone of the Les Paul, it is dsormais stamped "Handmade in China" This mean that if the quality of finish is to go at the cost of industrialization grows up, you have a reliable guitar at all levels, but without much personality.
At least for two times cheaper than a Les Paul Studio REPRESENTATIVES that the entry-level Gibson was right even a scratch of equivalent quality. In short when you can not afford to accder rvant myth can finally afford the original ... and that's what I'll do my ds my finances permit.