All user reviews of 5/5 for the Epiphone Les Paul Studio

Acedemy of Sound, Nottingham. £350

Well this was my first guitar and i'd say its an excellent guitar to start playing with due to the value for money. I really love the fret board on this compared to all fenders/jacksons/squires in the price range. Tapping is easy and fun whereas on other guitars in the price range i find it really hard. Easy to put new strings on. Sounds amazing with my Digitech RP300.

After about 2 years of intense use parts such as the selector toggle are starting to go a bit weird, although i don't consider it a problem. The surface finish over the entire guitar is still mint. Another thing i don;t like is the machine heads, the guitar can go out of tune pretty easily. Pickup came lose, easily fixed with a screwdriver.

Very Robust, dropped a few times and no damage.

For the price this guitar is amazing, get one. I still play mine everyday and it gives amazing sound.

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I got this guitar for christmas. My parents got it from Zzound.com, it coast $1100

EVERYTHING. Kick ass color, wine red, chrome hardwear, feels great, amazing tone, with my digitech RP50 and the two alnico gibson pick-ups you can make this guitar sound just like any bands sound, really stays in tune. perfect stock action for stardard tuning and pretty good for down tuning. and its a gibson of course so you get great quality, sound, and heritage. and it comes with a case with a combo lock!

not much, getting strap locks are a must, and the last 2 frets are a little hard to reach, pretty damn heavy, and cleaning and care is needed very much to keep it looking clean.

great, its heavy so its very solid. there was however a wear mark where my arm rests on the body since its about 1 3/4 inchs thick, i dont know if it came like that, but i dont care because i love this guitar.

KICKS ASS, if you want a les paul and you can aford this one get it, unless you can get a more expensive one, then get that one

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Payed $420 at musiciansfriend.com

I got this guitar because i needed an electric, since i had been borrowing friends' electric guitars for a year, while learning on an acoustic. I wanted a good electric guitar, for an intermediate playing level.

This guitar is fantastic! if youre having second thoughts about buying it, DONT! youll be so happy that you bought it. I got the ebony colored one because i saw the heritage sunburst one at a store, and it was just too bright. The guitar is built extremely well, the wood on the neck is perfect for sliding and everything, and just feels good on the fingers. the action is perfect, the strings are at the perfect height from the fretboard, and the tuning machine is cool, like an acoustic's with 3 tuners on each side. The two pickups are perfect for everything from light fingerpicking with no distortion, to a hard rock sound, and its got a volume and tone control for each pickup (for a total of 4 controls, each one clear, so it looks black, with white numbers on it,which looks veryg ood.). All the hardware and pickups are chrome, so it looks very nice on the black, and its also got the 3 way switch, for rhythm, inbetween, and treble. The guitar is surprinsignly light, making it easy to play, it also seems a little shorter, so its easier to play scales and things on it. Its amazing what a wide range of sounds this thing can produce.

i pretty much love this guitar, but if i HAD to chagne something about it, it'd be the tuning pegs, which are like creamy dark green, they look kinda glow in the dark or somtehing.
and some of the very high frets are harder to hold down, since theye're a little shorter than on other guitars ive played due to the shorter neck.
but that cant be compared with the advantages of this guitar, overall its incredible for its price.

like i said, the construction is great. on other users' reviews i heard that suposedly the 3 way switch gets broken fast, and the input jack is weird, but ive had it for a month and so far everything is perfect, better than i expected. its built very well.

this really is the perfect guitar if youre looking for an intermediate/high level guitar that can deliver a wide range of sounds, is easy to handle and hold, looks cool, and feels good.

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I paid $1099.00 for it at a local Guitar Center

The sound man. Just play a couple chords and you can see why so many people love Gibson guitars. I have played a Fender a lot in past years and the sort of 'twangy' noise it makes had always irritated me. The sound on The LP Studio is very rich and deep and warm. Perfect for rock, metal, blues, etc. The neck is smooth and easy to play. I like the fact that the neck is a little wider than some guitars, but I have big hands...However, the BEST thing about the guitar is that it sounds so nice and plays so nice for only about half the cost of an LP Standard. And the sound is very similar. You can hardly tell the difference. The main thing that makes them different is that the Studio is made out of a slightly thinner piece of mahogany and it doesn't have all the fancy binding, finishes, inlays, etc. that the Standard has. Finally, some people say that they don't like the weight of the guitar. I like it. I think it makes the guitar feel more solid and it doesn't move around the way a really light guitar does when you walk around and such.

Absolutely nothing. Like everyone says, the straps can come off, but just buy some straplocks for under 20 bucks and problem solved...I mean, if you can afford a $1,000
guitar then surely you can afford some straplocks...

Very well constructed. Like I said, the only difference from more expensive LP's is basically cosmetic...the construction is the same. It feels very solid.

Hmmm, all in all a great guitar especially if you can't afford an extremely flashy guitar, but want one that sounds just as good.

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Bought it at Wray's Music shop in Lemoyne, PA USA for $1100 new. You may think I'm stupid, but it was my first guitar. And no, I'm not rich. I just got a job (yay!) and so I bought it with money from the job.
I've played violin for 8 years and so I have musical talent. Of course, violin is really stupid and dorky (no offense to people who like it. Just my opinion) so I wanted something to raise my musical talent further with a whole new variety of genres and at the same time also raise my self-esteem. Guitars are real chick magnets.

I love how it looks. Mine is wine red with chrome hardware. I prefer chrome over gold because I don't think gold and red go well together (another opinion). The wine red is so beautiful. I've looked for tons of guitars, and this is the prettiest.
It also has great detail and just little things that aren't noticeable but are better than cheaper versions.
Tuning is easy. The strings have never broken on me, yet. It's easy to get into high positions. Shiting is so awesome.
The pickups are amazing. They have great sound, and I like the little knobby things. They're pretty. =)

Straps fall off easy. If you take my opinion worth anything, then trust me, you don't want your strap to fall off with a $1100 guitar. Ouch. However, this can be fixed, for only $20. Buy some strap locks.
I can't seem to do barre chords perfectly. But that's just me. I need more practice. I've only had it for 3 hours.

It has mahoghany and maple. I dunno. Read what that other reviewer wrote. He knows. I do know that it's really heavy. Almost as heavy as my bass. Almost.
It also has two humbucker pickups. Humbuckers are really nice.

This guitar is awesome!!! (nothing less)

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I got this amazing piece of heaven from the net. A shop from california for 1000 bucks including a case and everything!

everything! amazing vibe, great humbucker pickups, fun to play. its the most comfortable guitar i've played(so what if i've only played about 4 guitars!).
I was trying to choose between the studio les paul to the standard one which is much more expensive. i chose the studio and i am very proud of my choice.

not one thing.

sturdy, heavy. It's well built, especially like the neck. The wood preduces a great fat , warm sound.

GREAT GUITAR! if you are looking for a top quality guitar in a not too bad price - look no further.

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I bought my guitar because I wanted a high quality guitar with a name and I like it's looks. I paid 950$ for it at a local store alto's music. Musicians friend charges
1300$!!!

I really like my guitar. It has a nice black finish. It is the LP Studio Gothic. I really like the tone especially when switched in rythm. It has an ebony fretboard and the crescent moon inlay on the twelth fret. I like the sound when switched in distortion it can give a nice crunch. It's a hot guitar. I also really like the play. It is very easy to play and each note is smooth.

Well the first thing I don't like is it's weight..but it's not really too bad I was just used to my ibanez. That's what you get for a guitar made out of wood. The real thing i don't like about my guitar in particular is that the connection where you plug your chord into is loose so the sound cracks sometimes but thats just an individual defect. I just have to repair that..it's simple. finger prints show easily on it but when you polish it, it really looks great.

The construction is pretty good...it's very sturdy it's a solid piece of wood everything works great except for my connection which i will fix but I got my guitar with a 300 discount because if minor scratches on the back and the connection.

I think overall this guitar is GREAT!!! I'm 15 and was used to this crappy ibanez worth 150$ and there is SUCH A DIFFERENCE. But when you are purchasing you should make sure the individual guitar works correctly with any brand.

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Simpsons guitars and things in Edinburgh. Cost: £280. Tried out a couple guitars then i spotted this one, gave it a go and just fell in love.

The finish (Heritage Cherry or something), is amazing, looks the absolute business. The neck is smooth, comfortable and the guitar has good action. The pick-ups do their job excellently, you can coax a hell of a lot of sounds outta it.

The strap lock beside the neck broke and the other looks on it's way out but i got it fixed no bother for free. The pick-up selector broke off too.

Rosewood neck - flawless. The body is a little light but i like that, great for gigs. The pots are good, give a great range of sounds, lots of variation. The finish is top quality, great. It takes hard handling and comes out looking great. No complaints here.

Sounds great, especially for rocking out some killer riffs or grating power chords, yet still versatile. You cant ask for a best guitar for this price.

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Recently bought from a music shop in my local town, was shop demo model,I got it for a snip at £600 with a gig bag and 3 packs of strings. The guitar was manufactured in Nov 2000 so is still pretty new.

In the band I'm in, it calls for lots of rock and roll/ blues type riffs and chords. This guitar makes some wonderful rich tones when played. It sounds great in either clean or overdrive. When you really rock it it sounds like a well tuned ferrari! I play it through a Fender Deluxe 90 and they really compliment each other.
It is so easy to hold, being lighter than the standard Les Pauls and is a real dream to play. I recently changed to this from a semi-acoustic and the difference is amazing, no more arm or finger strain. The fingerboard action and bridge set up make this guitar effortless to play, even for long rehearsals.

I agree with the nitro-cellulose finish being a little soft and easily marked but other than that I LOVE IT!

Mine is Ruby Red with gold hardware. It has the Alnico humbucker pickups with the new "hot" treble pickup which is a real belter.
Typically of Gibson the instrument oozes quality and the Ruby Red with its multi-layed laquer finish still shows the grain of the maple top. It looks fabulous.

I've always wanted to own a Gibson and now I do, I am not disappointed. I'd recommend this guitar to anyone. I'm keeping mine forever!

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I got the guitar off e-bay for 600 bucks. The first thing that caught my eye was the classy and sleek look of the guitar.

This guitar is packed with tone. I got the one with the ebony fretboard, and this thing has a ton of bite to it. It sounds just as good if not better than any standard or classic ive ever played. It is also one of the nicest guitars to play.

There are just a couple of little things i dont like about it. First, Gison's nitrocellulose finish had a reaction with the rubber on the guitar stand, turnigh the white into brown, but only in the back and bottom where the stand touched. Another bad thing is the strings don't pass over the center of the saddles, which limits what type of replacement saddles you can get

The construction is great. Its very sturdy and rarely needs to be set-up. I wouldnt say it's as sturdy as a telecaster, but pretty damn close.

An all around great guitar. It's way cheaper than a standard, and it sounds the same and plays better. The white finish with gold hardware is very nice. The most important thing is it has a huge sound, with enough bite to let your leads shine through.

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Mars the Musicians Planet, 379.00


I have spent the past 14 years "tinkering" with guitars. By "tinkering" I mean that I never took any formal lessons and would just pick up things here and there to play. 1 year ago I decided to get serious about learning and playing so I decided to buy my first NEW electric guitar. As soon as I entered the store I spotted my baby amongst a wall of other ax's. Transluscent black with white binding and black hardware. I pulled it off the wall and plugged it in and played what little I knew. It sounded amazing and played like it was made just for me.

To be fair, I played a Gibson Les Paul Standard, a Fender Strat, and a handful of Ibanez, Washburn, and Jackson guitars. None could compare to the Epiphone for the overall package.


It originally came with a clear plastic pick guard. Epiphone sells replacements, but when I looked for one I found them all a little cheesy looking. I talked the salesman into giving me one off of a Gibson LP that was being returned for damage. I had to trim it a little with an Xacto knife, but once I got it on there it looked great.

I read and hear alot of complaints about the weight, although it is a little heftier than some other guitars, I find the weight comfortable.


The only construction defaults I have found are three small dimples in the finish, but you really have to look to find them.

If you are considering buying an Epiphone Lp, BEWARE OF GREEN TUNING PEGS.
Also, you should invest in a Quick Lok guitar strap system as the stock strap pegs on the Epiphones tend to be a little smaller than the norm.


My Epiphone Les Paul is perfect. Great sound, smooth playability, versatile, great looking and affordable. I have yet to find a sound I can't get with my Epiphone and it holds a tuning like you would not believe. It makes playing and learning fun. I get alot of compliments on it.


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Purchased new at Guitar Center, San Marcos, CA.
Price paid: $989

Why: Always wanted one and finally got it !

Where do I start ? The guitar looks, sounds and plays without equal. The one I bought is Wine Red with Gold Trim and full pearl inlays (no dots) and is beautiful (why do they say the Studio model isn't nice enough to play on stage ???).

The action is light and very predictable from fret to fret. Overall construction is very solid and appears flawless. The pickups aren't especially noisy, and the hardware is all very solid.

Sound is, well, it's a Les Paul - nothing else needs to be said ! It has a full, distinct sound with years of sustain (OK, maybe only hours !). Add some distortion and it rips !!! Plug it directly into the amp and you get a beautiful clean sound.

I think I better tell my wife that I'm in love with my guitar !

One minor complaint: The tuning peg on the third (G) string, while feeling smooth, is hard to "tweak" to get the string exactly in tune. I have to assume it's the peg and not the string or other hardware. When I bring the guitar in for the first string change (I like to do that with new guitars, don't ask me why), I'll have the technician look at it.

As I said above, it's awesome ! This is my sixth "real" guitar (I'm counting my Gibson SG, Fender, Takamine, Ibanez and Yamaha) plastic ones don't count) and by far the best constructed of the bunch. It also looks and sounds better than any of the others (and I LOVE my SG !).

If you can afford it, buy it. Nothing else to say.

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Long & McCuade,
Oshawa, ON, Canada
Christmas Present from girlfriend (now wife-how could I let her go?)
~$1400 CDN


I love the look of the Les Paul, and the studio has a very clean look to it.
Mine is black with gold hardware.
I love the sound I get when I combine it with my Marshall amp.
I like the weight. I have always liked heavy guitars


The strap holder things. I had a huge problem of the strap always letting go from the holder close to the neck. Sometimes I like to lift the neck of the guitar up and the strap just lets go. Good thing I always had a hand on the neck. Got a set of strap-locks, problem solved.


Solid. No complaints here.


My wife made an excellent choice. I would have no problem living my life with just Les Paul's.



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