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Published on 05/28/04 at 15:00I got this guitar off ebay for $410 Canadian. I had eben playing acoustic for about 2-3 years off and on, and i finally saved up some money for an electric. I had originally wanted a standard epiphone les paul but i couldnt afford it, so after reading the reviews on both the studio and lp-100, i decided to go with the studio since i preferred the look of the trapeziod inlays and alnico pick-ups (which they recently stopped stocking the studios with), and the reviews seemed to think that the studio had a sound closer to the standard than the lp-100
i love this guitar! i have had it for about 2 months, and ive already had so many compliments on it. The guys at the local music store like the rare colour of my studio (its like a tobacco sunburst). I play punk rock, emo, and alternative rock and this baby screams. I run it through a crate gt15 practice amp and my friend's marshall mg15, and its rad. the rhythm pickup is a little too muddy, but i normally use the treble (which sounds good but i plan on upgrading) so its all good. and this baby stays in tune. my guitar teacher was amazed becaue my guitar was the only one out of his student's that manages to stay in tune for weeks, even with the everchanging weather (i did upgrade the tuning machines to grovers though)
like i said before, the rhythm pickup is a little bit too muddy, but still screams. and the pick guard does stand high off the body of my guitar between the pickups (i know its supposed to be elevated at the one end, but the other end is still a little bit high off the body) but that miught just be because it might have got warped in the mail... it can be replaced anyway
the quality is amazing, i did put one dent in the back of the guitar already though, which cracked the finish, but thats because i wacked it hard on the arm of my computer chair. otherwise this baby is built to last. it never cuts out on me or anything, even when switching the pickups. and, like i said, it stays in tune very well. i havent broken a string yet either, and the strings i am using have been on there for more than a month! very good quality.
amazing guitar! i'd probably recommend this over the lp-100 (i havent played much of the lp-100 but the guys at the music store, who i didnt even buy my guitar from, said that the lp-100 specials are poor quality and the studio is much better). i'd still like a standard, though, because of the binding and maple top, but this baby works just as well probably... since they both have the same stock-pick ups (or they used to, now they have downgraded the studio pickups from alnicos to standard humbuckers it looks like).
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i love this guitar! i have had it for about 2 months, and ive already had so many compliments on it. The guys at the local music store like the rare colour of my studio (its like a tobacco sunburst). I play punk rock, emo, and alternative rock and this baby screams. I run it through a crate gt15 practice amp and my friend's marshall mg15, and its rad. the rhythm pickup is a little too muddy, but i normally use the treble (which sounds good but i plan on upgrading) so its all good. and this baby stays in tune. my guitar teacher was amazed becaue my guitar was the only one out of his student's that manages to stay in tune for weeks, even with the everchanging weather (i did upgrade the tuning machines to grovers though)
like i said before, the rhythm pickup is a little bit too muddy, but still screams. and the pick guard does stand high off the body of my guitar between the pickups (i know its supposed to be elevated at the one end, but the other end is still a little bit high off the body) but that miught just be because it might have got warped in the mail... it can be replaced anyway
the quality is amazing, i did put one dent in the back of the guitar already though, which cracked the finish, but thats because i wacked it hard on the arm of my computer chair. otherwise this baby is built to last. it never cuts out on me or anything, even when switching the pickups. and, like i said, it stays in tune very well. i havent broken a string yet either, and the strings i am using have been on there for more than a month! very good quality.
amazing guitar! i'd probably recommend this over the lp-100 (i havent played much of the lp-100 but the guys at the music store, who i didnt even buy my guitar from, said that the lp-100 specials are poor quality and the studio is much better). i'd still like a standard, though, because of the binding and maple top, but this baby works just as well probably... since they both have the same stock-pick ups (or they used to, now they have downgraded the studio pickups from alnicos to standard humbuckers it looks like).
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com