Made in Korea in 2004. Channel '56 type, very easy to take control. 22 frets 2 p90 pickups Epiphone cream. 2 volume knobs, 2 tone knobs. A cream pickguard. Grover oil bath. On mine, the previous posseusseur the skyscraper was replaced by the electronic Epiphone Gibson <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_wink.gif" alt="" /> .

UTILIZATION

The handle: oh yes, love. I prefer it than my Tele Classic Player 50's and that of my Epiphone LP Standard. She weighs ... bah like all LP. Access to acute: not insurmountable, but not easy ... Like all the LP what. Anyway, this is not a skyscraper made to shred. Getting a "good sound" if it means the rhythm Guns, AC / DC, The Strokes, yes (in addition, the sound is clear on these magnificent p90). If it's for Satriani, no.

SOUNDS

So yes, this guitar suits my sound (bin yes, we do not choose the first skyscraper to come play anything and everything, we try to think a bit before anyway ...): Strokes, AC / DC the light crunch to overdrive testostéronée or of Guns in a little more modern. I play on an amp Blackstar 5W lights, only at home. [small update on the mic] Epiphone is best known for being the sub-brand of Gibson who made copies of its illustrious big brothers. Epiphone but is also known for making microphones, say ... pourraves. But here, leave your preconceptions: it's really impressive! The bridge pickup is very focused towards the lack of bass and treble. But it lacks most fishing is its main shortcoming. In addition, it is somewhat messy, so as to avoid its clear I think. However it does not "messy" as not being up a little overdrive: it's a good point. The really good surprise is the neck pickup: what potato! Which side creamy, but slimy super clean at the same time! Very well balanced between bass and treble, with just the right amount of mids (but no power to make pop either), it is a treat, both in its clear, in light crunch and that 'into overdrive (it stays clean). The sustain is also generally good on this guitar, better than my Epiphone LP Standard, yet equipped with Seymour Duncan humbuckers: like what, the pickups are not all in the sound, there is also the violin! I rank this guitar over the Epiphone LP Standard. I put 9 / 10 and not 10 because the bridge pickup.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 days. But I had made my mind since long. I had tried elsewhere, and compared to a vintage, equipped with microphones Wilkinson: These microphones were shrill and unbearable in its clear, at least on an Orange Tiny Terror. Purchased for 250 € a guy who wants to spend on a Gibson 1956 Goldtop LP, frankly I do not regret it! Well, yes, he did a lot of pets over, although he had wrecked. I just wanted to try the Gibson, just to see (I dare not say for comparison) and an increase in P77 Custom77 CS3. But here I think the Epiphone is the comparison. Frankly, the best surprises are the quality of the violin and the neck pickup, creamy and accurate at the time. The violin is, I think I see maybe mount a real Gibson or Seymour Duncan p90 for potato and good definition bridge, I would not have done if the violin was of average quality. Especially since I have the electronic Gibson inside "now in this guitar. Frankly, I do not understand why Epiphone has stopped production: the skyscraper fell sharply the level of their offers in Les Paul. Or it could be because she was too beautiful for Epiphone, or too close to her big sister? Go figure ...

EDIT 4 months later (03/18/2010): After mounting a pair of Seymour Duncan Antiquity p90, this skyscraper has become a killing! My luthier I almost wanted to buy it for the gameplay of its handle, and sustain his couple of micro grain ... if p90! If crunch, a bit angry with their output level. NB: the shape of the table which makes the neck pickup will appear ever more punchy than the bridge pickup on this guitar, because it is necessarily closer bcp ropes that the bridge pickup. My luthier had unduly raise the bridge pickup to be a balance.