MGR/leflic « Epiphone Les Paul 56 Goldtop »
Published on 01/01/03 at 15:00Bought it for 559.00 canadian at Jimi's Guitar in Montreal, Québec, Canada. Had the choice between this guitar or a Gibson 56 Gold Top reissue at 5000.00+. The choice was easy with my budget...
If you don't look at the very top of the headstock, you would think you are holdind a genuine Gibson. The gold finish is incredible on this guitar, the mahogany back and neck are flawless. I was lucky in a sense that the fingerboard is vintage looking with aeras that seems playworn, guess its just shades of the wood, but it adds a very nice touch to a guitar that is supposed to be a 1956. The 2 Alnico-V P-90s sound fantastic thruw my Marshall MG100HDFX, no noise at all when 2 pick-ups play together, and nothing anoying when 1 alone.
Nothing so far.
I had the tuners changed with Grover tuners before I took possession of the guitar. Did the same for my Epiphone SG-400. And it was worth every penny.
The tuners are not a problem only on Epiphone, I once had a genuine Gibson Les Paul Studio and it could not stay in tune...It breaks your heart when you pay 1200 for a guitar and the repairman suggest to change the tuners for Grover...
Top quality! Great finish...at least 1/8 of an inch of clear coat! Great Gibson Alnico-V P-90s designed pick-ups. Beautyfull pearl inlays. No flaws. Could not find a single problem with the construction and quality of this guitar.
I presently own a 1966 Goya 101R, a 1988 Usa Fender Strat HM , an Epiphone SG-400 (Cherry), I once owned a Standard Usa Strat, a Les paul Studio...etc... I have been playing guitar for over 36 years, and I am very pleased with my 2 Epiphones, this Les Paul Goldtop gives me with its P-90 pick-ups the sounds I was missing with my other guitars. And if one day I have to upgrade it with new switches etc...no problem! at the price I paid I will be able to afford it.
Thanks Gibson/Epiphone for a great product!
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
If you don't look at the very top of the headstock, you would think you are holdind a genuine Gibson. The gold finish is incredible on this guitar, the mahogany back and neck are flawless. I was lucky in a sense that the fingerboard is vintage looking with aeras that seems playworn, guess its just shades of the wood, but it adds a very nice touch to a guitar that is supposed to be a 1956. The 2 Alnico-V P-90s sound fantastic thruw my Marshall MG100HDFX, no noise at all when 2 pick-ups play together, and nothing anoying when 1 alone.
Nothing so far.
I had the tuners changed with Grover tuners before I took possession of the guitar. Did the same for my Epiphone SG-400. And it was worth every penny.
The tuners are not a problem only on Epiphone, I once had a genuine Gibson Les Paul Studio and it could not stay in tune...It breaks your heart when you pay 1200 for a guitar and the repairman suggest to change the tuners for Grover...
Top quality! Great finish...at least 1/8 of an inch of clear coat! Great Gibson Alnico-V P-90s designed pick-ups. Beautyfull pearl inlays. No flaws. Could not find a single problem with the construction and quality of this guitar.
I presently own a 1966 Goya 101R, a 1988 Usa Fender Strat HM , an Epiphone SG-400 (Cherry), I once owned a Standard Usa Strat, a Les paul Studio...etc... I have been playing guitar for over 36 years, and I am very pleased with my 2 Epiphones, this Les Paul Goldtop gives me with its P-90 pick-ups the sounds I was missing with my other guitars. And if one day I have to upgrade it with new switches etc...no problem! at the price I paid I will be able to afford it.
Thanks Gibson/Epiphone for a great product!
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com