View other reviews for this product:
Makos « Lottery ticket ... WINNER! »
Published on 11/14/12 at 01:16Chinese copy of Les Paul, sold under the brand of German mail order trading Thomann.
Identical in all respects to Les Paul (measurements, wood, microphone position etc.).
Mahogany body (3 pieces) with flamed maple top (known as "AAA")
Mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard
Mechanical vintage tulip type (piercing 9mm)
Chrome hardware
Wilkinson vintage style humbucker pickups
pickup rings and pick guard-cream
2 volumes and 2 tones
Gloss polyurethane on all
UTILIZATION
The ergonomics of Paul ... we like it or not. Slight imbalance of the instrument to the body due to the weight of mahogany.
The handle is very nice, not as thick as the Vintage series from Epiphone or Gibson, a little more than the slim 59 of the same brands.
Otherwise, access to the bottom of the handle, position of pot etc ... A Les Paul.
SOUNDS
I hastened to remove all plaques hosting electronics to inspect that could offer a guitar at this price:
- Pots and condos, no doubt, minimum service. But no cracking or parasite. The pots have a good progression.
- The Wilkinson humbuckers sound good. They are also splitables but have not been installed on this splités guitar, electronics upgrade could fix this. For comparison, they are at the height of GFS pickups, Vintage Style 59 (Exeunt perhaps the same factory?). Enough with a medium level of correct output and an interesting definition. Clearly, the sound is well defined with an emphasis medium - medium / low. Passed by the saturation of the amplifier the sound is engraved with a drive correct. Mid-range with a vintage character assumed a quality above the Epiphone pickups mounted on the base set "standard" and "studio" ... for the price, it is more than adequate.
OVERALL OPINION
Play the lottery ... it's a bit like when you go to order a guitar at this price. Attractive in image and description. Moreover when just split an excellent Epiphone upscale and we want to continue to play Les Paul. This was my case. I played ... I definitely won.
How can they do to provide such a guitar at this price? For unpacking no surprises. Mahogany everywhere, curved flamed thick table, microphones correct mechanical fittings and basic but effective, straight handle, impeccable polish, No frets which pull the hand. And once set, I get an action 2/3mm to 12 boxes without frieze.
This "small" guitar is anything but ridiculous, it is unequivocally comparison possible with an Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus. It for less than half the price! Product appeal as they say, surely that Thomann not earn much on it. I have come down on the right show? Are all finished like this? I do not know. In any case for me it was "gage ticket!" Note reflects the quality / price ratio.
Identical in all respects to Les Paul (measurements, wood, microphone position etc.).
Mahogany body (3 pieces) with flamed maple top (known as "AAA")
Mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard
Mechanical vintage tulip type (piercing 9mm)
Chrome hardware
Wilkinson vintage style humbucker pickups
pickup rings and pick guard-cream
2 volumes and 2 tones
Gloss polyurethane on all
UTILIZATION
The ergonomics of Paul ... we like it or not. Slight imbalance of the instrument to the body due to the weight of mahogany.
The handle is very nice, not as thick as the Vintage series from Epiphone or Gibson, a little more than the slim 59 of the same brands.
Otherwise, access to the bottom of the handle, position of pot etc ... A Les Paul.
SOUNDS
I hastened to remove all plaques hosting electronics to inspect that could offer a guitar at this price:
- Pots and condos, no doubt, minimum service. But no cracking or parasite. The pots have a good progression.
- The Wilkinson humbuckers sound good. They are also splitables but have not been installed on this splités guitar, electronics upgrade could fix this. For comparison, they are at the height of GFS pickups, Vintage Style 59 (Exeunt perhaps the same factory?). Enough with a medium level of correct output and an interesting definition. Clearly, the sound is well defined with an emphasis medium - medium / low. Passed by the saturation of the amplifier the sound is engraved with a drive correct. Mid-range with a vintage character assumed a quality above the Epiphone pickups mounted on the base set "standard" and "studio" ... for the price, it is more than adequate.
OVERALL OPINION
Play the lottery ... it's a bit like when you go to order a guitar at this price. Attractive in image and description. Moreover when just split an excellent Epiphone upscale and we want to continue to play Les Paul. This was my case. I played ... I definitely won.
How can they do to provide such a guitar at this price? For unpacking no surprises. Mahogany everywhere, curved flamed thick table, microphones correct mechanical fittings and basic but effective, straight handle, impeccable polish, No frets which pull the hand. And once set, I get an action 2/3mm to 12 boxes without frieze.
This "small" guitar is anything but ridiculous, it is unequivocally comparison possible with an Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus. It for less than half the price! Product appeal as they say, surely that Thomann not earn much on it. I have come down on the right show? Are all finished like this? I do not know. In any case for me it was "gage ticket!" Note reflects the quality / price ratio.