Epiphone Les Paul

[Rex_Rocker]

Re: Epiphone Les Paul

I've never had a guitar that didn't benefit from a professional fret level. Not even Ibanez Prestige. That's the deal with guitars these days.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Epiphone Les Paul

my Gibson
came with burrs on the fret ends
the Dealer said " yeah they are like that" and did nothing

had to take it to another shop
who wasnt happy I had bought the instrument down the road

 

[weepingminotaur]

Re: Epiphone Les Paul

I agree with Mincer. I'm surprised about the comment about Schecter. Out of over 30 guitars that I have purchased online, I think my Schecter C1 is the only one that DIDN'T need any fretwork done...and I'm very, very picky about my necks. As I said, I've had to do some fret work on every guitar I've bought (except my Schecter), not because they were so bad, but because I am really OCD about the playability of my guitars.

Well, again, I bought it from Amazon, so it's no surprising that it needed a setup. Not a huge deal. The guitar has been quality in every way. Plays really well, holds tune well, good neck, and it's a budget guitar to boot. You just don't know how long a guitar has been sitting in some warehouse before it ships to you.

 

[Diego]

Re: Epiphone Les Paul

I've had two Epi LPs, one had terrible fret job from factory, sold it because I never really liked it,
and the one I currently own was quite decent overall from factory and it's a much better guitar too, but I still had to:

Level the frets a bit,
Cut the nut slots properly, way too high and tight from factory,
Replace the pickup switch which crapped out very quickly for some reason,
Adjust the truss rod since the neck had a bit too much relief,
And adjust the pickup height and balance, which took me a few days since that's something that grows on you a bit.

But it's oh so worth it now. Mine's a Pro series and it sounds and plays incredible.
It's just the way it is with guitars. Nothing ever comes 100% from factory.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Epiphone Les Paul

My new Gibson Goldtop came out of the box ready for action. The thing plays like a dream and sounds like a beast.

But you're not as picky as I am.