How is Epiphone’s quality these days?

[Ben1962]

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I have a Gold top, Honey Burst and the 60 Tribute. The Gold top has just passed up Chistophers and has taken the #1 spot of greatest Les Paul. Ever

 

[Ben1962]

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This guy has a demon in the neck and Alt-8 in the bridge. I forgot, I have 4. Need a Pelham Blue guitar, then I'm done. For a few months

 

[Chistopher]

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Need a Pelham Blue guitar, then I'm done. For a few months

Which is why my Bonamassa is the true greatest Lester in the world.

 

[Demanic]

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This guy has a demon in the neck and Alt-8 in the bridge. I forgot, I have 4. Need a Pelham Blue guitar, then I'm done. For a few months
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How's that for a pickup combo in the middle position?

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[Silence Kid]

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Can someone explain to me why the switch on an Epiphone Les Paul always looks somewhat cross-eyed? Is the actual placement or body shape different?

I've owned a couple Epiphones, and try them out periodically at guitar stores; to me, they are still somehow the guitar that makes me recoil the most when I pick one up; even when they look good, they always seem like the deadest piece of wood in the room for any dollar-point.

 

[Ben1962]

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Nice!! Hows about a picture Chistopher? See that baby!!

 

[Ben1962]

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The Alt8? Not bad at all, very powerful. I got that alt8 on your advice BTW. Goldie has the Pegasus and Sentient. That one I replaced the entire harness and it sounds just a little better the rest IMHO. I love all 4 of em. Bout 700 or 800 bux and they scream. I will get a real Gibson 1 day, but I just have a feeling if I do I may be disappointed. See the cheaper guitars, I will scotchbrite the back of the necks or whatever I want. A Gibson, no way. My chops arent good enough for a $3000 guitar, and I would also be worried to take it out. Goldie weighs a ton, man she sings tho.

 

[Ben1962]

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Sorry to hear that. Why you think that is?

 

[Thundermtn]

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Well you know how I'm voting. I've had mine for about a year and it's still a bad muthereffer. The pickups and tuners are top shelf. The rest of the Epi guts could be replaced but they haven't let me down yet.

My fellow band members have declared the BH V as my #1 for tone, for heavy/doom. It's competition were some seriously great guitars too, nearly all hand picked expensive stuff that I re-pickup'd.

The upper fret access is great, the weight is very reasonable, and they seem to be pretty easy to sell if it ends up not being your flavor. LP's of any brand seem harder to sell reasonably fast unless the price is aggressively lower than it's peers.

 

[Thundermtn]

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Technically it doesn't NEED a guitar stand, but here it is in all of it's bad@ssery.

 

[Ben1962]

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That blue LP sustains. I mean it has 3 times the sustain of any guitar I have. Its almost like there is a compressor in it or something. She has a Nazgul/Sentient and big ole 59 neck. No shiny stickem on the neck either, I really dont care for necks to be glossy. Thats my preference

 

[Ben1962]

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Frickin sweet. The guitar too LOL!! Mesa looks killer

 

[Chistopher]

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Nice!! Hows about a picture Chistopher? See that baby!!

Did some digging but I couldn't find a decent picture. I'll take one when the lighting is good sometime tommorow.

 

[cliffenstein]

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There's one of those locally with Dimarzio pickups
Think it's a 77 as well

Black and nasty

They want $299 and tax

Run to the store and buy it now...trust me. If it has Dimarzios in it stock then that means it was one of the REALLY high end models with ebony fretboard. I got mine for $400 and felt grateful for that price. Don’t be afraid to sink a bit of money into it...it’s super worth it. Don’t buy it to flip, buy it to rock.

Here are a bunch of photos of mine (LC-550 made for export model with gold hardware and Aria Pro Alnico V pickups that I changed to chrome hardware and Gibson pickups):

 

[Chistopher]

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Nice!! Hows about a picture Chistopher? See that baby!!

I waited for good lighting, but it never came. Here's a decent picture, it doesn't really capture the finish. It also has a black back.

 

[GuitarDoc]

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Can someone explain to me why the switch on an Epiphone Les Paul always looks somewhat cross-eyed?

What do you mean?

I've owned a couple Epiphones, and try them out periodically at guitar stores; to me, they are still somehow the guitar that makes me recoil the most when I pick one up; even when they look good, they always seem like the deadest piece of wood in the room for any dollar-point.

I'm not sure which models you've been trying, but that has been my experience whenever I've tried a 339 or 335 Epi. Totally the opposite when I play an Epi LP.

 

[Ben1962]

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I most likely shouldnt vent, but I will. I hear(read) people making blanket statements like Epis are the deadest guitars and all the other cork sniffing BS. Maybe they plant dead sounding trees just for Epiphone? Its BS, and then people rip on the owner of Epi non-stop. Look at PRS. Yea, Paul did great things way back when, I will give em that. They charge an xtra 1000 bux for a piece of wood that most likely cost him nothing extra and say its a 10 top? And that brings me to the SE that everybody raves about. Well, besides not staying in tune and the worst garbage PUPS I have ever heard, I guess they are great. Wow, at least your hands dont get cut up playing those polished frets. I have my Epiphones, I love em. The PUPS could have been fine but I chose to swap em. My Epis cost me half of what the SE cost me and are 10 times the guitar. Student Edition? Polished turd IMO

 

[Thundermtn]

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Mine is alive, the whole thing vibrates, it destroys my Gibson V. Each guitar is different mind you but I am a cork sniffer and it passes muster. No not all Epi's are amazing but they are light years ahead of where they were 20 years ago. They are a great value and some will surpass that mark.

 

[Ben1962]

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You're not a cork sniffer. You just call it like you hear it. I will get a Gibson, but I am still experimenting with the sounds I like. Not yet, not till I can play 32nd note triplets at 180 BPM LOL

 

[Silence Kid]

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I most likely shouldnt vent, but I will. I hear(read) people making blanket statements like Epis are the deadest guitars and all the other cork sniffing BS. Maybe they plant dead sounding trees just for Epiphone? Its BS, and then people rip on the owner of Epi non-stop. Look at PRS. Yea, Paul did great things way back when, I will give em that. They charge an xtra 1000 bux for a piece of wood that most likely cost him nothing extra and say its a 10 top? And that brings me to the SE that everybody raves about. Well, besides not staying in tune and the worst garbage PUPS I have ever heard, I guess they are great. Wow, at least your hands dont get cut up playing those polished frets. I have my Epiphones, I love em. The PUPS could have been fine but I chose to swap em. My Epis cost me half of what the SE cost me and are 10 times the guitar. Student Edition? Polished turd IMO

I'm not a cork-sniffer; I have a lot of Squiers and other off-brand guitars that are great. I'd be happy to play an Epiphone that didn't just seem to play terrible compared to whatever is next to it (and probably cheaper.) I seem to have just had bad experiences compared to most, but in my shoes I chalk it up to poor quality assurance at some level.