Dillion DLP600GT

I think it's a 2000 model, made in Korea. '56 les paul gold top copy ( the best i've seen). Solid maple top amd solid mahogony back, great set neck joint, decent rosewood (might be brazilian) fingerboard with pearloid lp inlays. The guitar has two p-90 model pickups that sound great, kluson style heads and a tune-o-matic with stop tail. Medium jumbo frets on a bound fingerboard. the selector switch is LP 3-way. The pots are good waxed units in a shielded pit with good wiring and solder joints (more about this later).

I play all types of music and the sound from this thing is unbelievable! great sustain and a wide range of tones. I spent three weeks at the store playing the thing before buying it just to compare it with others, and it sounded better than them all (including the real thing). I run through a Digitech GSP-21 and a BBE maximizer in a rack with a Rexx 602 two channel preamp and a Rexx 1150 power amp, out to various cabinets. With the amount of signal proccessing i do the pickups can be a little noisy in the bridge and neck settings if your not careful, it is silent in the middle position. This guitar has "go to the fridge and then come back" sustain, and the pickups will scream or whisper on command. Both ends of the tone spectrum are within easy reach, and the thing is loud! No dislikes

It was pretty good out of the box and didn't require much setup, i dropped the neck pickup away a bit and brought the action down a bit (i use .09 - .42 strings). I cannot find any flaws on the thing at all, the gold top color is dead on and the binding on both the body and neck are perfect.

I use it live every time, it is standing up fine. the finish is thick enough that most of the marks i have put on it have buffed out. unless i Townsend the thing, it won't let me down. The strap buttons i filled and tapped out for a strap-lok. Never gig without a backup, but i don't anticipate needing one, it's solid.

I have a good relationship with the store i got it at, this guitar is too good to ever have to deal with the company itself( inless to say thanks for a great guitar). I think the waranty was two years.

i have been playing for about 20 years, i have a '99 Custom shop strat, and '95 tele thinline reissue. This guitar is great in every way, i have friends with Les Paul's that want to steal it from me. It is every bit as good looking, playing, and sounding as the real thing for thousands less. If it were stolen i would freak because they are hard to find now that everyone knows how good they are. This guitar should outlast me. Everyone who has one of these knows they got lucky when they got it, and they are going to hang on to them.

Same as the others here. 22 frets on what I can only assume is rosewood with nice trapezoid blocks. Very light mahogany with a thin maple top (which is cool cause it sounds a lot like my Les Paul TV Special). The Pseudo-Kluson tuners seem kind of cheap but they have the look and suprisingly hold their tune very well. The knock off Tune-O-Matic bridge was razor sharp when I got it so I have filed it down a little and raised the tailpiece a hair and it seems ok now but I might put on a Nashville in the future. Realistically it is everything you could want in a copy certainly comparable to anything else out there.

The stock pickups are OK, pretty good attempt at a vintage sound. I put a Duncan Custom Soapbar in the bridge position and it just sounds so great(I can't recommend these pickups enough my Special has them as well)I also replaced the stock pots with 500k units. I play hard rock, punk and metal and I just need a little more output than the stock p/u's have. I got this as a backup to my Gibson LP Special which has the Duncans so this guitar was getting them no matter what. This guitar really has a great natural sound, I still am shocked at the tone I get out of it. I play a Randall head through an early 60's Bassman bottom with greenbacks and it just kicks. I go for a sound somewhere between Joe Perry and Steve Jones and this setup just nails it. I also run a small Crate Vintage Club 20 watt(VC2112) all tube setup for low key stuff and I can rock out or bring it down for some real nice bluesy sounds as well. Thats about as versatile as I get but it fits the bill really well.

It was finshed very well. (See above for my bridge comments). The goldtop is really dead on. The finish on the back borders on decoupage and scratches easier than I would like but since its a thick finish it will buff out easy too. The action out of the box and the fretwork were so good Dillion really deserves a pat on the back. I use .11's so I had to do a setup to adjust for the heavier strings but other than that nothing.

I have used the guitar only in rehearsals so far but I have no doubt to its ability to hold up to live gigs. I put on strap locks and reinforced the holes a bit since I am very hard on my guitars but nothing wrong with the stock setup. I would never gig without a backup, I doubt anyone's sanity who would but that is not a knock on the guitar! I also replaced the stock p/u selector switch. I am a Mick Ronson freak and I would easily have broken the stock one I don't think the average player would have a problem with it.

Haven't had to deal with them though I did speak with the qwner of Dillion who was very cool. I wouldn't expect any problems after speaking with him.

I have been playing ~20 years now and I have owned a shitload of guitars most of which were Les Pauls or derivatives(Custom, Delux, Special, Jr. , Heritage Standard, and a 70's Dean Elite). I currently use a LP Special as my main guitar but I have a custom built Demarino Contour TV Jr. with a 59 Jr. soap, the Dillion, a G&L ASAT Deluxe and a Fender Strat. I detailed the amps above and I use a few effects nothing fancy.
I really am thrilled with this guitar. Forget the price it is just an excellent guitar. It has the look down cold and the sound is killer. If it were stolen at this poitn I would freak since I heard they have changes the bodies a little to avoid the wrath if Gibson. I would and probably will buy another one if I can find one with out the weird headstock inlays that I see in most of the more recent one. They should just keep em black.

Well its a copy of a 56 les paul gold top, they got the color to a tee, the body is mahogany a little lighter than other mahogany guitars, it was expalned that the density was diffrent than gibson for what ever reason. The electronics are good, pick-ups are p-90s and they're great, not a cheap look-alike, but real loud and full. The tuners are smooth in operation, no getting the string close to tuned then it goes way sharp, the work well, better than the ones on my old 69 les paul deluxe wich was also a gold top. As far as the neck its fat and smooth no cheap fret work here. Basicly it blows away the epiphone lp and alot of the new gibson ones. If this was a gibson id give it a 9 but it cost 350 bucks so it gets a10

Brighter than my old 69 deluxe, I put a duncan mini-humbucker in it, just to get that bright and broken Neil Young sound, the p-90 that came in it was great it was my choice no my need to replace it. It can go from a strat like sound to really deep and lush, I thaik theres something to the lighter wood that may be a good thing. The only problem I had was the neck p-90 was tons louder than the duncan mini bucker that I put in.

Well it aint a real 56 gold top so what do you expect but it looks better than the epi lp's and its really pretty, mabey when its a bit more beat up it'll get rid of that new guitar look. Another thing I would do if it were me is spend a little more time on the head stock they made this wonderful rip-off and but they didn't rip off gibsons head stock, go all the way boys. but for the price its amazing, almost forgot it blows away alot of expensive guitars in playability.

go nuts its a rock

the store I got it from is great so no worries, as far as the company, who knows?

Been playing 12 years with more than two fingers 9. I play a guild jumbo and a american tele, all through a 63 reissue twin. If this gillion was stolen, yes Id go find another. Overall its the chepest guitar iv'e ever bought iv'e got this thing about not playing a non-american made guitar, and paying a ton of money because for what ever reason I thought there was a diffrence, if some one were saving thier pennies for a new gibson, go get one of these and dont waist you money. They should make one with a bigsby too. Think about all the beer money you could have.

my dillion gold top,has 22 fret's,made in 2000,body style is of a 1956les paul.finish is gold.body and neck are mahogony, think the curved top is probally maple.
bridge is tune-0-matic.tuners are knock off's.
22 fret's, thin neck, no accessories.
wish i could rate it at 25..it's at least twice the guitar i expected.

it so versitale, i can be jammin heavy metal one sec and playing smoth and clean the next.I'm using a 130 watt rms kmd reloaded with new roland speaker's, as my right and my left is a 4012rc pro amp by karera.i run both through a digitech rp10.
the gold top does it all.. again wish i could give it a 25.

I had to set it up, espicially the intonation.But that's to be expected.
The pickups were right on.
Hardware was great, minor imperfection's, but ohhh once i played it and love took over, i saw only beauty.

i've had mine a month,been playing 30 yr's,it's took all i could throw at it , then i turned my friends loose on it:)))they have already bought one or looking for one..(they're not easy to get.
the finishis... well i work in a high dollar furniture plant. wish our finishes were that good:)
yes i'd use it without a backup, but i've already ordered another dillion(sg)this time...:)) so i won't have to:)

i checked out the dillion home page before i bought my gold top.after i bought it and played it a few week's, let all my jammin buddies check it out, i knew i had to have another.So i contacted the company via e-mail.Next day response by no less than John Dillion himself. he's worked with me via e-mail and helped me get hooked up ordering my sg special(Black with gold hardware.. i can't wait:))
no warrenty that i know of.
but who cares this guitar will out last me:))
he even told me i seemed like a nice guy..lol

i'm 43, been playing since i was 6 yr's old, had them all at one time or another.
i'm not waiting until it's stolen... i'm getting me another one now.and hiding it.i doubt this opertunity will last long.
i love the way i feel when i play it..... it's hard for a man that's been playin 30 yr's to feel like a kid again... but my gold top bring's out lick's i never knew i had:))DON'T BUY DILLION. I WANT THEM ALL:)))LOL