Dillion DLP600GT

Has the standard features for a Les Paul Goldtop - two volume controls, two tone controls.

This guitar is very good right from the start, but being a fanatic, I decided to make a lot of changes. I replaced the tuners with Sperzel locking tuners. Using Sperzels with an angled headstock (Gibson-style headstocks are angled at a 17 degree angle) isn't as important as it is with Fender-style headstocks, but remember it also cuts the time it takes to replace the strings in half. The original nut was good, but a GraphTech nut is better.

Seymour Duncan makes a stacked P-90 pickup called the STK-P1 that faithfully reproduces the sound of the vintage P-90 with NO noise. This is a major plus for me. I swapped out the original pickups for a pair of STK-P1 pickups.

Having made the above mods, you have a really sensational guitar, but I decided to go all the way and replace the bridge and tailpiece with a locking bridge and a locking tailpiece from TonePros. Worth every penny, and they add a lot of snap to your tone. And you can remove all the strings without having the tailpiece fall off.

So, what are talking here?

Used Dillion Gold Top: $375
Sperzel Tuners: $60
Duncan Pickups: $180
GraphTech Nut: $15
TonePros Bridge and Tailpiece: $115

Plus the labor charge for a luthier to make the changes and set the guitar up: $100-$200.

The result is one amazing guitar.

Also, I recommend using the following to really bring out the soul of this guitar:

Thomastik-Infeld Power Brite strings. The best.
Hermida Zendrive. The P-90s will roar to life, amazing overdrive.

Like I said, this guitar is very good right from the start, with no mods, and I give the guitar an 8 "as is". With the above mods, it definitely rates a "10", Bo Derek style.

The action was superb, fit and finish are good.

So far, so good.

Dillion responds to e-mails.

A faithful reproduction of the 56 Les Paul Goldtop. This one won't disappoint.

Mine's a lefty. Les Paul body style. Solid mahogany with maple top. Two soapbar pickups (pups). Four speed-knobs for volume and tone. Tune-matic style bridge, vintage style tuners that work totally fine unless you find yourself needing to nitpick. Made in North Korea in John's factory. Really nice gold top finish. Makes you stare at it whenever you see it in the room. Little bit of overspray on the white binding but at this price perfection wasn't an expectation.

This is the one area where most reviewers seem to be able to come together--absolutely stunning! Beautiful tone! I don't know how John Dillion and his work crew do it but obviously they've done their homework on Gibsons. Before buying I played a Les Paul Custom ($2300 CDN) and they're great guitars but HONESTLY not NEARLY that much better than my Dillion soundwise. If you like vintage tones, the DLP600GT's dripping with them. But be sure you're looking for vintage tones. If you want modern sounds buy a guitar designed for modern sounds. You can still make this guitar rock hard but you have to push your gain levels more than with a humbucking guitar. Soapbars are a single coil pup designed for a more subtle tone. I've played a lot of guitars and this one's absolutely a keeper.

I'm going to leave this as no opinion only because of shipping. I got my lefty DLP600GT off ebay from Chris Light (who's very excellent to deal with--highly recommended). When I got the guitar it's action was way out and it had a ding in the paint on the bottom of the guitar--totally the morons shipping it's fault. I paid $40 to have the guitar set up and the ding patched and it plays like butter. It plays like a great Les Paul should--really easy to bend and supple under you fingers. The frets are perfectly matched with the fretboard.

Some people have commented on the tuners. If you're a gigging musician or someone who's really hard on their gear (why try to be Pete Townshend; he's brilliant but mental don't you know) you'll likely need to upgrade your tuners, but big whoop that's like $60 bucks? If you're going to do a toggle switch solo a la Tom Morello of Audioslave, you'll have to replace it also. Otherwise the guitar's really solid and would suit the vast majority of players out there under many a circumstance.

While I was waiting for the guitar to arrive from Chris Light, I emailed John Dillion and asked him a few questions. I had a reply within the day which considering is amazing. He's a really cool cat and obviously cares about his customers. Try finding that kind of attention with almost any other company. Fender? Gibson? Ibanez? Washburn? Yeah right!

At the price I paid for this guitar (around $500ish CDN) you really can't go wrong. I've played for over 12 years and have G.A.S. (gear aquistion syndrome). Ebay's a horrible mistress for me. Anyway I've play A LOT of gear--I can't go to new city without trying out a bunch of gear. After a while you get a real sense of what's good and what's bad almost immediately. Dillion stuff is incredible bang for the buck. Sure nobody's really heard of it yet but are you needing to wear that NIKE shirt so everyone know's your just like them? As always trying before you buy is the best way to go--everyone has their preferences. Dillion's however, are one brand I'll buy without worring if I've made a bad decision (which I've done LOTS in the past ie. Fender Squier Pro Tone's). Check one out if you really want to play.

See previous reviews for specific information. Mine has the faux Bigsby. Obviously, it also has the soap bar P-90s and it's a Gold Top.

Sound is great. Wide variety of tones as expressed by previous posters. I'm using it with my modified Sunn SR-25 (as described in another review, I took a 220V model that I got in Germany and cut off the recepticle and installed a 110V jack. Basically, I'm starving the transistors, which seems to give the amp a really nice overdriven sound - try this at your own risk!). Also I have a Deluxe 85. I definitely need a small tube amp! I have a handful of pedals like the Morley JD-10 amp emulator, UniVibe, a DOD digital delay, a pair of off-brand phaser and compressor, an American Big Muff reissue and a Boss HM2 Heavy Metal.

It's not noisy at all, except for the normal single coil noise.

All in all, my favorite sound is that "springy" sort of Neil Finn sound that it can produce.

Fit and finish is a little variable. First of all, this is a basic design feature that some will like and others won't - the upper bouts are different than the original LP. The rounded bout is slimmer and the cutaway horn is more rounded. The rounded bout doesn't curve 90 degrees into the neck like the LP. It carries the curve into the neck. I happen to like it, because it looks "sleeker". I don't mind the more rounded horn, but I'm also not all that wild about it.

As far as fit and finish, the pluses are the finely finished and dressed frets (echoing what others have written). The neck pocket is tight, the neck is appropriately straight (with a very slight bias) and the gold finish is just about perfect. The "aged" bindings are a nice touch.

Now for the minuses:

As others have said, the white nut is a distraction. Also, the tuning heads are a strange color green. On my copy, there's a bleed of the mahogony finish on the binding at the pickup switch bout (it's the only spot like that and it's not all that bad, but it IS noticable. The top on the horn is a little bit uneven on the surface (in a certain light you can see it). The fret markers are a little uneven and not always quite parallel, plus several seem just a tiny bit crooked. Finally, the worst part of the finish is on the back of the neck. While the rest of the body's finish is just about perfect (with the exception of the bleed on the binding), the finish on the neck is uneven, like the sprayer didn't bother to get an even flow. It's not horrible, but it should have been better.

As far as action, it seems set up quite well, although it came with heavy gauge strings, while I would have preferred lighter gauge strings (they seem like 10s, but don't quote me). Intonation seems correct. Very comfortable neck - perfect for my hand.

This appears to be a very solid guitar. If I played live, I wouldn't have any qualms whatsoever. The outer finish is deep, reflective and glossy, like a nice piece of hard candy. Very polished. I would say that this guitar seems very dependable and durable

Haven't had to deal with the company.

I've been playing very casually for more than 25 years, although I'm not very good and I'm very much a casual sofa player. I also have the following - black Squier Strat, black CRB1955 Carlos Robelli Gretsch clone and several inexpensive acoustics. Obviously, I can only afford the copies (it would be a waste of money for someone of my skill level to buy "originals".

I love the sound and the fact that it's well-made despite being inexpensive. I hate the mismatched tuning heads (should be creme-colored) and white plastic nut. I also would prefer the open book headstock of the Gibson, but I'm sure that this was changed to avoid a lawsuit, although it didn't really work, now did it? I like the heft and the fact that it's not QUITE as heavy as a traditional LP. I also like the slightly slimmer and more streamlined body, which shows that I'm not a purist. My favorite "feature" is the variety of sounds and the wonderful tone that comes from a LP-styled body and P-90s.

If it were stolen, I'd definitely get another, although they've now changed the design due to a lawsuit and I HATE the new redesign, so I'd probably buy a used one that looks like mine.

I would have preferred a hardtail, but there weren't any more available from my vendor when I bought it. The faux Bigsby works well though, and it seems to stay in tune pretty well.

This guitar IS a wonderful value, but I have to dock it a point because of the niggling issues that I've mentioned. It ain't "perfect", but for the moeny, can you REALLY expect it to be?

this is a 2002 Dillion DLP600GT LP copy - Dillion's version of a Gibson 56 Goldtop LP. It has a solid mahogany body and neck, ?56 LP controls, 2 P-90 single coil pickups, Kluson knockoff tuners and a 60s Gibson LP style neck. I won't waste words here... check the other reviews for more details.

Fantastic sound. This is one awesome rock and blues guitar. These P90 pickups are absolutely KILLER. I have them adjusted really close to the strings as P90s sound best to me that way. Very versatile guitar with very good electronics ? the tone knobs on this guitar do wonders for varying the tone. I can?t say enough about these great pickups on the Dillion ? wherever they came from? I can go from really clean, sweet jazz tones out of the neck pickup to absolute screaming sustaining blues tones from the bridge and also visit many places in between. Sounds great through tube amps and even sounds great through my Marshall AS50R. I?ve owned dozens and dozens of guitars from Hamers to Guilds and this guitar has gotta be one of the best I?ve ever owned. Sound is awesome and sustain is forever!!

The guitar was set up very well from Quality Guitars who shipped it to me after purchase. The finish is SPOT ON goldtop ? absolutely a beautiful guitar. Someone knew what they were doing with this one as the frets were dressed and right on the money. The binding is beautiful and there are no signs of sloppy workmanship anywhere. It was shipped to me with 9s on it and I am still using this gauge as they sound great and the action is like butter for me. I can?t believe the price of this guitar when I look at how finely made it is.

Everything on the guitar seems solid. It?s pretty heavy and looks to me like a long term relationship here. I?ve heard the tuners sucked but in two years I have not replaced mine. I sometimes wonder if all of these people who are replacing these tuners are doing it on hearsay or are actually giving the stock tuners a fair shake?

John Dillion has always answered my e-mails politely and quickly. Seems like a real good guy.

This guitar is amazing and absolutely the biggest ?bang for the buck? musical purchase I have ever made. I also own a ?65 Guild Thunderbird that I?ve had since it was new and a custom made St Blues Bluesmaster that I picked up back in ?85. This guitar is on a par with both of those and is more versatile than either. I look at this goldtop ? then look at a goldtop from the big ?G? and wonder how the heck I got so lucky to find this guitar at the price I found it. This baby and me get along real well. Good job, John Dillion!!

I've had this guitar for about two years or so. It was made in Korea.
(At least that's what it said on the back of the head.) It is the usual set up for an LP, two pickups, two volume and two tone controls,a Tune-O-Matic type bridge, a stop tailpiece, six strings.
The pickups are P90's but I don't really know if they are some hot rod custom made or what but they sound great. This guitar has some heft to it, like any LP. The neck is wide and kind of thin. I searched a while for this guitar and was real happy when I found it.

This is a wonderful sounding guitar. I use it to play Blues and rock and roll. I can get a wide range of sounds with just the guitar and a Fender Blues Deluxe Amp. I'm pretty "old school" about pedals so I rarely use the ones I have. The pickups sre pretty quiet even when the amp is cranking. If you never used P90's they are somewhere between single coils and humbuckers, at least to my ears. I really like everything about this guitar.

It dame out of the bos ready to go. About all I had to do was set the stings to a height which I liked. Everything was great right away.

I've used this guitar along with a ES 135 and a Mexican tele for gigs and jamming. Except for a little problem described below it has stood up. Just change the stings, wipe it down and keep it polished and you are good to go. I did put straplocks on it just to be safe. ($15 v a smashed guitar?) Anybody that goes to a gig without a backup is asking for a whole lot of trouble. ALWAYS HAVE ANOTHER GUITAR HANDY JUST IN CASE!)

This is the really cool part. I played a gig and the next time I took the guitar out of the case there was rust on the pickup screws and on the pickup switch. I emailed Dillion to see if there was a warranty center or if they kew of somebody to help me out. Jong Dillion wrote me back with some ideas. Anyway, with a combination of his and my ideas we fixed it as good as new. Does anyone know if Leo Fender or Orville Gibson ever wroter back to a customer with a problem ?

I have been playing for a VERY, VERY LONG TIME. (Do we really need to put a number on it?) Let's just say I was playing when pre CBS Fenders were the only Fenders around. I love everything about this guitar. I don't hink I'd add anything to it. I really like the feel, look and sound. Besides, who can afford a '56 LP gold top (even a reissue.)

standard LP goldtop copy

amazin...rich full and loud.... playing thru a fender cyber champ
like the real deal.

fit and finish flaw less, action a tad high and comes with 9s a set of
10s really brings out the sound of this thing!!
of all the review here the thing i find strange is that no one else has mentioned the
Super cheep wobbly kluson tuner imitations? the rest of the guitar is damn near perfect but the tuners suck . the good news is for 60 bucks they can be replaced with a set of real gibson tuners(minor drilling required) wich bring the guitar up to world class standards

tough little unit, should hold up well.
like i said the tuners stink.

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Love it! great guitar for the price(especially when you look at what it would cost to put yer mits on a real one)
its a keeper.

This is a brand-new 2003 600GT. Korean made, supervised by John Dillion. Les Paul 56' gold top replica with 22 fret mahogany set neck, mahog body with P90's. Kluson style tuners with keystone buttons.

I play metal, rock, blues, jazz -- you name it. I use Fender amps and a line 6 Pod 2.0, and this axe sounds incredible thru anything I have thrown at it. Being single coils, there is some noise, but not too much. The combo of P90 and all mahogany is rich, full and balanced. I find it to be an exceptional guitar for all types of music (which is weird, as most folks don't use P90's for hard rock/metal).

Factory set up was superlative. The fretwork is top notch, well polished and cut beautifully along the edge of the neck. I really dig the playability.

I don't expect to have ANY problems with this axe. I did put on Dunlop Straplocks as I am paranoid....I would be glad to use this w/o a backup...It has a great gold top finish, and seems like it would be durable.

I emailed the company before buying to check on dealers and got immendiate response from John Dillion himself. Great company!

This axe is easily one of the best guitars I have ever bought..If it were to be stolen, I would A) replace it and B) smack the snot out of the thief if I caught him. I am incredibly picky about my guitars and this I fell in love with the first second I picked up the first one I played. Get one before the world finds out how good this brand is and drives up the price!!!

Made in Korea in 2001. 22 fret neck. 2-volume, 2-tone & 3-way pickup switch. Mahogany, Gold top. Two P-90s. Tune-o-matic style bridge. Kluson knock-off tuners. Normal Les Paul type of a neck. A gig bag was included.

I play a variety of styles. 40s & 50s country, rockabilly, jazz, punk, surf, blues, & exotica styled tunes. It suits these great. I prefer using it with a mid-60s Magnatone MP-3 or an Epiphone EA-50T Pacemaker. Sometimes I run a tube works 303 overdrive(a good pedal contrary to what some may think) with an Ibanez rack digital delay. For P-90s, they're not that noisy. They're brighter than full-sized humbuckers. I've never had a guitar with this much range in the tone controls. You can roll these tone controls down to 3 or 2 without becoming too muddy. I have no real dislikes about this guitar. It plays better than pretty much anything else I've got.

The action was great from the factory. I only had to tweak the neck a little since I use .10-.46 gauge strings. I adjusted the pole-pieces a little higher. No flaws that I can find. The hardware's great. The frets are incredible, a much cleaner job than the Epiphone Gold Top I tried first.

It'll easily withstand liveplaying. The hardware will last. The finish will definitely last. The strap buttons are solid, but will soon be replaced with strap locks. I advise anyone to make a minimal($15) investment in strap locks. What's worse? $15 on strap locks or several hundred on a snapped neck repair or replacement guitar? BUY SOME DAMN STRAP LOCKS IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR INSTRUMENTS! That aside, it's very dependable. I would feel very confident using it without a backup.

Never dealt with the company, never will. I perform most of my own repair work short of major physical repairs, but with this guitar, I don't think repair work is ever going to be an issue.

I've been playing now for 4 1/2 years. I've also got a Dillion Mosrite copy. I've got a Japanese Fender 50s reissue hardtail strat, Fender 6 and 12 string Coronados & Cortez ES-175 copy. If it were stolen or lost I'd go right back to Ben at Guitar Finder and get another one. I compared it to an Epiphone Gold Top and there was no question that the Dillion was the one. The Dillion especially had much cleaner fret work than the Epiphone. The only other thing I wish the Dillion had was a Bigsby. Dillion is the best bargain around right now as far as I'm concerned. Their quality just seems to be much more consistent than Epiphones & Fender Mexico. Not just the Gold Top & Mosrite copies. Their PRS, tele, tele, ES-335, strat, Les Paul copies all are. I've tried them all out & if I had adequate space & finances I'd get them all & get them from Ben at Guitar Finder(www.guitarfinder.com). They're an independent music store in Columbia, MO and Ben is great to deal with.

This is a 2001 Korean made guitar. At least I think its 2001.
22 frets
maple top, mahogeny back
2 p90 clone pickups
3 way switch
rosewood fingerboard w/trapazoid inlays
tune-o-matic bridge
set neck
kluzon tuners
Great Les Paul clone. They got the gold top coloring down to a T. For thousands of dollars cheaper than a Gibson '56 reissue, this guitar is wonderful.

I play anything from blues to metal. This guitar struggles a little bit to pull of some deep distortions. However...for blues, classic rock and pretty much anytype of rock aside from metal, the sound is amazing. The p90 clone pickups pull off a wide range of sounds from Hendrix to Clapton to Slash. Im using it with a marshall avt50 amp and I havent tried it with any affects yet. The sustain of this guitar goes for days. I can't say enough about how it sounds.

The set up was pretty good out out of the gate. A little bit of fret buzz but that was due to old strings being on. I changed them to 11-52 and adjusted the neck to compensate and it was perfect. Pickups are just about right....maybe a little high, but nothing worth changing yet. The gold top was beautiful, no visible flaws so far. The only difference between this and the real deal that I can tell is the headstock is a tad different.

haven't gigged with it, but it looks to be very sturdy.

I contacted the company with some questions and the owner got back to me within a day and answered everything I needed. If that is any indication of their support I am going to be pleased.
Came with a three year warranty

I have been playing for three years. The only thing I wish I had done before getting this guitar was asking for it to be set up with no strings to save myself from doing it...but thats just laziness. I think for the price it is a fantastic value considering how much the real thing is. I compared it to the epiphone gold top and this one blew it away in every category. The only thing that I do not like about the guitar is the pickguard. Ugly as hell, but Im going to take it off. If this guitar was stolen I would definetly buy it again.

This is a review of the Dillion left-handed DL600GT('56 gold top Les Paul clone). It is a 2002 model made in Korea. Being left-handed, the number of guitars you can choose from is limited, other than the Fender standard strat. I always wanted a LH Les Paul style guitar but never could find any. Finally ran across this one on the internet and decided to buy it figuring I didn't have a lot to lose. The pictures on Dillion's web site, as good as they are, can't do this guitar justice. It is much much nicer than I ever dreamed. A local guitar store has a Gibson right-handed '56 gold-top Les Paul reissue on sale for $5300. The left-handed Dillion cost $439. The right-handed version is less. Now that I can directly compare my Dillion to the Gibson, I'm amazed by how much nicer the finish on the Dillion is than on the Gibson. The gold top color is perfect. The cream colored plastic and trapezoidal pearl inlay are perfect. I can only find one slight imperfection on my guitar, a vey small scratch on the neck that you have to look close for to find. Admittedly, the headstock is different than the Gibson, and Dillion can't put the Les Paul name on it, but is that worth $4900? Not to me. If you are looking for a left-handed Les Paul style guitar, this is it as far as I'm concerned. It can't be beat. There ae 22 frets, thin neck, very easy to play. fingering is much easier than on many other styles.

The sound is great. There is a wide range from very smooth rhythm to various brighter lead sounds. Much more flexible than a stratocaster. You can play jazz, hard rock, just about any style. I'm partial to 60's rock but this guitar would be godd for just about any style.

I had to adjust the neck, that was all. Othewise it was perfect out of the box.

So far its great. I would have no reservations about using it on a gig without a backup.

My only dealing with the company so far has been in purchasing the guita. When I enquired about the availability of the guitar I got a personal e-mail from John Dillion himself telling me who to contact. I had my guitar within 2 weeks. If this is any example of how tis company works I would expect no problems in the future.

I have been playing guitar for almost 40 years. This is the nicest guitar I have ever had. If something happened to this guitar, I'd definitely get another. The bottom line is this. Unless you're just dying to pay $4900 dollars for the Gibson name, this guitar is almost an exact copy, the finish is superior to the Gibson, and the sound, etc. is just as good. Especially if you're left-handed this guitar just can't be beat.

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