Epiphone Les Paul Standard

You all know the features. My lady was build in China and I think they have used an unusual amount of varnish for the finish. Nevertheless the Honey-burst finish looks pretty nice and is giving this lady a very expensive look - as my daughter says.

I??ve prefered to play acustic guitars (Ovation, H??fer) years before. Got some experience with a Fender Strat - stopped for 10 years and entered jazz and blues guitar 2 years ago. I use a Roland cube 30 for this lady and a Beringer sound modulator for the note book when playing just with head phones.
I??ve tested some of the LP-standards build by Epiphone and I??ve to say that the sound varies very much. My lady sounds very rich with a rich sound especially from the neck HB. I use D??Addario EXL110W strings and they give a much more intense sound than many other strings I??ve tried (from .009 up to .013) The neck HB is perfect for Jazz and Blues and I??ve to admit that I rarely use another configuration.
But as I??ve said: sound characteristics seem to vary comparing different "individuals" of this modell. Test your lady before buying!

Baught this guitar from a Music Store where they adjust all Guitars perfectly. Can??t judge the quality of the factory.

I just play this guitar at home and on very small sets. It works without any problems since 2 years (and I play it every day, travelling a lot as well). The toggle switch is a little wobbly and the buttoms have been placed sloppy.

Did not need this so far.

This is a guitar which enables you to play a great variety of sounds. The price is reasonable. You should play with the guitar before you buy it, because the individual sound might differ.

If my lady will be stolen, I shurely will replace it.

This Epiphone Plaintop Honeyburst was made in China in 2008.It has 23 frets.The pickups are Gibson design Alnico V's.2 volume,2 tone controls in the old style Gibson top-hats.Passive Electronics.Finish is Gloss Plaintop Honeyburst.When I say plain,I don't mean it's ulgly,in fact it's quite striking.Les Paul body style.Frets seem jumbo and neck is right in the middle between thin and fat..nice feel.No case or bag but there was a cheap cord that I probably will never use.Tunamatic bridge with stopbar tailpiece.I was looking for a great guitar for under $500...I found it!!

I have been using it with a small Peavy tube amp and also a Marshal DSL 401.THIS GUITAR ROCKS!Pickups are very very good...Alnico V's..no need to change em in my opionion.Nice AC/DC crunch on the bridge pickup and on the neck nice Funky...Doobie brothers "Long Train Comin"Plenty of Sustain.This guitar Sounds great.A+

This is the Second guitar I received.The first had buzzing and cosmetic problems..like..a knot in the neck by the first fret..also the first finish bled into binding.AMS was very good at taking it back and immedialtly replacing it....

The second Guitar was absolutly PERFECT!!I believe there has been a significant improvement in Epiphone Quality in recent months...BRAVO Gibson.Nut beautifullt cut...Action perfect...Everything....ROCKS..And I'm a finicky guy...

Yes,it can withstand constant use.Very Solid looking guitar.I have ordered the Epiphone LP case..hoping it's good.I would use it without a backup,it's that good

I didn't need customer support,But,I'm not trustful of the Warranty.The only real help from Gibson is there 1-800 number.If you get to the point of needing to go for repair...GOOD LUCK

I had a couple of Rock bands in the 60's.Now I'm just livin the dream.I have done an open Mike...that was fun.I have a Tele.Strat,SG 61 reissue,SG Classic,Epiphone Casino Elitist...very nice...Fender Blues Junior Amp...Epiphone Valve Junior..and lots of Boss pedals and Many Acoustics...just got the Taylor Baby...Very nice.

If this Epiphone were stolen,I would get another.I Love the sound,feel.I hate that I had to eturn the first guitar to finally get perfect one.It has everything a Rocker needs :)

2007 Chinese Les Paul Standard that was a factory 2nd. 22 frets
This one is light more like a Studio than any of the other 4 Epiphone Les Pauls I had. The finish isn't transparent but I'd be inclined to say this guitar either is hollowed out in certain areas or is alder wood. I changed the nut to a Tusq nut right away and put String-Saver saddles on it. I took it into a luthier as I bought it off eBay and he found the frets were very uneven. I guess that is what made it a factory 2nd because everything else is fine on the guitar. Anyways he set in and glued the frets and dressed them and now it plays very well. I got a hardshell case with it even though I only play at home. I figure every guitar of mine should have a nice place to rest. The Grover tuners perform wonderfully. I give it an 8 because it was a 2nd and because the factory nut and saddles are pretty cheap. But for $379.00 it is a good value for those looking for a Les Paul styled guitar.

I run it through a Digitech RP50 effects unit into a Peavey Studio Pro amplifier. It has a 12" speaker so it provides good sound from a relatively cheap amp. The pickups are okay. They sound pretty much like my other Epiphone pickups with the exception of two of my previously owned Epiphones which both had 57 Classic/57 Classic Plus
pickups in them and they were pretty fine. I may at some point change to a Seymour Duncan Jazz in the neck and a JB at the bridge, but I'm in no rush. The sounds I can get with the stock setup are pretty good. The neck pickup is not muddy and the bridge is bright and can get raunchy with some distortion, which I like when I'm in the mood. It is good for jazz, blues and rock. Not country though. But I have a Telecaster for that kind of twangy sound. I give it an 8 because the sound is good but if Epiphone spent another $50.00 bucks on this guitar they could install much better pickups in it and I would gladly pay the extra $50.00

The guitar was not set up well from the factory and required work at my local luthiers shop to get it into Grade A playing condition. As I mentioned before the frets had to be re-set and dressed. The paint job was fine and the gold hardware looks fine. It gets an 8 because my Fender came with a decent factory setup, and the quality control sticker(which has been removed) should not have been put on this guitar that had terrible fretwork. Note also that it has a logo on the back saying this is a limited edition custom shop model. It should have been fixed before they rushed it out of the factory.

It is a solidly built guitar and I believe that it would stand up to live playing quite well. The gold hardware finish will likely wear off pretty quickly, but it it would be dependable as long as it wasn't abused.

No warranty since it's a 2nd. I would never take it to the local Epiphone dealer. I take it to the local Ibanez shop where they do good work at a fair price. I think if you take care of something from the start it will last and you'll never have to deal with a warranty issue. I think the Chinese factory still has a ways to go before it matches the quality of the South Korean models of 2003 and before.

I have been playing off and on since I was a teenager in the 70's. I just play for fun. I won't buy another Epiphone guitar on eBay without playing it first. I think that I'll buy my next guitar (an acoustic)locally and try it first. I compared it with an Agile Les Paul copy. I had two Agiles before and I had to return one of them with a crack in the neck. I chose the Epiphone this time over the Agile because it's expensive to ship it back if there is a problem even though the Agile dealer is great. My other guitar is a Fender Standard Telecaster which I will review next.

2 passive stock humbuckers,rosewood fretboard. black/white,grovers, les paul style single cutaway guitar, jumbo frets.

I like this guitar for the money. It has the weight which contributes to the sustain. I knew I was most likely going to have to change the electronics/pickups but the guitar provides a great base product to upgrade. The finish work is very respectable relative to its Gibson peer.

Classic Rock run thru a Vox 30 watt Valvetronix. The stock pickups are decent but nothing special. Good harmonics, feel and playability. I will upgrade with some hotter pickups. Rhythm pickup is a bit muddy. Middle and Treble position are OK.

Many of these companies cut corners on the finish work but, again, I like the base product features and finish. The strings buzz a little but I will have that worked out with a set up and some heavier strings. The frets, usually the area suffering on these copy guitars, are very well done on mine. Smooth jumbo frets with no overhang thanks in part to the bound fretboard. A very nice looking guitar.

Feels like a heavy duty and durable guitar - weighty. Parts are solid with no loose connections. Well built. Neck is solid and joins the body well. I would play live with it.

Not a lot of experience with Gibson but they do offer 24 hour customer support.

This is a very good guitar. I don't understand the folks that expect a $3,000 Gibson Les Paul for $400 bucks. Just make the upgrades and setup and you will have a very nice guitar. Good looking, solid build, smooth playing - what more can you ask?

This Epiphone Les Paul was made in China and i have no idea what year. It has 22 frets The controls are 2 volume controls (for each humbucker and two tone control likewise. The pickups are passive being Epiphones own and they perform well. The body is a solid chunk of mahogany, enough said. The neck is glued on and has a rosewood fretboard. It has a flamed top. It has Gibson/Epiphones stop tailpiece. The tuners are top quality grovers and have satisfied me from the onset. It also has a fat wide neck, that is very fast and comfortable for a les paul. not tons of features so it won't give it 10, but it does heaps of tones

It is perfect for my rock/blues music style. I run it through a Behringer GMX212 (sadly) so the tone of it dosen't quite show. It is hum free and completely silent due to the humbuckers, which are medium output. The sound isn't particulary bright, but is very, very rich. it dosen't do shimmering cleans all that well, but your eyes will light up when you run it through a Plexi or something like that, it is made for this kind of amp.

The action is not to low, not too high, perfect for playing and sounding good. Th guitar only had minor flaws like the neck-strap button coming loose every time you use the strap, and the pickup toggle coming loose, but these are minor cosmetic flaws and are easily fixed, other than that, the guitar is absolutly perfect.

I have used it on a gig and it is very solid, the hardware will last if you look after it. I don't think the finish will wear off, and so what if it does, it will only look like a well aged les paul. I would trust this guitar with my life, very solid and unsmashable, it just wouldn't break like a flimsy bolt on neck type (you all know the model im talking about)

Never dealt with them

I have benn playing for 4 years now. I fit was lost or stolen i would be seriously pissed off, because it the most expensive thing i own, and I treat it like a baby (wiping down after gigs etc.). The only thig i don't like about it is where the intonation screws are, but i don't care, I get music headquarters in newcastle to do it for me for reduced price because i buy everything there. If you want a serious Les Paul, at a reduced price, run and get one of these axes, you will not regret it

Nothing I can add here that hasn't been described in full better than I could. Semi-hollow body certainly helps make it lighter!

With a good amp it seems to produce a good tone and the humbuckers can certainly be adjusted enough to mimic almost any type of music as long as you have the right amp (I'm a beginner with a nice Vox Ad30VT which sounds great to me). The pickups aren't as loud as real Gibson or others but they do the job. The neck pickup is very quite and doens't offer much. It acutally sounds kind of nice unplugged.

This is the area that I have the most gripe about this guitar. It buzzes a lot. When I mentioned it to the sales person they said it wasn't that bad but after only a month is certainly gets on my nerves. It's adjusted as well as it can be so must be caused by crappy frets. When bending the strings it ofter causes my finger to go under another string causing a possible twang. Also, bending the A string a bit may make the top E string slide off the end because the neck is very narrow. The action just doesn't feel very good to me. The finish on the neck causes my hand to sweat and get sticky so I have to use talc or baby powder to keep from sticking. Because of all of these issues I wish I could get different guitar that I like more.

This guitar seems very sturdy, I haven't had any issues and it seems to hold its tune. I am a beginner so don't know how it would hold up at gigs.

Unfortunely it lookes good but just doesn't feel very good or play easily. You have to be very skilled to keep from doing something wrong (keep frets from buzzing, sliding hand without sticking on neck, bending strings without causing problems). I would love to buy something else and probably will sell on craigslist for cheap.

Typical made in China Les Paul features: 24.75" scale, 3 mahogany body with laminated flame maple top and laminated back, body and neck binding, 2 piece Mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, 22 frets, plastic nut, 2 Epiphone humbuckers, 2 tone, 2 volume knobs, 3 position switch, THICK polyurethane finish, grover tuners, abr-1 bridge, tailpiece. Mine is a Translucent Red Wine.
The pickups are sort of cheap. I played the stock pickups for about 7 months but recently replaced them with Seymour Duncan Jazz in the neck and a JB in the bridge and replaced all the electronics and wired it to the specs of Jimmy Pages Les Paul. I will elaborate more on them on the sound. Everything else is acceptable

I play basically for pleasure by myself and with friends. I typically play classic rock, The Who and Led Zepplin etc. and my own version of James Brown funk using a Fender Blues Jr., the one with the Jensen speaker. This little 15 Watt amp is fine for me and waht I do. Like I said above I played with the stock pickups for about 7 months or so. The bridge pickup was okay but the neck pickup was pretty quiet and muffled in my opinion. I recently changed out all the electronics on it and replaced them with a Seymour Duncan Jazz in the neck position and a JB in the bridge position. I had it wired to the specs of Jimmy Page's Les Paul. I strung it with Gibson Vintage strings. This greatly improved the sound and tone variation of the guitar. I got much much more output with the Seymour Duncan pickups. The Jimmy Page wiring specs gave me increadible tone variation (coil tap on poth pickups using a push/pull pots on the volume knobs. Using push/pulls on the tone knobs - the neck tone knob puts the pickups in a seiries -the bridge tone knob puts the pickups out of phase.) I am still playing with all the tone variations but even my wife said "it vhanges the sound of the guitar entirely." With these changes I would probably rate this and 8 or 9. I plan to get a Duncan Twin Tube stomp box to get three channels out of my songle channel Fender Blues Jr. Overall a good guitar for the price under $400 not including the upgrades I made.

Set up was okay out of the box to get going but was much improved with a professional set up. Frets were a little uneven. I bought mind as a blemish off ebay. It took me a long time to find any blemish at all. After a couple days looking it over I found a small buff marks where the neck meets the body but that is it.

The finish on this is pretty thick so I think it will take a beating. I keep mine in an ABS case when not playing it so I think it will last a long time. Since I do not gig professionally I do not need a backup. It is all for self pleasure.

Since it is a factory blemish I will not get any support. The company I bought it from was a perfect trasaction.

I've played off and on for about 15 years with long gaps between. I am totally slef taught with a few periods with lessons here and there. Putting all the time together probably about 2 to 3 years. Looking back, I might have held out for a good shape used Gibson Les Paul studio since after upgrading I would have probably found one in the price I spent on the Epiphone and upgrading it. I like the guitar because it is a good starter and would recomend it for anyone learning. Shop around and you'll find one for the price I paid stock used with probably all the upgrade you need on it for the price you'd pay for it stock. But hey you live and learn.

all the standard les paul features...2 humbuckers, tune-o-matric bridge, 22 frets two volume two tone controls with a 3 way toggle switch, groover tuners etc...mine has a nice cherry burst finish on it...and above all it is made up of mahogany (not the ply-wood used in lower end models)..i only rate it 7 coz the features r pretty standard and i like to have a whammy bar on it

i play nearly every thing from thrash metal to traditional folk songs..the pups r just ok and they dont sound even close to the burstbuckers on the gibson...this thing sounds great acoustically which suggest that by a change of pups it can actually sound very well..but with stock setup its just ok...i gave 8 bcoz it can play nearly every style of music.

gr8 action just about what i like not very low and not very high finish is flawless and above all it has one thing which i love most the guitar's neck make u fell actually when u r playing it

very durable and reliable if used with care (it is not meant to be thrown and can't bear u jumping on it) polish is good

haven't dealt with them

i'm very happy with this guitar and its wise 2 buy these and later change pups then buying a 2.5k gibosn...just by spending a couple of hundred dollars u can have a guitar that sounds like a gibson..again i say acoustically it is gr8

Usual Les Paul features: 24.75" scale, 3 mahogany body with laminated flame maple top and laminated back, body and neck binding, 2 piece Mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, 22 frets, plastic nut, 2 Epiphone '57 passive humbuckers, 2 tone, 2 volume knobs, 3 position switch, thick polyurethane finish, grover tuners, abr-1 bridge, tailpiece, made in China...
Mine is colored in Translucent Amber.
All is pretty much well except finish which i don't like as it is too thick, though the guitar looks awesome! Pickups are cheap - the same with the nut, everything else is actually good...

I play classic rock, blues and hard rock, using a Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 amp and DigiTech Bad Monkey overdrive and Marshall Guv'vor2 overdrive pedals. With stock pickups it is very quiet, but the pickups are sterile as expected, i recommend to change them when available. Get a real deal if you want to improve the guitar. I went with SD Antiquity and straight away it sounded MUCH MUCH better. Nut was also replaced with a Tusq nut from Graphtech in order to get a better sustain as well as the tailpiece which is now aluminium Gotoh - though i do not think that it made a big difference. I've also changed the pots with quality CTS audio taper 500k log. Next is to change the switch with a proper Switchcraft as the stock can be noisy...

So my advice is to get a proper set of humbuckers, pots and a switch, and get a new bone, Tusq or some other quality nut.

Or even better...

Get yourself an Edwards Les Paul from Ebay for the same amount of money you have spent on buying and upgrading this guitar - it is MUCH better guitar, you get nice Nitrocellulose finish, SD Jeff Beck pickup in the bridge position and the SD '59 pickup in the neck position, also you get the deep neck joint, one piece neck, solid maple body top, 2 piece body back and better hardware. A friend of mine who makes pickups said after he tried the Edwards that with new handwound pickups it is capable of killing almost every Gibson Les Paul Standard - believe me he knows what he is talking about as he is one of the best luthiers i've seen!

For ??300 it is a good sounding thing, not spectacular but ok, a lot better with upgrades...

Factory setup was sort of ok, but i prefer to set it up myself the way it suits me. Intonation was very bad, so it had to be done, other than that action was ok. I needed to tighten the tuners, and the bridge and tailpiece studs could have been much better drilled in so they wouldn't stick out as much, but it is not that bad.

It is capable of live playing, it seems reliable and hardware will last for sure. Finish can be checked only if you drop it or drop something on it, so for those who like their guitars without a scratch it will be easy to keep it that way as the finish is very thick. I can definitely depend on it as with the improvements i've done it sounds really well, and yes i would use it without a backup, but i have a strat as well which i would use on the same gig so it would have a sort of backup. And yes, if you like to move a lot during playing, get straplocks to avoid swearing which will be inevitable if you drop it as it is heavy.

never got to speak to them, but judging by their website the customer support must be horrible. Still... contact your luthier instead :)

I've been playing for over a year and own a USA Fender Strat Standard and Marshall DSL 100 with a couple of pedals. I sometimes regret that i've bought this guitar as for the money spent on it plus the improvements i've made i could have bought a better guitar, but after all it is not that bad, and as the matter of fact i would recommend it to the beginners or anyone who doesn't have the funds to buy something better, but do yourself a favor; if you want to buy one, buy a good used one, as there will be a lot of guys like me who will not like the guitar as much and will sell it after a short time period, that is a good opportunity to got it for ??200 or maybe even less as the new ones cost about ??270

Is it worth the money? Well depends... I do like it, but again, if you can save about ??100 or ??150 more, get yourself a much better deal with Edwards or maybe Tokai which is much pricier than edwards, but also very good japanese guitar - if you don't believe me check the reviews here.

Gorgeous honeyburst unlike any other Epi's LP Plaintops I've seen in stores. Much darker and redder. Standard Lp Style. Cream Binding that doesn't look awful and pinkish like on Gibsons. Tune-o-matic import bridge. You know the deal. 2006 model with plain top and god knows what for wood. I'd say a 7 overall since I need to upgrade the bridge and I already installed locking tuners.

Sounds like butt when plugged in. Dull. Sounds great acoustically, it really does. Definitely requires new pickups. I'm surprised it hums as much as it does. At least it has good harmonics.

Ok, here are the issues and things I should have noticed before I considered buying the guitar (I never remember to really check things out, my own fault, I need to make a list and bring it next time...). Whoever drilled the peghead holes did a godawful job because they are uneven and asymmetrical. The G string is too close to the middle of the peghead and makes the whole arrangement look lopsided. The G string tuner was slanted when installed. I did a better job with my Sperzels and it was my first try, but of course the G string peghead is still

LIke I said, who knows what wood was used. I tried putting in a Graphtech nut, which by the way folks, are never the right size. This one wasn't high enough and I couldn't even raise my bridge enough to get rid of 1st fret buzz. Fret work is fine though. No problems whatsoever. Intonates damn near perfectly.

If Warmoth had this Honeyburst color(not that Amber malarkey they try to pass of as a Honeyburst due to a lack of consesus on the general color) and painted their LP's like Gibson with no burst over the pickup selector, I totally would have ordered one with white binding on the neck and body, with pearl block inlays on an ebony neck, tummy cats and a nice shaped heel. Although, the whole bolt on thing seems weird...

It will last if I don't smash it for being upset with myself. The amount of money you have to spend these days for a well built Les Paul...

No idea

Been playing 10 YEARS. Own two new 4003's. USA Strat. Marshall 1987x reissue, and tons of pedals. Lovetone Doppelganger. MXR Blue Box and Phase 45. Captain Coconut II. BYOC Slow Gear. EH 16 DD, EH Del. Elec. Mistress, EH POG, VS h2o, EH Little BM, Boss OD-3, AnalogMan Blue Driver and TS-808 mods.

I can't put a Graphtech nut in it because even though they offer Epiphone nuts, they aren't high enough and cause awful buzz on the 1st fret. The pegheads are misaligned, the stock pickups sound like butt through my rig compared to my Strat, and the only thing going for it right now are the looks. I bought this in hopes of upgrading it with SD Peter Green pickups and upgraded wiring, but I'm so frustrated with the flaws I never noticed off the bat and the fact that I can't put a Graphtech nut in that I'd rather smash it or pawn it off on Guitar Center.

I find it criminal how much Gibson charges for their guitars, especially since they closed down the Custom Shop to personal orders so you can get what you ACTUALLY WANT, and nothing less than $2,500 is even worth purchasing from them. Their Classics look and sound terrible, and their Studios feel and look worse than Mexican Strats ( which quite honestly, have btichin' harmonics.) If only I had ordered my custom Gibson when I had the chance... Oh poverty...

SO PLEASE, PLEASE, before you buy one, especially if you are considering upgrading one, make sure there are no design flaws. Really, save your pennies and get a Warmoth a Gibson. Bite that miserable bullet. Hopefully one has the looks and sound you NEED.