Product: Epiphone Les Paul Studio
Price Paid: US $250$ used
Submitted
01/15/1999
at
01:55pm
by
Brett
Features
:
6
Containing 22 frets, the neck is okay. It's neither really good or bad, it's mediocre. The good thing is that it is glued into the body instead of bolted ( better quality than the Les Paul Special II ). It has the original factory humbuckers which are controlled by their own individual tone and volume controls. It also has a Tune-O-Matic bridge. It's made of alder ( the body). It is a solid body made of three solid pieces of wood placed together ( not plywood, the pieces are placed side by side ). The tuners were put in by a child earning 0.0000002 cents an hour somewhere in Asia because they were not screwed in very straight.
Sound
:
6
It sounds pretty good for 250 dollars! Of course the humbuckers are not the greatest, but they can be replaced. However, they are microphonic unfortunatly. I practice through a Peavy Rage amp and I can talk into the pickups and my voice will come out of the amp when in overdrive. I also picked up an AM radio station on it clearer than my stereo can! But, this could also be caused by all the wires around. I bet Carvin pickups can't do this! Oh well, no other 250 dollar guitar probably sounds as good as this one does.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
It was set up very well for the type of guitar it is. One way to tell is by the serial no. If it starts with an E or U, then it is good, if F or S then it sucks. Anything else, it's in between. All the controls were surprisingly good for being an Epi. No flaws. Could be because the ser no. started with a U. The finish is great! Mine is cherry sunburst. It will be tough to ruin. It is polyurethane... one tough mother. One beautiful guitar!
Reliability/Durability
:
8
I'd play gigs with it if it had better pickups. Most people would not though because it is an Epi. It would have to be up to you. To tell you the truth, I love this guitar! I only payed 250 for it! I think the finish will definatly last. It will stay beautiful for a while. It is very thick.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
N/A
Overall Rating
:
7
I've only been playing for a month, but my friend has played for 8 years and he helped with this evaluation. So have your own reference and don't take my word, but for 250 dollars we both agree that I got a deal.
