It does reflect the traditions and the style of the real thing, and it is very well made, but it is in the sound that it comes closest. Having made those points the closest, this guitar comes to its Gibson Les Paul cousin in our opinion is rather surprisingly in its sound.
This must be taken into account when considering this guitar. This Epiphone Les Paul-100 isn’t even the most expensive of their range and is roughly half price of some of the other Epiphone versions. This is a great guitar for anyone, entry level or. The Chinese Epi SG has plastic inlays in the neck, but the body and neck wood (mahogany) is very lively and the tone and sustain is very good. I sounds great It feels great Its not a Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty, but it doesnt cost 8,000.00 either. I honestly dont find a lot of difference in quality. If you are thinking about buying one because you think you might get the same sound and feel as the original then that is not going to happen.Įven Gibson Les Paul’s are not all the same, and you can get a Les Paul Studio quite cheaply, but then it will go up in price until you reach what most people accept as ‘the’ Les Paul, the Standard. I now own a 2007 Chinese Epiphone SG, a 90s Korean-made Samick SG and a 2004 US made Gibson Les Paul Special. i bought this guitar because it sounded decent and i wanted an electric guitar i paid 350 at a long and mcquade store. Epiphone 59 Les Paul with Burstbucker PUs It looks the part but the really scary. Let us make one thing very clear before we begin to pass our opinions on this guitar.Īs good as the Epiphone Les Paul-100 is, it is not a Gibson Les Paul. The Music Zoo is your daily source for the best guitar news, reviews.
They have tried to create a guitar that replicates a Gibson Les Paul as far as is possible given the cost of it. These are the basics of the construction.Īs you can see, Epiphone has stuck to what’s needed without loads of bells and whistles. The Epiphone LP-100 Les Paul Electric Guitar is a scaled down version of the Les Paul Standard, costing about one to two hundred dollars less.Still, that doesn’t mean it isn’t packed with the quality features you expect from a Les Paul, including 700T humbucker pickups, a rosewood fretboard that is 24.75 inches, a mahogany body and a maple top. There is though, no coil tapping on this guitar as there are on some of the more expensive Epiphone Les Paul’s. You can expect none or just minimal hum from these as they are well made and standard fare for Epiphone guitars that require the humbucker kick. The Epiphone Les Paul-100 is fitted with a couple of 700T high-output ceramic Humbuckers, one at the neck and one at the bridge.