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Nov 10 2007, 01:40 AM
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Hi Hristan and welcome!
I am not the expert but I am sure one will be along shortly  As I see it you have a couple of choices: 1. Les Paul Studio - this is a cut down version of the LP in that it doesn't look as fancy as a standard, but by all accounts plays very well. This may be a little out of your price range, but is half the price of a regular Les Paul 2. Epiphone are a company owned by Gibson and they make a variety of Les Paul copies, some of them are very good although not quite as good as the real thing - these are definitely in your price range. Ok, I'll make way for someone who has actually owned some of these now
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Nov 10 2007, 01:54 AM
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My Epiphone Les Paul Standard is absolutely fantastic. I love the quality and sound out of it--I've never had any problems with mine. The standard pickups are pretty good for a variety of music, and they won't need replaced unless you want some seriously hot and heavy metal pickups.
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Nov 10 2007, 01:56 AM
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Hi Hristian,
take a look at this - might help as it list quite a few Gibson LPs and copies and gives an indication of retail European prices. I'm not advocating you use Thomann although I believe they are ok and I think they deliver within Europe for free. An Epiphone like Andrew says is a great LP type guitar and within your budget but also consider the PRS SE, ESP Ltd etc. I'm afraid that 600 euros would just about get you the bottom end of the Gibson range and personally I'd recommend that you get a good Epi or PRS etc rather then a bottom of the range Gibson. Cheers, Tony ps - Welcome to GMC
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Nov 10 2007, 02:32 AM
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Is there any way for you to just go and buy it online and get it delivered?
-------------------- QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl) ...you will have taken your very first steps towards Johnson land... Guitars: Epiphone Les Paul Standard (Modified), Yamaha Pacifica (Black; modified with different humbuckers and a few other things) Equipment: Vox DA5 Digital Amp (It's a little weak, but fun nonetheless), Line 6 Pod X3 Live Wishlist: An Ibanez RG Model, and a yummy Pavel and Andrew Cockburn JEM.. Mmmm. I'd also love a Marshall Stack. That'd be awesome. :D |
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Nov 10 2007, 02:34 AM
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QUOTE (tonymiro @ Nov 9 2007, 06:56 PM)  Hi Hristian, take a look at this - might help as it list quite a few Gibson LPs and copies and gives an indication of retail European prices. I'm not advocating you use Thomann although I believe they are ok and I think they deliver within Europe for free. An Epiphone like Andrew says is a great LP type guitar and within your budget but also consider the PRS SE, ESP Ltd etc. I'm afraid that 600 euros would just about get you the bottom end of the Gibson range and personally I'd recommend that you get a good Epi or PRS etc rather then a bottom of the range Gibson. Cheers, Tony ps - Welcome to GMC I don't know about that. Gibson LP studios are nice. And Gibson has high resale value. I don't know what Ebay access you have in Blugaria, but I got my first Les Paul on ebay, used, and have been very happy with it. It is a studio. Just make sure that whoever sales it to you guarantees that the neck is in top shape, no twists, good working truss rod, no problems with the frets. I would make sure of that, if they won't guarantee that, money back, I would not buy a used guitar from them. Not saying that is your best bet here, just an option, used Gibson LP Studio. Look at Gabriel's lessons to see a black one. I like the black ones. I see them on sale on Ebay going for a decent price sometimes. |
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Nov 10 2007, 02:35 AM
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I was talking about the Gibson LP studio, but that is about $1000.
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Nov 10 2007, 02:54 AM
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Just to clarify my comment before...
A Gibson LP Studio UK in Europe is about 1600Euros (  ) - ie double the US price - the best you might be able to do is a shop soiled Vixen or Special. That's what I was referring to as the bottom end of the range rather then the Studio, and even then you'd have to haggle hard as they sell for about 1000Euros new. Nothing against the Vixen or Special but they are very much more down to individual taste imo - people seem to love them or hate them...Cheers, Tony QUOTE (Spiderusalem @ Nov 9 2007, 07:43 PM) Why havn't floyds been fitten into les pauls? or atleast, how come I've never seen one around? It just seems like tha natural order of things. take an awesome guitar, put a floyd on it thus making it more awesome. I think most of us buy a LP for tone and sustain. (Let's bypass the discussion that you can get good sustain and tone from other guitars just for now ). FR's reputedly, rightly or wrongly, suck tone. Further they normally require a fair bit of routing to fit. Neither of which routinely seems to fit with the ethos of a LP. I have an FR fitted to my Custom LP JUnior/Special and to minimise routing the neck was deliberately set differently so that the FR's base plate floats above the body and only the block is routed in. Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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