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Posted by: superize Feb 9 2009, 11:38 AM

I have browsed aroud the web for a good used guitar and i found a epiphone les paul costum that cost 250 dollars....

The guitar seems to be in good shape

Is this worth it

Posted by: sted Feb 9 2009, 11:54 AM

The custom? Is that the three pickup model?

I would say this sounds good value mate, as long as it is in good condition, the epiphones are really a great brand in their own right and the custom range is very, very close to the USA studio range, very versatile guitar too!

Posted by: ZakkWylde Feb 9 2009, 11:57 AM

seems like a good deal, good guitar and a great guitar with some better pickups!!

Can you give us the link?

Posted by: Velvet Roger Feb 9 2009, 12:30 PM

Sounds like a pretty good deal to me, play it and go for it

Posted by: superize Feb 9 2009, 12:55 PM

Here is the link

http://www.blocket.se/vi/20200236.htm?ca=1_2_s

Its from a swedish buy and sell website

Posted by: ZakkWylde Feb 9 2009, 01:04 PM

The pics are not too detailded but it looks good so far...
Do you have any chance to play it or do you buy it and it's delivered?

Posted by: superize Feb 9 2009, 01:07 PM

Unfortually i dont have any chance of playing it but i hav listened to some samples on youtube of people playing the same guitar and i like what i hear

Posted by: ZakkWylde Feb 9 2009, 01:12 PM

The sound is not what I worried about (cause it sounds great!). I meant that you can make sure how the condition of the guitar is (in the worst case the frets could be worn down, or some electronics are dead, or there could be flaws that don't show on the picture...you catch my drift - You don't really know how good or bad the shape of the guitar is...

Oh and I would at least try a Les Paul in a store cause a lot of people don't like how they feel to play, It feels totally diffrent then your Warrior!

Posted by: Mrblomme Feb 9 2009, 02:48 PM

Go for it after trying!

Posted by: superize Feb 14 2009, 08:23 PM

I am not going to buy this guitar........

I have found this ibanez rg320 with EMG pickups

http://www.blocket.se/vi/20246720.htm?ca=1_2_s

I hava asked the former owner to give me as much information about is as psooible and alos that he record a video clip of it so i can get a better opinion of the guitar......

I have no chance of trying it before buying....

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte Feb 14 2009, 11:28 PM

Nice guitar man! It seems to be in perfect conditions
I'll go for it.

Posted by: Fsgdjv Feb 15 2009, 12:48 AM

2500 kr is not very much, I'd go for it if it seems good to you.

Posted by: Sircraigery Feb 15 2009, 12:50 AM

I would reccomend that Ibanez 100x over the Epi.

Posted by: superize Feb 22 2009, 09:11 PM

Non of the above deals were succesfull.....

Now i have found a guitar that is a bit closer to where i live

http://www.blocket.se/vi/20111686.htm?ca=1_9_s

I dont know much about the guitar but i have asked the owner for some more info......

If i like it i think i will go there and try it out....

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Feb 22 2009, 10:40 PM

Definitely try it out before you buy man.

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Feb 22 2009, 10:59 PM

yeah, I think every guitar you buy is so important, so... it´s better to taste the guitar before buy it. so, I´d start with the black ibanez go, and try it!

Posted by: Hisham Al-Sanea Feb 23 2009, 12:21 AM

i see its a nice price but try it before buying

Posted by: Aleksander Sukovic Feb 24 2009, 10:47 AM

Personally, I would never buy a used guitar before trying it out, 'cause there are a lot of things that you can't see in a photo, like the neck could be contorted in a such way it cannot be fixed just by adjusting the rod or you can have a bad experience like mine: I bought a used Epiphone flying-V, without inspecting it thoroughly. All seemed ok, until my friend dropped it while it was in the case. That caused her head to break off. After somehow fixing it (the guy that repaired it told me that it has already been broken and glued), I had a lot of trouble making a new logo, since it had to be painted to hide the line where it has been glued... After that the head fell off once more. Then I have glued it again, and sold it for a cheap price, so I've lost a lot of money on it, and got p....d off of all what I had to go through just because I didn't check the guitar out thoroughly.

So the moral of this story is: TRY BEFORE BUY!

Posted by: mattacuk Feb 24 2009, 11:08 AM

The epiphone is a great guitar !

Posted by: superize Feb 26 2009, 03:12 PM

I am going to go and try out the ibanez guitar tomorrow.....

If i like i will buy it

Posted by: Sensible Jones Feb 26 2009, 04:28 PM

Good Luck!!!!

Posted by: berko Feb 26 2009, 04:46 PM

Great to hear that you have the opportunity to try the Ibanez out! Good luck!