The Epiphone Les Paul |
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Oct 8 2007, 08:33 AM
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I am seriously considering getting an epiphone les paul.
Whats the difference between the: custom standard ultra studio |
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Oct 8 2007, 03:55 PM
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QUOTE (fkalich @ Oct 8 2007, 11:59 AM)  whenever I hear some song, some standard, a cover on youtube, played on a gibson les paul, that normally the Ibanez cult (or Ibanez cult clones) have the monopoly on, I am struck with how much better it sounds to me on the les paul. I know the Ibanez guitars are much better, the card carrying cult members here have said so many times. So I am very confused by all this. Maple top on Mahogany beats Basswood for tone. Tunomatic with a stopbar beats Floyd Rose for tone. I know that information don't help so I guess you just have to carry on with being confused 
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Oct 8 2007, 05:38 PM
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Not sure about the Studio but most (all?) Gibson Standards and Customs you have a choice between a 50's and a 60's profile neck. There's a big difference and so it's worth checking. Might also be true for an Epi.
I agree with fkalich and MickeM about tone. May just be old age setting in in my case though  but I do think an LP sounds better.One minor point - if you do manage to get a Gibson it should hold its value better then the Epi and I dare say most guitar with the exception of a PRS and Fender. Now if you look around it is possible (certainly in Europe) to still get a PRS single cut CE pretty cheap. Differences between the models. AFAIK for Gibsons (and I assume Epis are the same): Custom and Standards are very similar except the Custom has an aesthetically higher standard of finish. It has multiple binding black/white or black/cream binding. Binding includes the headstock. The headstock on a custom also has the large mother of pearl split parallelogram. The Custom and the Standard have carved AA or AAA/AAA+ maple body caps, the Studio has a carved maple cap. The Studio has no binding and doesn't have the Burstbucker pickups (I don't think any Epi has these). I think the neck trapezoidal markers are pearloid rather then mother-of-pearl on a Studio. Afraid I know nothing about the Ultra though. 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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Oct 8 2007, 08:19 PM
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Its not quite this simple, but for me, Gibson LP is about tone - oodles of sustain, big warm sound.
Ibanez is about playability - thin necks, great locking tremelo. The very things that Ibanez do for playability affect the tone, so as ever it is a compromise. I want both. I have a Jem, I will own an LP one day. I'll use my Jem for fast heavy riffy stuff. I'll use my LP for slow, hanging cleanish sustain. And I suspect that fkalich will say that you can get used to the feel of an LP and play it as fast as an ibanez - he is almost certainly right. Thin necks and the gubbins probably really matter for people like Steve Vai for an extra 1%, but its not the guitar that makes you play well and fast and clean, it is the hours of practice. Steve Vai on an LP would still blow you away, even though he might be upset at the 1% speed reduction 
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Oct 8 2007, 08:36 PM
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QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Oct 8 2007, 09:19 PM) he might be upset at the 1% speed reduction  I picture him attempting ripping at a LP going - DARN this 1% speed reduction!!!!I wonder who's the prime shredder on LP? Zakk Wylde is the only one I get from the top of my head but I'm surepeople in this forum knows a few  QUOTE (Francis Viviers @ Oct 8 2007, 09:29 PM) An epiphone les paul is far than good enough. I beg to differ... at least a little bit. In one way what you say is true, two Epi LP's side by side can sound different. When I got my Epi I tested a few in the store, including a very beautiful Gibson LP. The Gibson was awesome, then I found an Epi that was similar in sound. Well the Gibson was a tad nicer but not worth paying three times more. So if you look close and try out enough Epi's you may struck gold. ...now I changed the pu's anyway. Put a DiMarzio Superdistortion in the bridge and moved the bride to the neck position but that's another story. It used to be a bluesy/rocky guitar... I was looking for mayhem
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Oct 9 2007, 11:31 PM
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I dont have a Epiphone LP but an SG and its good enough for me
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