Epiphone offers good sounding and playable guitars for players who are not ready yet to pour in cash on a Gibson made guitar. The guitars this sub-brand of Gibson makes are much easier to save for, ranging from beginner level guitars like the Epiphone LP-100, and signature model Slash AFD, to mid-level guitars starting from the Epiphone Les Paul Standard, then going up the ladder with their Tribute Plus models.
Epiphone Les Paul Standard is a great value guitar just within the five hundred to one thousand dollar range. It brings the classic features of a Les Paul with its design, as well as to capture legendary tones of the best music every played using an LP guitar.
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- Single cutaway body made in mahogany with a maple top
- Hand set-neck made of mahogany
- 22 medium size frets rosewood or pau ferro fingerboard with trapezoid inlays
- Close style Grover Tuners in chrome finish
- Traditional Locking Tune-o-Matic with Stopbar bridge
- Alnico Classic Humbuckers pick-ups for the neck and bridge controlled by a 3-way toggle switch for selecting pick-ups along side separate volume and tone control knobs
Body and Neck: The mahogany body of this LP model from Epiphone has a maple top that comes in assortment finishes, protected by a scratch plate for players to select. Mahogany and maple tonewood combination yields a resonant rich warm sound with extra clarity to the notes and produces a good amount of sustain in the end.
The hand set-neck is made of mahogany and rosewood or pau ferro for additional roomy warmth to the sound with 22 medium size frets garnished in trapezoid inlays. Epiphone Les Paul headstock is less tilted compared to a Gibson that some suggest, it is better in keeping the guitar in tune.
Pick-ups: For the main components the Epiphone Les Paul Standard gets its sounds are hum free Alnico Classic Humbuckers pick-ups for the neck and bridge, controlled by a 3-way toggle switch for selecting pick-ups along side separate volume and tone control knobs for both humbucks.
Hardware: Holding the strings are the traditional Locking Tune-o-Matic with Stopbar bridge and close style Grover Tuners in chrome finish.
Final Thoughts: Epiphone Les Paul Standard is a good piece of instrument in terms of sound, playabilty and quality of parts that makes the whole guitar. It is well recommended guitar for a beginner guitar to learn with and to set them up for much bigger things as they get better and better in playing.
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