The USA Made Gibson Les Paul Tribute series. All for just over £300?! Bargain, right?Īnd so (finally) to the point of this article. Most of all it just looks right, with a lovely original headstock and the fire-red model, in particular, looking stunning. The better control layout and design in general (loving the single volume/tone setup and neck heel carve) Added versatility with the dry switch for hum-free single-coil tones. Now thinking outside the box, I was very close to pulling the trigger on a Y amaha Revstar RS420, which sort of answers all the questions I put to the SG. I can see the point of having a lighter, more manageable Les Paul for on-stage use, but the problem is… it ISN’T more manageable, for all the reasons above. Gibson/Epiphone SG?įor a time, I tinkered with the idea of Gibson/Epiphone SG’s, mainly because I’ve never owned one, and concluding that I could never get away with the control layout, ( very close together knobs and a jack at 90 degrees? no thanks), neck heaviness, the cheesy pointiness of the body, and the fact that, really, this is a Les Paul light in all but name. Anyway, each to their own, and let’s move on. The same day I spotted another object of my desires, the Epiphone Coronet, which frankly looked like a toy. I don’t want to be dealing with the cost and inconvenience of nut filing and fret leveling after a £500 purchase. The killer for me as far as affordable guitars go is that the fretwork and setup are a lottery. Laminated back to hide the grain/number of body pieces? Really? To be honest they look cheap, plasticky, and definitely not the massive step up that was promised. However, on walking into a guitar store and seeing them first hand? Not even close to the real McCoy, or close enough to warrant £500 anyway. I was almost sold, as my experience of recent Epiphones has been a wholly positive one (check out my Epiphone ES335 PRO review here. CTS electronics, long tenon, good (Probucker) pickups, and that new Kalamazoo style headstock, which is a big improvement on recent Epi’s. The videos and online reviews raved about them. Still in my internal Strat Vs Les Paul debate, I turned my attention to Epiphone’s Inspired by Gibson Les Paul range. To confirm, I’ve played the CV and Player series back to back in a guitar store and to be honest, the Player was just as vanilla sounding and playing as I’d feared, with the CV seeming to have more personality and tighter build at almost half the price. What ultimately put me off the Player series was a) It’s now retailing close to £600, b) Looking at my current situation, which is predominantly recording, could I really live with single-coil hum? and c) Is a Mexican Strat really all that exciting? I’ve owned a Mexican Strat before, and it was possibly the most boring instrument I’ve ever heard/played.
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