At the time of writing it’s not available with P90’s. They’re ProBucker pickups rather than P90’s. The guitar has two humbuckers, one at the bridge and one at the neck. Fortunately it’s quite easy to replace the nut with a material of your choice. The nut is made from NuBone, which is a plastic like material. Medium jumbo frets tend to give you a little more room to work. There are 22 medium jumbo frets, which make it accessible to less experienced guitarists. The key frets are marked out by trapezoid inlays in the classic Les Paul style. Sometimes you find Indian Laurel can be a little lighter in color than Rosewood, but in terms of tone they’re very similar. The fingerboard material is Indian Laurel, which has similar qualities to Rosewood but is much more sustainable. The C-shaped neck is comfortable and the 12″ fingerboard radius makes the fretting a little easier thanks to the flatter face. The pictured model is the 1950’s style, which has a C-shaped neck profile whilst retaining a classic rounder feel than later models. In terms of styling, the Les Paul Standard is one of the “inspired by Gibson” range, which focuses on the classic Gibson guitars. The whole thing has a gloss finish, which is one of the differences between the Epiphone and the Gibson. Mahogany is slightly heavier, but it ensures decent resonance and sustain.
It’s a full scale (24.75″) guitar with a mahogany body and glued in mahogany neck. Let’s take a closer look at the Epiphone Les Paul Standard.
One of their biggest cost savings is probably that the Epiphones are made in China, whereas Gibsons are usually made in the US. But in terms of playability and comfort, for me there’s not too much in it. That would make no sense! You’ll find the differences in some of the materials, the finish and the pickups.
They couldn’t produce a $1000 plus guitar and sell it for $599. The Epiphones retain many of the qualities of the Gibsons, but crucially their much, much cheaper.Īs you’d expect there are differences. In fact you really might struggle to tell the difference upon first glance. But wait, this is an Epiphone, not a Gibson. The classic styling and good looks of the Les Paul. You’ll save yourself a lot of money by opting for the Epiphone, but do you compromise on the quality? Is it really worth it? Overview of The Epiphone Les Paul Standard In this Epiphone Les Paul Standard review, we’ll take a look at Epiphone’s version of the classic Gibson Les Paul. All trademarks, images and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective companies.Epiphone guitars are arguably the best “diet” version of a big brand name out there. Rating is an average rating that is calculated by using publicly available numeric rating information musicians entered while writing review of Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio. User generated reviews of Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio represent opinions of credited authors alone, and do not represent Chorder's opinion. Some reviews are automatically generated generated by using verbal representation of publicly available numeric rating information musicians entered while writing review of Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio. If you have more information about Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio please write a review. This page contains information, pictures, videos, user generated reviews, automatically generated review and videos about Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio but we do not warrant the quality, accuracy or completeness of any information on our web site. Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio 3.97 out of 5