Goth Les Paul Studio Review

2 Pickups. Set Neck. Mahogany Neck & Body. Alder Top.

Features:	9.5
Sound:	9.1
Action:	8.6
Reliability:	9.3
Impression:	9.7
Overall rating:	9.2
Users rating:	8.5
Comments:	51

overall: 9.2

Featured review by: Jerbo, on may 06, 2005

Price paid: $ 500

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: This guitar is awesome, its flat black finish just sets it off. I'm prety sure it's a '04 model. It's got a Tune-O-Matic bridge but there are some models with a floyd rose. The pickups on it are very good- alnicos, but I'm in the process of putting a set of Duncans on. Grover tuners, and a cool lookin' cross at the headstock make up a damn good guitar. // 10

Sound: This guitar certain looks and plays the part for my styles (classic rock, hard rock, thrash, and a little blues). This guitar doesn't make an annoying sound whatsoever, clean or dirty. The sound is very deep, excellent for distortion junkies. But you might need to tinker with whatever gear you got for the clean sound if you like a brighter tone. I'm currently using a Fender amp with a Boss MT-2 distortion and a Crybaby, and this guitar just flows. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: I didn't like the 10 gauge that most of these guitars come with. So I put a 9 set on and lowered the bridge just a little. The pickups were ok where they were. Everything was relatively new when I got it, so it was in good shape. // 8

Reliability & Durability: This guitar has taken a good beating, and still plays like it was built by God. Like every guitar I'm sure, it got a few nicks here and there. I didn't trust the strap button and got some strap locks just incase. I personally think that that worn look on a guitar looks badass, but this flat black finish is here to stay. Only that s--t is comin' off is if I was gunna burn it! // 10

Impression: I think I played every guitar the damned store had, day after day, before I chose this guitar. The whole thing haunted me until I eventually bought it. This is my firt electric guitar, and I love it. And that goes for all Gibson/Epiphone guitars. The Gothic series are all awesome guitars, each with the same dark deep tone. I think my favortie feature beside the unique sound is the iron/irish (whatever) cross at the headstock. If you're looking for great Gibson tone at a less expensive price, give an Epiphone a chance. // 10

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: B-MAC, on december 19, 2005

Price paid: $ 549

Purchased from: GAK.co.uk

Features: I own the 2004 model of this guitar. It is in full black matt finish (not shiny at all). All black hardware, featuring two open coil humbuckers standard. The strap locations are on the outer right of the main body, and on the top extrusion of the body above the neck (which is set into the body). Overall, very sturdy construction, though a little weighty, which makes long time playing a little hard on te shoulders, but nothing that detracts from the guitar itself. Very good action, only a few millimeters with clear fretboard but the marking on the 12th fret. There are dots on the upper side of the neck indicating the frets- so you can easily see where you are on the fretboard. My model has an all body and neck in mahogany with a rosewood fretboard. // 8

Sound: I play anywhere from blues to hard rock, and this guitar suits it all. On the neck pickup, it has a very warm tone, and the treble humbucker makes a very strong crunchy sound. I play through a Laney Hardcore MAX 100W head through a Marshall 1960's cab. I have tried this head into a standard Laney 4X12 cab, but I prefer the Marshall as it handles a much wider tone variety with much more ease. Though saying that the Laney cab holds a much stronger clean tone than the Marshall. Through the Laney head, the guitar gives a very solid tone, and picks out a very wide range of frequencies. Even drop tuning to Bb on clean it still holds its ground on full bass EQ. Also on the Switch side, it picks out all the top sounds too. It has a very punchy sound when distorted, and has little to no hissing evenat high volumes. I cranked the amp to 9 volume and 8 gain and stood right in front of the amp and I got all the feedback I wanted, and when I turned round, I got no hums out of the guitar. Absolutely fantastic tone. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: Very solid action, only a few milimetres, givng a very good resonance and sustain, with fret buzzing only when smacked really hard and fast, thouggh only noticable if you looking for it. Overall, very good. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I have played aa great many gigs with this guitar, and it has stood through all of them. I even played a charity gig in front of nearly 7000 people, and it looks brilliant I tell you!. Jumping around on stage for learly 2 hours shredding the hell out of this beast, stage diving- nothing seems to faze it. The strap holders are very strong, and not once did the strap come loose. The hardware stays strong and hasnt moved at all. I wouldn't need a backup with this one as I'm so confident with it. // 9

Impression: This suits me perfectly, and is a bargain for it's price. I recomend it to anyone who like a Les Paul model, thougu it would have been nice to have a slightly glossy finish. Absolutely fab, rock on Epiphone! // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: False_God, on march 19, 2007

Price paid: $ 252

Purchased from: Second Hand

Features: This guitar was made in 2003 in Korea (pretty sure becuase all epis are made there). It features a 22 rosewood fretboard which is beautifully finnished. the nech which is mahogany is sanded down for ultimate comfort (would recomend). It has a solid mahogany body for that traditional bassy LP tone minus the weight and the finnish is a satan black (so sexy). It has the traditional Tune-O-Matic bridge but with added Grover tuners, so guaranteed to keep well in tune. It has two humbucker pickups with two tone and two volume. I added a Seymour Duncan Jb in the bridge position because the alnico lacked the edge along with balenced bass and mids, and will be changin the neck pick-up too as it lacks the thick bass for solos that I require. But the alnicos are great stock pick ups for the price of the guitar I must say! I got Schaller strap locks and a nice gig bag with it! Over-all this is one of the ultimate epiphones out their. // 10

Sound: I play everything from blues to melodic death metal and this guitar handles them perfect, If I want blues just change to the neck pup and turn down the master and turn up the pre-amp volume on my Marshall DSL401 and I have a really nice S.R.V sound going, and for heavier stuff just turn down the mids and change to the JB and has a great thrash tone. At high gain their is very little noise if any, ad the Jb gives me a nice rich, crisp sound along with edge! // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: Well I'm not sure how it was when the first owner got it but not it's perfect, action is nice and low, and fret board is like new, I was quite worried getting this due to Gibsons quality check being very poor. But this is perfect! Everything is perfect on it, finnish, hardware, electronics all like new! // 10

Reliability & Durability: I'm not 100% sure about it's reliability as of yet I haven't played any gigs with it, But I have a good few coming up so time will tell! The hardware of four years seems to be like new (so it seems to be good). I added strap locks just to make sure nothing ever will hapen, can never be too sure like. The finnish seems perfect but finger prints are easily picked out due to satan finnish! // 9

Impression: Overall this guitar suits me to the ground, couldnt have asked for a better guitar for the price! I own this along with a Godin Radiator, Jackson Ke 1 and a Charvel Strat and this is one of my favourite guitars! Theirs nothing I hate about it tbh, maybe the pups, but that's because I have very high standards in pups! I'm compared this to a MIM Strat and this imo kills it. Over all great guitar. // 10

overall: 9.6

Reviewed by: StratoSlayer, on april 13, 2007

Price paid: $ 516.04

Purchased from: Allans Music, Melbourne

Features: This guitar was made in Korea, but inspected in America so good quality is guaranteed. It's got 22 frets on an ebony fretboard with no inlays except for a wicked lookin Pearl XII (roman numeral 12) inlay at the 12th fret. it's got a solid mahogany body and neck for nice fat tone with an maple top for some extra bite, very satisfied. It's got a flat black finish which doesn' scrath very easy, but is succeptible to finger prints which are hard to get rid of. It's a Les Paul so it's got a nice warm tone and plenty of bottom end so you can pull of seem really chunky riffs but the maple top lets you solo and cut through everything. It's got the classic Tune-o-Matic & stopbar setup which sounds pretty good and is really easy to restring.(newer models have a liscensed Floyd Rose). It's got a 3 way toggle near the neck and four knobs near the bride (I don't know what 3 of them do). It's got Two Alnico V Magnet humbuckers, which are quite good pickups. It features a set of black Grover Kidneys, they're non-locking but will hold tune for ages. No included accessories, but I'm very impressed plenty of features. // 10

Sound: The sound is really awesome, it fits my styles perfectly (metal and hard rock). The mahogany body really gives a fat tone for those particularly heavy riffs. It even handles cleans well, but it's not built for that. It handles everything I throw at it from RHCP to Necrophagist, this baby does it all, but it really shines in one particular genre METAL. I mean each riff I play on this just has a really deep and full sound, but you can hear every note! That really impressed me because I love my metal I play lots of Pantera, Metallica, Slayer and Maiden and this just blows all my friends' guitar's straight out of the water. But I was the unlucky kid Who got a messed up bridge pickup, oh well the neck pickup sounds fine so I use that. I'm using this guitar with a DigiTech Death Metal and a Begringer GM108 15 watt medelling amp, I'll tell ya I may not have the most expensive or professional rig but when I got this in my hands I might as well have an all tube Marshall fullstack behind me. But the messed up bridge pickup annoys me oh well I probably would have put a Duncan in there anyway(don't worry about messed up bridge pickups it was just my guitar). // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: The factory set-up blew my mind it was the lowest, slickest, smothest, fastest action I'd ever felt, but it came with a considerable amount of fret buzz. The pickups were the right height, and everything was flawless except for the messed up bridge pickup. The finish is pretty much bulletproof, but it's a finger print magnet. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This guitar would definitely withstand Live playing, all the joins on everything are sturdy and it's got good high quality hardware that could survive a nuclear attack. It's got nice sturdy strap buttons that look pretty cool, and finish that aint comin off unless I burn it. I'd definetely gig without a backup. // 10

Impression: Man this guitar blew my mind when I first play it and it still blows my mind today. I've been playing for 4 months and don't have the best rig, but this guitar JUST RULES. I wish I checked all the pickups before buying it, but the action was so fast I forgot everything else. If it were stolen I would hunt down whoever stole it and ninja kick 'em in the head. My favorite feature is definetely the action. C'mon I'm pretty sure that the logo on the headstock doesn't mak that much of a difference in tone, if you can't get a Gibson buy an Epiphone Goth today! // 10

overall: 9.4

Reviewed by: that_weird_dude, on november 14, 2005

Price paid: $ 349

Purchased from: Guitar center

Features: The Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio is one wicked looking guitar. I loved the satin finish and the black hardware is really awesome. It had a mahogany fret board. There were no dots on the fret board but there was roman numeral 12 on the octave I thought that was pretty sweet. It has 2 open coil humbuckers. On the head stock it has a sort of celtic cross that I think goes well with the guitar. // 10

Sound: I love the sound of this guitar. It has a heavy, dark and deep sound. It really fits my style of blues-rock/hard rock. It sounds very rich. I it with a Jay Turser GA-15 DSPR wich is very basic. I think it sounds better clean than with OD. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: I haven't been playing that long so I can't tell you if it was all aligned corectly but I can tell you when I first tried it at the store the the nut near the imput fell off. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I am in credibly happy with it so far (I've had it for 3 months). I bang it around a lot and it has held up great. It looks like I just bought it. It still sounds great and I feel I'll be playing this for a long time. // 10

Impression: I play bues rock and hard rock and I love it. It goes great with what I play. My band plays a lot of Black Sabbath covers and it sounds as though it was mean't to play them. If this was ever stolen (and I know a few people who would want one) I would buy a knew one. I played alot of other Les Pauls at the sore and this one sounded the best for its price range but it was a little heavy. I think this is over all a great guitar. // 10

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: lemenz70, on october 17, 2005

Price paid: $ 395

Purchased from: Metronomie

Features: It's made in 2003. It has a 22 fret rosewood fretboard, 2 Alnico pickups (worth 1/2 the price of this guitar), 2 volume knobs, 2 tone knobs and a 3-way selector. It's made in japan ans the finish is satin (not great for fingerprints). // 9

Sound: This guitar is 1/4 of the price of a Gibson but feels like a Gibson. I play a lot of styles like blues and metal and this guitar suits me very well. The treble pickup is really good for metal and the rhythm pickup gives almost a blues sound like a Strat. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: The overall guitar settings when I received it was crap althought it was a breeze to adjust it myself. // 7

Reliability & Durability: This guitar will last forever if you buy strap locks. I used it many times in gigs without backup and I had no problem. // 9

Impression: This guitar is a really good match to mu style of playing and I recommend it. I play it through a Tonelab SE and a crappy Peavey Rage 158 and it sounds like heaven. If it was lost I wouldn't buy another one because I'm saving to buy a Gibson or a Fender but there is no $500 guitar that beats The Epiphone Les Pauls. // 9

overall: 8

Reviewed by: Solus Custos, on january 30, 2004

Price paid: $ 459

Purchased from: Musician's Friend

Features: This is a Goth Les Paul Studio. This is the only Les that Epiphone makes that Gibson doesn't to my knowledge. Which was a good plus for it. Of course it was made overseas (it's an Epiphone) but the quality of the guitar is really good. It has 22 frets with a roman numeral 12 (XII) laid into the twelveth fret and a white cross on the head which add to it's appeal. The neck is very smooth with fast action but the neck isn't too skinny. It's just right. The entire guitar is black satin finish which really add to the smoothness of this guitar. My Les came with a Floyd Rose tremolo with locking bolts that I took off. It still stays in tune trough everything without the bolts though. :-D And finally of couse as with all Les Pauls the pickups are two humbuckers with a 3-way selector above the neck and dual volume and tone controls. // 10

Sound: I play in a dark rock band (listen to Serenity by Godsmack and you'll get the idea) and a worship band. So for the dark rock I need a mellow deep rich and full sound which the Les provides extremely well. The humbuckers are Alnico V's which seem to be tuned to provide such a sound. There is practically no noise or feedback unless I use a really cheap cable. (Important tip: Buy Expensive Cables! No matter what guitar you have...a cheap cable will mess up your sound.) Then for worshp I play lead so I need a crisper more acoustic sound. I'm able to tune that in pretty well, but it's always got that dark background to it. If I patch in any EQ though I can tailor the sound to exactly what I need. The guitar does really well lightening fast fingerings and slow and easy stuff. So it's all good. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: The action of the guitar came really low with no buzzing. The strings are extremely close to the frets but remarkably it never buzzes. To tell the truth the factory setup was so perfect I never felt the need to adjust it. Though with my Strat I had to adjust it a lot. The finish is perfect but the 12th fret roman numerals are a little thin. Fingerprints pick up on the pickguard like mad so you need to clean it constantly and the black satin picks up white flakes, dust, particles from skin, etc. really easily as well. Besides that it's all perfect. // 8

Reliability & Durability: This guitar is a great live player. It's just that it's heavy so I need to Switch it around a lot. The guitar seems durible enough to last me enough to give it to my grandchildren. There is a limited lifetime warrentee on the guitar which makes me feel better about having it. It's a completely solid guitar...I just wish the button straps were positioned in a different spot. I need to contantly keep holding the thing up so the neck doesn't slip and start sliding to point at the ground. At first I thought it was just that my strap needed to break in. No...the guitars natural tendency is to hang at your side. :-\ I wouldn't do a whole gig without a backup because of the annoyance of this and the guitar is heavy so I need to build up "special" muscles so this thing doesn't make me feel like a weakling. But non of my guitars can match this sound. // 6

Impression: This guitar is perfect for my style of music. I own another electric, two acoustics, and an Ibanez bass as well. All in all I think this is a severally good guitar. Not great (I'm comparing it to the original Les), but good. The original Les Paul Standard is a wonderful guitar. But this Goth has a much darker deeper sound. I was really glad to get a solid body in this Les because I need some serious sustain. If you need to play dark, mellow, or hard rock...buy this guitar. // 8

overall: 9.6

Reviewed by: FATAROX333, on november 19, 2008

Price paid: $ 200.00

Purchased from: online used

Features: This is a 2007 model made in korea(I know because it has a little sticker on the back that says made in korea). It has 22 frets. Mine is one of the models with just the tune-o-matic stop tailpiece bridge. It has a volume and tone for each pickup which is handy because I can turn off one of the pickups an use the toggle Switch like a killswitch. The tuners are black grovers. // 10

Sound: I like to play any kind of rock, from punk to death metal. In my opinion I couldn't have picked a better guitar for it. It has this really great distortion on both pickups though I prefer the bridge one. You can get amazing natural and artificial harmonics, but again they're better on the bridge pickup. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: It has this really cool finish that is nearly impossible to scratch or get fingerprints on. For some reason when I got it you couldn't play any of the higher frets without it buzzing a lot and I had to raise the action all the way up on the high E. But now it's all fixed so I have no more complaints. // 8

Reliability & Durability: This is definitely a sturdy guitar and besides the finish being rock hard it's withstood the running into of several walls without even a scratch. The strap button on top came unscrewed a couple times when I first got it but it's now good. They also retain the strap really well. I can really say that I would gig without a backup for this guitar. // 10

Impression: This is perfect for what I play and I'm glad I bought it. I have another guitar, a First Act ME431, and there is no competition between it and the les paul. The lp easily outstrips it with all of it's features and it's sound. I only wish mine was one of the models with a Floyd Rose on it but that's not much of an issue. If this was lost or stolen I would not rest until I had it back. // 10

overall: 8.4

Reviewed by: decamel, on april 09, 2009

Price paid: $ 400

Purchased from: Musicians Friend

Features: Made in 2006, and purchased that same year. This monster has 22 frets, on a Rosewood neck. Body is made of Maple, with a set neck and completely blacked out. As with almost all Les Pauls you get a Standard Tune-0-Matic bridge, and dual humbuckers. No big frills here, just pure Standard Les Paul styling. The only complaint is actually the paint job on them. While it looks great, it also is very hard to keep looking that way. Scratches show quickly, and you're never going to keep it looking clean. Though thankfully that doesn't stop it from playing and sounding good. // 9

Sound: Anyone that has read my reviews knows that I generally play metal most of the time. What you get with this Les Paul is a great metal look, and the ability to play great metal, rock or blues. The sound is deep and full, with a fair amount of weight behind it to give it a nice sustain. Now with that said, you can over distort this guitar. When you do, the overall sound quality goes out the window. Depending on your style this may or may not work for you. I wouldn't say that Grindcore is going to be ideal for this guitar, unless you have very good quality effects/amps. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: By default the stings in the upper areas of the neck are far far to high. You can bring them down with the Tune-O-Matic bridge, but the tolerance for error is small in regards to fret buzz. If you work with it (assuming you do not change the nut) you can find something that will work for you, however that is a matter of patience and time. // 7

Reliability & Durability: This is certainly an axe that you can play a gig with, or record with and not worry about it breaking down on you. The paint does chip fairly easily in my experience, but that again is not going to hinder your play. I will not say that this finish will wear easily, but again it does seem to chip far easier then my other guitars. // 9

Impression: Overall this is a great guitar for the money. If you're into metal obviously the look is going to be there. However don't let the dark looks fool you, this is not an over powering Goth look. Anyone can easily fit this into the rotation at a show, or at home. If you have the money, sure get a higher level Les Paul but you wont get more bang for the buck there. You'll get prettier colors, and probably some slightly better pickups. Now for the real question. Would I replace this if lost/stolen/burned down in a house fire? Hell yes I would, in fact it would be near the top of my list of things to replace right away! // 9

Reviewed by: unregistered, on march 16, 2004

Price paid: $ 474

Features: Everything was pretty much covered in the other reviews so I'll just spare you the drama and say I've had no problems at all, amazing guitar at an Epiphone price. // 10

Sound: I wanted a Les Paul and I was going to get a Les Paul Custom but personally I just didn't like the colors...I wanted the whine red that the Gibson version comes in but the Epi models don't have it. But I'm glad I didn't get one, sure it's a great guitar, but this guitar sounds awesome too, it screams heavy metal...so I had to buy it. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: Adjusted the pick ups to my liking...and action was already nice...no flaws whatsoever...just 100% rock n roll. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I play live with it all the time....You could beat the crap outta this thing...it's a freakin les paul...you know it's gonna be sturdy. // 10

Impression: No willing to pay Gibson thousands of dollars when you can get an amazing guitar for a third the price? Me neither...buy it...it'll rock your socks off...I still cant find mine. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on december 20, 2004

Purchased from: http://www.gak.co.uk

Features: 2 open coil Humbuckers (without covers). All black hardware. Set neck made of mohogany without the dots (the dots are on the side, with "XII" at the octave). Very nice logo on the head. 2 tone, 2 volume and a 3 way selector. Mat black finish with an alder top. Stopbar tailpeice (you can get them with a floyd rose, but I don't like trems). I managed to get some straplocks with it, and a decent strap, but they're not usually included. // 8

Sound: This guitar sounds amazing! It's everything yoou would expect from an Epiphone Les Paul, and more! I'm using a TSL 150 with it, and a Boss MD-2 Distortion pedal and it gives a full bodied bright sound when through the bridge pickup, and gives a darker (but still bright) sound through the neck. I listen to a bit of everything, and this rig is versatile enough to handle my diverse tastes (thanks to the versatile guitar). Only down side is that it fuzzes a little when playing low notes. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: The action is quite low, but I have lowered it. It was a very easy task and doing this has made it so easy to play its unbelievable. Pickups were perfectly placed, and so was the bridge (although lowering the action meant I had to work on the routes). All the hardware and fixings are positive and feel good when I'm using them! // 10

Reliability & Durability: Never had a problem, and I'm not expecting one! This guitar is built to take some serious shit! I'd take this with me to the grave (I'm 19 and I think it will last that long!) // 10

Impression: Overall, a great versitle guitar! Great for many styles of playing, with a great tone. If for some reason the guitar was un-useable (which doesnt seem likely), I'd buy another! Only thing I wish it had are some pickup covers! I compared it to a few other Les Paul variations, such as the Gibson Standard 60, Voodoo and an Epiphone Standard, and this was the most me! I'm not saying you should buy it, but at least try it! It will be an experience you'll never forget! I promise! // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on january 22, 2004

Purchased from: Musicansfriend

Features: It has a beautiful Satin finish with black chrome hardware. It has a 22 frets ebony fretboard with a XII inlay at the 12 fret, there are dots on top of the fretboard so u don't get lost. There 2 Alnico V humbuckers, sitting on a body and neck made of mahogany. It is one of the best looking Les Pauls I have ever seen, and it didn't cost an arm and a leg. // 10

Sound: The sound is amazing, I play metal and it does the job well. Les Paul gutars have a long history in rock because of their great sound. You'll have to play one to understand how great it is. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: Like with all Gibson guitars it was inspected and tested before hand, so when I took it out of the box it was ready to go. The only thing I need to do was tune it, move the pickups down alittle, and take off the pickguard (it looks so much better with out the pickguard). I one thing I was pissed about was the pickguard put a few very small scratches, even though they were ever small I was mad, but I touched it up with a black marker and they are impossible to see now. // 10

Reliability & Durability: The guitar is very reliable, it works everytime I plug it in. It stays in tune for a long time, which is one of its best things about it. I would use this guitar for live shows with no concerns and no doubts that it wouldn't work. // 10

Impression: This guitar is awesome for playing metal. I went from a N.J. Warlock to this guitar, I always thought Warlocks were the best guitar for playing metal but this guitar is just as good if not better than it. The Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio is worth every single penny. If you are looking for a Les Paul you need to look at this one first because it is amazing. // 10

Comments

[-Thor-]

I love this guitar, i want one!!!

[NirvanaFan101]

Yeah I'm getting one... I heard it had 2 EMG pickups.. am I right? =)

[MrWeenie]

No

[VaultAngel]

I've owned this guitar since March '06. It's just incredible. Thats all I can say. ive done nothing to it, yet it holds up to everything i put it through from drop Bb-tuning to brick walls as though it was made by a God. XD 6/5 Stars.

[the_Skull]

to compare it to a gibson, you could say its nearly as good as the gibson les paul menace. seriously i have played both and they are almost exactly the same

[dheim]

great guitar! i own a 2005 model, with roman XII number at the 12th fret, and i'm veeery happy with it...
it fits perfectly with my style (i play mostly dark and gothic metal)... i own many guitars, it's the cheapest one (as i remember) but one of my favourites... ignore who says to replace the stock pickups... they sound great! a little dark (les paul style, of course) yet expressive and powerful, great for every musical style... if you like those sharp, strat-like clean sounds... well... buy a strat! for everything else the goth LP is perfect... the finish could have been better, but for such a low price who cares?

[insomniac28]

does anyone know if it plays punk well?

[jeordie1]

it looks freakin wikid man

[bozzyb]

I want this guitar

[rockingleper]

im gonna get me one of these

[thegrungyhippie]

NirvanaFan101 wrote:

Yeah I'm getting one... I heard it had 2 EMG pickups.. am I right? =)

nope...probably not even duncans...

[seanie!]

they make a gibson model with emg 81s now

[p5Ych0]

ive got this one too, dont know which model, but not the 1 on the pic... every piece is black


i play punk, metal,...
(sum 41 and bfmv songs) and it sounds great.



BUUY xD

[MCRdweller]

I've got a Epiphone Les Paul with a deep red finish & black accents, its flippin schweet, its like my baby.....

[AlastorBR]

Not that great IMO. Mine's neck was cracked, the pickups sounded horrible and it had a very bad action. Pure shite. I was actually able to exchange it for a Malden Holly Keyser. I love the Malden.

[k1ng_pooh]

epiphone is so over rated, for ****s sake go buy a grestch right now! don't even look at other guitars

[\m/(--_--)\m/]

My drummer bought this guitar (yeah, don't ask me why) and the strap button let go. The thing hit the ground and the headstock snapped off. He got it fixed though, and it actually still plays fairly well. And no, it doesn't come with EMG's. It's got stock epiphone 'buckers.

[zerowing]

the FR models are dam hard to find... i think you'd have to special order it

[Ben S]

this guitar freaking rocks, i'm thinking of putting an EMG 60/81 set onto it later this year.

[False_God]

k1ng_pooh wrote:

epiphone is so over rated, for ****s sake go buy a grestch right now! don't even look at other guitars

If they are so over-rated why are you even here fool?

[kfong03]

my friend wanna get one, opinion u guyz?

[themuseman]

this looks awesome, but just find them to be too heavy. so i went for an SG instead

[usuckhugeonez]

\m/(--_-\m/ wrote:

My drummer bought this guitar (yeah, don't ask me why) and the strap button let go. The thing hit the ground and the headstock snapped off. He got it fixed though, and it actually still plays fairly well. And no, it doesn't come with EMG's. It's got stock epiphone 'buckers.

No, it has Alnicos.

[notnormal]

i love play with my friend's goth LP

[Havok19]

i want one so bad. i cant seem to find one with the floyd rose tremolo on it

[sc_stanger]

i absolutely love my goth les paul...i put emg 85 and 81 and she sounds mighty sexy! and thats just from runnin on a little marshall 30w haha

[forwhomthebells]

mmmmm

[ThePunkSwede]

It looks good, i think i am gonna buy this one. One question though, i heard it was 2 different looks of this, anyone know if they have different names?

[ct-hulhu]

I love this guitar! Sounds great, looks great, and feels great - slick as butter. It's a pleasure to play this guitar.

[ralph wiggum]

this guitar is built pretty solid, ive knocked it around a bit and even put it into the ceiling fan, a few nicks here and there and its still awesome

[jj_epiphone01]

I think this guitar is sexy as hell.

[abyssalghost]

I'm buying one soon with a Floyd Rose in it, so i'll be sure to post a reveiw for it wen i do.

[A7XSoul]

i got one it's AWSOME!! woooo, it one sexy guiar sounds badass to.when i bought mine it was the last one in the country!!! so yup i got lucky, paid $300 got a pic on my profile.

[MetalManiac1010]

Yeh im lookin for a new guitar and the price(300@musicians friend) is too good to be true. mim gonna get this one and my backup guitarist for my band is getting the explorer goth for 500

[Benjibum]

I get mine tomorrow =]

$600 for the guitar, brand new, plus an Orange amp =D

[boybrushedred]

i play this guitar in a metal band, it can do everything the jacksons for the bullet songs to the deep lamb of god sounds, its awesome

[Levi79]

i want this so bad

[Worhan]

I bought this guitar a year ago, and din't even notice it has such great opinions! I love my Epi LP Goth

[mrjustinguy]

i hate to burst evryones bubble but i had one of these, until today at least, and the piece that holds the strap on stripped out and it hit the floor and busted intwo and then when i looked at the neck the wood was like paper

[FATAROX333]

I am getting this guitar cause I really like the studio models and this one looks and sounds great!

[FATAROX333]

Yeah and NirvanaFan101 the stock pickups are alnico classics

[fender456]

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[maddog1020]

i bought it used for less than 400 and it plays like it was brand new. plus it just looks freakin awesome!!!!!

[icantbuyafender]

christ... a floyd rose on a les paul...

and its flat black satin.

this is a heavy metal wet dream.

hmm... i can appreciate this, even though the all black look aint for me.

kudos epiphone, for an intriguing axe.

[Avenged.InFlame]

Lol, a floyd rose? are you serious? this guitar does not have a floyd rose, basically as opposite as you can get my friend

[Presentboy]

Hey i bought this guitar and its great. the pick ups are hot and its awesome. but it wont stay in tune. what should i do?

[raj_j_i]

God, I want this so bad.

[Bmaister]

im gonna buy this one next week cant get enough of even seeing it lol! cant wait!!

[agentjont]

Avenged.InFlame...i just bought one of these second hand for £100 (in UK). definately has floyd rose trem! Sounds flippin amazing too. My love is back for guitar!

[maddog1020]

Presentboy wrote:

Hey i bought this guitar and its great. the pick ups are hot and its awesome. but it wont stay in tune. what should i do?

yeah i have one myself and am having the same problem especially my third string won't hold its tune for more than a day

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mrjustinguy wrote:

i hate to burst evryones bubble but i had one of these, until today at least, and the piece that holds the strap on stripped out and it hit the floor and busted intwo and then when i looked at the neck the wood was like paper

and thats why you always put straplocks on your guitar. learned that lesson the hard way, didnt we? do yourself a favor and go buy a set a schaller straplocks for the next guitar you buy.