Les Paul 100 Review

Mahogany Neck. Alder/Mahogany Body. Chrome Hardware. 2 Open Coil Hbs Pickups.

Features:	8.6
Sound:	8.7
Action:	8.5
Reliability:	8.4
Impression:	9
Overall rating:	8.6
Users rating:	8.1
Comments:	97

Featured review by: unregistered, on september 02, 2005

Price paid: $ 252.8

Purchased from: Mountain Music

Features: Mine is a July 2004 made in China. It has 22 frets. Not quite sure if their jumbo or med/jumbo, but I'm leaning to jumbo. Most of my friends say their guitars have smaller frets. Mahogany bolt on neck, with alder/mahogany body in cherryburst finish. Smaller version of the Les Paul style body. Tune-O-Matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece. Independant volume and tone controls with 3 way Switch in normal Les Paul position. Open coil humbuckers in bridge and neck. I did have to buy everything else with this guitar, however I was expecting to anyway. // 8

Sound: This guitar appears to fit my style (though I am just starting out, and haven't developped too much of a style). I do listen to a lot of rock music, and I'm trying to learn it. It works great for the songs I have learned (mostly simplistic versions of Rage Against The Machine). I'm using some <$100 amp ('cause I'm cheap), but it sounds great through it! Nice full sound (since I never change it from 10 tone) It can be al little noisy when put right up to my computer (as I picks up the computer signals) but that's my own fault. Usually play clean, but will use amps overdrive distortion. I do plan on buying more distortions when I get a little better. Can make some wild sounds (I have figured out how to play a few Rage solos on it) toggle Switch allows for simple transfer from neck to bridge pickups. This guitar appears to have a large variety of sounds it is capable of playing. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar's action was a little low. This really wasn't a problem till I started tuning it to drop B, which created a litlle bit of fret buzz. This was easily fixed however. The pickups on this guitar were set just fine, I have never run into a problem with them. The guitar appears to be manufactured with great care, as all the electronics work perfectly. There were no visible flaws on this guitar at the time of purchase, and are still no flaws on this guitar. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar should withstand live performance. I had a friend play the hell out of it, and it still looked like new and sounded like new. The hardware should easily last as long as I own this guitar. The only complaint I really have with it is that one of the strap buttons is a little loose, however, the strap stays on it very easily. The finish is amazing, it will easily last as long as I own this guitar, and further. // 10

Impression: This guitar is great! I've personally used this for some very metal sounding songs, while friends of mine have fooled around with everything from pop to metal. This is one of the most versitile guitars I've seen. It is far more versitile then 99% of my friends guitars (the only one that may be more versitile is my friends Epiphone Zakk Wylde Les Paul). I really wish I had asked when this guitar was made before I bought it, as it was 13 months old when I bought it, however, this has nothing to do with the guitar itself, just the discount I could have gotten lol. I protect this thing with my life, if it were stolen I would deffinatly buy it again (unless I could afford one of Epiphone's top models, but that's if I were really good). I compared this to a ton of other guitars, Godin Destroyers, Fender Stratocaters, Fender Telecaters, Squier Strats and Telecaster, and this was by far the best one I played. It was also the second least expencive (next to the Squire Telecaster Special II, Which was $10 bucks less). With this guitar, I do wish it were set neck, so I don't have to worry about it comming loose after years of playing. I also wish It had the cool Mother of Pearl Trapazoids instead of the dot inlays. I also wish it came in a starter pack, so I could have saved money. However, the lower costing Special II comes in a starter pack, so I couldn't expect this, and the added features are on another guitar in Epiphones lineup, I just can't afford it lol. The cosmetic features are not major wants, just nice to haves, so this guitar is deffinatly worth the money it cost me. I love this guitar, and will love it for years to come. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on august 15, 2005

Price paid: $ 457.5

Purchased from: Island Music

Features: Has everything I need! 22 frets, great ebony finish with the black hardware (the only hardware worth having), neck also black; all very black but its nicely set off by the cream scratch board. Has the standard Gibson 3-way tone selector and four extra sound knobs. I've always loved this shape and it looked more gorgeous than ever when I got it home. All in all looks great and isn't lacking in anything. // 10

Sound: On my Peavey Bandit (also new) it sounds spectacular. I can get any sound from hard rock (Led Zep's Heartbreaker solo) or more sustained, Pink Floyd-ish tones. It suits my playing style perfectly (always trying to add solo breaks) and never sounds bad. It can be as noisy or emotional as I want it just by flicking the tone nob and slight adjustments on the amp. Only complaint is that on the heavy distortion, the 'rhythm' effect sounds pretty muddy but I never do that anyway so who cares? // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: Action was nice and low - not too low though. It allows easy tapping and hammers/pulls but still has a good sound. Pickups were fine by me but then this is only my second guitar so I'm not too much of an expert. There were no flaws with it so I'm very happy. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I think the guitar would be awesome live 'cause it looks and feels great. The hardware looks sturdy enough, but the strap buttons are a bit dodgy. Sometimes while I play standing up the strap falls off- maybe its the strap's fault but we'll see. // 8

Impression: Overall, thisa guitar is perfect for me. I've been playing for about 1 and a half years and am very impressed with this compared to my old Ibanez which had the irritating whammy bar feature that I never used. If it was stolen, I wouldn't just hunt down and kill the man who took it but also all his friends, family and entire race. With my bare hands. // 10

overall: 9.2

Reviewed by: Reck, on february 16, 2006

Purchased from: Logan's Pianos

Features: 22 Frets, jumbo frets, rosewood fingerbord. Standard treble, rhythm, both Switch. Has a very nice Vintage sunburst finish with a slightly slimmer Les Paul style body and a Tune-O-Matic bridge. Passive standard Epiphone pickups with 2 volume controls and 2 tone controls. Non-locking tuners. I only wish it had a trem system but I don't need it that much. I got it for a complete bargin at $375 AU when it's retail was $480 AU. // 9

Sound: This guitar has a nice sound for its price. It tends to be slightly warmer than the Gibson Les Pauls which I like. Right now I play all kinds of rock, punk, metal and ocassionally some alternative styles. Right now I do not have an amp but I'm playing it through my computer which has an amp modelling program on it. It suits my style, it can go from soft rock to metal and doesnt make much feedback. The two tone knobs give a lot of control on what tone you want but I mostly rely on the EQ on the amp modeller. The only thing that is a must for me is to turn down the bass for the rhythm pickup, that's about it. I mostly play through the bridge pickup and sounds great. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: The action was a bit low when I first purchased it but I am going to change it when I change my strings. I adjusted my pickups a bit closer the the strings to get a hotter tone. There was a minor little dent on the fretboard but that's okay. // 9

Reliability & Durability: First day, banged headstock on the door, nothing happened so it's holding up well. The hardware seems very solid and the strap buttons were tight and strong although I changed them to strap locks just as a precaution. I would use it in a gig without a backup definetely. The finish seems like it will last a long time. // 9

Impression: I love this guitar, I've had it for a month now and no problems. I am planning to get a Vox 30VT to go with it since I played that in the music shop and loved it. If it were stolen or lost I think I would buy another one (if I can get it that cheap again). There's nothing I hate on this guitar, I just love its fat sound it can create with the two humbuckers. Good guitar! // 10

overall: 6

Reviewed by: Tackleberry, on december 11, 2007

Price paid: $ 299

Purchased from: musicians friend

Features: I bought it new from musicians friend, it was made in indonesia so don't know how old it is. It has the Standard 24 3/4 scale length. It has a mahogany body with a carved alder top, it's much thinner and lighter than a Standard model. It has a mahogany bolt on neck with a rosewood fret board. As it is a lefty it only came in one color of Heritage cherry sunburst. It has the Standard stop piece/Tune-O-Matic bridge but has small spring clips so the stop piece doesnt't fall off when changing strings an improvement over my more expensive LP Standard. Comes with 2 volume 2 tone controls, but are backwards as it's a lefty. Which seems to be a solution to a problem nobody had. The tuners did not have a name and were non locking. It didn't come with any accessories. // 7

Sound: I do like the way it sounds, brighter than my set neck LP Standard. And much lighter. The bolt on neck makes access to to the upper frets easier as the neck joint isnt so thick. The pickups seem to be a bit hot for my tastes. I measured the ohms of each as 13neck/16bridge. But I'm going to change em anyways. I play mostly sabbath, AC/DC, and zeppelin and does a good job of those styles. // 7

Action, Fit & Finish: As for how it was set up by the factory it wasn't. The action was really high and the intonation was way out. The bridge pickup didn't work when I first got it out of the box. And although it had left hand pots in it they put right hand knobs on it. So 1 was all the way up 10 was all the way down. The body and neck were well made and didn't find any problems with the paint. // 3

Reliability & Durability: As it came from the box you couldnt use it for any sort of Live playing it wouldn't stay in tune for any length of time. And the bridge pickup not working wouldn't have been to impressive. Getting used to the backwards knobs would have been a pain. And they use small screws to hold the strap buttons on so would not depend on them. // 4

Impression: But as I didn't buy this guitar as a out of the box player the problems aren't much of an issue. I tuned it and played it for 5 minutes as a comparison and pulled it apart. I pulled all the fret wires and sanded the fret board level, replaced them with stainless frets. Sanded all the paint off and repainted it with a nice dark blue. Sprayed it with metal flake then clear coat. I got rid of the neck plate and drilled the holes for neck ferrules. Rewired it with CTS audio and linear taper pots, and fortunatly they had put right hand knobs so didn't need to buy any. Put the volume pot capacitor bypass in with switches to turn it off. Made a nice black pickguard and black covers for the control compartments. Had a set of black pickup rings so it looks much better now. Only money I had to spend outside of buying the guitar was a set of grover tuners to replace the cheap ones that came with the guitar. And had several sets of pickups to chose from to put in it. Settled on a p90 phat cat for the neck and a bridge humbucker I had taken out of my other LP. Sounds and plays really good now. I wanted another LP but found the wood to build one was 2 times much as buying this guitar. // 9

overall: 7.4

Reviewed by: Weybl Himself, on january 21, 2006

Price paid: $ 266

Purchased from: Allens Music

Features: Made in China in 2004, 22 frets with a mahogany/alder body. Come with all the basics you'd expect from a Les Paul, bolt-on Mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard. 2 tone and 2 volume controls with 3-way toggle for pickup selection to Switch between the 2 open coil humbuckers. Non-locking tuners with a tune-o-matic beidge with a stop-bar. Personally I'm not a fan of not having a trem, so that's why this one misses out on full marks for features. // 7

Sound: Suits what I do pretty well. I play mainly melodic hard rock and it does almost all of my bands songs pretty well. It has all of the bottom end you'd expect from a Mahogany body but the Alder helps it out a little in the high-end to create an alright balance. But as you'd expect from a Les Paul it's all about a big, warm, fat low end and that's where this thing delivers. Distorted power chords sound nice and huge with a nice bit of bite from the bridge pickup and for cleans it delivers well, nice and warm on the neck pickup and the middle setting but becomes a bit harsh on the bridge. Using this through my Behringer V-tone half stack it'll make almost any sound unless you want bright and twangy. It plays and sounds like a Les Paul, nothing else. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: Action was too high when I got it, but that was easily fixed, neck pickup was a tad high, bridge pickup not high enough but again, easily fixed. Had a problem with the pickup selector not selecting the neck pickup properly so I had to get it rewired. Also the strap buttons were a tad loose and one even pulled right out of the body whilst I was practicing once. But once all these little glitches were fixed, it played excellently. // 5

Reliability & Durability: This thing stands up to live playing excellently. Once the strap-buttons were re-set it was ready to go and has never given me another problem. It's not as heavy as it's bigger Les Paul brothers but still delivers a nice whack of Mahogany tone. Hardware is extremely well secured, except for the aforementioned strap buttons, and doesn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. Finish is there to stay which is nice too. Despite being built in China this axe seems to be very solidly put together, although I would never gig without a backup, I haven't needed one yet. // 9

Impression: For most of my bands stuff the LP 100 does the job. Sometimes I need a bit more bite and crunch so I need to Switch to a guitar with a hotter pickup and different body material, but you don't buy a les paul for bright and punchy. It does the Les Paul thing just as well as you'd expect, big, fat and warm, which is what I use it for. Been playing for 7 years and this is one of the most comfortable guitars I've played and sounds good through almost everything, even my practice amp (a Fender FM65R) which was definately not built for a Les Paul. As far as the thicker, heavier Les Pauls go, this one is slightly brighter, which is the main reason I chose it, I couldn't afford a guitar that ran the risk of sounding muddy. It has everything a Les Pul player would want but personally I think a tremelo system would make this guitar almost a perfect fit. // 8

overall: 9.2

Reviewed by: CookiMonster, on june 09, 2008

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: This guitar is a Standard 100 Les Paul. It was made in? 2005? approximately. It is made from ebony wood on the fingerboard. It is a Cherry Sunburst finish with gold volume control's. This guitar is an Epiphone, which in my opinion is much lighter than Gibson's Les Paul, it also has a thinner neck than a Gibson Les Paul. // 8

Sound: My musical style is hard rock/ metal. I know a Les Paul isn't the best guitar for metal but I like it anyway. The amp I am using right now is a Line 6 Spider III amp. Event though The Epiphone Les Paul is not as bright sounding as the Gibson Les Paul it has a bright sound. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: Everything on this guitar is great. The frets are aligned perfectly, the pick guard is precisely the right height, and so is the bridge. I didn't find any flaws except for the face that you have to tune the guitar every once in a while(just like any other guitar). // 10

Reliability & Durability: I am surprised with this guitar, I thought with as much as I play that the finish would wear of or something like that but it hasn't. The strap buttons are completely tight, and it would Live up to Live playing. I could depend on this guitar for a very long time. // 10

Impression: I play hard rock/ metal, I think it is a pretty good match, considering James Hetfield uses a Les Paul. I have been playing for about 2 years. I would definitely buy it again if it were stolen. The only thing I hat is that it doesn't have a floating bridge. I love yo wammy, but this guitar doesn't let me. // 9

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 30, 2008

Price paid: $ 443.08

Purchased from: AAGE Jensen

Features: I bought it as a new shiny guitar (I'm from Denmark So I calculated the danish 2095 kroner to american dollars). The rosewood neck is easy to hold and nice ind your hand. The body is solid and shiny and beautiful as hell. The guitar has a 3-way selector and all of the pickups does their job well. // 7

Sound: The sound that I mostly use in my own music is normal and sometimes br-chords played with a small-tiny amount of drive. I play a lot of music. Rock, metal, blues, funk, pop, jazz, grunge, And so on, and it fits it all. I really don't need a Gibson LP, because I don't know what it does, that my Epi does'nt do just as good. At Home I use a Fender Frontman 15watt amp, and in gigs, practice, studios, i use a bigger Marshall. The amp fits if you know it well and know how to create a good sound with it. The sound is good straight, and not fuzzy and noizy, unless you want it to be. If you know how to work your amp, and if you know aome tuning-tricks, then this guitar is good at everything. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: It's solid. It nice to look at. Well not the nicest on the planet, but for the Price, it's a godess. Some people would buy it only because of the looks of it. It made in Indonesia. The buttons are solid and doesn't break. Overall, for the price, it's really really good. I know a lot of more expensive guitars that was a lot worse than this. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I wouldt dare to play a gig, with just one guitar in my sleeve. But you can count on it. It is solid and nice and easy to hold. It withstands Live-playing with no problems. It's a good instrument, and if I ever break it or lose it or gets it stolen, then I woul definetely buy a new one. // 10

Impression: It fits my style (and others). It's beautiful as hell. It's easyer and more soft to play than other LPs. I wouldt by a Gibson LP unless i won a big money-contest. Would be great as a second guitar. When you look at the price, you get to think that this is a beginner-guitar. But it's my 3rd guitar. The others are Squier Showmaster and a Fender Standard Strat, and to be honest. This is my favorite. // 10

overall: 8.4

Reviewed by: perkristian876, on march 14, 2008

Purchased from: Norwegian store in norway

Features: Made in China, mahogany body and neck. Finish is vintage sunburst which looks great. Four basic Les Paul knobs (2 volume, 2 tone) passive Epiphone custom H/H pickups. Tuners are basic non-named tuners. No included accessories in my guitar. Just a basic cheap Les Paul. // 10

Sound: I play thrash metal from clean to leads with a tint of rock. This guitar is very raw. It gives you loads of low end and doesn't fail you in the hights either. But the pickups are a tad bit dirty/muddy. My guitar came with a earth link fault which made a lot of noise. Now, it sounds so raw and sweet for bands like Metallica, that I can't resist using it on a daily basis. The sound is rich, but might lack some definiton in a few areas. The cleans are sweet and smooth, only expensive pickups will offer you the same sized cleans as theese will. I play it through a Marshall DSL100 amp with CV30 loaded cabs. I would not use this guitar live as it takes signals from anything. This basicly means that the feedback is a living hell. To sum it up: very raw and sweet pickups that sound great in any tuning, but feedback issue is a problem. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar has been a living hell for me. The g-string was not fully adjusted. The issue was the nut which needed to be filed down. The tuners are bad. They break and loose tuning very easily and needs replacements. The pickups came with a free earth link issue which made a lot of noise. This was fixed by re-soldering the cables in the guitar. The neck is weak, but this is common in cheap guitars. But I've noticed that this affects the tuning. This was my first guitar, so these things did not bother me. The tuner's and neck pickup broke after 1.5 year, so I do not consider this Epiphone's fault. But I blame the bad soldering work, bad adjustment and weak tuners on Epiphone. Shame on thee! // 6

Reliability & Durability: As said, I wouldn't use it live due to its feedback issues. But for clean songs I would use it. It has a very fat and smooth clean sound. The hardware will last if the soldering is good from scratch. I never gig without a backup, so I'm not afraid of that. // 9

Impression: This was my first guitar. It has been through a lot of playing and I understand that something would break sooner or later. With new tuners and good adjustments (You could get any guitar-shop dude to adjust it for a few bucks) it's awesome! The problems I had might be exclusive, I'm not saying all LP100 are like this. So. Based on the GREAT raw sound for my metal playing combined with the Poor construction and "unlucky" choise of tuners by Epiphone. // 8

overall: 8.2

Reviewed by: darkarbiter7, on march 13, 2008

Features: Don't know the year. The other reviewers covered the features well. Plus, I can't recall most of teh features, since I got rid of it a while ago. I do know that it's mostly a Les Paul, 2 humbucking pickups, fat frets, fatter neck, TOM bridge. You know, Standard LP features. It's hard to rate guitars on features, but I'll say this is a strong 8. There isn't any special switching, coil splitting, or anything like that. Barebones, basic guitar. // 8

Sound: The sound stands out the most in my mind since I've gotten rid of it. I played this with a Peavey classic 50. Clean, this guitar has a warm mellow sound. Great for jazz and blues. I got a very authentic jazz tone, and a fair B.B. King tone. When I used this with overdrive, it started to mud up. It's alright if you like it, but if you play lead, you probably wouldn't like it. It isn't noisy, and that's a plus. Again, a solid 8. Good tones, but not super versatile. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: I didn't get straight from the factory. When I got it in a trade, the frets were rolled off nicely, the neck was smooth, and everything was set up well. The frets had some grooves worked into them from the previous owner(s). Mostly on the 3 thickest strings (the previous owners played rhythm/power chords a lot I could tell). Everything was set up for playing, and it played nice. Neck could be slow at times, though. This deserves another 8. It's not a fast neck, but the bridge setup and other things were set up well. // 8

Reliability & Durability: It's pretty tough. It has a bolt on neck, so if the neck snapped/got messed up, you can just bolt a new one on. The hardware is quite solid. It's a cheap fix if something fails. It came with straplocks, but they didn't come Standard. This is a quite dependable axe, I didn't own it for very long, since I sold it quickly after I got it. The finish is thick and durable. No thin finish here. It stays in tune pretty well too. // 9

Impression: Overall, this is a pretty good axe. But, you get what you paid for. The neck is kind of slow, the tone could be better, and the frets are a bit soft. Other than that, it's a solid players guitar and easily replaced. If it was stolen or lost, I'd probably try out an Agile. I compared it to my MIM Strat. It has a thicker, slower neck than my Strat, and a higher action. But, they're two different guitars. I wish it had better pickups and a faster neck. 8 overall. This is a nice guitar for the price, but it's probably worth it to save up the extra money for a LP Standard. // 8

overall: 9

Reviewed by: leftyconfused, on january 05, 2008

Price paid: $ 299

Purchased from: musicians friend.com

Features: 2007 was the year built there is not allot of choices for left handed players. Standard 22 fret board made in the USA rosewood neck string through body solid top sunburst Orange in color with cut away body. Two volume and two tone controls three was Switch grover tuners hum bucker pickups. // 9

Sound: This guitar suits me fine considering us true left handed players do not have allot of choices in guitars that are low or high end manufactured. I am using a Behringer 210 v-tone and cry baby with this guitar. The sound is crisp and clear even with allot of distortion. I had a really did my research before I bought this guitar or anything else. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar was set-up perfect I had to tune it and it was ready to play.The pick-ups were adjusted fine the whole guitar was set-up top notch.The only thing that it was missing is one small screw at the chord jack that was it. The finish on the guitar is flawless. I took it down to my local guitar store and had the guys check it out and they stated that this is a great guitar to get started on. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I would take this guitar and play it any where, the hardware is good strap buttons are solid I would gig with this guitar any time. The finish will last as long as I take care of it. This guitars reliability and durability seems that it will last me for a long time. // 10

Impression: Blues rock and country is what I like to play. I just got started again a few month ago it has been 15 yrs since I picked up a guitar. This guitar I would buy again in a minute for the price and the craftsmanship is super for a beginner guitar. I know allot of you old time pickers know allot more about guitars than I do but I did ask questions and read reviews before making my choice. I was going to buy the AXL mayhem but it was so far back ordered I wouldn't have received the guitar until dooms day.I love this guitar the only down side I even read about was the pickups are standard but it will do fine for me.I do wish it had better tuning keys but you get what you pay for. // 9

overall: 7.8

Reviewed by: Eugeneius, on september 29, 2009

Price paid: A$ 500

Purchased from: Allans music

Features: Purchased in 2005, made in China. Bolt on neck, with 22 frets. Two open coil humbuckers, cream bevels and pickguard. Tune-o-matic bridge. 2 volume, 2 tone controls with 3-way selector. Cherry sunburst finish. No binding. Overall look is okay but nothing special. I got bored of the look quite quickly. Bolt on neck is annoying when playing in the highest frets. // 8

Sound: This was my first electric guitar and I started playing mainly AC/DC, Led Zeppelin. I now play mainly heavy metal, like Metallica and Iron Maiden and sometimes hevier stuff. I play now through a DigiTech RP80 effects pedal and a Fender FM 212R. I am very pleasede with the sound I get out of it though the pickups lack definition. The neck pickup is too muddy and the bridge is too tinny so I can only use both. I still much prefer the sound to any single coil pickups, though more expensive (EMG) humbuckers would be a lot better. I occaisionally play blues and jazz, which this guitar does really well when coupled with the right amp settings. // 7

Action, Fit & Finish: Being my first guitar I didn't know anything about setup and action, but I find it comfortable to play with. There wern't any factory defects when I first got it. I recently tweaked the pickup height and am not sure whether it was better before. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I have had a few problems with the electronics in this guitar. Firstly the pickup selector didn't work properly, I think there was a loose connection to the bridge pickup. I'm not sure whether the volume controls work or not; they just seem to change the tone until it cuts out. This is okay for me because I use a volume control on my pedal. The strap button was loose before but I screwed it back in and haven't had any troubles. The tuners are okay; the guitar will go out every couple of days. Giging with temperature changes would be a worry. I would gig without a backup simply because I can't afford one but when I get a new guitar this would be very handy as a backup. // 7

Impression: Overall this is one of the best first guitars and I would recommend it for anyone starting out for it's great value for money. If it was lost, stolen or damaged I would not buy it again because over time I would need a better sounding guitar, preferably with a thru-neck. I think this guitar would look a hell of a lot better with binding, better inlays and pickup covers, I suppose that'd make it a Les Paul Standard. Overall, I'm very pleased that I got it, but am now saving for a new one. // 9

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: Grif22, on august 21, 2008

Price paid: A$ 369

Purchased from: Gosford Music Centre

Features: apparently my LP-100 was "Hand Crafted in Indonesia" in 2007. It has 22 frets, on a 3/4 scale rosewood fretboard. It has a Vintage Tobacco sunburst finish and it looks fantastic. like all Les Pauls (except one I think I've seen, not sure which) it has a Tune-O-Matic bridge. It has a tone and a volume control for both pickups, and of course a pickup selector. It has grover tuners, which seem to hold pretty well fortunately. I got a free Epiphone/Lynard Skynard gig bag with the guitar. My only initial problem with the finish is that there was a little bit of black gunk or something on the edge of the pick guard, but I cleaned that off, so it's no problem now. Of course this guitar has that good old Les Paul look which I absolutely love. // 10

Sound: I play mostly plain rock music, and it sounds really good, but it also shines when I run it through distortion (Behringer SM400) to play heavier rock or metal. If you buy this guitar, I recommend that you have a Distortion Pedal for it, as it increases it's versatility greatly. I play it through a 10 watt bass amp, and even then it sounds fantastic. It has some really bright sounds higher up the fret board, but carries that really strong Les Paul sound on the lower end. However, I think there is a problem with the grounding on the guitar, because at times I hear a very faint humming from the amp, and if I touch any metal on the guitar (strings, bridge, etc. even the tuners) the noise stops. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: The low end action was a tiny bit low, but a flat-head screwdriver soon fixed that. Other than that, everything lined up pretty well. I found one tiny nick in the finish, but I may be able to buff it out if I really tried. it's not visible at all unless under really close inspection, so that's alright. Strangely enough, the pickup selector would have a fit at me and make a loud crack every time I flicked it, but that problem seemed to fix itself after only a day. So yeah, well set up (either by the factory or the guitar store, I'm not sure which) except for one or two minor gripes. // 8

Reliability & Durability: Strangely enough, my Les Paul has thrown off the conventions of seemingly every other one. my strap buttons still feel pretty solid, even if they aren't the best for holding straps on, and it stays in tune if you stretch the strings out. The finish feels solid, and I don't think it will wear. I am certain that this guitar would withstand a live performance, but as a rule I don't play without a backup. If I were to use any one guitar without a backup, this would be it. // 9

Impression: As aforementioned, I play mostly rock music, and this is a great match. I've played guitar for about 3 years, however only started seriously playing about a year ago. If this were stolen, I would find and donkey punch the thief, then take it back. Failing that I would definitely buy a new one. it is a great budget guitar, plays well and just looks fantastic. I did play a few others, including a low-end Strat and this was definitely the best Bang for Buck option. I played a few copies, and this was better than just about all of them except one that was more than twice the price. I do wish it had pickup covers, and I will probably buy some online and fit those. at times I also wish it had binding, but I'm still very happy with this guitar. // 9

Reviewed by: unregistered, on march 26, 2009

Price paid: $ 250

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: This Les Paul is actually a good little guitar. Sure, it doesn't have a few of the things that a higher end Epiphone or Gibson would, such as a Maple top, Alnico pickups, or a set neck, but it's still got the Les Paul feel and sound. Instead of maple, the top is alder, and the neck is bolt-on, so the sustian and some of the finer tones are lacking. The finish is extremely durable, the only scratches so far are the almost unavoidable belt buckle scratches. It has a tune-o-matic bridge, which is, in my opinion, the most convineient bridge available as far as replacing strings. The pickups are passive, but that's to be expected with about 95% of Epiphones and Gibsons. It also carries the Standard 2 volume, 2 tone Les Paul knob configuration. The tuners are Grover, and in 3 and a half years of owning this guitar, I've not had a problem. This is not a constant though, as many reviews I've read on this guitar have reported tuner issues. // 8

Sound: This guitar sounds great. The pickups are not of a very high quality, and on high gain settings you won't get the clarity that you would on a higher end guitar. I've used it in several different bands and projects, including my prefered thrash metal, a metalcore/hardcore band, a punk band, nu-metal, playing blues at the local VFW, and a couple classic rock songs with some friends for youtube videos. It's versatile enough to play most of these. The fact that the neck is bolt on does detract from the sustain, but not to any extreme degree. My main complaints with this guitar are the poor pickup tone, and the bolt on neck. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: The action on this guitar was acceptable from the factory, and easily fine tuned at the next string change. The factory strings were mediocre at best, but this is a problem that I've encountered with each of my guitars. I did have a problem with the wiring, apparently several connections were a little loose, and the rythm pickup would cut out occasionally. I fixed that by taking it to the local guitar shop last year and having all the wiring replaced. // 7

Reliability & Durability: The strap buttons on this guitar are horrible, if you're lucky the guitar won't fall off while you're standing still. This is easily fixed with a set of straplocks, which is something that I install on every guitar I buy. The tuners hold in place forever, despite me beating on the strings constantly during my stint in a punk band. If it weren't for the poor pickup sound, I would use this as my number one Live guitar. Like I said earlier, the finish is very hard, and the only scratches are from belt buckels. // 9

Impression: I love this guitar, it was my first electric, and I still play it despite having several other guitars of higher quality. If I were to change anything about it, I would probably replace the pickups with something that gave clearer tone. If this guitar were lost, I do not know that I would replace it, but probably with another guitar of slighly higher quality. Maybe a Les Paul Standard, or an ESP Eclipse. // 8

overall: 6.8

Reviewed by: XxGhostshipxX, on october 13, 2008

Price paid: $ 310

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: This guitar comes with 22 Jumbo frets, mine was ade in China in 2006 I beleive. Tune-O-Matic bridge, comes with the Standard les paul tone knobs (2 volume knobs, 2 tone knobs) Pickups aren't very good at all in my opinion, but hell, it's a $300 dollar guitar so what do you expect? // 8

Sound: I Play a lot of progressive rock, some grundge, and alternative rock sometimes as well. I play through a Line 6 Spider III 15 watt amp, and on the louder settings this thing has feedback like crazy. I'm not sure if it was the pickups or the Amp but it wasn't very smooth. Also on a clean channel, it's nearly impossible to gain beautiful vibrant tones, I've spent countless hours dialing in the Amp and guitar and no good results. With SD's or EMG's this thing might be able to get good tones, but overall I wasn't very satisfied with the tone variety in this guitar. // 7

Action, Fit & Finish: Overall I was very pleased with the action. This guitar doesn't come in really cool finishes, but the one I got was good enough for me. Girls complement the guitar and say it looks pretty so that's alright with me lol. Electronics were set-up fine, and the toggle Switch never became loose or anything like that. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This is where my Epiphone Les Paul 100 failed me the most. It's a beginner level guitar, and you can tell it. I have had this guitar for 6 months, and have taken immaculate care of it. But recently the tone knobs have began to fall off, and the input jack completely broke, leaving me with a good for nothing electric guitar. I was terribly disappointed by quality in which this guitar was made. It just feels like it was rushed together. I must admit I put tons of milelage on this guitar (probably over 150 hours in 6 months) but I expect it to maintain through playing, because that's what the damn thing was made for. Overall this Guitar was totally unreliable to me. // 4

Impression: Overall, This guitar is perfect for the entry level player, Who's not ready to drop $700 on a good guitar, but if you're looking for a cheaper alternative to the Gibson Les paul's, definitely pass on this one. It looks nice, plays okay, but the quality is lacking, and you can tell you're playing an entry level guitar instead of an intermediate level guitar. If you're a beginner, get this guitar, but for more experienced players, definitely pass. // 6

overall: 8.6

Reviewed by: NoName01071991, on july 27, 2009

Price paid: € 215

Purchased from: Music Store Köln

Features: Don't know wich year it was made. It was made in Indonesia. Its handcrafted. I think it are medium frets but could be jumbo as well. It has a 24.75" scale. It has a bolt mahogany neck and a rosewood fretboard with Dot inlays. A mahogany body and a maple top. Mine has a Vintage sunburst finish but it comes in ebony and cherry sunburst as well, thats just your choice. It has open coil Alnico V Humbuckers wich are passive and totally fit my style, wich is kind of hardrock, metal style. The hardware is chrome It has the usual Gibson controls so 2 tone knobs, 2 volume knobs and a Rythem-Treble- Both Switch.It has non-locking tuners. Wich aren't the best ever, the guitar comes out of tune a lot, especially the G-string, acually only the G-string, but i fixed it by putting new tuners on it. // 8

Sound: The guitar fits my music very well, wich is kind of hardrock, rock metal, style and even pop sometimes. It has a very nice and warm tone on the neck pickup and a very rich sound on the neck pickup. I'm using a 30 watt Line 6 amp and usually use the metal or crunch channel with some reverb or delay. Wich in my opinion sounds very awesome. Although when it gets to ditorted it can get a little fuzzy, especially on the bridge pickup. The guitar has a lot of sounds, you can make every sound you waant basicly by using the tone knobs and the volume controls, just be creative. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar wasn't set up that good from the factory, it was way out of tune, wich wasn't hard to fix, just tune it... The action was a bit low, but again, that was fixed in no time. I adjusted both pickups and set them a little closer to the strings to make them sound a bit hotter. Also the white plastic thing, that covers the pickup selevtor broke the day I bought it, but it still works fine. Also I changed tuners like said before. For the rest the guitar was pretty good out of the box, but like no guitar, it immediatly fis you, I always have to do some adjustments. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I think now it will last during a live gig. But I think it will get out of tune when you play on it with the original tuners. The hardware will last for ssure, no doubt about it. But somehow I would always take a backup guitar to a gig, just in case; ) but I think you won't need it the finoish will last... Cause I alreadyy bumped it into some stuff and its stil Brand New. // 9

Impression: Its a great guitar especially for rock and metal stuff, but clean it sounds pretty cool too. I've been playing for like 2 years and I own an Ibanez as well, but this guiat has a way better sound. If it would be stolen I'd buy it again probably or go for the Standard, but actually they sound kinda the same. I love the sound and the pickups, I hated the tuners, but thats fixed. So it's a really good guitar for its price. Although it needs some adjustments, but they're easly made. // 9

overall: 7

Reviewed by: andy_h04, on september 17, 2008

Price paid: A$ 370

Purchased from: Allans music

Features: The Epiphone Les Paul 100 is a solid top guitar which I believe was made in China in 2006. The body is made out of mahogany, and the top is made from maple. The neck is bolt on. It has 22 jumbo sized frets, chrome hardware, hard tail bridge and 2 Epiphone humbucking pickups. // 7

Sound: I play anything from hardcore, heavy metal, to the occasional clean styles/blues. I'm running this through a Roland Cube 30X, and a Zoom G1X effects unit pedal. It can play the metal quite well depending on your amps settings, but it plays the softer stuff a lot easier. The pickups tend to be a little noisy for me, but nothing I can't handle. The sound is full, not overly bright, a little dull even for me. I can pull pinch harmonics off this guitar quite easily. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: When I initially got the guitar, the action was a little too high for my liking, but I adjusted that later. The pickups seem to be at the right height for this guitar. The guitar didn't have any visible flaws at all. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I'm not too sure whether I will be using this to gig with. As some of the machine heads seem a little loose for me. The strap buttons are a real pain to deal with for me. Occasionally the strap will slip off the button and fall to the floor, which is quite annoying so I'm still unsure whether to replace them or not. (no it isn't the strap as I own a Schecter too and it has never happened once on that). When gigging this would be my backup guitar. The finish seems quite fine and hasn't worn off over the time I've had it. // 6

Impression: The LP 100 can handle pretty much any style of music you throw at it. I own a Schecter Hellraiser C-1FR, I wouldn't say that this guitar is close to the Schecter tone wise at all, but for a beginner starting out playing guitar, this would suit almost anyone. If it was stolen or lost I probably wouldn't get another one. // 6

overall: 8.2

Reviewed by: telemetal, on january 05, 2009

Price paid: A$ 450

Purchased from: Dans Guitar Singapore

Features: This guitar was made in Indonesia. It has a 22 fret Bolt-On neck, 24.75" scale, a rosewood board and a mahogany neck, The body is mahogany, with a maple top (nothing fancy, just a plain slab of maple), some sites say there is alder in the body also. Mine has has the Heritage cherry sunburst finish, (it also comes in black, and Vintage sunburst). It also has a TOM bridge, twin passive humbuckers, which are the 700T/650R Epiphone pickups. It has Standard the Les Paul control layout, 2vol/2tone, and a 3 way switch. It has Epiphone tuners, which are fairly solid. Overall it's nothing special, but it's gets the job done // 8

Sound: I play all sorts of music, but I generally use this guitar for heavier music, Hard Rock to Melo-Death is what I play and this does alright for all of it.
I'm running this through a Peavey Bandit 112, and sometimes a Zoom G2.1u, and the guitar sounds good, but not great. The guitar is fairly quiet, but if the tone knobs are on anything more than 0 or less than 10 it buzzes a bit, but not loudly enough to be an issue. The neck pick-up in the guitar is great, a warm rich sound that is great for cleans through to mild distortion. The bridge pickup is a bit disappointing though, it can handle medium gain stuff, a hard rock like distortion fine, but if the gain starts to get cranked up higher, it loses a lot of clarity, tightness and punch, so I'll be swapping this out at some stage.
Despite the so-so bridge PUP, this guitar can be used to make a wide range of sounds, blues, jazz, metal, everything, it'll just do some better than others. // 7

Action, Fit & Finish: Seeing as I got a free set-up when I bought it, the guitars action was fine, pick-up height was fine, (though I did adjust the neck PUP to my own tastes), the intonation was fine although the low E was a tiny bit out. The routes were fine, a good neat, clean job. The selector was fine, the knobs buzz a bit, but I'll change the pots later, which should fix that. Overall, there were no flaws I could find. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar shoudl hold up to Live playing, hell that was why I bought it, I needed a knock around for school. The hardware seems like it'll last a while, some of it will be getting switched out later on though. The strap-buttons are solid, but I still made some strap locks with a couple of washers, just because I'm paranoid about breaking the guitar. I'd use it at a gig without a back up, hell I probably will have to next year, but I wouldn't have any qualms about using by itself. The finish seems fine, seems like it would hold up for a long time, but I still plan to refinish it some time later, just because it is to similar to my other guitar. // 8

Impression: I play almost everything and this guitar is versatile to fill any role in a pinch, but it struggles a bit with high gain stuff. I've been playing for 2 and a bit years, and I have a Peavey Bandit 112, a Zoom G2.1u, and my pride and joy, and '96 Anniversary MIJ Tele, and while the LP can't hold a candle to my tele, it is still a good instrument, good for beginners, or just good as a back up.

If it were stolen or lost, I doubt I'd buy it again, I'd probably buy something better, more higher end, but since I bought this as a modding guitar, I didn't really look for something amazing. I love the fact that you get the classic Les Paul look, without the price tag, and I just love the way it feels. One thing I hate though is the bolt on neck, it is just awkward on an LP, and makes reaching the 22nd fret a real effort. I compared this to a Squire 51, since both seemed like good modding guitars, this won out because a just wanted a Les Paul, and this one just felt better to me than the 51, tough it was a close contest. If it had Set neck, or neck-thru construction, instead of a bolt on it'd be almost perfect for me, but I got what I payed for so I can't complain // 8

overall: 9.6

Reviewed by: NineInchNails_0, on april 08, 2006

Price paid: $ 377

Purchased from: Musikborsen, SWE

Features: This is an affordable, genuine Paul. The mahogany body gives that classic solid, heavy tone, and the bolt-on mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard are easy to play. It has 2 open-coil humbuckers and chrome hardware. Classic Les Paul design and tone. The bridge is a Tune-O-Matic style bridge. It has that old-school awesome 3-way tone switcher. // 10

Sound: I play progressive rock and I couldn't have found a guitar that suits my style of playing better. It is truly the king of guitars. I use an Ibanez Tone Blaster (22 watts) amplifier and no effects, and it still sounds the way I want it to. It can sound like classic rock, it can sound metal-ish, progressive etc. Anything you want. It's not noisy at all for me and I use the normal overdrive settings. It has a rich sound to it, although it can get a little bright on Clean. I can make all kinds of noises with it. A lot of sound variety. And I mean, a lot! // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: It was perfectly set up. No flaws at all. The pickups were perfect, as normal. The top was greatly boomatched and the bridge was routed just right. Everything was perfect. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I've never ever played live but I think this would withstand live playing. A lot of people use it on gigs and such anyways. The hardware seems to last forever. It still sounds just like the day I got the guitar. The strapbuttons gets unscrewed easily though, so maybe I would've done the gig sitting on a chair or something. I can depend on it, but due to the strap buttons I wouldn't have this on a gig without a backup. The finish is just like the hardware, seems to last forever. // 9

Impression: I play progressive rock and it's the best guitar I could possibly find. It's an incredible match. I've been playing for a year now and I have an Ibanez G10, but by the looks of it, I will be selling that soon. I don't need it, now that I have this incredible guitar. If this was lost or stolen I would shoot the brains out of the guy who took it and then get it back. I love everything. It's a Les Paul. The guitar of guitars. The Icon. There is nothing to hate. Even though the strap buttons are a bit of a problem. But I just glued them tight. Problem solved. My favorite feature is either the incredibly comfortable neck or the awesome old-school three way tone switcher. I compared this to several Ibanez guitars, some Gibsons and a Fender Stratocaster, and none of them were as comfortable as this. Nor did they sound as great. I chose this because the neck is incredibly comfortable and because it's so sexy and plays as good as it looks. The only thing I wish it had is the trapezoid fingerboard inlay. But that has nothing to do with how well the guitar sounds and plays. It's so easy to play, and most of all, so much fun. // 10

overall: 9.6

Reviewed by: freebird01, on june 06, 2005

Price paid: $ 300

Purchased from: Musicians Friend

Features: This guitar was made in '04 in China. Classic Les Paul body, 22 frets, Heritage cherry sunburst finish on a plain top. Tune-O-Matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece. 2 volume & 2 tone knobs, 3-way pickup selector, with 2 open coil humbuckers. // 10

Sound: I play mostly classic rock: Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC and it suits that pretty good. It would be better if the humbuckers was covered but the open-coil's is fine. Right now I'm usin it with a old 50 watt Epi amp and it sounds awesome. I mean I could go from Sweet Home Alabama to tha Freebird solo with one twist of the tone knob. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: The action was a little low when I got tha guitar and the bottom string was missing. The bridge mubmucker was a little high, so I lowered it. That's about all that was wrong with it. Hey, it coulda been worse. The finish is awesome. Everbody thats seen it loves the finish. The only way it could be better is if it had binding around it. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I think it will withstand playin live. I ain't played no gigs since I'm jus now turning a freshman but I'm sure I will after I get my liscense. The strap button on the top closest to the neck is a little bit high n it causes the strap to come off. I gotta get some strap locks to put on it so it'll stop. // 10

Impression: This guitar is a very good match for my style. The only other guitar I compared this one to was a Epi G-400. My friend got one and it was pretty good except for the price tag. I'm 14 and I don't make enough money workin out in daddy's garage ta spend it all on that. If it was stolen I'd go find who ever stole it and introduce them to my 12 gage. // 10

overall: 9.4

Reviewed by: druz15_UG, on november 18, 2005

Price paid: $ 348.84

Purchased from: Beggs Music store (NZ)

Features: Made in 1994 in China, 23 frets, really nice body with brown/black finish colour and transparent finish. Looks really sweet and plays sweet too. the only problem I've had is the lead plugin comes loose every now and then because I unscrewed it to get plastic covering out. // 9

Sound: Suits my music style well I play mostly blues-rock/hard rock with a bit of metal. Using a crappy little Ashton 15watt but getting a sweet 120w Crate amp after exams which sounds great. Also using a DigiTech Grunge pedal which gives wicked distortion. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: The pickups are good, not too great but good enough for me. The bridge and top were like perfect and no flaws. One problem was the top e string kept snapping when I did huge bends but got better strings now. // 9

Reliability & Durability: Haven't gigged it but it would be ok if I get a better strap. The hardware is solid but then again if I smashed it, it would break. The strap buttons are fine it's just my strap sucks. I would definetly use it in a gig. The finish has lasted since may so it seems alright but the pick guard seems a little flimsy. // 9

Impression: I play blues-rock and this guitar is like perfect but it still sounds great when I play other styles. I have been playing 4-5 years and also own an Ashton 15watt amp (soon to be replaced by a 120w Crate) and a DigiTech Grunge pedal. I'm also getting a wah pedal soon. If it were lost/stolen, I'd kill the person who stole it! Not really I'd just give them a sound beating. I'd buy it or a slightly better version. // 10

overall: 8.4

Reviewed by: kurtshapedbox, on april 04, 2005

Purchased from: Woodwind & Brasswind

Features: I have owned this Les Paul for about a year now. This guitar is very nice for the price. It has a three way pickup selector that is worthless and definately could use replacing. It has a beatiful body, and finish, but it is much thinner than most les pauls and I don't care for that too much. It also has a bolt on neck wich I don't care for much. I am going to replace the muddy pickups with Seymor Duncan's or EMG's. It is a good guitar but definately could use some changes. // 8

Sound: Its tone is very muddy, but could be fixed with new pickups. See above. It is very good for Nirvana and other bands that have similar grundgey tone. In the price range of this guitar, A Fender Standard Stratocaster would be the best blusey guitar, a Jackson would be best for metal, and this guitar would be best for grundge and anything in between. Kurt Cobain used a guitar identical to this one on Nirvana's "Bleach" tour. He ruined it on their infamous underwater photo shoot. // 6

Action, Fit & Finish: My Les Paul 100's action was set a bit high, but its nothing you can't easily fix. Thats the only complaint I have for this category. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar is extremely reliable and durable. My only complaint is that the selector and strap locks are cheap and desperately need changed. I guess if you have a little tolerance like me (I haven't done anything whatsoever to the guitar and I've had it for a year) you could go without it. // 10

Impression: I love this guitar and wouldn't give it up for the world. It is the most versatile guitar that I've played (and I've played quite a few) in it's price range. If it was lost I would buy something more expensive to replace it, but thats because I have my heart set in buying an Epiphone G400 Custom already. The G400 custom is my favorite out of every single guitar I've played in my life. But if I didn't plan on buying this guitar already, and the guitar I have now was lost or stolen, then I would defenately buy another. It would get a better review if it had seymore duncans or EMG's in it. Good guitar. // 8

Reviewed by: unregistered, on march 10, 2005

Price paid: $ 189

Purchased from: friend

Features: I think it was made in 2001 in korea! 22 frets with a really nice neck, it seems to be perfect for my hands and the same with most of my friends hands as well! It's got a painted neck, which I don't mind. It's got a nice body because it's not as thick as some of the newer Les Paul's so it sits and feels nice. It has 2 sets of Semour Duncans which sound really nice. // 10

Sound: This guitar will play anything, it will sound good playing Metallica, Creed, Rammstein, Bob Dylan, Scorpions and whatever else. It has some the nicest sounds I have ever heard. It sounds great with a decent distortion pedal but most of the time I like it just straight into the amp and sunds great even though my amp is a small Fender, but have played it on a Marshall and sounds awesome! // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: When I got it had pretty high action and I like it alot but I think the next time I change strings I might try it a bit lower and see how it goes. Personally I like the high action so dont get me wrong! The pickups came a bit high for my liking so I lowered them a bit and it sounds good now. There was only one flaw and it was the jack was lose which I fixed in 2 secs. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar has been put through alot just going back and forth to school etc. And friends house has taken alot and still it goes and goes. Haven't replaced any of the components yet so it's been going strong for a while now. You would never need a back up with this guitar. The finish isn't wearing at all which is nice. // 10

Impression: I love to play rock! Good old rock! Rock is the only thing you can play! This guitar definitely makes you feel as if you are playing like a rock star etc. I have been playing for about 3 years and just started to get good at soloing and this guitar is easy to solo on, I have 2 other guitars my first electric which was a Fender Strat and personally I don't play too often and the other is a Spanish acoustic. I play this one all the time and would definitely buy another one. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: dantheman733, on march 15, 2004

Purchased from: ebay.com

Features: This guitar has some sweet features! I believe my guitar is a '99 and it was hand made in Korea! It has 2 tone knobs so you can get it perfect and 2 volume to you can adjust your guitar soung just the way you want it! It also has the 3-way treble/rythm selctor. It has the 2 humbucking Epiphone pickups, however they are not the chrome ones (I am probably just going to buy the Gibson chrome or gold humbuckers and throw them on). The body is the standard les paul shape with a BEAUTIFUL transparent Vintage sunburst finish. It has chrome hardware. I am absolutely in love with the neck on this thing! It is SUPER comfortable! // 10

Sound: This guitar definitly sounds GREAT! I use it with my distortion pedal and it's awesome! It makes no hum at all! The epi lp-100 has a real full sound form the 2 humbuckers. With all the tone knowbs and selectors you can use this guitar to play ANY kind of music. Great all areound guitar. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar was set up with pretty high action but I loved it and haven't changed it yet! The pickups were also sweet. No flaws, nothing. Came to me perfect! // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar is really durable and reliable. The hardware seems like it'll last forever! The finish hasn't worn at all for 4 years so thats pretty good! My strap hold really good on this axe too. I would definitly not bring a backup if I were giging cause I know this beauty will not fail me! // 10

Impression: I've had 2 other guitars (Fender Strat and Ibanez RX40) and this is the best of em all! The only thing better is a real les paul but I don't have that kind of money. This is DEFINITELY THE BEST VALUE GUITAR! I really like the full sound and all the adjuster knobs because i can get whatever sound I want. I wish it came with chrome pickups but thats no big deal case you can just pick them up separate. If you want les paul looks and close to the real sound for a couple thousand bucks less, thsi is the guitar for you! // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on january 23, 2006

Price paid: $ 434

Features: I believe my baby was made in 2004 in China (like all Epiphone), it has 22 medium-jumbo frets and a very nice mahogany body and a maple neck (I think). It has the classic Les Paul style body and feel and a Tune-O-Matic nridge. It has 4 knobs, 2 volume and 2 tone, one for each pickup. // 9

Sound: It fits my style very well, I play mosly classic rock and even some pop, punk-rock, and pop-rock. The pickups are great and you can easely get all of these styles just by flicking the pickup selector (that has rhythm or treble). I use it with a Vox Pathfinder Reverb 15, and Ibanez Tubescreamer and it sounds great, with alot of distortion (not too much thought) and the rhythm mode I can get a perfect slash powerful sound but if you turn some knobs here and there you can even get a wicked Blink 182 sound. All in all a great guitar! // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: I don't have any complaints so a will score it like this. // 10

Reliability & Durability: The only problem are the strap buttons that tend to fall of so you might want to change them. // 8

Impression: I walked in too the store and tried every guitar from 150 to 700 $ and this one beats them all, I tried Fenders, Ibanez, ESP, PRS, and even lots other Epiphones this one is just a piece of candy. I recommend this guitar to anybody that needs a fat and rich sound too blast your windows away! // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on february 13, 2006

Purchased from: Downtown Sounds

Features: I don't know what year my guitar was made, I purchased it used from my localc music shop. It's got 22 frets, bolt-on rosewood neck, alder body with mahogany top. I got the ebony color scheme (white pickguard, white pickup guards, and silver hardware on black finish). It has 2 humbuckers (nowehere have I been able to find out what kind), in the Les Paul style, with a 3-way selector. // 7

Sound: This guitar has a pretty bright sound on clean, but is darker distorted and on my Behringer GM110 it can be pretty damn bassy. However the pickups don't have anything close to the crunch I want. This guitar sounds great for blues, but it's no good for hard rock. I don't like the neck pickup too much, but the bridge pickup gets too muddy by itself. The way to go is with both pickups selected. // 5

Action, Fit & Finish: I lowered the action a bit after getting it. Fret buzz is pretty minimal. I don't know what kind of tuners it has, but they seem well made to me, it holds its tune for days. The main problems with the construction is that the plastic parts break very easily (the plastic around the pickups are cracked and the plastic around the output is broken). ALso for some reason the plastic around the pickups is faded much more than the pickguard, which looks just weird, since I think they are supposed to be the same white on brand new ones. // 5

Reliability & Durability: I haven't tried, but I can pretty much tell you this guitar won't take gigging. The plastic breaks too easily, the strap buttons come unscrewed very easily unless you glue them (which I did), and now the neck pickup takes several seconds to warm up when you Switch to it (keep in mind this guitar was used). If you replaced the pickups in it, I would say you could get away with it, so longas you had a backup. The sound is good enough, provided you're not playing very heavy rock. The basic hardware is very solid- it's just those few external things. // 3

Impression: I mostly play progressive and power metal, and this guitar is not really a good match. However for most other types of music it's fine. I play it through a Tubescreamer overdriven on the Behringer GM110's built-in distortion (which is damn good, I must say- that amp rocks), and I can get something of a heavy sound, but not a metal crunch. However, I would not buy this guitar if I had the oppurtunity to do it again. I compared it to other guitars (notably a Standard Strat) and was impressed, but I had never heard of a little brand called Agile. They make Les Paul copies that are far superior to Epiphones for the price. For $150 I could have gotten the Agile AL-2000 which has a set-in neck (LP100 has bolt-on), mahogany body (LP100 has alder), abalone trapezoid inlay (LP100 has dot inlays), and better humbuckers. If you want a cheap LP copy, get Agile, not Epiphone. // 7

overall: 9

Reviewed by: angus69, on april 21, 2006

Price paid: $ 447

Purchased from: guitar center

Features: 2 humbuckers, tone and volume control for each pickup, bolt on maple neck with mahogany fretboard, alder body, pickguard, regular ebony finish with creme pickguard mounts, pickguard and switch, gold knobs. I'll rate it 9 because it has every thing you need but not ten because it's still got stock crap pickups and tuners and all that. // 9

Sound: For a beginner it suits my needs fine, I've had a few well-versed players plug in and they have been impressed with its tone and overall sound. They only noticed a little buzz high on the fret board. I run it through a used Marshall VS15R Valve State and a Bad Monkey Overdrive pedal and it screams, makes me sounds better than I really am! Not really disliking any thing about the guitar, it fit my budget well and the Gibson stamp on the truss cover makes me fell like I have the reel thing. I mostly paly AC/DC, Blink 182, Led Zeppelin, The Who etc. suits them all! // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: Action was just right, pickups where set up fine. only flaw I found was the two back covers for the electronics didn't fit right. The guitar wasn't all that well finished, one backplate needed to be sanded slightly. Pickups needed sanding (little pieces of plastic sticking out), but those are minor things, other than that no flaws! // 9

Reliability & Durability: Not the most reliable guitar because you can tell it is a bit cheaply made. The bolts for the strap have come out twice in the 2 years had it. Not a big deal because you now that there getting loose a while before there gonna pop out so you just put some glue here and there fine. Overall I would use it in a gig without backup, you might want to bring on stage a screwdriver thought. // 8

Impression: I love this guitar, for the price it is excellent value, it sounds great, I strongly recomend this guitar! // 9

Reviewed by: unregistered, on march 05, 2004

Features: This baby is a 2003 Korean made Les Paul 100. 22 Frets, dot inlays. Its a solid top black body, with two US made open coil humbukers, with a cream scratchplate and cream pickup housing. It has a three way selector to define the sound that you want, however the LP has a very flat clean sound and in comparison is no better than aa cheap Strat copy. However when played with bite and distortion the guitar can blow you away and has anything but a great amp working its socks off. It has a stop tailpiece bridge and plays like a dream! // 8

Sound: I play rock through to heavy metal playing my LP as mainly a Rythem player, but it is good at bith rythem and lead parts. It cuts into rock like butter and when you crank it up for the metal sound you will have a screaming axe like the best of them. Im using a 30 what amp which finds it hard to take through Digitech and Vox effects which gives it even more playabilty, range an the ability to develop and inprovise. It sounds perfect, even better than any Fender I have ever played, with a real rich rock attitude with loads of potential an variety! // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: I have had no problem with the action, it comes outta the box and ready to rock and thrash! The body was in perfect condition as were the headstock and fret-board, which was a nice treat to be able to play out of the factory! Everything was in full working order and the pickups were fine! The only thing i did was to remove the plate exposing tiny screw holes that are hardly visable! It was Perfect!!! // 10

Reliability & Durability: This Axe can take a beating and still purs softly in your arms, the pickups take EVERYTHING you send at them an just spit out a fat sound back at you. The finish is perfect except for the belt buckle sraches on the back but apart from that it lasts ages and plays amazingly...like a perfect housewife, shrink, mate and lover! // 8

Impression: This axe suits the music I play better than any none Gibson/ESP guitar I have ever played, although sounds better live than recorded. I have been using it for live gigs for a few weeks and it's great, but use my Gibson Explorer for Studio work. I would buy again definatly, if even to put Gibson pickups in it, its great value and an awesome guitar. I really recommend it! // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: jklathem, on march 11, 2006

Price paid: $ 350

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: My Les Paul 100 is 2004 Indonesian made. It has 22 jumbo frets. The neck is bolt-on Mahogany and the body is Mahogany as well. The color scheme is cherry sunburst and is very beautiful. The 100's body is a little smaller than the regular Les Paul's body style. I don't know what type of pickups they are, I just assume that they are Epiphone-made; they a dual humbuckers and have a 3-way toggle. The bridge is a Tune-O-Matic bridge, and keeps the guitar in tune even when playing the hell out of it. Mine is left-handed and came with strap-locks, a gig bag, and a strap (extra $30 for free). // 10

Sound: It has a rich, full sound when on treble. For rhythm though, it's rather muddy, especially on distortion. Using a Fender Dyna-Touch III Bullet 150 Guitar Combo Amp and Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal, the sound is great, even on full distortion. I use this guitar for playing many different styles ranging from folk to blues to punk to hard rock; all of these styles are easily achieved using this guitar. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar was built well. There are no visible scratches even though it has been thrown around and banged and such. This guitar was manufactured with great care. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar is very reliable. I use it for small gigs, even though they do get wild. I use this as my main guitar and have an Ibanez GRX20L for backup. The whole guitar should last for a while. // 10

Impression: Since my style is mainly punk-rock and blues, this guitar really comes in handy. I've been playing for 3 years and have 3 other left-handed guitars and a bass. If this guitar was stolen, I'd definetly buy it again considering it was rather cheap and sounds amazing. I love how smooth the body style is and how well it sounds. I just don't like how the overdriven rhythm toggle sounds. I've compared this to guitars ranging from Ibanez to Fender and Gibson; this one comes in second only to Gibson. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on february 27, 2006

Price paid: $ 457.5

Purchased from: gear4music.com

Features: // 8

Sound: I tend to play classic rock and its sounds excellent. I play it through a DigiTech RP50 then through a Fender Frontman 15W amplifier. The guitar can make a veriaty of sounds and a range of styles, friend likes Slipknot and such and he said it sounds good. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: The factory had set up my guitar ok but I started having problems with the height adjustment screws on the bridge pickup because they had been chewed up. Other than the bridge pick up I left the guitar alone. Everything seamed to be together well until one day when my bridge pickup stopped working (most likely my fault for taking it out) but for some strang reson it started working again as I took it out the second time and put it back in, perhaps dodgy wiring. The body was flawless only very tiny suface scratches. // 8

Reliability & Durability: The guitar certainly sounds better live than being recorded but the top strap button keeps coming loose. After the bridge pickup failing I'm not shure how it would stand up. I would use a backup at a gig but this guitar would most likely be the backup. The finish only seam the have hairline scratches which only show up when the guitar is polished. My friend fell over with it but there appears to be no obvious scratches or dents. // 8

Impression: This guitar is a good guitar for playing anything. I have been able to play for four years but I have only seriously been playing for the past two. As I said before I own a Fender Frontman amp which by it self is terrible and the RP50 multi effects pedal to generate a good overdrive for the Fender which is too trebaly. I also own a Squier Strat. The only down side to the guitar which has been frustrating me is the neck with the dot inlays. If the guitar was stolen I would buy a different guitar but definatly from Epiphone. My favourite feature is the Heritage cherry sunburst finish which still look as good when it came out of the box. I think I made a small mistake in buying off the internet before I had even tryed it but that gamble has payed off nicely. // 9

overall: 9.4

Reviewed by: Epiphonefreak, on october 31, 2007

Price paid: $ 190

Features: My Epiphone Les Paul 100 was made in 2006 in China. It has 22 medium frets and a Rosewood fretboard. It's body and neck was made from Mahogany and an Alder body top. The finish is a Vintage Sunburst. It has a Tune-O-Matic bridge and Passive electronics. It's controls is a volume and tone knob for each pickup and a 3-way pickup selector. It has stock Epiphone humbucker neck and bridge pickups. It came with a cable, a Tool for adjusting the truss rod, a user manual and a poster. // 9

Sound: I normally play rock or classic rock. I also play jazz and this guitar suits me perfectly. I am using a Marshall MG30DFX and a Zoom G2.1u guitar effects pedal and it sounds great for its price. I usually set the tone knobs to 10 and it's distortion is great. The clean sound is decent. This guitar suits every kind of style of playing. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar was set-up pretty good at the factory. The action was a tad high for me and the pickups are in good shape. Everything else is perfect except for a big scratch on my pickguard. It has Dot inlays and gold volume and tone knobs. I love it's finish and it's headstock. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This guitar will withstand Live playing as long as you take good care of it. The hardware seem like it will last a very long time. Perhaps you might wanna put strap locks on it because it's stock strap buttons is not very good. I would use it on a gig and without a backup because I definately can depend on this guitar. // 9

Impression: My overall impression about this guitar is that this guitar is very good. I've been playing for 8 months and this guitar suits me perfectly. It is ideal for beginner or intermediate guitar players. If it were stolen or lost, I'd definately buy another Les Paul 100. What I love most about this guitar is it's playability and it's finish and what I don't like about this guitar is its strap buttons. I compared this guitar with a Squier Strat and this guitar wins hands down. I wish that it had the Mother of Pearl Trapezoid inlays instead of Dot inlays on it's fretboard and I hope that it had EMG pickups with it. Lol. I really recommend this guitar for anyone that has a tight budget and really want a good guitar at this price. // 10

Comments

[Robert_Terry]

The Neck pick up aint bad for a cheep guitar, but the bridge's tone, its like the sound you would make if someone rubbed sandpaper against your testicals, and not in a good way

[EpiphoneDave]

Robert_Terry wrote:

The Neck pick up aint bad for a cheep guitar, but the bridge's tone, its like the sound you would make if someone rubbed sandpaper against your testicals, and not in a good way

I don't know what your talking about, it's a beautiful sounding guitar. Im satisfied by it. And it was so cheap to get too!

[angus69]

I'M TOTALLY WITH EpiphoneDave

[conorblack1251]

does anybody know if you can put the chrome pick up covers on the pick ups?

[Chad11491]

yeah, u can put pickup covers on em, i suggest getting new pickups anyway, but, i'm not totally sure, but don't you sauder (sp) them on?

[NTguitarplayer]

this guitar ain't bad at all, i play everything from pop punk to heavy rock to jazz, action's good, neck is great...i just pust new pickups in it, gibson dirty fingers in the bridge (tom delonge PU) and a 490T in the neck, sounds great dirty and clean...otherwise this guitar is a keeper. great price too.

[badpun]

hey do u guys know what is better to get after my strat dies a les paul or a reverend guitar?

[gibofan01]

what colour is best to get?

[freebyrd32]

my friend has this guitar and it sux compared to my mexican strat. I would pick the strat any day

[timo1]

the casino les paul copy is made in the same factory as somne of these. i know these are cheep but the casino ones are cheeper and extremely the same

[Weybl Himself]

freebyrd32 wrote:

my friend has this guitar and it sux compared to my mexican strat. I would pick the strat any day

Completely different guitars man, I've got a Mexi Strat as well as a LP100 and they're just too different to compare.

As for the guy asking about pickup covers, you can get them, and they just screw on (attached by the raising/lowering mounting screws) and although it will give you a very slightly warmer sound, it's more a cosmetic thing.

[guitarist837]

gibofan01 wrote:

what colour is best to get?

I have this guitar in vintage sunburst and it makes it look about 5x the price. Also im looking to put some new pickups in my lp. I play anything from clean blues to heavily distorted rock so i need pickups that wont restrain me to one kind of sound. Ive been looking at mostly gibsons and dimarzios.

[hooligan07]

i am a noob and am wondering...what is a better guitar for the price,the lp-100 or the g-400? i listen to mostly british and american punk/oi! and also social distortion,rancid etc...

[andy_h04]

hooligan07 wrote:

i am a noob and am wondering...what is a better guitar for the price,the lp-100 or the g-400? i listen to mostly british and american punk/oi! and also social distortion,rancid etc...

Personally i think a les paul would be better then the g-400 because the g-400 is used alot more for cleaner sounds then the les paul. And also i have the les paul 100 and it is a brilliant sounding guitar!

[jeordie1]

what makes the epiphone lp-100 better than the epiphone lp standard or is there no difference? which one should i buy?

pls help

[-stratomaster-]

^^^I concur

[dimebagisgr8]

jeordie1 :
what makes the epiphone lp-100 better than the epiphone lp standard or is there no difference? which one should i buy?

pls help

i use a les paul 100 and i think its gr8 bt ive neva used a standard although the 100 is high up the range than the standard
can any1 help me with finding a whammy 4 a les paul 100
thnkz

[jeordie1]

alright kool, thanks man

[bigbanana]

am going to be getting one in july or something, starting to get serious with my playing, which one do you recommend guys, Agile LP or Epiphone LPs am kindof leaning to the Epiphone just because of the brandname but i've heard alot of good comments about agile!

[frankthewolfman]

can any1 help me with finding a whammy 4 a les paul 100

go to madisonandfifth.co.uk and you will find a link to 'stetsbar' who do whammy bar for stopbar tailpieces - perfect for this

[evill22]

I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to get an LP-100, or a Les Paul Classic...Any suggestions?

[Epiphone-Man]

evill22 wrote:

I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to get an LP-100, or a Les Paul Classic...Any suggestions?

they are both baisicly the same
but the lp 100 is probably better value
only $500 NZ

[Bube]

What is the difference between this and the Standard model? I'm curious as well, like others who have asked before me..

[AllOpenStrings]

Bube :
What is the difference between this and the Standard model? I'm curious as well, like others who have asked before me..
^^^^^
well bube, i played a buddy of mines standard, and the difference would have to be the pickups. the pickups on a standard are of a higher quality and have a very warm sound.

[gibofan01]

bube :
What is the difference between this and the Standard model? I'm curious as well, like others who have asked before me..
^
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allopenstrings has pretty much covered it but another big difference is the tuners!! grovers i believe are on the standards so yeh the lp100's tuners are crap!!
well i hate them.

oh and a question my little guitar fanatics..
--- CAN ANY1 SUGGEST A GOOD PAIR OF REPLACEMENT PICKUPS???----- WB please!!! cheers

[xrecapx]

What you thinking gents, this or a G400?

[-metalhead-]

you know, this is my only guitar at this point and i must say its a great guitar. the only problem with this guitar (as theyve said in like every review on UG) one of the strap buttons suck ass. still all you have to do is change the screw on that strap button to a longer screw, problem solved.

[ROCKAHOBO]

this guitar looks cool and i will probs be getting it for my bday (in blue)

[Daemeon]

good guitar , sounds good, feels nice, i recommend it to anyone just get new strings i bought some with the guitar and im glad i did as soon as i touched a string on it it broke.

[Solan]

the lp 100 is the best of my three guitars.
it has an amazing clean and rough sound what gives you the little extra in the solos.
and it haves a sexy look.

[opc100]

by bottom strap button fell off. I just put a bit of cylindrical wood of my woodwork teacher who made it the right size for me and now it never even moves. One problem I have with it though is the inout. Keeps movin around, anyone got any tips to stop it?

[nirvanapwns]

which would you recomend this or a squier jagmaster

[opc100]

nirvanapwns wrote:

which would you recomend this or a squier jagmaster

easily this guitar. squiers are good but the jagmaster's not as good as this.

[sid-x]

this guitar is great but only if you replace he pickups and get it set up because the strings are like a meter high everything else its a great guitar

[gibson~dove]

Does this guitar mostly have a metal sound or is it good for blues too???

[-metalhead-]

gibson~dove wrote:

Does this guitar mostly have a metal sound or is it good for blues too???

This is a very free genre guitar, it can play most genres out there.

[guy07]

Man, mine has a jet black gloss finish with gold knobs and a pearl pick guard. IMO, it's the best looking Les Paul 100 I've seen. If your going to get one (which I would reccomend, great guitar) see if you can get those colors, they are stunning together.
Maybe the best color combo out there? :O

[gibson~dove]

-metalhead- wrote:

gibson~dove wrote:

Does this guitar mostly have a metal sound or is it good for blues too???

This is a very free genre guitar, it can play most genres out there.

thanks

[Bram_Claes]

I have one and I must say that it has a great sound
but the durability absolutely sucks!!!!
After a year, some frets were broken and it was really expensive to repair, and now, 1/2 of my frets buzz like hell! I've also heard various stories of rythm/treble switches and tone/volume knobs breaking of. Typical flaws of an eastern guitar. Next time I'll spend my money on an american guitar

[Korzack]

Robert_Terry wrote:

The Neck pick up aint bad for a cheep guitar, but the bridge's tone, its like the sound you would make if someone rubbed sandpaper against your testicals, and not in a good way

How exactly CAN massaging your balls with sand-paper be a GOOD thing in any way? Confused, and I actually don't wanna know the answer...

[acdc28]

I have an Ibanez which cost about 350 Aussie dollars and i want to know if a epi les paul 100 will be better than my guitar

[kisslava1]

hey i was wondering if someone would tell me whats better a epiphone les paul 100 or a gibson les paul standard

[acdc28]

A Gibson Les Paul Standard

kisslava1 wrote:

hey i was wondering if someone would tell me whats better a epiphone les paul 100 or a gibson les paul standard

[sid-x]

i have this guitar it rules
but only after i got it setup coz the action was shit and replaced the awful pickups ! for emg hz it rules now .
but dont buy one unless youre planning on spending another £150 on a setup and new pickups !

[METAL MILITIA1]

acdc28 wrote:

I have an Ibanez which cost about 350 Aussie dollars and i want to know if a epi les paul 100 will be better than my guitar

no not really save up and get something better

[joshjebl]

I

andy_h04 wrote:

hooligan07 wrote:

i am a noob and am wondering...what is a better guitar for the price,the lp-100 or the g-400? i listen to mostly british and american punk/oi! and also social distortion,rancid etc...


Personally i think a les paul would be better then the g-400 because the g-400 is used alot more for cleaner sounds then the les paul. And also i have the les paul 100 and it is a brilliant sounding guitar!

what? SG for cleaner sounds..... no not true

[MattA7Xfan4Life]

andy_h04 wrote:

hooligan07 wrote:

i am a noob and am wondering...what is a better guitar for the price,the lp-100 or the g-400? i listen to mostly british and american punk/oi! and also social distortion,rancid etc...

Personally i think a les paul would be better then the g-400 because the g-400 is used alot more for cleaner sounds then the les paul. And also i have the les paul 100 and it is a brilliant sounding guitar!

ok so, the g 400 is definitely not used more for clean sounds....
they both are used condsiderably in ounk so just take ur pick. the g 400 is more expensive and is probably going to have better features
just remember that.

[jasonkan]

MattA7Xfan4Life wrote:

andy_h04 wrote:

hooligan07 wrote:

i am a noob and am wondering...what is a better guitar for the price,the lp-100 or the g-400? i listen to mostly british and american punk/oi! and also social distortion,rancid etc...

Personally i think a les paul would be better then the g-400 because the g-400 is used alot more for cleaner sounds then the les paul. And also i have the les paul 100 and it is a brilliant sounding guitar!


ok so, the g 400 is definitely not used more for clean sounds....
they both are used condsiderably in ounk so just take ur pick. the g 400 is more expensive and is probably going to have better features
just remember that.

yeah agreed its like saying piezo guitars are more for distortion than clean..
plus les pauls are much heavier (in weight). all in all i personally prefer the g-400.

[ISM]

If you have the money go for a Studio or Standard; thru neck and better pickups. (and less chance for alder mix)

MVL.

[oneblackened]

[quote=ISM]If you have the money go for a Studio or Standard; thru neck and better pickups. (and less chance for alder mix[/quote] thru neck? no. set neck? yes. Less alder in standard or studio? definitely.

[bokuho]

Sod even that - a Standard is the minimum you should bother with, even the Studio is very sub-par quality. Get a Standard if you can't spring for much money, but try to get a Custom, really. The 100/Studio/Special-II/Junior should certainly be left well alone.

[rhcpfan118]

probably the biggest diff and the reason the price is so different is the set neck... why did everyone overlook this? idiots. no offense though...

set neck = better sustain.

[cjt130]

wow LP-100 pack with valve amp oly $249

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epiphone-Les- Paul100-HiPerformance-Pack-with-Valve-Junior-Amp?sku=514492

[Opethfan1]

i have had this guitar for 12 years now. it was my first guitar and i never could get around to get rid of it when i started to get better and update my gear. it just sounds amazing. for the price its a steel

[bfmvrock]

i have a black one and it rawks

[randyvanhalen1]

its better too just pay the difference and get a studio or another higher end model, studio and up got set necks for increased sustain and etter tone and hotter pickups for better sound and look way better. the lp-100 isnt that great

[Igor86]

im getting ready to buy a new guitar, but i dont know what to get, a fender strat, Ibanez, Schecter, or epiphone les paul? i currently have a tele and i can only spend up to $300-$350.

[Lasyk]

OH MY GOD THAT FIRST ONE WAS BOUGHT AT A STORE BY MY HOUSE!!!!! i want an epi LP :P

[WishfulShredder]

guys guys
get a standard
compare both in a guitar shop and you'll see that the 100 is bout an inch thinner
plus its a les paul with a bolt on
=fail

[KenG]

Igor86 wrote:

im getting ready to buy a new guitar, but i dont know what to get, a fender strat, Ibanez, Schecter, or epiphone les paul? i currently have a tele and i can only spend up to $300-$350.

I've seen Ibanez & Fenders in the 300-350 prices range and they are beginner guitars. The Ibanez my friend owned had such a wow in the neck it was beyond the ability of a truss rod to remedy. Look at it this way, once you subtract the cost of basic tuners, pickups, toggles switch, pots & finish, (which can easily exceed 150.00) you aren't left with much money for wood selection and manufacturing cost (not to mention profit!!!). This is why it's often better to wait and save a little more to get a "better" guitar. Beginner models are for those who are just starting out and don't know if they want to continue. If you've already got a beginner model consider selling it and adding that money to what you've saved to go that extra step. The better quality models will play better, sound better,last much longer,hold their value better and give you more overall enjoyment.

[The_Gurkhas]

Looks Great! gotta try 1.

[uvq]

People like the first reviewer rated this guitar 10 for everything...
dude, ive got to say you're dreaming, this guitar is an EPIPHONE not a gibson...

[guitargodderyck]

I got one of these. For the price this thing is amazing.

[orsonwlor]

I have an opportunity to get a SC G-400 custom for 250 dollars that would be better than this guitar for sure right?

[slashgnr86]

I'm thinking of buying a LP 100, but i'm not sure whether to get a LP 100 or save up a bit more and buy a LP standard...

Are they much different in quality?

[KenG]

slashgnr86 wrote:

I'm thinking of buying a LP 100, but i'm not sure whether to get a LP 100 or save up a bit more and buy a LP standard...

Are they much different in quality?

Hell yes! The LP 100 has a bolt-on neck and thinner body. The LP Standard is much closer in design to the real thing. TRy comparing the two at your music store and you'll soon see the difference.

[clayton0693]

Im about to win a hockey pool, and this is the guitar im buying with the money. I havent one yet soo i hope i dont jinx myself

[Wesseem]

this guitar is pretty damn bad. chances are most of you haven't actually tried other guitars and only own this one. i've played this...it does not sound that great, but then again it is only 250 ish? which i guess is pretty fair for this guitar. it makes a good beginner guitar, but nothing else.

[Gr33n]

what guitar would be better the LP 100 or a les paul junior??

[FATAROX333]

this is a great guitar and it plays really easy

[nickle_strings]

should i buy this guitar or a B.C Rich mockingbird masterpeice? mostly play classic rock

[tAkE iT aWay <3]

Gr33n wrote:

what guitar would be better the LP 100 or a les paul junior??

lp 100 fer suree! unless ur going for that single coil sound.

[JilaX^]

[quote][b]tAkE iT aWay

[rocnroll4evr93]

i own this and i absolutly love it. i will never get rid of it. sounds just as good as the more expensive epi models. second only to gibsons

[fede01_8]

this is the most horrible guitar ever!

[Koshman32]

gibofan01 wrote:

oh and a question my little guitar fanatics..
--- CAN ANY1 SUGGEST A GOOD PAIR OF REPLACEMENT PICKUPS???----- WB please!!! cheers

I suggest a set of EMG 81/85 active pickups. I put a set of those in my guitar in January and I absolutely love the sound. Sounds amazing on a clean or distorted sound

[Lasyk]

DUDE! that top one was bought at mountain music! I live right by there, if its the same one in hamilton ontario that is, I only know of one though! It is a really good guitar i find, personally prefer the V or the firebird myself though

[shnurs]

bought one for me bday a few months ago and lovin it. Affordable price, awesome sound.

[luke-bassist]

Choose lp classics, standards and customs over lp 100 and special II's any day. lp 100 is a crap guitar for many reasons. 1) it has a bolto on neck = inferior sustain. 2)cheap pickups and 3) dot inlays. this is personal preference but the trapezoid ones look nicer.

also, looking at the comments above, i would choose the g 400 cus it has better quality stuff mentioned earlier.

[FATAROX333]

yea i was at guitr center one day and i tried out this and a fender telecaster and i liked this a lot better

[ayusharon]

I just got a Lp 100 and it sounds brilliant..ofcourse the pickups are a bit turn off but good and the tuners too need replacement.
can we change the Tuners to Grovers..and please suggest some nice pickups for both blues and hard rock.

This is my 3rd Guitar and before i owned a Epiphone Standared. except for the thinner body and a bolt on nect i didn,t find much of a difference..somehow Lp's got the same sustainability like fixed necks. !!!

[torres_865]

Les paul rocks!!it has teh same picks as the standard and is cheaper!!

[surfguitar96]

is it better than sg

[surfguitar96]

???

[ihavenoname93]

andy_h04 wrote:

hooligan07 wrote:

i am a noob and am wondering...what is a better guitar for the price,the lp-100 or the g-400? i listen to mostly british and american punk/oi! and also social distortion,rancid etc...


Personally i think a les paul would be better then the g-400 because the g-400 is used alot more for cleaner sounds then the les paul. And also i have the les paul 100 and it is a brilliant sounding guitar!

im pretty sure that is utter bullshit. they are for the same type of music, only the sg is usually more lead than rhythym. and, this is the entry level les paul, while the g-400 is the highest quality sg epiphone makes.

[Bbauer]

I

[icantbuyafender]

nickle_strings :
should i buy this guitar or a B.C Rich mockingbird masterpeice? mostly play classic rock

play the two side by side at a shop. Do not ever buy sight unseen/unheard if its avoidable. try several of the same model(trust me, quality varies GREATLY).

i believe of the two, the lp100 is a better deal. a carved solid body LP for chump change.

the mockingbird is just..... i dunno, i couldnt pull that off. its just too.... too...shit i dunno, gross?

[slashfan189]

torres_865 wrote:

Les paul rocks!!it has teh same picks as the standard and is cheaper!!

Actuly they have totally different pickups , ive had a Lp100 and they SUCK

[TheXero]

i have this guitar, but the next model up, and its perfect, apart from 2day (purchased 7 months ago) where the hardware is failing, and pretty bad (just started band practise) so i may be getting a new guitar
i love the les pauls, but has any body got a recommendation?
cheers

[minchew]

I would take a schecter over this any day.My friend bought this a couple months ago and it's practically falling apart. If you have to have a les paul, go with agile.

[Fugadude]

Wow a lot of you guys are complete morons. Low quality, falling apart? What a bunch of babble. Seems a lot of you are brainwashed into thinking you're getting sustain for days with a set neck when the difference is negligible. These are mahogany guitars. If you want to go spend 2K on a guitar be my guest. Upgrade your pickups and shut the **** up. I'm sure Stevie Ray Vaughan is up in heaven regretting the fact that he used a bolt on neck stratocaster when he could have had a fixed neck gibson and gotten all that sustain.

Fucking dweebs.

[Fugadude]

http://www.33rebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/fender-le nny-strat-etched-srv.gif

yeah take a good look!

[reidcole17]

i have this guitar and it sounds great and is easy to play, is a great buy.

[reidcole17]

i have this guitar and it sounds great and is easy to play, its a great buy.

[Pete #23#]

I think that the lp 100 is the an awesome guitar.
u can use it for almost any kind of music and it looks great.
i have it in the vintage sunburst and i agree.
i looks like a $1000 guitar.
it is so cheap as well for what u get.
i was going to get the g400 but went for this and im glad i did!!!!!

[jojox11x11x11]

i got this guitar from guitar center, its great. i have been playing for a year, and upgraded from a squiere.

[monstratlp]

i love it