It features a pair of black active EMG-81 pickups mounted mahogany bodied Les Paul with a maple top finishes in translucent black. Each Epiphone Les Paul Custom Midnight comes with an "Epiphone Limited Edition Custom Shop" logo on the back of the headstock.
Les Paul Custom Midnight Limited Edition
Reviewed by:
Joel., on january 12, 2008 1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: Gallins Guitars
Features: What an amazing axe. 22 frets, pearl inlays, ebony colour with a white trim. Everything about this guitar is black, pretty much, inluding the machine heads. Obviously the classic Les Paul style body, but without the pickguard, which in my eyes is the only bad thing about a normal Les Paul. Tune-O-Matic bridge, with 2 active EMG-81 pickups. The pickups are what make this guitar so amazing. There is a 3-way selector, and volume/tone for each pickup. // 10
Sound: The EMG-81s are made for heavy music, and they do they job better than any other guitar I've played. Don't be turned off it if you're into soft stuff though - set your amp to clean and select the bridge pickup for some sweet clean, crisp sounds. I'm currently using this bad boy with a Zoom G2 pedal as well as a Roland Cube30x and a Marshall Valvestate 100. Both of these amps sound beautiful with it. I've also used this with a Fender FM65R as well as a Vox Valvetronix. Due to the nature of the active pickups, no matter what volume I play at, or where I stand, there is very little/no buzzing or feedback. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: Everything about the setup was good (except for tuning of course). I did not have to adjust anything but the pickups, which were a little loose, but a quick job with the screwdriver and my problems were solved. There were no obvious flaws, and when I first got it I spent an hour or two playing it and looking for any flaws that I may have missed. None were found. This guitar was set up great. // 9
Reliability & Durability: I would definately use this guitar for gigging. It just feels so comfortable and the sounds it can give out are amazing. I would be very surprised if any of the hardware on this guitar give out anytime soon; it's made very well. The strap buttons are very solid and, with vigorous testing, they haven't moved at all. I doubt one would need this guitar with a backup for gigging. It's sound range would be hard to beat and it's extremely reliable. There is no chance the finish will wear off. The only way you would be able to mark it if it were to hit a hard object pretty forcefully, but avoid that and you'll be fine. // 10
Impression: I play everything from heavy metal to soft rock, and jazz etc. This guitar fits every genre extremely well, even though the pickups are made mainly for metal. If you are a metal fan of any kind, this guitar would be your dream. I also own a Fender Stratocaster, a Squier Bullet Strat and an Epiphone SG. This guitar beats any of my others. If it were stolen or I lost it, I'd cut my wrists, since this guitar is a limited edition and you'd be pretty hard done by to find the same one again. I compared this to a Gibson Les Paul Standard, a Gibson Les Paul Custom, an Epiphone Les Paul Standard, and some random Ibanez guitars. This guitar matched the sound and feel of both Standards, and came very close to the sound of the Gibson Custom, but for a quarter of the price! As you can probably tell, I am in love with this guitar, and I don't think it'll ever leave my side. // 10
Les Paul Custom Midnight Limited Edition
Reviewed by:
ReBoRnBaND4, on may 16, 2006 2 of 4 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: Musicians Friend
Features: This is an awesome and beautiful guitar. It is midnight black with a white trim, and pearl inlays. Although it is an Epiphone, it plays and sounds like a Gibson, especially with the EMG 81 pickups. If you are into any type of music with distortion this a perfect guitar. Also this can be played with blues, or pretty much any kinda genre out there. It has 3-way selector, and 2 volume knobs, and 2 tone knobs. It has a Tune-O-Matic bridge which barely ever goes out of tune on this baby! As some of you may know the pickups, which are EMG-81's are the same pickups Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), and Kerry King (Slayer) uses. // 9
Sound: This guitar sounds amazing! The only thing since these pick ups are great for distortion, if you turn your gain up to high you will get feed back everytime you lift your hands from the guitar, but with saying this can be fixed by just turning the gain down a bit. It picks up you pick harmonics great. I currently use a Crate XT120 with guitar and it sounds rightious! // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: When I got it is was a bit out of tune but theres nothing a good old tuner couldn't fix. For me the action was just fine and I'm sure once you break it in the action will get better. Also there was nothing wrong with it when I got it. Everything was perfect except for the tuning. // 8
Reliability & Durability: This guitar's middle name is reliable. I have played many gigs without a backup guitar with this here guitar. It is just an amazing guitar. The only thing you need to watch out for is if you sit down with the strap still on, dont get up to fast because the strap will come right off usaully. The finish of this guitar is beautiful, and will last. // 9
Impression: Well this guitar can handle any type of music, in my case rock-metal. I have been playing for about 2 and half years and this is my favorite guitar yet, nothing can beat it (although Fender Strats do come close). If someone stole this from me, I would cry in my room for days then go and try to find it because it is limited edition and it can not be bought from stores anymore, unless they haven't all been bought off. They don't call this guitar Limited Edition for no reason either. It plays pretty much like a Gibson and has great tone and versatile. You won't go wrong buying this if you can find one! // 10
Les Paul Custom Midnight Limited Edition
Reviewed by:
ChaosD., on january 16, 2012 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: £ 425
Purchased from: Nevada Music
Features: This guitar is one of the best quality models I have seen for it's price. It's colour is a laminated Midnight Black and its fret binding (pearl) and body trim is a pale colour. It comes with two EMG active 81 Pickups, Grover Tuners, a three way selector, a tuno-matic bridge and a volume and tone dial as is typical of the Les Paul model. I have never seen another model of guitar as well equipped for the money // 10
Sound: This guitar is my second quality guitar but have being playing in for around 8 years and in bands for several of them. This guitar is built, more or less, around the idea that you will be playing Metal. It's just the way it is. When the list of endorser's for EMG 81 pickups has that many legendary metal guitar players on it, it is to be expected that these pickups suit distorted, high gain sounds. The bridge pickup is simply the most impressive metal tone I have ever heard. I often here people complaining however that this guitar has two 81's, in the bridge and neck position. I can honestly say I have no idea what the problem is, the neck sound is as sweet as the sound on my Schecter C-1 Plus and gets even sweeter as you play around with the tone dial. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar's action was fine straight from the factory and the neck is rather slim, compared to the majority of Les Pauls I've played. Aesthetically the guitar is gorgeous, dark colours, and even fret binding. A real find. As my first active pickup guitar, I had to play around with raising and lowering the pickups to achieve a sound I really liked but I think everyone should experiment with their own guitars to find a sound they like, it is not the factory or shops responsibility to cater the individual taste of every guitar player in the world. People seem to want everything done for them these days! // 8
Reliability & Durability: The guitar is very bulky and heavy and for that matter I imagine it would withstand a fair amount of drops etc. I would gig without a backup but I would make sure I had a spare 9v battery for the pickup. The only downside about this guitar in my eyes is the gods forsaken strap-buttons. Without fail they manage to come off every time you either put the flaming thing down or pick it up. I intend to invest in a pair of strap-locks and I suggest you do too if you buy this guitar. // 8
Impression: The music I play is pretty hard to define but I guess it fits relatively well into the the pretentious beast that is genre progressive metal. In other words, widdly stuff. This guitar is great for achieving that heavy, chugging metal tone while keeping a great amount of clarity and note definition that is great for playing songs by bands like Death or Opeth. I play the guitar through a Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff Pedal, with a Jim Dunlop Cry Baby and a Kustom 30 watt double speaker amp. I have been playing for many years but due to lack of funds and lack of need I have never really had the need to upgrade amplifier. However this is more than sufficient to get a quality tone on this guitar. This guitar for want of a better word is perfect, especially for its price. There are no real flaws that alter the quality of playing, only amazing pickups and a quality build, as well as an overall brilliant aesthetic. As compared to my Schecter C-1 Plus, a guitar which was a good 150/200 pounds more, the sound is better! It plays better than any other Gibson or Epiphone Les Paul I've ever played. If you are thinking about getting this I would recommend it. // 10
epiphones are better the LTDs
LTDs are just the bitch to the ESP
as epiphones are the bitch to gibson,
difference being gibson make the REAL les pauls and REAL SGs and everyone else copies
I want this thing so bad since the second I saw and read about it, but I dont want sell off all my guitars for it. THIS SUCKS I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!
epiphones are better the LTDs
LTDs are just the bitch to the ESP
as epiphones are the bitch to gibson,
difference being gibson make the REAL les pauls and REAL SGs and everyone else copies
LTDs are made of superior materials, have better build quality, and better pickup combinations than this guitar.
I agree with timi_hendrix. I've own/ed LTDs and Epiphones as well as Gibsons and sorry Gibson fans, the LTDs have all been nicer and better constructed. Epiphone is like Fenders Squier. They do pop out some quality pieces every now and then, but they are cheaply made and there for people like henza_x to buy because they are too hung up on brand names. To be honest I haven't been very impressed by any Gibson I've played. And I know this is off topic, but why do LTDs get a bad name? I mean they aren't as separate from ESP as other brands secondary lines. And many pros use them.
LTD and ESP are both TERRRRRIBBLE companies...if youre gonna get a guitar, it better be a real brand name, not someone who makes a living ripping off another company.
LTD and ESP are both TERRRRRIBBLE companies...if youre gonna get a guitar, it better be a real brand name ,
i wonder- have you ever picked up a real ESP ? Please,If you've been playing for less than 5 years and know less than jack about guitars, don't boter commenting with subjective points.
esp's are amazing guitars, they do use better material than epi, and the same as gibson, i own a few Hs and Ms, and the H series is an original design and they sound amazing as long as u go 400 series
LTD and ESP are both TERRRRRIBBLE companies...if youre gonna get a guitar, it better be a real brand name, not someone who makes a living ripping off another company.
ESP makes better guitars then Fender, Ibanez, Washburn, Schecter, and all that stuff, the company that puts off a good battle is Jackson. You probrably don't like ESP's because you play classic rock, ESP's are NOT made for classic rock ie. Led, Pink Floyd, Jimi , The Who. It is made for metal and if you see the signatures, all of those people belong to metal/hard rock bands. So before you open your mouth just because ESP doesn't make guitars for all you Floyd lovers out there, shut up.
LTD and ESP are both TERRRRRIBBLE companies...if youre gonna get a guitar, it better be a real brand name, not someone who makes a living ripping off another company.
ESP makes better guitars then Fender, Ibanez, Washburn, Schecter, and all that stuff, the company that puts off a good battle is Jackson. You probrably don't like ESP's because you play classic rock, ESP's are NOT made for classic rock ie. Led, Pink Floyd, Jimi , The Who. It is made for metal and if you see the signatures, all of those people belong to metal/hard rock bands. So before you open your mouth just because ESP doesn't make guitars for all you Floyd lovers out there, shut up.
ibanez> ltd. you think jacksons are good you should go cut yourself emo kid
ive tocuhed several epis i own one too. i even played ltds their over rated. why do you think most good shredders use ibanez. i dont even shred and i still know most ltds suck.
Alright, i've "touched" many epiphones, LTDs, ESPs, Ibanez's and Jacksons, Personally I play a lot of different kind of music and the strat is THE insrument to have for that kind of thing. But anyway aside from the JS ans SV Jem series Ibanez guitars SUCK. And all of you people who think that people play fender for the name are crazy. the reason they are a name brand is b/c they are one of the best, just like Gibson. Also the only reason some of you people play guitars like Jacksons is just b/c you think you are more hard-core than the rest of us. And your not. you give someone a Strat, and a Dinky with the same anp and you could not make me believe that the Dinky sounds better, or plays better. But whatever b/c one of you guys are just going to quote me and write something stupid about fender and how much of a retard i am.
Alright, i've "touched" many epiphones, LTDs, ESPs, Ibanez's and Jacksons, Personally I play a lot of different kind of music and the strat is THE insrument to have for that kind of thing. But anyway aside from the JS ans SV Jem series Ibanez guitars SUCK. And all of you people who think that people play fender for the name are crazy. the reason they are a name brand is b/c they are one of the best, just like Gibson. Also the only reason some of you people play guitars like Jacksons is just b/c you think you are more hard-core than the rest of us. And you're not. you give someone a Strat, and a Dinky with the same amp and you could not make me believe that the Dinky sounds better, or plays better. But whatever b/c one of you guys are just going to quote me and write something stupid about fender and how much of a retard i am.
I like emg 85 on the neck, 81 for bridge. But that was on my friend's friggin K7. This guitar looks pretty good. I think being an Epiphone shouldn't matter, even though they are notorious for some really crappy guitars... but almost all companies have their Sh!t.
Fender is a great company. I won't write how much of a retard you are ;
You could make any guitar sound good witht he right pickups and possibly pedals/eeffects whatever flickers your flame.MY GRX20 sounds nice with the dimarzio shit in it. and it's a low end guitar.
Back to this Epiphone. I wouldn't buy it. I'd rather save up for a Gibson Flying V and be the poser that I am.
hmm, this guitar looks pretty awesome. to clear up the arguments in here, most offbrands like Gibson's epiphone and ESP's LTD are decent guitars, they're not crap. A lot of the price reduction is in the fact that you're not paying for is the Gibson/ESP name. I'm sure Gibson and ESP are great great guitars, but there should be no reason it should cost as much as it does if not for name. i do admit that assembly of the epiphones and LTDs are lower in standard but they usually come out just fine. Unless you really know your guitar, the intricacies of a Gibson/ESP wont be noticed. Otherwise, epiphone and LTDs are fine. and sheeesh, for the hardware they are offering now? EMGs? and for the LTD's case grover tuners and the earvana nut? its a really good buy. for people that dont have 800+ to spend on Gibsons and ESPs, go for these offbrands
I think the SG is better than Les Paul, but anyways they're too expensive, but they're great guitars and what i like about them is their weight they're not heavy like b.c rich or other guitars. I got a b.c rich and it's real uncomfortable you can't even headbang with it, but b.c rich has a great sound though.
If it sounds good and Fender Strats come close, wow they must suck, no offense, Strats suck, majorly.
I play mostly metal and funk and the best guitar I had for either genres was a custom strat i had. I just used the fender noiseless pickups and used a seymour duncan pickup booster. If you cant get a good sound out of a fender start then its probally the player and not the guitar.
If it sounds good and Fender Strats come close, wow they must suck, no offense, Strats suck, majorly.
I play mostly metal and funk and the best guitar I had for either genres was a custom strat i had. I just used the fender noiseless pickups and used a seymour duncan pickup booster. If you cant get a good sound out of a fender start then its probally the player and not the guitar.[/quote]
Seriously, hes right. The strat is in my opinion the most versatile guitar you can get. If you Just put the right pickups in and you can get any sound that your looking for practically. So obviously, the guitar isnt the problem.
Gerard_grr wrote:
I think the SG is better than Les Paul, but anyways they're too expensive, but they're great guitars and what i like about them is their weight they're not heavy like b.c rich or other guitars. I got a b.c rich and it's real uncomfortable you can't even headbang with it, but b.c rich has a great sound though.
ummm, les pauls arent heavy like b.c. rich? I mean, the les paul is almost 10 solid pounds of mahogony, so what on earth does your B.C. Rich way?
If it sounds good and Fender Strats come close, wow they must suck, no offense, Strats suck, majorly
I play mostly metal and funk and the best guitar I had for either genres was a custom strat i had. I just used the fender noiseless pickups and used a seymour duncan pickup booster. If you cant get a good sound out of a fender start then its probally the player and not the guitar.
Seriously, hes right. The strat is in my opinion the most versatile guitar you can get. If you Just put the right pickups in and you can get any sound that your looking for practically. So obviously, the guitar isnt the problem.
Gerard_grr wrote:
I think the SG is better than Les Paul, but anyways they're too expensive, but they're great guitars and what i like about them is their weight they're not heavy like b.c rich or other guitars. I got a b.c rich and it's real uncomfortable you can't even headbang with it, but b.c rich has a great sound though.
ummm, les pauls arent heavy like b.c. rich? I mean, the les paul is almost 10 solid pounds of mahogony, so what on earth does your B.C. Rich way?
Alright, i've "touched" many epiphones, LTDs, ESPs, Ibanez's and Jacksons, Personally I play a lot of different kind of music and the strat is THE insrument to have for that kind of thing.... But whatever b/c one of you guys are just going to quote me and write something stupid about fender and how much of a retard i am.
yeh,. i'm the bitch who would quote you and say how much of a retard you are, RETARD!!! fenders are the bitch of otha makes, so u can go and shove ur strat up ur arse and go and buy an epi or jackson or something that isn't fender. u fender junkie. RETARD
epiphones are better the LTDs
LTDs are just the bitch to the ESP
as epiphones are the bitch to gibson,
difference being gibson make the REAL les pauls and REAL SGs and everyone else copies
you dumbass, epiphone is a part of gibson, they were bought out.
this epi looks great..i love these but why are there 2 81's? EMG's are amazing but i think u shud swap out the 81 in the neck and put in a 60 or the emg custom model
i have one, but it isnt two 81's its a 81 in the bridge and a 60 in the neck sounds great , i wouldn't trade it for any fender, jackson, ibanez. ltd , esp in the world. and as a note of the fender gibson fight, fenders WERE good when squire bought them out, they became mediocore, did you know that the cheap ars3 fenders are made with plywood.
I have one of these, it's a truly good looking guitar and the EMGs rip your face off. The two 81s are a bit iffy, would have preffered an 85 aswell, but oh well. When your soloing, its just basically 'the perfect tone'. I hate not being able to get all the way up the neck though, as its a les paul :/ and the small frets are a bit annoying but its still fine to play. The EMGs feedback like **** sometimes too, so annoying.
ive had this guitar for about 2-3 weeks and it is amazing such a good guitar if u can find it
apparently they have just come to australia so its pretty unique
also as a side nots
Gerard_grr :
I think the SG is better than Les Paul, but anyways they're too expensive, but they're great guitars and what i like about them is their weight they're not heavy like b.c rich or other guitars. I got a b.c rich and it's real uncomfortable you can't even headbang with it, but b.c rich has a great sound though.
i know y u cant head bang with a bc rich u could put ur eye out on it
I bought this guitar in the weekend. I can't understand how it is a limited edition, because I'm amazed I can buy one here in New Zealand in 2008. I read somewhere on the net they only made 500 of them in 2005. It's now Feb 2007...maybe they decided to make more of them? Regardless it's a fantastic sounding guitar, and I'm really looking forward to playing and improving on it
Hi
I am buying a guitar for my husband, and am thinking of going with the Epiphone Les Paul Custom Midnight Edition. Is this a versatile guitar? I think he would want to play rock (moderate to heavy) but also some melodic clean solo stuff. Would this be the guitar I should get? Please help!!
I saw this in the shop last year and fell in love with it when I tried it. But I couldn't afford it at the time. Now that I have the money I can't find it anywhere! Is it discontinued?
epiphones are better the LTDs
LTDs are just the bitch to the ESP
as epiphones are the bitch to gibson,
difference being gibson make the REAL les pauls and REAL SGs and everyone else copies
LTDs are made of superior materials, have better build quality, and better pickup combinations than this guitar.
Gibson fanboys for the looooose.
Agreed. Many famous artists use LTD and there are many LTD signature models. Slash is the only artist I can call to mind who has an Epiphone signature model. Pros use LTDs because they play, sound and look better than Epiphones or Gibsons.
I'm not affiliated in any way with LTD btw.
ive owned this guitar for a year now, its great but
For some reason i want more.
I want a trem bridge, i want 24 frets and i want it to be little bit lighter.
This would probably be awesome for many people. But be wary about those things.
DEFINITELY try a schecter or a esp or ibanez first before u buy this
I have this guitar and I love the tone. I can understand some people not liking it as the neck is thick and some prefer a faster necks for their sytle , maybe shredding etc (i know slash and mr wylde use it). You can get fast on this, just practice. Took me a little so set up but was OK! Higher frets again are not shredder friendly, but so what. I don't know about all these epiphone horror stories but it's built really well. I like the tension of Slinky not so even strings, tuned down half.
epiphones are better the LTDs
LTDs are just the bitch to the ESP
as epiphones are the bitch to gibson,
difference being gibson make the REAL les pauls and REAL SGs and everyone else copies
Take it from a guy who's owned both Epiphones & LTDs - LTDs are better. ESP maintains higher quality control than Gibson on their lower-end models. For the money, LTDs almost without fail sound better, play better, look better, and are made more carefully. And as far as other brands copying, yeah, the Eclipse is an LP-style guitar, but I own a Gibson LP & have played Eclipses and there's definitely a difference. Not to mention ESP has quite a few original body-styles (the Horizon I, II, & III, Antelope, & Forest-GT, just to name a few...)
Guess we all have to agree either to differ in our personal tastes, or accept that there are some good, and some not so good, guitars coming from all these manufacturers. With 30 yrs metal/rock playing experience, and having owned Gibsons, Epiphones, Jacksons, Schecters and ESP LTDs, I have to say that my Schecter Hellraiser is the best quality of manufacturing, and this Epiphone Midnight Limited edition is the best to play, and best metal tone. Of course amps play a major part too; I use Engl.
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