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Epiphone Les Paul
This is a very recent addition to my guitar collection. It is a Epiphone Les Paul
Studio in artic blue. Like it's Gibson brother it follows all same characteristics as the
Gibson Les Paul Studio. It is a fabulous instrument!
I once owned a Gibson Les Paul Custom That I bought new in 1989. It was such a
beautiful and elegant instrument that I was actually afraid of damaging it every time I
even opened the case. So, even though I had the prince of all guitars in my
possession I resorted to playing my Lotus Les Paul copy for all common playing and
limited the custom for studio work or special gigs. I eventually sold it and never
played the guitar until some years later.
My next electric was an Epiphone Alleykat. I bought it new. It was a semi-hollow body
that featured a humbucker in the bridge position and a New York mini-humbucker in
the neck position. The guitar was an absolute joy to play and to look at. I noticed
right off the bat that the neck felt like my Les Paul's neck from years before. It
seems it was designed more for jazz and blues but it could really tear into any kind
of music and keep up with any guitar. It was my number one guitar until I acquired
an Aria Pro II CS-350 Cardinal which featured coil taps and phase switches which
made it the perfect guitar for the music I played.
I bought the Epiphone Les Paul for these reasons; I loved my Alleykat and since
Epiphone is directly tied to Gibson I decide what the heck- get and Epiphone Les
Paul! What's more, I decided to not get a custom but get the guitar that has a
perfect balance of everything- the Les Paul Studio. I am so happy I did.
Here are the specs found on a few websites concerning the guitar:
The original idea for the Epiphone Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar was to create a
somewhat lower-priced Les Paul by dispensing with some cosmetics. The result was
an especially clean, handsome guitar with all the Les Paul essentials.
Newly designed in 2004, the Studio now has a thicker body that matches its
namesake, hot open-coil Alnico Classic humbuckers, a set mahogany neck,
rosewood fingerboard, and mahogany body with carved top. The LockTone
Tune-O-Matic Bridge and LockTone stopbar tailpiece add more sustain and make
string changing easier.
Epiphone's Les Paul Studio Specifications
Set mahogany neck
Rosewood fingerboard
Mahogany body with carved top
Hot open-coil Alnico Classic humbuckers
Dot fingerboard inlays
LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge
LockTone stopbar tailpiece
I feel now that my playing and sound has come full circle but with a new mission for
playing and that is to glorify Christ with it. In the past it was to 'become someone' in
the music seen.
This is a very recent addition to my guitar collection. It is a Epiphone Les Paul
Studio in artic blue. Like it's Gibson brother it follows all same characteristics as the
Gibson Les Paul Studio. It is a fabulous instrument!
I once owned a Gibson Les Paul Custom That I bought new in 1989. It was such a
beautiful and elegant instrument that I was actually afraid of damaging it every time I
even opened the case. So, even though I had the prince of all guitars in my
possession I resorted to playing my Lotus Les Paul copy for all common playing and
limited the custom for studio work or special gigs. I eventually sold it and never
played the guitar until some years later.
My next electric was an Epiphone Alleykat. I bought it new. It was a semi-hollow body
that featured a humbucker in the bridge position and a New York mini-humbucker in
the neck position. The guitar was an absolute joy to play and to look at. I noticed
right off the bat that the neck felt like my Les Paul's neck from years before. It
seems it was designed more for jazz and blues but it could really tear into any kind
of music and keep up with any guitar. It was my number one guitar until I acquired
an Aria Pro II CS-350 Cardinal which featured coil taps and phase switches which
made it the perfect guitar for the music I played.
I bought the Epiphone Les Paul for these reasons; I loved my Alleykat and since
Epiphone is directly tied to Gibson I decide what the heck- get and Epiphone Les
Paul! What's more, I decided to not get a custom but get the guitar that has a
perfect balance of everything- the Les Paul Studio. I am so happy I did.
Here are the specs found on a few websites concerning the guitar:
The original idea for the Epiphone Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar was to create a
somewhat lower-priced Les Paul by dispensing with some cosmetics. The result was
an especially clean, handsome guitar with all the Les Paul essentials.
Newly designed in 2004, the Studio now has a thicker body that matches its
namesake, hot open-coil Alnico Classic humbuckers, a set mahogany neck,
rosewood fingerboard, and mahogany body with carved top. The LockTone
Tune-O-Matic Bridge and LockTone stopbar tailpiece add more sustain and make
string changing easier.
Epiphone's Les Paul Studio Specifications
Set mahogany neck
Rosewood fingerboard
Mahogany body with carved top
Hot open-coil Alnico Classic humbuckers
Dot fingerboard inlays
LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge
LockTone stopbar tailpiece
I feel now that my playing and sound has come full circle but with a new mission for
playing and that is to glorify Christ with it. In the past it was to 'become someone' in
the music seen.
