Joe Sixpack
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Just purchased a recent Epiphone Les Paul Tribute Plus (2012 model) and would like to share my first impressions here.
I'm blown away. I can't upload any pictures or videos at the moment but this guitar blows every other Epiphone I've ever played or heard out of the water - and that's actually been quite a few since I first picked up a guitar 20 years ago.
If you are looking into buying a Les Paul in that price range, don't hesitate, they don't get any better.
WOOD: Solid mahogany body, hard maple cap and AAA flame maple veneer (actual veneer, no photo finish, wouldn't rate it AAA but still very nice looking though), 24.75" scale mahogany hand set-in neck (joint extending into pickup cavity), rosewood (real actual rosewood, not the somewhat rosewood fake crap) fretboard with 12" radius and 22 jumbo frets. The neck is a bit thin for my liking but it plays and feels great. The crown inlays are pearloid and the Epiphone logo is actual MOP! Flawless finish but poor color options unfortunately. Midnight Ebony looked (and felt) the best to me so I took that one home.
ELECTRONICS: Gibson USA '57 Classic (neck), Gibson USA '57 Classic (bridge) - that's actually real american made Gibson pickups there, underneath they say "Patent Applied For" and it's the super rare 4-conducter version!!! Compared them to an aftermarket Gibson PU and they are indentical, it's the real thing, not "Epiphone by Gibson" but actual Gibson pickups....push/pull tone controls for single coil sounds...Mallory-150 Tone Capacitors....high end toggle switch, not the cheap stuff. The bridge pickup sounds like Jimmy Page meets Slash. For the neck pickup....think Robbie Krieger meets Duane Allman, perfect for blues and slides and creamy leads, just lacking a little air but nothing that couldn't be fixed with an EQ or taking off the cover.
HARDWARE: Locktone bridge and tailpiece, these don't fall off when you change strings...Grover Locking Tuners, saw them on one of Jimmy Page's Les Pauls so they are good enough for me lol...also straplocks and a case are included.
I don't care if it was made Made in China, this is as good as a guitar gets. Keep making your fancy out of the box lifestyle toys for rich kids and old men Gibson. I just want a GUITAR and this Epiphone delivers big time.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
I'm blown away. I can't upload any pictures or videos at the moment but this guitar blows every other Epiphone I've ever played or heard out of the water - and that's actually been quite a few since I first picked up a guitar 20 years ago.
If you are looking into buying a Les Paul in that price range, don't hesitate, they don't get any better.
WOOD: Solid mahogany body, hard maple cap and AAA flame maple veneer (actual veneer, no photo finish, wouldn't rate it AAA but still very nice looking though), 24.75" scale mahogany hand set-in neck (joint extending into pickup cavity), rosewood (real actual rosewood, not the somewhat rosewood fake crap) fretboard with 12" radius and 22 jumbo frets. The neck is a bit thin for my liking but it plays and feels great. The crown inlays are pearloid and the Epiphone logo is actual MOP! Flawless finish but poor color options unfortunately. Midnight Ebony looked (and felt) the best to me so I took that one home.
ELECTRONICS: Gibson USA '57 Classic (neck), Gibson USA '57 Classic (bridge) - that's actually real american made Gibson pickups there, underneath they say "Patent Applied For" and it's the super rare 4-conducter version!!! Compared them to an aftermarket Gibson PU and they are indentical, it's the real thing, not "Epiphone by Gibson" but actual Gibson pickups....push/pull tone controls for single coil sounds...Mallory-150 Tone Capacitors....high end toggle switch, not the cheap stuff. The bridge pickup sounds like Jimmy Page meets Slash. For the neck pickup....think Robbie Krieger meets Duane Allman, perfect for blues and slides and creamy leads, just lacking a little air but nothing that couldn't be fixed with an EQ or taking off the cover.
HARDWARE: Locktone bridge and tailpiece, these don't fall off when you change strings...Grover Locking Tuners, saw them on one of Jimmy Page's Les Pauls so they are good enough for me lol...also straplocks and a case are included.
I don't care if it was made Made in China, this is as good as a guitar gets. Keep making your fancy out of the box lifestyle toys for rich kids and old men Gibson. I just want a GUITAR and this Epiphone delivers big time.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
