StonedCrow
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Matt Heafy the guitarist from Trivium has two signature series Epiphone Les Pauls, a six string, and a seven string, they are identical in every way colour and everything except for the number of strings, the standard Les Paul 24.75 scale length, black standard speedster knobs, two volume controls, two tone controls, the tone control for the lead/bridge pickup is a push push pot that doubles up as a kill switch, it has active pickups EMG 707 in the neck position and EMG 81-7 in the bridge mand a nice method for quickly and easily changing the 9v battery in it's box which is situated in the control cavity that covers the pots, plus they both have the Gibson 'Axcess' neck joint.
These are probably the best Epiphone Les Pauls I own or have seen or played to date, not to forget the weight of them, they are nice and heavy, and I mean create their own field of gravity heavy, way over 12 pounds for the six string, and most likely close to 15 pounds for the seven string.
If you are in the market for a modern Les Paul, or simply a good sturdy Les Paul or even a Les Paul with nice acess to the upper frets, I would advise that you check out Matt Heafy's two signature series Les Pauls, they are extremely good quality, very well put together, are well worth the effort of looking at if you are in the market for a new Les Paul and if it doesn't bother you if it says Gibson or Epiphone on the headstock, and they are simply super valuue for money.
These guitars don't feeel like cheap Gibsons yet alone cheap guitars in any way shape or form, nor could they be accused of being a 'poor man's Gibson'. You could do a lot worse for yourself than pick yourself up one of these signature series guitars, and they have a nice simple plane ebony/black finish with seven ply binding on the body, 5 ply on the headstock and single ply on the fretboard.
These two guitars seriously impressed me, and impressed me in a very very good way, I would actually buy them again so that I had a backup pair of them they are that good.
These are probably the best Epiphone Les Pauls I own or have seen or played to date, not to forget the weight of them, they are nice and heavy, and I mean create their own field of gravity heavy, way over 12 pounds for the six string, and most likely close to 15 pounds for the seven string.
If you are in the market for a modern Les Paul, or simply a good sturdy Les Paul or even a Les Paul with nice acess to the upper frets, I would advise that you check out Matt Heafy's two signature series Les Pauls, they are extremely good quality, very well put together, are well worth the effort of looking at if you are in the market for a new Les Paul and if it doesn't bother you if it says Gibson or Epiphone on the headstock, and they are simply super valuue for money.
These guitars don't feeel like cheap Gibsons yet alone cheap guitars in any way shape or form, nor could they be accused of being a 'poor man's Gibson'. You could do a lot worse for yourself than pick yourself up one of these signature series guitars, and they have a nice simple plane ebony/black finish with seven ply binding on the body, 5 ply on the headstock and single ply on the fretboard.
These two guitars seriously impressed me, and impressed me in a very very good way, I would actually buy them again so that I had a backup pair of them they are that good.
