Epiphone Les Paul

donal_deadly

Hey im planning on getting an epiphone LP soon and changing the pickups to seymore duncan or gibson. I was just wondering which LP should get? I could get a custom but then i wont have enough for the pickups.Iv also heard the plain top is better because its pure mahogany but then why is it cheaper? Iv got arounf E700 to spend alltogether
Thanks

feylya

Oh, you poor deluded fool. How about getting a nice Edwards (ESP) guitar with SD's already installed? Et Voila:



http://www.katanaguitars.com/guitar/g014/g017.html

For €700, you can get a much much nicer guitar than an Epiphone.

The_g-man

Check the ESP Edwards site, loads to choose from:










Ishibashi deliver these if you ask them to order one in.

feylya

Christ, sometimes I hate this forum. Ya spend ages trying to avoid looking at guitar sites and then someone posts all the pictures

2nd, 3rd and 2nd last are fecking gorgeous :eek: The question now is - Les Paul or Strat for Christmas?

NeMiSiS

http://www.espguitars.co.jp/edwards/original/E-LP-90LTS_VHB.jpg - WOW
Christ I'd buy that in the morning
TK

Eoin Madsen

donal_deadly wrote:

Iv also heard the plain top is better because its pure mahogany but then why is it cheaper? Iv got arounf E700 to spend alltogether
Thanks

If it was, then why do all the real Les Pauls have maple tops? It sure ain't cheaper. The maple top is part of the Les Paul tone.

donal_deadly

Are edwards only available in Japan or can you get them in ireland?

david

Just from Japan, if they sold in IReland you'd expect to pay well over a grand for one

Johnny Storm

The_g-man wrote:

Check the ESP Edwards site, loads to choose from:










Ishibashi deliver these if you ask them to order one in.

Nice !

donal_deadly

Well now that i think of it...i dont think i could be arsed ordering from japan! Is there any other good LP models that come with a decent set a pickups?

Eoin Madsen

donal_deadly wrote:

Well now that i think of it...i dont think i could be arsed ordering from japan! Is there any other good LP models that come with a decent set a pickups?

If you must, you can probably pick up a second-hand Gibson Les Paul Studio on ebay within your budget. Maybe stretch a little to cover shipping.

If you buy in Irelad you'll be paying 166% of what you'll pay by buying abroad so you should really think about it.

feylya

Donal, what's the difference from ordering from Japan and ordering from Germany?

www.katanaguitars.com

jcoote

any idea what the shipping costs from katana is ??

feylya

$120ish. Says on the website.

jcoote

did u buy from them?

Cos Like:



:eek: :cool:

feylya

Not yet but I'm seriously gassing after that one alright...

jcoote

yeah its lovely i shall be in the market for that kinda guitar soon..good linkage !!!

feylya

Like I said, I'm torn between a Strat from Ishi or one of those Edwards for Christmas. There's a couple of Japanese guitar sites but I can't think of the good one at the moment. Spent about 3 hours going through it last weekend.

jcoote

why the hell did u put yourself in the predicament

at least they are totally different guitars so its not too bad.

u can choose one or the other type of sound

feylya

I'm thinking strat cos I have the Eggle but look at those LP's! :eek:

jcoote

yeah but no you'd regret not gettin a strat!!

they are just different!

feylya

I know

€600 shipped for this http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/body/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ishibashi.co.jp%2Fwebshop%2Fguitar%2Ffender-j%2Fst5475dmc.html&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2

jcoote

yeah had my eye on that before i got the lite ash..gorgeous

tbh tho:

http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/webshop/guitar/fender-j/kanda/gif/st72ex58us.jpg

feylya

Don't like the big headstock I was planning on getting that strat in black. There's something about a black strat with a maple board that I love.

jcoote

it looks like u wouldn't have to try to be as good as dave gilmour...its a curse

feylya

Anyway, this is way off topic.

Donal_deadly, bottom line is if you have €700 to spend, you would be an absolute fool to spend it on an Epiphone. There are much much better guitars than Epi's around for that price and you will just end up regretting buying one in a few years.

jcoote

he's 100% right...epiphone are only appealing because they seem a safe bet because they have gibson on the headstock and gibson les pauls are a classic guitar...that gibson les pauls tho not epiphones

Johnny Storm

feylya wrote:

I know

€600 shipped for this http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/body/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ishibashi.co.jp%2Fwebshop%2Fguitar%2Ffender-j%2Fst5475dmc.html&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2

Vintage frets?

feylya

No idea. TBH, I'm just going "ooh, shiny!" at the moment. I'll do research when I'm actually buying.