UPDATES: 1. As some of you correctly pointed out, most of what I though was wood filler is indeed just finish that wasn't scraped off the binding. There are some spots with wood filler, but the majority of what I was seeing was just from the binding not being completely scraped clean. 2.The guitar does have both a long neck tenon and a maple cap. I checked, I promise :P 3. I do not hate Epiphone. Just telling you my experience here. IMO there is no excuse for frets not being level on a $600 guitar.
@@IJIIKY9192 where did you get that model that's the one I want and can't find it anywhere except guitar center and id rather not guitar center I'd you know what I mean.
@@booshting3520 That boy needs Jesus! And a '59 Epiphone 'Burst'. For real, though...sometimes when you are playing, the instrument just pulls you into another world. He doesn't stare at the fretboard, he's wherever it took him.
You could actually pay $2300 for a Gibson and have similar issues. I purchased a 2016 classic 1900 and it wasn’t a guitar that had any quality control.
Seen the sloppy binding rout and filler on Gibsons too. Best Gibson I've played recently was one of the cheap faded ones which was flawless in every department and £350 used with a decent ABS hard case. Total lottery if you get a good deal or not"
@@xjohn1970 I didn't buy it, I've not owned a Gibson in a long time as there are better options out there which are built to far higher standards. Speak to literally any luthier, Gibson are a trash company producing largely trash instruments with a terrible reputation, as I said the best one I've played recently has been one of their cheapest most basic models which was perfect. Every other one has had issues. If I was buying a guitar blind via mail order and needed to use it immediately I would probably get an Epi over a Gibson, the overall standard of build and fretwork is going to be more consistent. Pickup swaps are cheap and easy but a refret is either expensive or time consuming.
I have always had good luck with Epiphone and my 2020 50s LP is no exception. Finish is flawless and other than a bridge adjustment, no issues whatsoever; even the intonation was dead on. Been playing for over 50 years, been doing guitar tech stuff for at leash all tha time,have a bunch of guitars from 400 to 2000+range.; this is a keeper, pickups are quite sweet as well
Why HK? You play a Strat most of the time you Les Paul traitor you!! Hehehe.... Lucas does play some awesome riffs doesn't he? He doesn't sit there and shred and sweep and all that stuff, he actually plays music.
Appreciate you making these videos. There doesn't seem to be many Epiphone reviews with not only great playing but great tones too, sounds fantastic! Not far off a Gibson at all.
I played a few of their models when they just came out about two weeks ago. None of them had issues with frets or buzzing. Just wanted to try a few, but I couldn't help myself for buying a 50's as well. Got one fresh from the box and that one was also setup perfectly. Seems like you got a lemon, I played at least seven of their new line-up without any problems.
I have a 2023 Heritage cherry burst mine came absolutely flawless its perfect I own a Gibson SG and Les Paul Custom and I'm in love with this Epiphone it sounds as good as my Gibson's .
Great review! I really appreciate the clean tones, most of the time someone will demo a guitar and it has so much distortion you can't really ascertain what the guitar sounds like. I have to say even when playing with dirt I could hear all the guitar's characteristics, sounded very dynamic on all settings, that's either good pickups or good playing, probably both. I wanted one already but this review has intensified my GAS.
From what I saw during the NAMM coverage videos it appeared that the plan was to make the Epiphones more like actual Gibson guitars so for that authentic experience the buyer gets to experience the joy of poor quality control at a fraction of the cost of an actual Gibson.
Mine has perfect frets. I heard that Epiphone addressed the fret leveling issues due to many complaints from the initial shipments of 2020 models. My 2020 50s standard frets are perfect and polished not scratchy, no severe buzzing or fretting out. Just got the guitar last week. Haven't looked up serial number yet to see when it was made but i assume later than first run which is known for the fret issues.
Epiphone needs to have the same quality control of guitars made in Indonesia. Jackson and Fender, Squier guitars are very excellent. I’m a luthier if that matters ...
@Wise Guy agreed...its just factual about QC issues..however, with epiphone I do not expect perfection..with that said these new one are better than ever.
The line under the binding is not wood filler. I does look like wood filler, but it is just where the finish lacquer overlaps the binding. In a Gibson guitar they spray the lacquer over the binding, then scrape the binding with a blade to remove it cleanly. In the Epiphone they mask the binding which can over lap and leave the yellow line.
It's funny: frets are like the one thing that make or break a guitar for me. I'll forgive almost anything else if there's good fret work. You would think manufacturers would try to do their best with frets and yet time and time again the usual offenders commit this most heinous crime against guitar.
neck profile, weight, stability and fret work pretty much make or break whether or not you'll like a guitar. The rest of the stuff can be swapped out. If you are a builder or work on guitars, Gibson's offerings in the last decade or two leave strange decisions to be made. I can reprofile the terrible neck on a Signature T, but what will it do to the value if I refinish it (which will be obvious). Once you can do fretwork, then the fretwork issue goes away, but the value issues don't.
Imagine if you got to fret rocker in store before you buy. We should all do this. Then the people wouldn't buy stock and pass that onto the manufacturer. Waking them up.
Glad Epiphone got the message and switched to Graph Tech nuts. Regardless of of good or how much I liked my new Epi, it was always a given to put on a Tusg.
It’s funny you mention the Tusq nuts. I bought three 2020 Epis, and two of the three have received bone nuts. I’ll be installing the third bone nut soon. Can’t stand Tusq myself.
I leveled and re-crowned the frets. The short version is I straightened the neck, filed the frets level with a long piece of steel with sandpaper stuck to it, and then I rounded the tops of the frets off again and polished them with sandpaper until they were smooth again.
Bummer you got a crappy one ! The wife and I purchased a 2019 Epi LP standard, from GC (no mom & pop close to us) for our sons b-day and it was set up, with no fret buzz or sharp edges, right off the wall. I played it for about 20 mins. and knew it was the one. Got it for under $200 as well ! I appreciate your honest feed back, & I must say that guitar sound great.
I've had all the same issues on my Epiphone Les Paul 1960 Tribute Plus which is one of the highest end Epiphones on the market. It had sloppy binding, extremely thick and sticky poly finish that looked like a plastic shell over the body and the playability was terrible out of the box. There were also a few dead notes up the neck and terrible buzzing with the standard Gibson string height (5/64 and 3/64.) Raising the action a little helped, but there was always some buzz and dead notes. The fingerboard also made my fingers turn grey presumably from the dye they use to make it look darker. Another major issue was fast fret wear. After only a few months of owning it I started seeing small divots on the firets. I didn't want to spend another $100 to get the guitar fixed so I sold it, saved up some money and bought a Gibson Les Paul Special TV yellow. It played great out of the box and I only had to minor adjustments (intonation.) No dead notes or buzz at standard Gibson action, perfect finish all around. Sure, it was more than double the price of the Epiphone, but it was twice as good. The Epiphone was 600 euros new (around $650). It was way overpriced imo. I would have probably got a much better guitar if I'd went with one of those "lower end" Gibsons like the Tribute models which only cost a little more.
I've heard horror stories like yours and have witnesseswitnessed them in guitar center with that model you have but my les Paul standard cardinal red it's phenomenal and it's a mid range I guess so...
I had an earlier LP Standard and it had same issues. Frets were whatever size starting from the 15th and cosmetic issues around the binding and neck. I guess it's just something that happens from time to time.
QC thing aside, the tone is completely out of my expectation. I have several Epiphone guitars from the older days. The tone of those guitars seems to always miss a little bit of that sparkle in the top end. I hot-rodded all of them with SD pickups. But these 2020 Epi, WOW. It seems that they've got the top end back! Huge shoutout to Epiphone! I mean, I love the brand, since the first day of playing in a band back in college. It feels really nice to see Epiphone coming this far, to this Inspired by Gibson range. Definitely gonna get one! Thinking about the 50's cherry burst.
Tic tacs and puppy pads are required guitar tech equipment. Sounds pretty good. I’d like to know what the pups measure out at. There’s only a few minor improvements that could be made on the wiring but THANK YOU JESUS!!! Bout time somebody wired a LP the right way from the factory. It’s ashamed that Epiphone wires their guitars more appropriately than Gibson. Good vid broskie 🤘
@Pauly Walnutz I bought a couple of SX LPs in early 2000s, they were kind of crappy. But the one I got a few months ago is a big improvement. That being said, I spent $600 on the Epi. I shouldn't have to spend more on tools to fix defects.
Sorry to hear you had issue with your neck. Just delivered to me this morning..... (ordered thru sweetwater) an Epiphone SG standard '61 . Over all finish on mine looks to be excellent. This only has neck binding, the stain runs up on it about 1/64 of an inch onto the binding, no filler that I can see. Needed to drop the action about 1/64 on low and high to be on factory spec. I have no buzz at all and the fret finish is very good, my neck is absolutely fantastic on this one. Input jack came loose after 10 mins of use...ditched the washer on the inside to get enough thread, snugged it up and a drop of super glue around the thread top (goofing with it another hour or so, has not come loose yet). Anything drastic and I'll post again, but mine appears to be really good.
Looking at your video closer now that I have mine in hand, that does not look to be filler on the bottom edge of your binding, but stain on the binding like mine.
@@bluemawks Yeah I agree. There is at least a couple spots where I can see filler but I think most of what I was seeing is indeed just binding that wasn't scraped completely.
I’m looking to buy a VHT Special Ultra 6 amp head and I have some questions and hope you could help me. 1.) Have you played through a VHT amp? If so, what’s your thoughts? This style amp is made to use multiple different types and different mixes of tubes/valves. This is on both the preamp tubes and power tubes. 2.) what is a good mix of tubes to get good tones? 3.) Could you tell me what each mix of tubes are good for various genres? Thank you and keep up the great content.
Sounds pretty decent! Hopefully, the QC issues you experienced aren't common. In December, I picked up the 2019 Epi LP Standard. I experienced no high frets with it. I changed out the bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Super Distortion (to match Tom Scholz of Boston and Ace Frehley of KISS) and did the usual set-up/string-change routine. It's been a solid performer.
You are excellent guitarists Lucas and prove its the players ability that trumps everything else as there are probably loads of Gibson LP owners that couldnt make their Les Pauls sound as good as you make that Epiphone sound.
Hi Lucas, very nice review. Thank you. One question: are you sure it ports a hard thick maple cap? Could you make a video where you remove pickups to see if it’s a real maple cap? Thanks!
I received the Epi 50s LP heritage cherry this past weekend from American Musical Supply. Their shipping was quick and professionally packed. The guitar is beautiful and there are absolutely no quality issues with the one I purchased. The binding looks great, tuning is stable, the frets are in great shape, no dead frets either, and the finish is superb. This one is definitely a keeper. I took a chance on this one and definitely got lucky! Plus the 50s neck is amazing! 👍🤘🎸
I like the 50's neck a lot. I suspect if I had bought it from a dealer like AMS, Zzounds or Sweetwater, they would have done a QC check before sending it to me and I wouldn't have had any issues. I got mine from a much smaller dealer that I can only assume took the guitar out to photograph and then put it in a box to ship :P
i played this guitar and a gibson 50’s standard at the store and it felt so similar. i think if you get lucky with a good one, have someone set it up really good(which some stores offer when you buy it new)and maybe swap the pickups it’s totally awesome for the price. sure the gibson has really beautiful wood comparatively and better hardware out of the box but it’s really tough to justify 2500 bucks for a guitar these days.
Does your guitar have push pull volume knobs to split the coils? because the one I played at GC did...and the guitar I got delivered does not even though the owners manual says it does.
Thanks for the video great to see some honesty I play a lefty 1999 epi' an a 56 avri strat lefty n been looking to upgrade my epiphone as you say the old ones sound super muddy. Thanks for the honesty on the frets to alot of the other channels seem to skip that.
Do those 50's Standards come stock with 50's wiring, or did you re-wire it when you did the fret work?. I don't think the Gibson versions they are based on are wired 50's style.
@@Michaelgracon cts wiring harness caps don't matter I can't even believe people are selling caps for more than 25 cents, you are being had, ask any electrician.
hey what do you think about those two Legend amps behind you there? i have the 100, and the 50 combos, and they are GREAT but hard to find repair info on ....my 50 watter is broken and i need to fix it....any clues on a good schematic or repair expert on these amps?
I love the Legend stuff. My Dad is an absolute expert on them. You can contact him through his amp repair page and he can most definitely get you headed in the right direction. facebook.com/pmanelectronics/
Lucas, I was checking some pictures of these new Std models online (Peach Guitars website, more specifically) and I was under the impression the back of these guitars is a veneer. Could you tell me if it was just optical illusion or are they actually using veneers? Thanks for the demo/review!
I own three Epiphone's all of them played great out of the box with the exception of your standard string adjustment and pickups my favorite is my les paul standard 2016 ..
Great honest review. As with most affordable guitars, a quality setup makes all the difference. It’s a bummer they can’t do this at the factory, but that’s par for the course with Epiphone. They’re still an excellent value IMHO.
I have this guitar and a Gibson too. epiphone is many many good guitar. Good feel like Gibson. Epiphone this year make beautiful guitars good performer and sound. Finish perfect.
I noticed that too. I don't think the board was dirty, I think it was stain residue where they were trying to make the laurel look a bit darker. After I fixed the frets I cleaned the board with alcohol and a paper towel and then put on some lemon oil and that fixed the issue for me.
Great Video! I have just stumbled on your channel and love it! I'd like to see the whole video of you dressing the frets. I enjoy that stuff. You are an amazing guitar player. Great Job!
I will try to remember to shoot footage the next time I have to do a fret job. I'll have to do some time-lapsing because it usually takes a solid 2 hours to do.
I've purchased 5 brand new Epiphone guitars in the last year. Not the low end ones either, they are the 1960 Tribute Plus, Custom Pro, Standard Plus Top, SG G400 Pro 1966 edition and ES339. Every damn one had numerous high frets. They seem to jack the bridge up in the store to disguise this. Fortunately I own my own repair and set up shop and fixing them was simple for me, but I feel sorry for some kid who saves up his money forever to buy one and finds out he has to spend even more to get it right. I'm not knocking Epiphone, I really like every one I have after setting them up and leveling the frets, but this is not something you should have to do on a new guitar in their price range. A set up, yes! Full fret leveling with recrown and dressing, no! Why they don't spend a bit more time on something as important as good fretwork I'll never know. I recently bought a PRS Standard 24 SE for $500, which is less money than 4 out 5 of my Epiphones, and it was perfect out of the box. It feels better and sounds just as good although it does have a different tone which is to be expected. I liked it so much I went back and got a Custom 24 SE Laurel Burl limited edition and again, perfect out of the box! Until Epiphone fixes this issue I'm done buying them, which is too bad as I was really excited for the new 2020 models, a few of which I've already had in my shop for fret jobs so apparently the issue is ongoing. I was always a Gibson guy and I quit spending my money on them because of their QC issues and started buying Epiphones. Now I'm giving my business to PRS because of Epiphones QC problems. Again, not knocking Epiphone, I really do like the 5 guitars I bought from them, just tired of having to finish their work for them.
You have already had 2020 inspired by gibson epiphone guitars on your bench and not just one but a few ? That's hard to behoove since they are still on preorders.
@@AuntAlnico4 Believe what you want about what I said, makes no difference to me. The earliest pre orders started shipping 2 weeks ago from Zzsounds, Sweetwater and Guitar Center. If you order today it will be a pre order still and they wont ship until March.
If I'm being honest I still like the Greco's a little better. But I'm probably a little biased since I had to do a fret job right out of the box on this one.
I picked up a Gibson golf too today. $5,700 in Australian $. Played really well. Appalling build quality. I have it 3 minutes and by that point I’d glanced around 6 significant build quality issues - and that was just as I glanced down while playing. Not even on par with Epiphone.
I bought a u s a Gibson and had to do a shit tone of work to bring it up to my liking, I’ve had epiphanies as well and the finish quality was excellent. The Gibson USA sounds killer though. Epiphones sound great but not as good as the Gibson in my humble opinion
If I purchased one I'd also have it Plek'd to ensure the best possible out-of-box set-up. Might seem foolishly decadent but in the end you're still about 1/3 the overall cost of the Gibson USA alternative.
Being a fan of a 50s neck I tried one at Guitar Center. It sounded great but would not stay in tune at all. It had uneven frets and was binding badly in the nut on the D B and high E strings. The guitar never should have left the factory in that state. I tried a a 60s and it was the same bad QC issues again. I hope they eventually get the QC issues worked out
That particular fan boy really hates me. He's been upset since I did the video where I talked about how I think vintage Grecos are better than new Epiphones.
I'm on preorder for the '20 LP Modern from Sweetwater. I'm excited to receive it. But, if my frets are that bad, they'll be getting it back. I recently picked up an Epi LP Special II for under $200. It was perfect straight out of the box. Low action, level frets, the intonation was even nearly spot on. I was truly surprised and I enjoy playing it daily now over my PRS SE Custom 24 or my Schecters or Ibanez RG. I guess, because it is so inexpensive, I don't mind if it gets a little playing relicing. The fret ends were mildly rough on it is the only problem I had. But that was easily fixed with a bit of filing. I'm an Epiphone fanboy lately. For the price, they are far better than Gibsons imho.🤘🎸🔊🍻💯
Sweetwater has excellent QC with their guitars, I'd say you will not get any issues if you buy from them. I bought this one from a smaller retailer that probably didn't do a QC check when they got the guitar and just boxed it back up to ship out. This is the second Epiphone I currently own and I've had several others through the years. They are quite capable of making some great stuff!
Thanks for the review! Everyone is complaining about high frets on the 2020's. It's a shame because the headstock shape change seemed like they were starting to listen to customers finally. I hope they get their quality back on track soon because I'd really like to get a Standard 50''s.
It’s great after dealing with that problem. I would strongly recommend getting it PLEK’d or at the very least getting a pro set up(assuming you’re going through Sweetwater or the like). The pickups sound impressively good for the price of the guitar, you’d be hard pressed to hear a difference between this and the Gibson standard.
I'm not sure about how common the fret issue is with Epiphone, but I'd say the little nitpicky things I pointed out about the finish and such are pretty common.
Hey did you ever see the hairline crack or nice long scratch by the binding you was showing on the video. Starting at 3:16 to 3:20 you can see on lower left of screen by the binding you was talking about. there is a massive scratch or hair line crack. Close to the dark shadowing in video
Lucas love your playing and guitar sounds great, I'm looking at the epi classic heritage cherry guitar, in Canada its 699.00 tax in about 800.00 with ins. shipping, I'm just concerned about the fret problems
If you order from Sweetwater you can have them set it up professionally. They have a machine that scans the guitar and they can fix all the frets and whatever else needs to be fixed.
Great video... don't know why so many people were creeped out in regards to you looking at the camera while playing... i was looking at your fingers :p Awesome playing btw... best sounding review of this guitar aside from Arianna Powell's... the other videos i watched demoing this model guitar sounded pretty average... what amp were you using ? Lastly, i had my heart set on buying this guitar till you mentioned the fret height issue... surely not all of these guitars have the same issue... could be just bad workmanship from some employees... but yeah QC should have picked up on these fret faults before putting them out there... i guess the only way to avoid this possible fret height issue is to not buy this model guitar on line and instead walk in to your local store armed with a fret rocker... ;-)
Can't be any worse than the Gibson Les Paul 50's tribute I bought a few years ago. My dream had always been to own a Gibson Les Paul, I owned an Epiphone Les Paul which is nice but the nut width is smaller than I like and the neck profile is the slim profile(I prefer wide nut widths and thicker neck profiles), so when I saw that Gibson released the 50's tribute at a more affordable($900) price than the standard $2500+ Les Pauls, I jumped at the opportunity and bought one. I can't quantify the disappointment I had after receiving it, the level of quality was far below that of the years old Epiphone Les Paul that I own, it reminded me of my first guitar I bought as a teenager in the early eighties, a cheap guitar that wouldn't stay in tune and a neck that had to be constantly adjusted, with extremely cheap hardware & electronics. The wood on the 50's tribute just feels absolutely cheap, the nut is cheap plastic & the string height at the nut is ridiculous, the frets feel like they was no effort to finish them whatsoever and absolutely cheap sounding pickups. I've played better $200 guitars than the Gibson I purchased. To make things worse, after spending some time getting the guitar somewhat playable, I thought "this is ridiculous" having to put so much work into a Gibson, that I sent Gibson an e-mail explaining my disappointment with the lack of quality and quality control and that consumer expectations of Gibson quality are higher than what they put out. I received absolutely no response from anyone at all, not even a chirp.
Did you happen to record the full fret dressing? I have a Squire Classic Vibe Strat that is fretting out just as you described and a video on that, even time lapsed, would be a useful reference. Also, as a left handed player, I don't think any of these "Inspired By" models are currently offered lefty. I the previous gen Epi LP Standards and Plus Top Pros are the only lefty models available.
I didn't, since it's about a 2 hour job for me, my camera would have died or filled up the memory before I could finish. I will endeavor to record it as a tutorial the next time I need to do a level/dressing job. I would recommend taking the guitar to a luthier to have the frets done if you have never done it before, or find a cheap one to practice on first. It takes a lot of practice to get good at and it is easy to mess up.
Lucas Fowler it really sounds awesome in this video. I’m pretty amped. I wonder if you got a pre-production or prototype guitar because they aren’t shipping any new ones until next week
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UPDATES:
1. As some of you correctly pointed out, most of what I though was wood filler is indeed just finish that wasn't scraped off the binding. There are some spots with wood filler, but the majority of what I was seeing was just from the binding not being completely scraped clean.
2.The guitar does have both a long neck tenon and a maple cap. I checked, I promise :P
3. I do not hate Epiphone. Just telling you my experience here. IMO there is no excuse for frets not being level on a $600 guitar.
beautiful guitar. Lespaul epiphones models of this year are just very good for the price.
My 2020 Special was pretty spot on. Love it
@@IJIIKY9192 where did you get that model that's the one I want and can't find it anywhere except guitar center and id rather not guitar center I'd you know what I mean.
@@AuntAlnico4 zzounds
Poor Gibson copy made in China ..... cool ... LOL
So,Epiphone Inspired by Gibson, Quality Control!!
Lol! Yup!
Literally laughed at this
QC: Authentic !
Gibson take qc issues to a different plane of existence
Hahahah.. right on the nail
Stop looking at the camera when you are playing it’s like you are looking into my soul 🤣🤣🤣
Sorry, I'm not actually *looking* at the camera when I'm playing, my brain just goes into autopilot when I start playing :P
@@LucasFowler When you were learning did you try really hard to NOT look at the neck?
Gotta second this. It's a blank eyed stare that looks through your soul
@@LucasFowler dont apologise mate i thought the hole guitar review was perfect
@@booshting3520 That boy needs Jesus! And a '59 Epiphone 'Burst'.
For real, though...sometimes when you are playing, the instrument just pulls you into another world. He doesn't stare at the fretboard, he's wherever it took him.
Hallo... I bought my 50s gold top a month ago... Just a little adjustment on the 15th and 20th fret and now it's ok... Sounds and looks great👍👍👍
You could actually pay $2300 for a Gibson and have similar issues. I purchased a 2016 classic 1900 and it wasn’t a guitar that had any quality control.
Seen the sloppy binding rout and filler on Gibsons too. Best Gibson I've played recently was one of the cheap faded ones which was flawless in every department and £350 used with a decent ABS hard case. Total lottery if you get a good deal or not"
You didn't inspector your guitar be you bought?
@@MegaTerryNutkins Just Stop.. Gibson is a better guitar than epiphone.
@@xjohn1970 I didn't buy it, I've not owned a Gibson in a long time as there are better options out there which are built to far higher standards. Speak to literally any luthier, Gibson are a trash company producing largely trash instruments with a terrible reputation, as I said the best one I've played recently has been one of their cheapest most basic models which was perfect. Every other one has had issues.
If I was buying a guitar blind via mail order and needed to use it immediately I would probably get an Epi over a Gibson, the overall standard of build and fretwork is going to be more consistent. Pickup swaps are cheap and easy but a refret is either expensive or time consuming.
Jay people who own only epiphones just can’t accept that. Drives me nuts
I have always had good luck with Epiphone and my 2020 50s LP is no exception. Finish is flawless and other than a bridge adjustment, no issues whatsoever; even the intonation was dead on. Been playing for over 50 years, been doing guitar tech stuff for at leash all tha time,have a bunch of guitars from 400 to 2000+range.; this is a keeper, pickups are quite sweet as well
Thanks for the review, much appreciated.
TBH, I just watch to pick up lots of the great riffs you play!
Thanks :)
Why HK? You play a Strat most of the time you Les Paul traitor you!! Hehehe.... Lucas does play some awesome riffs doesn't he? He doesn't sit there and shred and sweep and all that stuff, he actually plays music.
I don't like the way you eyeballin' me when you play, boy
LOL just kidding. Gave thumbs up. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for your honesty!🏆
The middle position sound very 60's Rock and Roll.
Appreciate you making these videos. There doesn't seem to be many Epiphone reviews with not only great playing but great tones too, sounds fantastic! Not far off a Gibson at all.
I played a few of their models when they just came out about two weeks ago. None of them had issues with frets or buzzing. Just wanted to try a few, but I couldn't help myself for buying a 50's as well. Got one fresh from the box and that one was also setup perfectly. Seems like you got a lemon, I played at least seven of their new line-up without any problems.
Man I'm jealous, I was excited and wanted to just play the guitar. I did NOT want to spend 2 hours fixing frets lol
I have a 2023 Heritage cherry burst mine came absolutely flawless its perfect I own a Gibson SG and Les Paul Custom and I'm in love with this Epiphone it sounds as good as my Gibson's .
Just bought one. My frets are good all the way down
Great review! I really appreciate the clean tones, most of the time someone will demo a guitar and it has so much distortion you can't really ascertain what the guitar sounds like. I have to say even when playing with dirt I could hear all the guitar's characteristics, sounded very dynamic on all settings, that's either good pickups or good playing, probably both. I wanted one already but this review has intensified my GAS.
From what I saw during the NAMM coverage videos it appeared that the plan was to make the Epiphones more like actual Gibson guitars so for that authentic experience the buyer gets to experience the joy of poor quality control at a fraction of the cost of an actual Gibson.
hahahaha lol
Mine has perfect frets. I heard that Epiphone addressed the fret leveling issues due to many complaints from the initial shipments of 2020 models. My 2020 50s standard frets are perfect and polished not scratchy, no severe buzzing or fretting out. Just got the guitar last week. Haven't looked up serial number yet to see when it was made but i assume later than first run which is known for the fret issues.
Epiphone needs to have the same quality control of guitars made in Indonesia. Jackson and Fender, Squier guitars are very excellent. I’m a luthier if that matters ...
I'm most impressed with your playing, clean and tasteful, the guitar does sound good too. I never like Epiphones until these new models.
Thanks :)
So glad you're reviewing this.
Quality control has always been a problem with them. Was hoping 2020 would be a change
@Wise Guy agreed...its just factual about QC issues..however, with epiphone I do not expect perfection..with that said these new one are better than ever.
Nope, epiphone has usually been quite good qc
The line under the binding is not wood filler. I does look like wood filler, but it is just where the finish lacquer overlaps the binding. In a Gibson guitar they spray the lacquer over the binding, then scrape the binding with a blade to remove it cleanly. In the Epiphone they mask the binding which can over lap and leave the yellow line.
I've never owned a guitar where I didn't need to do any fret work. These 2020 Gibson inspired epiphone les pauls sound amazing.
It's funny: frets are like the one thing that make or break a guitar for me. I'll forgive almost anything else if there's good fret work. You would think manufacturers would try to do their best with frets and yet time and time again the usual offenders commit this most heinous crime against guitar.
Fret work is a big deal. That's why I had to mention it in the review. Otherwise this is an excellent guitar IMO!
Sodacake it’s not just you. The whole playability of the guitar is the fretwork.
neck profile, weight, stability and fret work pretty much make or break whether or not you'll like a guitar. The rest of the stuff can be swapped out. If you are a builder or work on guitars, Gibson's offerings in the last decade or two leave strange decisions to be made. I can reprofile the terrible neck on a Signature T, but what will it do to the value if I refinish it (which will be obvious). Once you can do fretwork, then the fretwork issue goes away, but the value issues don't.
Imagine if you got to fret rocker in store before you buy. We should all do this. Then the people wouldn't buy stock and pass that onto the manufacturer. Waking them up.
Fret work would really raise the labor costs. That’s why it’s pushed out of the factory as is.
Glad Epiphone got the message and switched to Graph Tech nuts. Regardless of of good or how much I liked my new Epi, it was always a given to put on a Tusg.
@@jayrichardson5811 Haven't got a new one in a while. Good to know.
It’s funny you mention the Tusq nuts. I bought three 2020 Epis, and two of the three have received bone nuts. I’ll be installing the third bone nut soon. Can’t stand Tusq myself.
Thanks for the honest review. How did you fix the frets?
I leveled and re-crowned the frets. The short version is I straightened the neck, filed the frets level with a long piece of steel with sandpaper stuck to it, and then I rounded the tops of the frets off again and polished them with sandpaper until they were smooth again.
@@LucasFowler Thanks!
Bummer you got a crappy one ! The wife and I purchased a 2019 Epi LP standard, from GC (no mom & pop close to us) for our sons b-day and it was set up, with no fret buzz or sharp edges, right off the wall. I played it for about 20 mins. and knew it was the one. Got it for under $200 as well ! I appreciate your honest feed back, & I must say that guitar sound great.
I've had all the same issues on my Epiphone Les Paul 1960 Tribute Plus which is one of the highest end Epiphones on the market. It had sloppy binding, extremely thick and sticky poly finish that looked like a plastic shell over the body and the playability was terrible out of the box. There were also a few dead notes up the neck and terrible buzzing with the standard Gibson string height (5/64 and 3/64.)
Raising the action a little helped, but there was always some buzz and dead notes. The fingerboard also made my fingers turn grey presumably from the dye they use to make it look darker. Another major issue was fast fret wear. After only a few months of owning it I started seeing small divots on the firets.
I didn't want to spend another $100 to get the guitar fixed so I sold it, saved up some money and bought a Gibson Les Paul Special TV yellow. It played great out of the box and I only had to minor adjustments (intonation.) No dead notes or buzz at standard Gibson action, perfect finish all around. Sure, it was more than double the price of the Epiphone, but it was twice as good.
The Epiphone was 600 euros new (around $650). It was way overpriced imo. I would have probably got a much better guitar if I'd went with one of those "lower end" Gibsons like the Tribute models which only cost a little more.
I've heard horror stories like yours and have witnesseswitnessed them in guitar center with that model you have but my les Paul standard cardinal red it's phenomenal and it's a mid range I guess so...
Sounds great, what are you playing through ?
I'm pretty sure that was all my Hughes And Kettner Black Spirit 200.
I had an earlier LP Standard and it had same issues. Frets were whatever size starting from the 15th and cosmetic issues around the binding and neck. I guess it's just something that happens from time to time.
QC thing aside, the tone is completely out of my expectation. I have several Epiphone guitars from the older days. The tone of those guitars seems to always miss a little bit of that sparkle in the top end. I hot-rodded all of them with SD pickups. But these 2020 Epi, WOW. It seems that they've got the top end back! Huge shoutout to Epiphone! I mean, I love the brand, since the first day of playing in a band back in college. It feels really nice to see Epiphone coming this far, to this Inspired by Gibson range. Definitely gonna get one! Thinking about the 50's cherry burst.
I bought the 50s cherry burst. Absolutely gorgeous guitar. Sounds amazing too
@@niklasfreericks5436 Man, the tone doesn't get muddy, right?
@@richardc1129 the pickups are actually, pretty chimey
@@niklasfreericks5436 awesome! I've placed my order.
I bought the 50s heritage cherry, like Rick Emmet played live, no regrets.
Cool review,what amp did you use on this video,sound great, are you using 11 gauge strings on les paul,Thank you,James,keeping on Rocking.
I used my Hughes And Kettner Black Spirit 200 amp. Those are 10 gauge strings, I had a few extra packs of them lying around :P
Thank you.
you have no idea of how much I love for playing led zeppelin
My Gibson les Paul had to go back for a fret job so the price doesn’t matter.
Tic tacs and puppy pads are required guitar tech equipment.
Sounds pretty good. I’d like to know what the pups measure out at.
There’s only a few minor improvements that could be made on the wiring but THANK YOU JESUS!!! Bout time somebody wired a LP the right way from the factory. It’s ashamed that Epiphone wires their guitars more appropriately than Gibson.
Good vid broskie 🤘
I'll meter them out and let you know. I'm guessing around 9k in the bridge and maybe 8k in the neck.
Sick sound! What gear are u plugged in bro?
That's my Hughes And Kettner Black Spirit 200 plugged directly into my interface with the Redbox AE out. Thanks!
Got mine around Dec. 20th (My birthday) and there are 8 frets that want to draw blood. My $170 SX lp copy from Rondo Music has one. ONE!
@Pauly Walnutz I bought a couple of SX LPs in early 2000s, they were kind of crappy. But the one I got a few months ago is a big improvement. That being said, I spent $600 on the Epi. I shouldn't have to spend more on tools to fix defects.
Sorry to hear you had issue with your neck. Just delivered to me this morning..... (ordered thru sweetwater) an Epiphone SG standard '61 . Over all finish on mine looks to be excellent. This only has neck binding, the stain runs up on it about 1/64 of an inch onto the binding, no filler that I can see. Needed to drop the action about 1/64 on low and high to be on factory spec. I have no buzz at all and the fret finish is very good, my neck is absolutely fantastic on this one. Input jack came loose after 10 mins of use...ditched the washer on the inside to get enough thread, snugged it up and a drop of super glue around the thread top (goofing with it another hour or so, has not come loose yet). Anything drastic and I'll post again, but mine appears to be really good.
Looking at your video closer now that I have mine in hand, that does not look to be filler on the bottom edge of your binding, but stain on the binding like mine.
@@bluemawks Yeah I agree. There is at least a couple spots where I can see filler but I think most of what I was seeing is indeed just binding that wasn't scraped completely.
I’m looking to buy a VHT Special Ultra 6 amp head and I have some questions and hope you could help me. 1.) Have you played through a VHT amp? If so, what’s your thoughts? This style amp is made to use multiple different types and different mixes of tubes/valves. This is on both the preamp tubes and power tubes. 2.) what is a good mix of tubes to get good tones? 3.) Could you tell me what each mix of tubes are good for various genres? Thank you and keep up the great content.
Sounds pretty decent! Hopefully, the QC issues you experienced aren't common. In December, I picked up the 2019 Epi LP Standard. I experienced no high frets with it. I changed out the bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Super Distortion (to match Tom Scholz of Boston and Ace Frehley of KISS) and did the usual set-up/string-change routine. It's been a solid performer.
I could have just gotten a lemon, it happens!
But, on the plus side, like me, you finally have a Goldtop! I love mine!
Sounds good. It's a good thing you can fix bad frets. It's an important skill that can save money that could be used to upgrade what needs upgrading.
You are excellent guitarists Lucas and prove its the players ability that trumps everything else as there are probably loads of Gibson LP owners that couldnt make their Les Pauls sound as good as you make that Epiphone sound.
Hi Lucas, very nice review. Thank you. One question: are you sure it ports a hard thick maple cap? Could you make a video where you remove pickups to see if it’s a real maple cap? Thanks!
I will get some video next time I change the strings, but yes I checked, it does have a full maple cap.
Lucas Fowler Terrific! Thank you! :)
i just got the same one and its flawless so you got something that was just a crap happend that day deal
I received the Epi 50s LP heritage cherry this past weekend from American Musical Supply. Their shipping was quick and professionally packed. The guitar is beautiful and there are absolutely no quality issues with the one I purchased. The binding looks great, tuning is stable, the frets are in great shape, no dead frets either, and the finish is superb. This one is definitely a keeper. I took a chance on this one and definitely got lucky! Plus the 50s neck is amazing! 👍🤘🎸
I like the 50's neck a lot. I suspect if I had bought it from a dealer like AMS, Zzounds or Sweetwater, they would have done a QC check before sending it to me and I wouldn't have had any issues. I got mine from a much smaller dealer that I can only assume took the guitar out to photograph and then put it in a box to ship :P
Which Epiphone LP do you consider a good guitar, without major flaws?
nice review Dustin. slayed the demogorgon
Nice sounds & a solid review.
i played this guitar and a gibson 50’s standard at the store and it felt so similar. i think if you get lucky with a good one, have someone set it up really good(which some stores offer when you buy it new)and maybe swap the pickups it’s totally awesome for the price. sure the gibson has really beautiful wood comparatively and better hardware out of the box but it’s really tough to justify 2500 bucks for a guitar these days.
Does your guitar have push pull volume knobs to split the coils? because the one I played at GC did...and the guitar I got delivered does not even though the owners manual says it does.
Thanks for the video great to see some honesty I play a lefty 1999 epi' an a 56 avri strat lefty n been looking to upgrade my epiphone as you say the old ones sound super muddy. Thanks for the honesty on the frets to alot of the other channels seem to skip that.
This is the third review I'm seeing with bad frets. A shame.
Mine was great just needed to adjust the neck and bridge slightly.
Mine has crappy fret work but everything else is premium ! And the frets are bad so it's going back.
This is why you should try guitars before you buy them to find good ones 😂😂
But itbis a shame yes, they have great potential
Do those 50's Standards come stock with 50's wiring, or did you re-wire it when you did the fret work?. I don't think the Gibson versions they are based on are wired 50's style.
Yes, I checked when I had the guitar on my bench, it was wired 50's style from the factory. A great feature IMO!
Lucas Fowler What type of pots and caps in the guitar?
@@Michaelgracon cts wiring harness caps don't matter I can't even believe people are selling caps for more than 25 cents, you are being had, ask any electrician.
Hi Lucas. What were your amp/plugin settings?
In the past 3 weeks I have bought 6 of the new Epiphone guitars(5 SG's & 1 50s Les Paul) & have had no problems with any of them.
I'm jealous, I hate doing fret work and I wanted to just play the guitar :P
@@LucasFowler I mean not all guitars are gonna be perfect from the start. If you get a good setup then good.
How about making a u neck or boat neck Gibson or epiphone??? I did notice the yellow epiphone 50s had some girth all the way down the neck.
Excellent playing and review Lucas.
hey what do you think about those two Legend amps behind you there? i have the 100, and the 50 combos, and they are GREAT but hard to find repair info on ....my 50 watter is broken and i need to fix it....any clues on a good schematic or repair expert on these amps?
I love the Legend stuff. My Dad is an absolute expert on them. You can contact him through his amp repair page and he can most definitely get you headed in the right direction.
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Lucas, I was checking some pictures of these new Std models online (Peach Guitars website, more specifically) and I was under the impression the back of these guitars is a veneer. Could you tell me if it was just optical illusion or are they actually using veneers? Thanks for the demo/review!
It is most definitely a veneer on the back. A good veneer, but a veneer nonetheless.
@@LucasFowler thanks, man.
I own three Epiphone's all of them played great out of the box with the exception of your standard string adjustment and pickups my favorite is my les paul standard 2016 ..
Great honest review. As with most affordable guitars, a quality setup makes all the difference. It’s a bummer they can’t do this at the factory, but that’s par for the course with Epiphone. They’re still an excellent value IMHO.
I pretty well expect to have to set up any new guitar I get at least to some extent, but the frets not being level is a no-no IMO.
I have this guitar and a Gibson too. epiphone is many many good guitar. Good feel like Gibson. Epiphone this year make beautiful guitars good performer and sound. Finish perfect.
Thinking about getting one of the new epiphones. Has anybody bought 1? Which model and what's your opinion?
Thats guitar is amazing man. Good playing too. Proper demo.
Only problem I’ve had is that the finger board was dirty and turned my fingers gray. My last epiphone from 2018 did the same.
I noticed that too. I don't think the board was dirty, I think it was stain residue where they were trying to make the laurel look a bit darker. After I fixed the frets I cleaned the board with alcohol and a paper towel and then put on some lemon oil and that fixed the issue for me.
@@LucasFowler That's a good idea, i just played through mine and its nice and clean now lol
Thanks for the video. I've been eyeing the SG 61 after they change the headstock design.
How thick is the body? And, how thick is the maple cap? Thanks!
I think these are the same probuckers they’ve been using the last few years, so I wonder if the improved tone is just from the better pots/wiring.
I'm not sure, but man it does sound really good!
Great Video! I have just stumbled on your channel and love it! I'd like to see the whole video of you dressing the frets. I enjoy that stuff. You are an amazing guitar player. Great Job!
I will try to remember to shoot footage the next time I have to do a fret job. I'll have to do some time-lapsing because it usually takes a solid 2 hours to do.
I've purchased 5 brand new Epiphone guitars in the last year. Not the low end ones either, they are the 1960 Tribute Plus, Custom Pro, Standard Plus Top, SG G400 Pro 1966 edition and ES339. Every damn one had numerous high frets. They seem to jack the bridge up in the store to disguise this. Fortunately I own my own repair and set up shop and fixing them was simple for me, but I feel sorry for some kid who saves up his money forever to buy one and finds out he has to spend even more to get it right. I'm not knocking Epiphone, I really like every one I have after setting them up and leveling the frets, but this is not something you should have to do on a new guitar in their price range. A set up, yes! Full fret leveling with recrown and dressing, no! Why they don't spend a bit more time on something as important as good fretwork I'll never know. I recently bought a PRS Standard 24 SE for $500, which is less money than 4 out 5 of my Epiphones, and it was perfect out of the box. It feels better and sounds just as good although it does have a different tone which is to be expected. I liked it so much I went back and got a Custom 24 SE Laurel Burl limited edition and again, perfect out of the box! Until Epiphone fixes this issue I'm done buying them, which is too bad as I was really excited for the new 2020 models, a few of which I've already had in my shop for fret jobs so apparently the issue is ongoing. I was always a Gibson guy and I quit spending my money on them because of their QC issues and started buying Epiphones. Now I'm giving my business to PRS because of Epiphones QC problems. Again, not knocking Epiphone, I really do like the 5 guitars I bought from them, just tired of having to finish their work for them.
You have already had 2020 inspired by gibson epiphone guitars on your bench and not just one but a few ? That's hard to behoove since they are still on preorders.
@@AuntAlnico4 Believe what you want about what I said, makes no difference to me. The earliest pre orders started shipping 2 weeks ago from Zzsounds, Sweetwater and Guitar Center. If you order today it will be a pre order still and they wont ship until March.
I've finally decided to get an Epi. Just not decided on the model yet! Good value as long as no quality issues.
By having that new headstock, people no longer have an excuse to buy more Chibsons.
Chibsons are NEVER a good idea lol
I mean, The Chibson headstocks are still way better.
well that typical ugly bulbous headstock Epiphone used for years is just repulsive
How does this guitar stack up to the Greco guitars that you talked about in a previous video? Would you still recomend a Greco over these?
If I'm being honest I still like the Greco's a little better. But I'm probably a little biased since I had to do a fret job right out of the box on this one.
Lucas Fowler I can understand that. I would have been very mad if I had received that guitar. Thank you for the excellent video and reply.
Wow, you got banged up a bit in these comments this time, holy crow! Loved the review though myself!
Can't please everyone :P
What amp are you using for the clean sound? It works well with that type of guitar.
All of the tones are from my Hughes And Kettner Black Spirit 200 :)
I will check it out. Thank you.
Woof filler or is it the maple top for the body binding?
As far as the neck though.
It sounds great to be honest didn't expect that.
I picked up a Gibson golf too today. $5,700 in Australian $. Played really well. Appalling build quality. I have it 3 minutes and by that point I’d glanced around 6 significant build quality issues - and that was just as I glanced down while playing. Not even on par with Epiphone.
I bought a u s a Gibson and had to do a shit tone of work to bring it up to my liking, I’ve had epiphanies as well and the finish quality was excellent. The Gibson USA sounds killer though. Epiphones sound great but not as good as the Gibson in my humble opinion
Curious to find out if Epiphone stuck with the 14 degree head stock angle or switched to the 17 degree to match Gibson.
I haven't actually measured it to be sure, but I held it up next to my Gibson SG from 1991 and the angle appears to be the same.
If I purchased one I'd also have it Plek'd to ensure the best possible out-of-box set-up. Might seem foolishly decadent but in the end you're still about 1/3 the overall cost of the Gibson USA alternative.
Being a fan of a 50s neck I tried one at Guitar Center. It sounded great but would not stay in tune at all. It had uneven frets and was binding badly in the nut on the D B and high E strings. The guitar never should have left the factory in that state. I tried a a 60s and it was the same bad QC issues again. I hope they eventually get the QC issues worked out
Were you able to scrape off the excess finish on the binding?
Do you know if these Epiphones are being shipped with coronavirus? I’m not sure if I want to buy one or not...
I sure hope not...
Great review. Don't worry about the fanboys crapping their shorts in the comments.
That particular fan boy really hates me. He's been upset since I did the video where I talked about how I think vintage Grecos are better than new Epiphones.
I'm on preorder for the '20 LP Modern from Sweetwater. I'm excited to receive it. But, if my frets are that bad, they'll be getting it back. I recently picked up an Epi LP Special II for under $200. It was perfect straight out of the box. Low action, level frets, the intonation was even nearly spot on. I was truly surprised and I enjoy playing it daily now over my PRS SE Custom 24 or my Schecters or Ibanez RG. I guess, because it is so inexpensive, I don't mind if it gets a little playing relicing. The fret ends were mildly rough on it is the only problem I had. But that was easily fixed with a bit of filing. I'm an Epiphone fanboy lately. For the price, they are far better than Gibsons imho.🤘🎸🔊🍻💯
Sweetwater has excellent QC with their guitars, I'd say you will not get any issues if you buy from them. I bought this one from a smaller retailer that probably didn't do a QC check when they got the guitar and just boxed it back up to ship out. This is the second Epiphone I currently own and I've had several others through the years. They are quite capable of making some great stuff!
Thanks for the review! Everyone is complaining about high frets on the 2020's. It's a shame because the headstock shape change seemed like they were starting to listen to customers finally. I hope they get their quality back on track soon because I'd really like to get a Standard 50''s.
Hopefully they'll get the QC thing ironed out because these are really cool otherwise.
Well, you can tell that Epiphone is trying to be more like Gibson,
They just threw quality control out the window. 😨
So if I buy this guitar and pay for it to be plekked, it should be an awesome les paul after that, right? It sounds and looks awesome in this demo.
It’s great after dealing with that problem. I would strongly recommend getting it PLEK’d or at the very least getting a pro set up(assuming you’re going through Sweetwater or the like).
The pickups sound impressively good for the price of the guitar, you’d be hard pressed to hear a difference between this and the Gibson standard.
Could you check the guitar before you buy it ?
In this case I couldn't, since I ordered it online.
this or a les paul standard pro plus top?
Good to see an honest review. Warts and all. Do you think your LP was typical of the quality, or did you get a bad one?
I'm not sure about how common the fret issue is with Epiphone, but I'd say the little nitpicky things I pointed out about the finish and such are pretty common.
Hey did you ever see the hairline crack or nice long scratch by the binding you was showing on the video. Starting at 3:16 to 3:20 you can see on lower left of screen by the binding you was talking about. there is a massive scratch or hair line crack. Close to the dark shadowing in video
I just checked, I think that must have just been a hair from one of my dogs :P
Lucas love your playing and guitar sounds great, I'm looking at the epi classic heritage cherry guitar, in Canada its 699.00 tax in about 800.00 with ins. shipping, I'm just concerned about the fret problems
If you order from Sweetwater you can have them set it up professionally. They have a machine that scans the guitar and they can fix all the frets and whatever else needs to be fixed.
Just bought this model and the custom (ebony) both are great !
or just get a PRS SE and be done with it ;)
Great video... don't know why so many people were creeped out in regards to you looking at the camera while playing... i was looking at your fingers :p Awesome playing btw... best sounding review of this guitar aside from Arianna Powell's... the other videos i watched demoing this model guitar sounded pretty average... what amp were you using ? Lastly, i had my heart set on buying this guitar till you mentioned the fret height issue... surely not all of these guitars have the same issue... could be just bad workmanship from some employees... but yeah QC should have picked up on these fret faults before putting them out there... i guess the only way to avoid this possible fret height issue is to not buy this model guitar on line and instead walk in to your local store armed with a fret rocker... ;-)
Can't be any worse than the Gibson Les Paul 50's tribute I bought a few years ago. My dream had always been to own a Gibson Les Paul, I owned an Epiphone Les Paul which is nice but the nut width is smaller than I like and the neck profile is the slim profile(I prefer wide nut widths and thicker neck profiles), so when I saw that Gibson released the 50's tribute at a more affordable($900) price than the standard $2500+ Les Pauls, I jumped at the opportunity and bought one. I can't quantify the disappointment I had after receiving it, the level of quality was far below that of the years old Epiphone Les Paul that I own, it reminded me of my first guitar I bought as a teenager in the early eighties, a cheap guitar that wouldn't stay in tune and a neck that had to be constantly adjusted, with extremely cheap hardware & electronics. The wood on the 50's tribute just feels absolutely cheap, the nut is cheap plastic & the string height at the nut is ridiculous, the frets feel like they was no effort to finish them whatsoever and absolutely cheap sounding pickups. I've played better $200 guitars than the Gibson I purchased. To make things worse, after spending some time getting the guitar somewhat playable, I thought "this is ridiculous" having to put so much work into a Gibson, that I sent Gibson an e-mail explaining my disappointment with the lack of quality and quality control and that consumer expectations of Gibson quality are higher than what they put out. I received absolutely no response from anyone at all, not even a chirp.
Yikes!
Just saying was it made on a Monday morning or a Friday afternoon????? Is it a 2nd ????
It isn't marked as a second.
@@LucasFowler It should have been. I picked up my lp as a 2nd just for the binding. Still cheaper than a Gibson. Really liked your review
Getting this exact model in lefty mode (lol) when it comes out on sept 30th
Did you happen to record the full fret dressing? I have a Squire Classic Vibe Strat that is fretting out just as you described and a video on that, even time lapsed, would be a useful reference. Also, as a left handed player, I don't think any of these "Inspired By" models are currently offered lefty. I the previous gen Epi LP Standards and Plus Top Pros are the only lefty models available.
I didn't, since it's about a 2 hour job for me, my camera would have died or filled up the memory before I could finish. I will endeavor to record it as a tutorial the next time I need to do a level/dressing job. I would recommend taking the guitar to a luthier to have the frets done if you have never done it before, or find a cheap one to practice on first. It takes a lot of practice to get good at and it is easy to mess up.
I have a Les Paul Epiphone left handed it's great I have no complaints
I’m about to order this model. Thanks for the video! Sounds great. I hope mine doesn’t need a fret level
I may have just gotten a bad one. I bet if you ordered through somewhere like Sweetwater with an inspection department you will be fine :)
Lucas Fowler it really sounds awesome in this video. I’m pretty amped. I wonder if you got a pre-production or prototype guitar because they aren’t shipping any new ones until next week