Epiphone Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess Standard Demo - First Look
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2021
- Dive-bombs, belly cuts, and sweet-singing split-coil tones-the Rush maestro @alexlifesonofficial's signature @OfficialEpiphone is a supreme steal too.
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Alex Lifeson is a living legend. Loved Rush for a looooong time.
Alex Lifeson is definitely a living legend and so is John Bohlinger -nicely matched pair!
Amen
I have one of these, absolutely superb... big Rush fan since the 70's... and my serial number, because it was made in December 2021, starts with yes.... 2112 .... chuffed to bits with that 🇬🇧
Together with the review, John also gives a great description
on how the control layout of the guitar actually works. This is
something Epiphone didn’t manage to do, for instance by including
a short manual as case candy, or something like that.
We can't deny that epiphone and gibson are making awesome guitars again, this one in particular sounds awesome
God damn John that tone!! Doesn’t matter if it’s clean or dirty that tone and rhythm is just so easy on the ears
I have been waiting for a comprehensive review of this guitar. THANKS.
Truly beast guitar ! Thanks for the amazing review !
Great playing and a great review, thanks, John!
Great playing and great, honest review. Thanks John.
great demo
11:59 If you or I put a whammy bar on an LP, it would be heretical, but when you're Alex Lifeson, you set the rules... great demo!
Nah, anybody can do it.
I think it looks rad no matter who does it
I don’t know why it’s not more popular.
I believe Neal Schon from Santana/Journey was the first popular guitarist to put a Floyd on a Les Paul, years before Alex. Arguably, Alex did cooler things with it though.
Yes Schon has had a les Paul with Floyd years ago before Alex.
Would love to see a comparison of the Lifeson Gibson vs Epiphone!
I’m a new electric player & this vid alone has taught me how to control my new epi lifeson. It can be a confusing guitar for a beginner. I love all the tone options! It plus my dsl40 gives me many tone choices without any other pedals, etc. beautiful playing & great vid. Thx bud!
Outstanding review.
Became a fan of Rush in mid-70s when I was 11 years old. I never looked back man I have just always like pretty much everything they ever did. Alex lifeson looks at a guitar as a tool, and that's exactly what he created. it's a perfect instrument tool.
That said, you realised when you paid attention during their live concerts... he has a bloody big box of tools and he likes to use them all! 😁
I love how honest you are in these reviews.
Thank you very much for reviewing the Alex Lifeson Guitar. I’m 60 years old and I only have one Guitar, but if I could afford to buy another Guitar it would be this one! I love my Les Paul Epiphone but I’ve always wanted a Strat with a Tremelo and the Floyd Rose gives you the best of both worlds. The Lifeson Epi Guitar is on the top of my wish list! 🎸🤟😎
Nice job John, love all your interviews and Rig Rundown episodes also, very thorough , keep on rockin'
Love John, always great reviews and down-to-earth personality
Nice review - can’t wait for mine !
Great review, John. You’re a gem
John you do the best reviews thank you
Great playing dude
Very nice review btw...well done!
AWSOME review, you are a very informative person
Thanks, John.
Great Review!
Good review John
that piezo rolled in with the two single coils is cool. It's certainly a great country / rockabilly tone. The floyd makes up for the belly cut in weight.
Bollinger !! Thank you for always bringing your A-Game!
Finally got mine - it’s awesome !
Listen to that sustain at around the 10 minute mark of the video..Just beautiful sounding guitar..Great video man!!
Ordered mine the morning they went live and it went immediately to back order. Sweetwater said I was far enough up the list that I would get one. I was figuring November at the earliest but surprisingly this afternoon it shipped! Can't wait. Huge Alex Lifeson fan. Nice demo John as always.
I’ll buy it off you for a mint, if you’ll part with it.
Love the new headstock
Very nice…all your videos are really good.👍
great vid
Bohlinger is such a cool dude...he could make a broom handle sound good!!!!
EXCELLENT. THE BEST OF ALL LES PAUL.
Great demo / introduction to the guitar - thanks for that! Seems really versatile - will check this out, there's one at my local Gibson / Epi stockist. The piezo sounds pretty convincing.
Seriously guy, you’re the only person on the internet that explains the control layout on this guitar. Thanks.
Coll review. Good to see somebody playing the guitar well :-)
Out of most of all these videos My favorites are listening to John talking and playing! So awesome,thanks and god bless,I live in Fayetteville,Tn ..and to know that I live and hour or so away from so many musicians is so cool!!
Timing is everything. I'm shopping for another guitar that like my other humbuckers, has modded push/pull single coil capabilities, but I love the Piezo and the graphtech whammy bridge. A great demo video that has sold me on a purchase if the neck suits my hand... 👍🎸🎼🎵🎶
Have one already? How do you like it?
Got one the day it came out. Had some QC issues but I was able to fix it myself rather than send it back. Now that it's fixed, I must say...this thing is out of this world! Plays GREAT, looks GREAT, Feels GREAT...got no complaint.
Good, I am worried on those QC issues
@@nicksonthevet Hopefully if and when they start shipping them out again, you get a really nice one :)
Sounds killer!
My next LP for sure. Got the Peter Frampton a year ago and it is an amazing instrument. Epiphone is kill it.
Great job John. I have one. Best value in a Les Paul ever!
Nice video!
Thanks so much for the video. Just got mine today and was confused as to the control layout. No help from the Epiphone site either (that's a -1). Your video clued me right in! Keep rocking!
Alex lifeson rules his tone is amazing on those iconic songs.
When I study him I'm amazed at how his grit is so articulate.
❤️Rush
I have the guitar ..a great guitar ..great sound ...and i love RUSH - the greatest Band on earth
It does have the maple cap under the veneer, and the neck pickup is a ceramic magnet. It's also noticeably thinner than a traditional Les Paul. Awesome review though and it was great hearing more than just rush tones from it!
Nice picking sir. You made that thing sing.
Could not agree with you more, John - about Rush, and especially about this guitar! The sound and musical possibilities are astounding. I assumed I would want to switch the pickups, but they do indeed sound killer.
I haven't tried the second "Life-o-sound" acoustic output jack (pun on Rickenbacher's old "Rick-o-sound" stereo output jack), but the ghost trem piezo, and the ability to mix it with magnetic coil signal, is an insane game changer... it feels and sounds like you're double-tracking an electric and an acoustic. This is perhaps the greatest of Alex's many inventions (usually limited to pitch-shifters and chord voicings with open strings) to make one guitar sound like two guitars!
To the folks who are/were frustrated with some its many potentially confusing features, I fault the Epiphone/Gibson video content and documentation for not covering the many ways you can squeeze the amazing potential from this instrument. The piezo pot is goofy, it's down for on, which is going to drain a lot batteries out there. I had to change my 9V piezo battery out of the box, then remember to pull the piezo pot out again to turn it off... AND just remember which output jack to plug into. If you plug into the acoustic jack while not already having an amp plugged into the magnetic coils jack, the very most you'll get through your amp is radio cross-talk. ;-)
These quirks aside - and we love Alex for his brilliant quirks - I am thrilled and inspired by this guitar.
Mine had some QC issues. The backside of the trem arm (under the bridge) was rubbing on the body route opening. I had to sand that body route wider with dremel tool so that the trem does not touch the body. The pickups were rubbing up on the body and they would not set flat and perpendicular to the rings because the pickup ring placement was too close to one side on the route. I had to dowel and re drill the pickup ring mounting holes to center the pick in the body route. After that and a setup with 9's it was good. I got some great vintage tones from the pickups. Your not going to get serious modern metal tones. But these pickups do give great clarity.
Good on you John!!,your review was 10 out of 10,you really know your stuff,what is the weight of this Beauty?
Great video! Epis are not for me but I’m glad so many people can afford and enjoy them
Ordered my #Epiphone #AlexLifeson from #GuitarCenter, on back order until Jan 2022... Great comprehensive review!
Gibson has confirmed, the ProBucker is the same specs as a Burstbucker but made overseas. This is definitely more attractive than the $5k+ price on the originals! Might be time to finally get a Floyd-equipped guitar!
They may have confirmed it, but it's not the same pickup and it doesn't sound quite the same.. Go to a store and get a Gibson with Burstbuckers and an Epi with similar specs but with the ProBuckers. Play the guitars with the same amp, same amp settings, same effects, etc. You'll find that they don't sound quite the same. Similar, but not quite the same.
Get a set of Gibson Burstbuckers and put them in an Epiphone. Still doesn't sound like the Gibson with the Burstbuckers, but it sounds closer than the Epi with the Probuckers. Put the Epi Probuckers in a Gibson and it sounds like a Gibson with Epi Probuckers.
No matter how you dial it in, they're not the same pups. Very similar, but just different enough. Think about it like this.....if they were indeed identical pickups in regards to specs and tone/sound, why would anyone spend the money on the Gibson pickups? If they were that good they'd have Seymour Duncan, Dimarzio, and other big name pickup brands scratching their heads. They're decent pickups and a person really wouldn't need to swap them out unless they were looking for a particular sound they weren't getting, but if you purchase one thinking that it's going to sound just like a Gibson with Burstbuckers then you might be disappointed. They're close, but there's enough of a difference.
@@ronpipes1988 The main difference is the vacuum wax potting ― and I can hear the small difference.
I’m thinking the same thing. The 59 re issue , 50’s & 60’s are genuinely great guitars as well.
Yep i had a 2018 standard 60s Gibson and a 59 inspired epiphone and it's a Big tonal and playable difference. Sorry it just is.
I say it's a decent guitar for 800 but there are other options in that price range like shecter. Better playing and tones.
Dude made that thing sing!
that belly cut really suits the guitar!
That's great, I would like to get one of those :0) OG Rush fan
That super strat experience
good ta see ya got some rocker left in ya brother! :)
It"'s a really cool and affordable quality Lespaul.. However the Godin LGXT and XTSA offered the same things years ago.. Along with an infinite access to synth patches through a midi patch selector switch..
I need this git fiddle!
Best guitar I’ve ever played. I’ve owned many pricey ones. This is stupid sick. Just got it.
Great tone - wish it was available in different finishes.
Ability to combine piezo is awesome…damn
I feel the same about The Tragically Hip. Completely different stylistically, but their unique take on rock and lyrics is worth a listen too, especially their early stuff.
Kingston in the house. ! Hip rule ! RIP GORD
I just got the Slash standard Epi…..love it. November burst.
My condolences.
@@townshendshean 😄 I’ve got over 30 guitars and have been picking away for 45 yrs…. Trust me it’s a home run.
@@townshendshean 🍪
There will not ever be another band who can imitate, copy or even try to cover anything Rush has ever recorded. They might as well be from another planet. Out of this world music with so many twists and directions. Each song is a story and an intricate woven tapestry. I guess you can say I like Rusg a little bit. I love Alex Lifeson's approach to the guitar. A paint brush in his hands.
I have one of these and it's not been without some considerable amount of frustration due to manufacturing defects.
To get to the one that I currently own, I had to return 3 others to Gibson, which in each case, they opted to replace rather than repair.
Finally, I got one that actually functions correctly, but even THIS one has its issues related to build.
When using the tremolo, the head flexes A LOT. The locking Floyd nut also flexes toward and away from where it butts up against the top of the fretboard. A gap of at least 1/32 of an inch develops when diving the tremolo then returns to flush when the tremolo is released. This, while the entire head of the guitar flexes. I fully expect the head to just snap off one day while releasing a dive from the tremolo.
I find the build quality and engineering of this guitar to be seriously lacking and I won't get into the piezo wires looking like they came from a $3 made in China, radio, with their "hair of your head" gauge.
That said, at the $899 price point, it is a decent guitar but in my honest opinion, NOT worthy of the name engraved on the one screw nut cover......
Sounds great from what I've read this type axe made by Gibson was actually designed for Mr Neal Schon? Formally, then guess somehow Alex signed on? Anyone hear or know any further info. I even heard interview with Neal about that.. Anyways great sounding guitar great demo.
Pickups sound better to me than burstbuckers, and sound amazing with the piezo blended in.
COOL
I shall journey over hill and dale, glade and meadow, lake and stream, bay and ocean with continued optimism that somewhere in the shire awaits "My Precious".
A Les Paul with a Floyd is such a crazy and unique guitar. Very worth owning.
That heel cut came from Neil Schon's signature Les Paul. That model was around 10k i think.
Okay, now this is one sexy beast. I love Rush, but I am more interested in the contours on the les paul, and the Graphtech tremolo.
This. This is what I want. Been looking for a Line 6 Variax substitute for a long time. This is it. I will never GAS again. Epiphone, get it together and PRODUCE.
I do like this Epiphone. The fact that it has the Floyd Rose and the piezo, along with all the design improvements that make it usable, friendly and comfortable, make this Epiphone the best Les Paul of 2021.
Love to have one of these. Lol. Can't find them. All on back order.
I know the A. L. Gibson model was probably the best all around utility guitar ever built, even passing up the PRS C-24. I believe the Epiphone model just joined the list !!
John you are the last guy I’d expect to need a belly cut! Me on the other hand…
Alex uses a few of the DLS Effects pedals, and DLS makes a signature “Reckless Driver” pedal. Might help enhance those Alex Lifeson tones .
I wonder if that configuration is available without the trem.
Bolinger plays a Floyd guitar...
This coffee just ain't cutting it for me. My world is turned upside down
Maybe they use a treble bleed circuit to EQ the H-buck/Single volume?? Of course you can make just about anything sound good JB!! Great review, thanks!! 8) --gary
(Assuming it is actually installed) it might be handled by the Graph Tech acoust-phonic CCT board.
John is clearly one of the best pitchmen in the guitar world, BUT not always the best fact checker. The neck pickup is not an Alnico2 based Probucker like he claims here, it's actually an Epiphone Ceramic Pro pickup. I wouldn't have mentioned but he went on and on about the Probuckers! The bridge is a Probucker3 pickup. Nonetheless he makes it sound great.
Glad you mentioned it. It’s important to have accurate information in these videos.
That's kind of bad ass
Thanks for tossing in in some Hendrix for good measure!
Awesome and very interesting guitar, it if had a volute or some other way to reinforce the neck it would be perfect.
"Every musician owes it to themselves to listen to RUSH"... YES
When was the Epi Alex Lifeson Signature Guitar relased? 2021 or 2022? Thanks
John's room is shroomtastic
Indeed
Lifeson knows best.
Heard some problems with the tremolo system it sticking or making a clicking noise they said they had to shave some wood near the bar because it was hitting the wood.
I had the clicking noise issue but it wasn't being caused by the tremolo cavity not be routed out enough, although it looks to be very close to rubbing. My clicking noise was being caused by the trem arm not being able to be tightened enough on the post. The washer inside the nut was very thin and it seemed the nut would hit the end of the threads before being completely snug. I obtained a new trem arm direct from Graph Tech and the washer was much thicker and eliminated the clicking noise. It is possible the trem arm that came with the guitar was not by Graph Tech. Besides the washer thickness, there were some other subtle differences compared to the one obtained from Graph Tech.
If I get this guitar, will I be able to play as well as John Bohlinger? Great job demo’ing this model sounding like Alex Lifeson, George Harrison, chicken-pickers, jazzers, and others.