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Wonderful video! I have a 2019 build, and it was great right out of the box! The QC seems a little better with mine than yours. My guitar was already set up, the neck was fine, and the paint is very clean around the edges and binding. Also, I like the touches of green glitter within the paint.
It would be nice if you got your hands on the new Joe Bonamassa Signature "Black Beauty"... It really gives some vibes of a Widow with its headstock while being a "Black Beauty".
Tommy was in Black N Blue before KISS. If anyone here are fans of 80's rock Black N; Blue are cream of the crop. I believe Gene produced an album or two of theirs back in the day.
I owned the Thayer Explorer. I agree with what he said about the sound of the pick ups. They just sound like boring old man rock to me. I just never liked them. Also, the nut just fell apart lol, it was cheap plastic so I replaced it with a tusq. The wiring or the switch sometimes wouldn't engage the neck pick up, and the thing that spooked me into trading it back in to the dealer, was the truss rod allen wrench receiver was soft metal. The first adjustment (as the neck was bowed) took some reefing, and with the wrench firmly in slightly rounded the nut. The body, neck shape, and finish was dynamite. It was the first and last Epiphone I'll ever buy. I was disappointed as I loved the look and feel of that guitar.
I wish you would run for president. I don't miss an episode and you really seem to be a truly good human. If I save a little getting a Hoodia but I try to support your channel by watching as much as I can.
I recently bought my first “high end” guitar vs the several 200-300 ones Ive bought over the years. It was between the Tommy Thayer Epiphone, the Phil Demmel Demmelition Jackson and the Wylde Audio Barbarian (that you reviewed and kinda gave a bad review on). I very fortunately went with the Wylde Audio and absolutely have zero complaints. The most beautiful guitar Ive ever played and the best feel I’ve ever played. ANYWAYS, I still would love to play this TT Epiphone! Thanks for the demo!
Great vid Austin! I really love my Tommy Thayer White Lightning LP. It plays well and sounds really nice. The white case fits great and yes, the guitar is very sparkly and looks almost pearlescent.
So just got one of these last week. After seeing one in person I had have it. I was really shocked at how good this thing actually is. My only complaint I've had is the truss rod adjustment. It's a little bit tricky compared to my gibsons, PRS's, and fenders. It does use a 4mm allen key but needs to hit just right. The color is intense and you're right some mirror backplate and new pots would be the only improvements needed.
@@ryanfulldark2775 It's such a dumb debate. The clowns say they wouldn't have taken the gig if Paul and Gene offered it to them. Ace is amazing and so is Tommy. It's just like the stupid Sammy vs Dave debate.
Bought recently, perfect in everything, and plays like a God. The fretboard isn't bad either, but if they made it in rosewood or ebony, I would have spent a few dollars more without problems.
I agree it definitely looks purple in certain lighting and you really do need to see it in person to get the full image. That along with the green and pink metal flake mixed with the blue really gives it that galaxy look. I have one by the way. I got to see him play it on stage once at my final stop on The End of the Road Tour and it looked amazing under stage lights.
Can you review the old Ace Frehley Custom , the one with his face on the headstock please. Nothing against Thayer personally ,but there's only one Space Ace ! In a '93 interview with Ace he said " Even a bad Gibson Les Paul is better than any other guitar to me" .
You have to be careful with those Ace signature guitars, many of them were absolute junk! They charged a premium price for a single pickup guitar that most of them were horrible. I think it was the second run of his Budokan models that were bad. Ace also has a blue sparkle one and then he has his one that lights up with the big round lights, not the one with all the small lights, that guitar is awesome!!
@@shaunw9270 Yeah I know what you're talking about, the cherry sunburst ones? They "looked" like they had 3 pups but the ones I saw people reviewing had only the bridge pup wired up! One guy said the other two are only covers to make it look like 3. Now some have said that theirs did have all 3 wired up so maybe there are several versions one can get?
@@alabamahebrew Ah right yeah . I know what you're referring to now . I thought you meant that vile heavy Metal shaped thing he had . I knew someone here in England back in the day had one that had 3 Super Distortion pickups but only came with bridge wired up as Ace's own guitar at the time. I have also seen ones where they had a DiMarzio bridge but the other pickups were regular Gibson.
Hi Trogs....welp....I received my Blue Sparkle the other day from Sweetwater..I waited about 7/8 months....and I must say....Epiphone is really stepping it up...this is my third Epiphone Les Paul and I love them....they play great right out of the box and feel great and sound AWESOME...I'll be getting several more Epi's....I wish this had the scooped heel like Modern Les Paul Guitars...but it's ok....still plays perfectly after Conditioning the neck and changing the strings to 9's.....love your vids man....take care!
The first thing I thought when I saw the blue Epi was it would be a great stage guitar. I bet it would look great with stage lighting. I think I’d swap knobs for silver to match the guard but it’s definitely a cool stage guitar.
Yeah ace is my favourite guitarist but i still respect thayer for all he has done for kiss before he put on the makeup and while, him using the same gimmick as ace is not ideal and im sure he would rather have his own but he is a great musician who gets hate for something out of his control. I dont love the idea of someone else in aces costume but there are lot worse people who could be doing it so i respect him for keeping kiss gling for younger fans but for also stepping up and filling some big shoes while carrying on aces legacy, he may not be as good but he respects the legacy behind the makeup and is great at what he does
So I guess Gene and Paul can't continue a band since Ace decided he didn't want to be in the band twice? He chose not to be in the band. It's such a silly debate. Ace hasn't been in the band in almost 20 years. You would think people would be over it by now.
I really liked the sounds of this Les Paul! Full, warm and rich and with very harmonic distortion sounds. Don't know why you were not a big fan of the tones... And I think you played more fluent, easy and faultless on this guitar than on many other tested guitars.
Strangely enough, I like the dirty tones better than the clean. The clean tones sound....like every other Epiphone LP. Listening to them at that point, I asked what's so special about these pickups. But with the crunch, it's like, "OK, there's what it's supposed to do." This guitar isn't made for anything except those chainsaw overdrive sounds. If you play loud 'n' dirty - and want to make sure all eyes are on you - this is definitely built for it.
I love your channel Trogly and love learning about vintage guitars, taking them apart, checking over all the specs and history, but your opinion or your viewpoint isn't fact and it feels like that's creeping in a lot lately. Honestly with how much of that I hear in these videos, it's making the videos hard to watch. And again I really do enjoy them at their core. Agufish (who also reviewed this guitar) reviews more from a players standpoint and doesn't care much for brand, and confesses when he's biased. Mostly. Also hell yes this finish
Thank you very much for the nice review! May I ask what kind of fretboard oil you are using? Will it work on all fretboards-maybe with the exception of maple? Cheers!
I have one of these and absolutely love it, it definitely rocks! I'm no expert, but I really don't think mine has a D shaped neck, it feels like a 60's slim C to me. I got mine earlier in the year.
I was hoping you would review this dazzling blue beast! I own one of these guitars and have had it for a few months. Sweetwater had these on back order till late October but i found mine at American Music Supply. Beware on the pickups. Mine were wired wrong and had to be fixed when I had it setup. The case goodies were missing too. I called Epiphone and they sent me my certificate of authenticity and Tommy Thayer booklet. The person I spoke with at Epiphone said they had issues with the missing paperwork and bad wiring on some guitars. Beside these few fixed issues, the guitar is beautiful and plays great!! I love the 2 tone color change and the sound is awesome! Thanks for your very informative channel!
Great video. I'm hoping you get a chance to review the Bonamassa Black Beauty. I'd love a black beauty that doesn't require selling a major organ. Slight nitpick: some metals are not attracted to magnets in normal situations (for example copper and aluminum). You can induce a current through the lenz effect, but I doubt you'd notice any sort of interaction with the magnet on your screwdriver . Anyhow keep up the good work!
Too bad about that delay. I sent you a link for this mmoonntthhss ago!! I thought you forgot. But I'll tell you what...the video link, as far as I remember, did not feature a scratchplate!! I LOVE that case! The sound is really "beefy," unlike most Epiphones.
Hey Austin, I wouldn't mind owning the Silver Les Paul that was Thayer's first signature guitar with Epiphone. How difficult would it be to find me one?
I bought the Silver Spaceman back in 2014 mainly just to sell down the line to a KISS fan once they retire. Now, it's one of my top 3 guitars!! Mine has Gibson 498's in it, I thought it had CTS pots but when Austin was talking about his not being CTS that made me look at mine and no they are not. It is pretty much the same guitar only silver with black sides and back and neck. The neck on mine is baseball size and the guitar is very heavy, I think it weighs almost 11 pounds! But Tommy said he had them put a larger than usual neck on it and the body is also a bit thicker than your typical Epiphone Les Paul, someone told me that this body is the same size as a regular Gibson, I guess usually Epiphones are a touch smaller? I have had people listen to my guitar playing when I use this one and they are wowed by the tones I get from it and I must say it does sound great! I saw several reviews of this Blue one last winter and I have to say I don't see myself ever buying one, mostly because of the finish, it's just too much for my taste. His white ones though I do want to get, both the LP and the Explorer versions.
That guitar is seriously gorgeous! 😍 Not a huge kiss fan but that id rock it in a heartbeat, though I swap out all the chrome plastic for some cream white colored ones.
Thanks for the demo and the tech tips I was going to buy one but if I do do I will have the neck plecked and the pots change out to switch craft 500k with bumblebee bees and Complete set up Rock on 🎸🎀🎸 Rhoads 🎸🎀🎸🤘☮
Mine sounds exactly the same, I got mine a few years ago in white. They really cheated out on the screws because they have went rusty when all my other guitars screws are shiny.
I got the white Lightning LP off of a craigslist trade recently. What a great guitar, I know it's just an Epi, and the white sparkle is a little um... my 6 year old daughter loves it! Very, very happy with the guitar. Great neck, weights all there, killer pick ups. And I am not even a Kiss fan. For my money, I'm down with the Misfits as far as dressing up as a ghoulish rock and roll character.
Check out their early tracks, especially ones composed by Ace or sung by Peter. Songs like "Strange Ways" (the solo is sick!), "Shock Me", "Black Diamond", "Hotter Than Hell" (Pauls riff is one of the best riffs on the planet and Ace's solo drops ceilings).
I’ve been wanting one of these but there always “on order” at Sweetwater and GC doesn’t have them listed any longer. I’m beginning to think their discontinued and reverb may be my only option
I’ve got one coming but it’s my third replacement the first one there was a crack from the binding on the neck through the fretboard from the 15th and 16th frets and the second one the tuners were put in crooked
the guitar is a little pricey but considering the price of a case its only a little over the usual epi les paul. considering the duncans its close to on point, right?
Minor word of advice. If you want to get better color registration, most modern cameras have auto white balance. To make it do a better job of finding a real white, you need to give a white reference. I recommend a big sheet of actual white to put on the workbench to set the white balance. Your countertop is too tan for the the camera, so the camera is doing the best it can. You can also calibrate a white reference with your studio lighting, but that is more work. I'd suggest something like an 11x17 sheet of like poster paper or construction paper. Get a bright white. You can use whiteboard film too, which is more durable. Put that in-shot beside the guitar body, get a couple shots, then move it out of the way to get the rest of your video
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This is certainly an attention-getting piece! How do you feel about the finish?
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Wonderful video! I have a 2019 build, and it was great right out of the box! The QC seems a little better with mine than yours. My guitar was already set up, the neck was fine, and the paint is very clean around the edges and binding. Also, I like the touches of green glitter within the paint.
I hope that you can give me my dream sg400 guitar epiphone Because i dont have enough money to buy it. Plss
I hope that you can give me my dream sg400 guitar epiphone Because i dont have enough money to buy it. Plss
I hope that you can give me my dream sg400 guitar epiphone Because i dont have enough money to buy it. Plss
best looking les paul ever
It's a guitar color that Prince would have liked
totally!
hed probably name it blue rain or something like that
@Greg_Delta no it was always a pearly white one but if he wanted to change his style this would definitely be it
@Greg_Delta oh ok so he has had blue and purple i think he would play it or at least have one in his collection
@@starlinyn9292 youre absolutely right
TROGLY PLEASE, get the EVH shark guitar, or any EVH guitar! I wanna see your opinion on them!!
He was planning on it but sweet water completely sold out
Review the bumblebe EVH then 🖤💛🖤
RIP Eddie Van Halen :(
He has to make that video man the shark looks outlandish which chains he has to do it
Kirk Wahmmett RIP 😢... Still hurts to say...
I love watching these because you're just "so into it". You gleefully inspect and play every guitar like it's your first guitar. I love it.
I'd like to have one. Not really a kiss fan, but that guitar is just crazy.
It took almost a year for mine to come in. You had to pre order it
Love mine
I ordered one December of 2019 & just got it in beginning of September 2020. Worth the wait though. Love it!, SOUNDS GREAT!!
I bought one for my daughter. She loves it. It pretty cool and very good quality.
Plot twist: Trogster really was wearing KISS makeup.
It would be nice if you got your hands on the new Joe Bonamassa Signature "Black Beauty"... It really gives some vibes of a Widow with its headstock while being a "Black Beauty".
LOVE that you snuck in a little Eddie there, Austin. Well done, Good Brother. :)
New Joe Bonamassa Black Beauty Epiphone Les Paul please!
i second that 100%
I'd love to see that too - have just order one and there is already a wait list!
Im with you 💯
If it's made China!! Who cares!! Really !! Nothing Special about a Signature Model Guitar.. Made In China!!
@@tinksthemetalg1945 the paint job
Tommy was in Black N Blue before KISS. If anyone here are fans of 80's rock Black N; Blue are cream of the crop. I believe Gene produced an album or two of theirs back in the day.
love it. that case fits the guitar perfectly inside and out
Yes! I'd love to see a video on his explorer!
I just ordered one!
I owned the Thayer Explorer. I agree with what he said about the sound of the pick ups. They just sound like boring old man rock to me. I just never liked them. Also, the nut just fell apart lol, it was cheap plastic so I replaced it with a tusq. The wiring or the switch sometimes wouldn't engage the neck pick up, and the thing that spooked me into trading it back in to the dealer, was the truss rod allen wrench receiver was soft metal. The first adjustment (as the neck was bowed) took some reefing, and with the wrench firmly in slightly rounded the nut. The body, neck shape, and finish was dynamite. It was the first and last Epiphone I'll ever buy. I was disappointed as I loved the look and feel of that guitar.
I wish you would run for president. I don't miss an episode and you really seem to be a truly good human. If I save a little getting a Hoodia but I try to support your channel by watching as much as I can.
In keeping with the Epiphone theme if you haven't already you should do a video on the Epiphone Tony Iommi Signature SG.
He has already done. He had a left handed and a right handed.
I recently bought my first “high end” guitar vs the several 200-300 ones Ive bought over the years. It was between the Tommy Thayer Epiphone, the Phil Demmel Demmelition Jackson and the Wylde Audio Barbarian (that you reviewed and kinda gave a bad review on). I very fortunately went with the Wylde Audio and absolutely have zero complaints. The most beautiful guitar Ive ever played and the best feel I’ve ever played. ANYWAYS, I still would love to play this TT Epiphone! Thanks for the demo!
Beautiful! Big KISS fan! Big Ace and Tommy fan! I love it!
Great vid Austin! I really love my Tommy Thayer White Lightning LP. It plays well and sounds really nice. The white case fits great and yes, the guitar is very sparkly and looks almost pearlescent.
That sparkle is on another level 🤩
So just got one of these last week. After seeing one in person I had have it. I was really shocked at how good this thing actually is. My only complaint I've had is the truss rod adjustment. It's a little bit tricky compared to my gibsons, PRS's, and fenders. It does use a 4mm allen key but needs to hit just right. The color is intense and you're right some mirror backplate and new pots would be the only improvements needed.
Theres only one spaceman ace frehley
Proof you can be in a tribute band
And still get epiphone to give you a
Signature guitar Baaahahaha how funny
🧑🚀
I hear you Micheal!
@@krotma Hes been in the band longer than Ace was.
@@ryanfulldark2775 It's such a dumb debate. The clowns say they wouldn't have taken the gig if Paul and Gene offered it to them. Ace is amazing and so is Tommy. It's just like the stupid Sammy vs Dave debate.
Bought recently, perfect in everything, and plays like a God. The fretboard isn't bad either, but if they made it in rosewood or ebony, I would have spent a few dollars more without problems.
This guitar sounds great with JB's in both positions. I loved JB in the neck.
I just ordered the Tommy Thayer Explorer and I’m so exited
Where did you find one? Been trying to get my hands on one for a while
Yoshikage Kira I found one on Motor City guitar but I think it’s sold out there. I do think that there is one on Reverb at the moment
@@Beadlayer69 reverb
I agree it definitely looks purple in certain lighting and you really do need to see it in person to get the full image. That along with the green and pink metal flake mixed with the blue really gives it that galaxy look. I have one by the way. I got to see him play it on stage once at my final stop on The End of the Road Tour and it looked amazing under stage lights.
Dude your playing had improved vastly!
that guitar makes me feel like i am staring into a nebula. the case looks really cool too
Can you review the old Ace Frehley Custom , the one with his face on the headstock please. Nothing against Thayer personally ,but there's only one Space Ace ! In a '93 interview with Ace he said " Even a bad Gibson Les Paul is better than any other guitar to me" .
I would've much rather have seen Ace's guitar than Tommy's.
You have to be careful with those Ace signature guitars, many of them were absolute junk! They charged a premium price for a single pickup guitar that most of them were horrible. I think it was the second run of his Budokan models that were bad. Ace also has a blue sparkle one and then he has his one that lights up with the big round lights, not the one with all the small lights, that guitar is awesome!!
@@alabamahebrew Ughh those single pickup things were fugly ! No, I meant the three pickup Custom from around late 90's ?
@@shaunw9270 Yeah I know what you're talking about, the cherry sunburst ones? They "looked" like they had 3 pups but the ones I saw people reviewing had only the bridge pup wired up! One guy said the other two are only covers to make it look like 3. Now some have said that theirs did have all 3 wired up so maybe there are several versions one can get?
@@alabamahebrew Ah right yeah . I know what you're referring to now . I thought you meant that vile heavy Metal shaped thing he had .
I knew someone here in England back in the day had one that had 3 Super Distortion pickups but only came with bridge wired up as Ace's own guitar at the time. I have also seen ones where they had a DiMarzio bridge but the other pickups were regular Gibson.
im mostly a fender guy, but WOW!! that is amazing, i need one, one day..
I actually got to see the White Lightning LP in person..I found it difficult to photograph it with inside lights..but it was AWESOME in sunlight.
I think the finish looks awesome from here! Powerful to say the least.
Hi Trogs....welp....I received my Blue Sparkle the other day from Sweetwater..I waited about 7/8 months....and I must say....Epiphone is really stepping it up...this is my third Epiphone Les Paul and I love them....they play great right out of the box and feel great and sound AWESOME...I'll be getting several more Epi's....I wish this had the scooped heel like Modern Les Paul Guitars...but it's ok....still plays perfectly after Conditioning the neck and changing the strings to 9's.....love your vids man....take care!
would love to see this finish on an SG!!
The purple definitely came through...I love how it flows from purple to blue...
I almost got this but I decided to get the somewhat rare Custom PRO Alpine.
Sooooo glad I did .. Best guitar I've ever owned
The first thing I thought when I saw the blue Epi was it would be a great stage guitar. I bet it would look great with stage lighting. I think I’d swap knobs for silver to match the guard but it’s definitely a cool stage guitar.
Oh my that is a weirdly beautiful guitar!
I never thought I’d see Trogly play some Kiss tunes, that was neat.
Oh man that guitar looks freaking awesome!
1:30 I get what you're saying, but Ace Frehley is the original. You just can't top him.
Yeah ace is my favourite guitarist but i still respect thayer for all he has done for kiss before he put on the makeup and while, him using the same gimmick as ace is not ideal and im sure he would rather have his own but he is a great musician who gets hate for something out of his control.
I dont love the idea of someone else in aces costume but there are lot worse people who could be doing it so i respect him for keeping kiss gling for younger fans but for also stepping up and filling some big shoes while carrying on aces legacy, he may not be as good but he respects the legacy behind the makeup and is great at what he does
So I guess Gene and Paul can't continue a band since Ace decided he didn't want to be in the band twice? He chose not to be in the band. It's such a silly debate. Ace hasn't been in the band in almost 20 years. You would think people would be over it by now.
signature guitar month? do a Matt Bellamy MBM-1!
Never before have I actually thought the middle position was the best sounding one!
Excellent job as always! Thank you!
that is the nicest epiphone ive ever seen
I really liked the sounds of this Les Paul! Full, warm and rich and with very harmonic distortion sounds.
Don't know why you were not a big fan of the tones... And I think you played more fluent, easy and faultless on this guitar than on many other tested guitars.
Because he a Gibson fanboy!!!
Strangely enough, I like the dirty tones better than the clean. The clean tones sound....like every other Epiphone LP. Listening to them at that point, I asked what's so special about these pickups. But with the crunch, it's like, "OK, there's what it's supposed to do." This guitar isn't made for anything except those chainsaw overdrive sounds. If you play loud 'n' dirty - and want to make sure all eyes are on you - this is definitely built for it.
I've had mine here in the u.k for a week now I'm loving it 👍
I dig that Thayer guitar pretty cool!
I love your channel Trogly and love learning about vintage guitars, taking them apart, checking over all the specs and history, but your opinion or your viewpoint isn't fact and it feels like that's creeping in a lot lately. Honestly with how much of that I hear in these videos, it's making the videos hard to watch. And again I really do enjoy them at their core. Agufish (who also reviewed this guitar) reviews more from a players standpoint and doesn't care much for brand, and confesses when he's biased. Mostly. Also hell yes this finish
Thank you very much for the nice review! May I ask what kind of fretboard oil you are using? Will it work on all fretboards-maybe with the exception of maple? Cheers!
I have one of these and absolutely love it, it definitely rocks! I'm no expert, but I really don't think mine has a D shaped neck, it feels like a 60's slim C to me. I got mine earlier in the year.
You are correct about the neck. Specs on their website.
I was hoping you would review this dazzling blue beast! I own one of these guitars and have had it for a few months. Sweetwater had these on back order till late October but i found mine at American Music Supply. Beware on the pickups. Mine were wired wrong and had to be fixed when I had it setup. The case goodies were missing too. I called Epiphone and they sent me my certificate of authenticity and Tommy Thayer booklet. The person I spoke with at Epiphone said they had issues with the missing paperwork and bad wiring on some guitars. Beside these few fixed issues, the guitar is beautiful and plays great!! I love the 2 tone color change and the sound is awesome! Thanks for your very informative channel!
Great video. I'm hoping you get a chance to review the Bonamassa Black Beauty. I'd love a black beauty that doesn't require selling a major organ. Slight nitpick: some metals are not attracted to magnets in normal situations (for example copper and aluminum). You can induce a current through the lenz effect, but I doubt you'd notice any sort of interaction with the magnet on your screwdriver . Anyhow keep up the good work!
Too bad about that delay. I sent you a link for this mmoonntthhss ago!! I thought you forgot. But I'll tell you what...the video link, as far as I remember, did not feature a scratchplate!! I LOVE that case! The sound is really "beefy," unlike most Epiphones.
What’s the song @ 14:43
Electric Eye by Judas Priest
Cool guitar and case! You gotta do the new Bonamassa Black Beauty they just announced recently.
Nice to see you review a guitar that i've got too & that only arrived on Monday.
I feel like I've been waiting so long for this😂
My god I love that finish! It looks WAY better without the mirror Scratch plate .
Great Show Trogly ,good looker,I would switch out the pots.
Great job 👍
Not a guitar for me, but there will be loads of people, that will love this guitar no doubt about that.
MAN I'm an Ace Frehley fan but I'm so excited about this one because I never though I'd see it here, cool!
Think I'd like to have it just for those blacklight gigs,orange guitar man good 🤣👍
Hey Austin, I wouldn't mind owning the Silver Les Paul that was Thayer's first signature guitar with Epiphone. How difficult would it be to find me one?
I bought the Silver Spaceman back in 2014 mainly just to sell down the line to a KISS fan once they retire. Now, it's one of my top 3 guitars!! Mine has Gibson 498's in it, I thought it had CTS pots but when Austin was talking about his not being CTS that made me look at mine and no they are not. It is pretty much the same guitar only silver with black sides and back and neck. The neck on mine is baseball size and the guitar is very heavy, I think it weighs almost 11 pounds! But Tommy said he had them put a larger than usual neck on it and the body is also a bit thicker than your typical Epiphone Les Paul, someone told me that this body is the same size as a regular Gibson, I guess usually Epiphones are a touch smaller? I have had people listen to my guitar playing when I use this one and they are wowed by the tones I get from it and I must say it does sound great! I saw several reviews of this Blue one last winter and I have to say I don't see myself ever buying one, mostly because of the finish, it's just too much for my taste. His white ones though I do want to get, both the LP and the Explorer versions.
I wonder if the fact that they got Ace's makeup wrong on the logo on the back of the headstock makes it worth anything. You can see it clearly @4:13
Oh yes I’ve been waiting for this one!
WOW ...listen to Trogly ripping out some Hot for Teacher....you go boy!!!!
What was the song right before the Van Halen riff?
That guitar is seriously gorgeous! 😍 Not a huge kiss fan but that id rock it in a heartbeat, though I swap out all the chrome plastic for some cream white colored ones.
Thanks for the demo and the tech tips
I was going to buy one but if I do do I will have the neck plecked and the pots change out to switch craft 500k with bumblebee bees and
Complete set up
Rock on 🎸🎀🎸
Rhoads 🎸🎀🎸🤘☮
the camera on rails that you are using for full angle view of the guitars seems to skip some frames sometimes... not a big deal though
Mine sounds exactly the same, I got mine a few years ago in white. They really cheated out on the screws because they have went rusty when all my other guitars screws are shiny.
I got the white Lightning LP off of a craigslist trade recently. What a great guitar, I know it's just an Epi, and the white sparkle is a little um... my 6 year old daughter loves it! Very, very happy with the guitar. Great neck, weights all there, killer pick ups. And I am not even a Kiss fan. For my money, I'm down with the Misfits as far as dressing up as a ghoulish rock and roll character.
Trogly, what other Epiphone guitars come with Seymour Duncan pickups?
That is one sparkly guitar!
I really don’t like kiss, but that finish is really captivating
Check out their early tracks, especially ones composed by Ace or sung by Peter. Songs like "Strange Ways" (the solo is sick!), "Shock Me", "Black Diamond", "Hotter Than Hell" (Pauls riff is one of the best riffs on the planet and Ace's solo drops ceilings).
Johann Daart thanks man will do!
I’ve been wanting one of these but there always “on order” at Sweetwater and GC doesn’t have them listed any longer. I’m beginning to think their discontinued and reverb may be my only option
I’ve got one coming but it’s my third replacement the first one there was a crack from the binding on the neck through the fretboard from the 15th and 16th frets and the second one the tuners were put in crooked
I never thought I'd see an Epiphone I'd like but I think I might like
Does Tommy use this Epiphone in the End of the Road tour?
Yes thanks trogly. Ive been waiting since you said you were doing this
Sold!
the guitar is a little pricey but considering the price of a case its only a little over the usual epi les paul. considering the duncans its close to on point, right?
Can you find an original DEAN flying V with a single hum bucker DiMarzio super distortion?
I like that strawberry color under the black light much better than the blue. And I loved the blue!
I bought a Dot Deluxe a few weeks ago and got the poster, but no truss rod key. I think you're almost certainly missing pieces.
Would I be wrong to say the routing looks bad because its a neck thru body?
Could you do the Ace Frehley Gibson signature Les Paul?
If this came from Melody Music shop in Bloomington, they are great people over there. Love visiting when I get over that way.
This guitar is beautiful
Gorgeous guitar
Like that finish, really cool Under blacklight
Damn...That case alone is BEAUTIFUL 😁😁😁...The Les Paul isn't too bad either...
Love it ! I will have to look out for one, but I bet they get (more) expensive real quick.
Minor word of advice. If you want to get better color registration, most modern cameras have auto white balance.
To make it do a better job of finding a real white, you need to give a white reference.
I recommend a big sheet of actual white to put on the workbench to set the white balance. Your countertop is too tan for the the camera, so the camera is doing the best it can. You can also calibrate a white reference with your studio lighting, but that is more work. I'd suggest something like an 11x17 sheet of like poster paper or construction paper. Get a bright white. You can use whiteboard film too, which is more durable. Put that in-shot beside the guitar body, get a couple shots, then move it out of the way to get the rest of your video
Trogly there’s a reverse explorer for sale of reverb currently for $2,443. Cheaper than a couple of modern explorers I’ve seen atm