Quote (bob(Cs2) @ Aug 30 2010 03:17am)
Still,
You make no sense. I cannot comprehend this. Epiphone are boo and Gibson are ftwwwwww
Well lets compare....
Gibson Studio Faded Mahogony -
Body is not solid but chambered to reduce costs
Set mahogony neck
rosewood fingerboard w/ block inlays
tun o matic bridge
burstbucker humbuckers
faded finish that wears with playing easily
and no binding or aesthetic adds whatsoever
a nice looking, but plain guitar
Epiphone Les Paul Custom Plus w/ Flamed Top
SOLID Mahogony Body
Set Mahogony neck
rosewood fingerboard w/ block inlays
tune o matic bridge
alnico classic humbuckers (stamped made in U.S.A)
AAA finish on flamed maple top (cherry sunburst), loads of
beautiful binding and adds, as well as quality gold hardware
overall stunning finish, that seems incredibly durable
The pickups are a point of contention, on paper you would think the burstbuckers would win, but all in all I get much better performance out of the alnicos. Although since I opened it up and saw that they were made in the U.S.A I am wondering if they are actually not the original pickups but a nicer set installed after the fact. Mine is also one manafactured at one of the Korean plants instead of the newer ones made at the Chinese plants. And honestly if you have played for example any of the PRS SE models produced out of korea or some of the special edition fenders you should know some extremely quality product can come out of those factories.
Both guitars when new where $799.99 (they dont sell this model of epiphone custom anymore, the standard customs are $699 now) so its not like I am saying some guitar that costs 500 dollars less is as good as a gibson, they were the same price. You really get more guitar for your money out of the epiphone, who knows maybe I got lucky and got one of the really great ones and others may suck. Regardless I have been playing guitar for 16 years, own several gibsons, as well as fenders and schecters, so I am not some newbie guitar player who likes the way my guitar looks over tone.
Maybe you should sit down and play a Gibson Les Paul Studio in Faded Mahogony and an Epiphone Les Paul Custom Plus and actually get some experience with it.
Don't think I am saying my studio isnt a good guitar, its a great guitar, although maybe they should drop the price to match the faded sg's
This post was edited by MyExitEmergency on Aug 30 2010 11:23am