I know what you mean it took me a long time to come around to the LP thing. Now I have an SB 59 by Eastman that I love, as you say, the tone is just amazing. I still find my telecasters and strat style guitars, more comfortable to play, though, especially while sitting down Thanks so much for watching
John Lee Hooker's tobacco burst Epiphone Sheraton is one of my dream guitars. A friend had an 80's Epi LesPaul copy that was quite impressive for the price, used about $350 in 2008 or so.
Hi Guy. That’s really cool to hear about your friends LP. I don’t think I’ve played and Eppiphone lp from that era. Also interesting that you mentioned John Lee Hookers guitar. When I was a kid I always thought it was a Gibson. Just goes to show you how we are somehow engrained to only consider the big brands by default. Guitar life can be so interesting though when we take a step aside and look at the lesser revered companies. :-)
Had a 2017 Epiphone les paul metallic gold, bought used 350€, it played well, indeed quite light weight, looked cool, nice dark rosewood fretboard (not a fan of indian laurel they tend to use nowadays, looks too dry to me), and I was happy with the probuckers pickup. great video as usual Lucas!
Yes, they do, and that’s cool that you have a few of them. I’m very impressed with the guitars they have been putting out these past few years especially. Thanks again for watching!
These days I would be more inclined to buy an Epiphone than a Gibson, the build quality as head and shoulders above what Gibson turn out! In the late '50s and early '60s my dad played in jazz quartets and knew lots of the old jazz guitarists, he said that in the '30s and '40s they preferred Epiphone archtops over Gibson models, the build quality was better and were better sounding instruments. In Jan 2023 I saw claims online that Epiphone Les pauls were coming with fake Grover Rotomatic tuners on them, I didn't believe it but my friend did, later on I had a slot booked at a local music store to audition some guitars, my friend suggested I try out a few Epiphone Les Pauls and take along a fake Grover tuner that used to be on a Chibson he bought, and so I did, I included 2 Epiphone Les Pauls, they definitely had fake Grovers on them, the Grover text was nowhere near as crisp as on genuine tuners and they had a massive nylon washer on them and the genuine ones had a slim one, they were exactly the same as the Chibson fake Rotomatic that I took with me, I haven't seen any explanation from Epiphone about this, I cant see them purposely fitting fake tuners, maybe their supply chain was infiltrated or maybe some employees were swapping the genuine ones for fakes and selling the real ones. How are the tuners on that Epiphone Lucas?
Hey Andrew. Thanks for watching and your comments. Interesting observations here. The tuners are OK, but probably not genuine Grovers based on my experience with Grovers. I have some Grovers that I bought as replacements for my resonator Guitar, and they are much smoother. I also have some on my 2001 Melancon Stratocaster style, and again much smoother and more sturdy feeling in both cases. I also have a Gibson ES 125 from the early 50s that i’ve been borrowing from a friend of mine. That one has 60s era Grovers that are not quite as solid feeling, they feel a little loose, that’s probably just because they are old. I’ve tried to tighten the screws on those, but they only want to go so far so I’m not gonna push it given the age of the guitar. Despite that though the Guitar is very stable and stays in tune well. The other Grovers, I can recall spending a significant amount of time with are the ones that my father purchased as replacements for his Yamaki acoustic guitar. These are likely from the 80s at some point. They feel very similar to the ones on my Melancon. Wonderful and very stable. I’ve heard a lot about companies purchasing tuners, licensed by Grover, or in someway Grover look-alikes, like the ones you were describing. From what a couple of people have told me who do guitar repair, it seems that Eppiphone has done this for a while. I forgot about this when I was filming, but thanks for the reminder. Makes me wonder when we’re gonna start seeing counterfeit Gotohs on the market, or if we already are. I’m a huge fan of the Gotoh stuff, and I believe I have sourced mine reliably, but all of this does make one wonder.
Awesome video Lucas. Thank you Sir !
Thanks a bunch! Really appreciate that and appreciate you watching
I've never gotten along with the Les Paul shape, but boy do they sound special!
I know what you mean it took me a long time to come around to the LP thing. Now I have an SB 59 by Eastman that I love, as you say, the tone is just amazing. I still find my telecasters and strat style guitars, more comfortable to play, though, especially while sitting down Thanks so much for watching
There are a lot of great guitarists on UA-cam. But none of them make me want to dance like your playing does. Great video. Thank you.
Wow, very, very nice of you to say! I love playing drums so I’m always trying to bring out my inner drummer on the guitar :-)
@ :-) it works. Keep it up Lucas.
John Lee Hooker's tobacco burst Epiphone Sheraton is one of my dream guitars. A friend had an 80's Epi LesPaul copy that was quite impressive for the price, used about $350 in 2008 or so.
Hi Guy. That’s really cool to hear about your friends LP. I don’t think I’ve played and Eppiphone lp from that era. Also interesting that you mentioned John Lee Hookers guitar. When I was a kid I always thought it was a Gibson. Just goes to show you how we are somehow engrained to only consider the big brands by default. Guitar life can be so interesting though when we take a step aside and look at the lesser revered companies. :-)
Had a 2017 Epiphone les paul metallic gold, bought used 350€, it played well, indeed quite light weight, looked cool, nice dark rosewood fretboard (not a fan of indian laurel they tend to use nowadays, looks too dry to me), and I was happy with the probuckers pickup. great video as usual Lucas!
Cool. Yeah, I’m not huge into the Indian laurel thing either. I really don’t mind Pau Ferro though.
Epiphone makes good guitars..I have a few.
Yes, they do, and that’s cool that you have a few of them. I’m very impressed with the guitars they have been putting out these past few years especially. Thanks again for watching!
I think they sound a lot like guitars. Prove me wrong, I dare ya!
Hahaha
These days I would be more inclined to buy an Epiphone than a Gibson, the build quality as head and shoulders above what Gibson turn out!
In the late '50s and early '60s my dad played in jazz quartets and knew lots of the old jazz guitarists, he said that in the '30s and '40s they preferred Epiphone archtops over Gibson models, the build quality was better and were better sounding instruments.
In Jan 2023 I saw claims online that Epiphone Les pauls were coming with fake Grover Rotomatic tuners on them, I didn't believe it but my friend did, later on I had a slot booked at a local music store to audition some guitars, my friend suggested I try out a few Epiphone Les Pauls and take along a fake Grover tuner that used to be on a Chibson he bought, and so I did, I included 2 Epiphone Les Pauls, they definitely had fake Grovers on them, the Grover text was nowhere near as crisp as on genuine tuners and they had a massive nylon washer on them and the genuine ones had a slim one, they were exactly the same as the Chibson fake Rotomatic that I took with me, I haven't seen any explanation from Epiphone about this, I cant see them purposely fitting fake tuners, maybe their supply chain was infiltrated or maybe some employees were swapping the genuine ones for fakes and selling the real ones.
How are the tuners on that Epiphone Lucas?
Hey Andrew. Thanks for watching and your comments. Interesting observations here. The tuners are OK, but probably not genuine Grovers based on my experience with Grovers. I have some Grovers that I bought as replacements for my resonator Guitar, and they are much smoother. I also have some on my 2001 Melancon Stratocaster style, and again much smoother and more sturdy feeling in both cases. I also have a Gibson ES 125 from the early 50s that i’ve been borrowing from a friend of mine. That one has 60s era Grovers that are not quite as solid feeling, they feel a little loose, that’s probably just because they are old. I’ve tried to tighten the screws on those, but they only want to go so far so I’m not gonna push it given the age of the guitar. Despite that though the Guitar is very stable and stays in tune well. The other Grovers, I can recall spending a significant amount of time with are the ones that my father purchased as replacements for his Yamaki acoustic guitar. These are likely from the 80s at some point. They feel very similar to the ones on my Melancon. Wonderful and very stable. I’ve heard a lot about companies purchasing tuners, licensed by Grover, or in someway Grover look-alikes, like the ones you were describing. From what a couple of people have told me who do guitar repair, it seems that Eppiphone has done this for a while. I forgot about this when I was filming, but thanks for the reminder. Makes me wonder when we’re gonna start seeing counterfeit Gotohs on the market, or if we already are. I’m a huge fan of the Gotoh stuff, and I believe I have sourced mine reliably, but all of this does make one wonder.