*60's Les Paul* I just bought the same one from E-bay, looking forward to trying it out. I've owned high-end Gibson Les Pauls in the past, but can't justify paying that kind of money. The older Gibson Les Pauls are becoming like collector muscle cars; they're nice to look at, but not for everyday driving.
I get that you're partly kidding about the weight, but complaining that a Les Paul is heavy is kind of like complaining that there are vegetables in your salad.
I don’t quite agree, a lot of the retro les Paul’s as well as the expensive custom shop ones are close to 8lbs despite having no weight relief. Lower quality Gibson’s and Epiphone’s use “newer growth” mahogany that is much denser and heavier. Having played many les Paul’s from both Gibson and Epiphone, I can confidently say that having a 10lbs+ les Paul is completely obnoxious and downright uncomfortable. 9lbs starts to feel more manageable 8lbs is quite nice, lighter than that is usually because of some form of weight relief (drilling holes behind the maple cap).
@@zaqintosh so how much do these weigh, and is there any way to tell if they've been weight relieved? I dont want to buy a solid body guitar thats had multiple holes of wood drilled out of it 😂 prefer to get what im paying for
Haha yep. Les Pauls SHOULD just be known as heavy. Shit,if your gigging then idk maybe do up a lighter one or harden up and deal with it, stretch and work on posture instead of blaming the tools. Iam very keen on this guitar.
When people demo guitars they should say what amp they are using, what the settings are and if they are using any effects , or if it's just clean channel and dirty channel... and if it's a les Paul knock off you have to include the sustain, other then if it's put together good i think that's the most important to anyone looking into a les Paul type guitar.
It's not a "knock Off" Gibson own Epiphone so this is a genuine more reasonably priced version of the Gibson Les Paul Standard. Some cost cutting of course has to be used but the main saving is building the Guitar out of the US and saving large amount of money on labour. The new Management at Gibson are to be credited with bring out the "Inspired by Gibson" range,
Magnets used (Alnico 2-5?) which magnets are in each pup? Rating of each pup? Which pots? Which caps? Which type of wiring and which size? Chrome or nickel hardware? Lacquer or poly finish? Intonation set in factory or did you set it? Which amp used in demo? Tube or solid state amp? Was it sunny or overcast the day of this demo? Sorry...that’s taking it too far! Just thought I’d ask. 😉
About the headstock: still has the radical string splay between the nut and the tuning posts. Don’t like that. The angle is less than what it is on Gibson’s though so that’s good. I think it’s 13 degrees vs 17 on a Gibson.
Jimmy Paragallo Guitar I’ve got an Epi LP and a couple of SGs with the typical headstock design. Sure they’re nice looking but I do prefer headstock designs that allow the strings to go straight from the nut to the pegs without any crazy angles or tilts. Strat and tele type headstocks. That’s funny though because I don’t own one Fender guitar. Do have a few Kiesel guitars with body and headstock designs similar to teles and strats.
I have a epiphone les Paul standard also except my guitar is left handed like all my eight guitars I have mine going on 15 years or more and it still sounds great
Great review great playing my friend sounded great I just purchased one of these from Guitar Center here in Fort Worth Texas and mine is the bourbon burst keep your videos coming thanks
No dispute. They have an ungraded maple cap with a flamed veneer over that. Epiphone make no secret of that and it has been done by numerous brands for years to keep costs down but give nice aesthetics.
I just bought the bourbon burst. When I adjusted the neck to my liking, the nut of the truss rod was about an inch below the nut on the fret board. Doesn't matter I was able to lower the action to my preference. Wonder if that's normal. I call G.C., ofcourse they said it was. Yes it heavier than my PRS se. Both very good guitars.
nice guitar . all real Les Paul's are heavy. you can get a modern one if you want them to cut wood out for lightness. personally I like it heavy. I have a$ 3000.00 Gibson Les Paul and its heavy to. I also have this same guitar the Epiphone Les Paul 60s in bourbon burst and I love it . paid $635.00 for it and it sounds and looks just as beautiful as my Gibson Les Paul.
I have 60's in bourbon burst. Sound is great fantastic is like Gibson. Easy to play confortable etc... Finish fantastic. Perfect tone for reggae, is my music. Heavy??. maybe, but this significant good wood jjj. 👍🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Great review, best part is your playing, really enjoy hearing your jams. I've now watched reviews for the new Epiphone Les Paul Worn, 50's Standard and now your 60's Standard. Hmmmm, very difficult to decide anything however my biggest concern is QA on frets. Yours is good, but have seen several where frets were a mess. That's really holding me back. Thanks for the review, it's great!
Remember that people like to jump on bandwagons and so are far more likely to post about bad frets than not having a problem just to get views to their video. Also remember these are guitars made from wood, sometimes they can leave the factory with a great setup, but need tweaking when they arrive at the store/customer because of changes in the humidity, temperature etc.
I've had Epiphones of all kinds but I've also had lower end Gibson les Paul's and such but mI always in the hunt for Gibsons ! I just traded a 72 Tele deluxe mim with a fender deluxe hard case and a Epiphone cherry burst les paul with a great hard case for a Gibson special faded SG and I'm so very happy ! I know I'll get my money back if I need too ! And before that I traded straight up a 97 mim black strat with case for a 2000 Gibson sg in antique white and gold trim !! Was I wrong !!?? Thanks !I would still buy me an Epi if a great deals would come about !!
Gotcha. I've been wanting to pull the trigger on some Harley Benton stuff. I just haven't yet. Let us know what you decide to do. I'd appreciate hearing.
Could you explain the difference between the standard and classic epiphone les paul, I'm looking at getting one, but I dont understand the difference. Is one better than the other? Thanks (:
Mainly the pickups stand out as the biggest difference. The Standard 50's and 60's come with a ProBucker 2 in the neck, and ProBucker 3 in the bridge. The ProBuckers are very close to the Gibson BurstBuckers. These ProBuckers are Alnico 2. The Classics come with the Alnico 5. The Claasics also feature coil-splitting, allowing you to basically get single coil respnses from the humbuckers, offering more tonal possibilities. Though some I've known who played the Plus Top Pros found the coil-splitting more of a gimmick than a useful feature. Then again, those I know also have a single coil guitar like a Strat they play, so they don't make use of the coil-splitting very often at all. Personally, I own one of these 2020 Standard 60's in Iced Tea Burst. The review was pretty spot on. There is hardly any downside to this guitar. I kind of like the weight, so really I have no downside at all. The ProBuckers are just amazing for a guitar of this caliber. To get better, you would have to move to Gibsons. The fit and finish are beautiful. It's really hard to believe this is a Made in China guitar. Epiphone really stepped up their game and knocked one out of the park with this model.
My Epiphone LP Custom from 20 or so years ago looks much like this, it's a pretty sunburst with nice finish and good fret ends and all the measurements are nearly the same (20.4 23.4 43.o 52.0 56.2) it is almost 10 pounds too (too heavy) and it has a major scary crack on the back of the neck between the first and second fret. The only way I would ever buy another is if first it weighed less and was more comfortable, less square edges, and if you could promise me it wouldn't break in half.
Well if your only.complaint is the weight dont buy the 60s or 50s buy the les paul modern as it has weight releif im pretty sure gibson 60s les pauls were close to 10lbs
Great review, First one I've seen where the electronics are actually shown. I was definitely curious as to whether the pots were CTS branded mini's or full size. You also cleared up the question of short or long neck tenon on the 60's by pulling the pickup. Also nice to see a decent thickness for the cap ( flame veneer aside)
I just purchased one of the new sg standard '61 vintage cherry models, some of the best fret work I've ever seen on mine. I actually lowered the action below factory specs a little, no buzz at all, no truss rod adjustment needed. I commented on that vid you mention also. There is no filler between the body and the binding, the stain runs up about 1/64" onto the binding (just like on my neck), he should have looked closer before making that comment, that is not filler. Mine is totally a keeper, workmanship is over the top good. Shockingly good to be honest. I like a hotter pick up, but this thing sounds so good I'm not gonna change em, just crank up the gain a little more =P Sorry to here that other vid had a poor neck, mine is flawless.
@@LostMyMojo100 Lucas Fowler does one on a Gold top, at least 9 frets had to be fixed! Also on "The trogly's guitar show" channel he just bought a whole bunch of the new Epiphones and he is going to be reviewing them all, he also sells them for a little lower than the brand new price if you see one you want. Trogly is fast becoming none of the premiere Gibson channels, he takes them apart as well as playing demo's. In his first unboxing video of 5 of the new Epiphones he ordered, 4 of them had fret issues!! Lucas also did one on the new Epiphone Explorer and it had no fret issues. So that's 7 and only 2 seem OK, not a good average huh?
@@alabamahebrew ... Thanks for replying Ron. I saw Trogly's video last night. I'll check out Fowlers today. I'm a Strat guy and I have a very nice Ibanez Destroyer with DiMarzio's. I've been thinking about getting a Les Paul and I refuse to pay for an over priced Gibson. I figured if I get a structurally sound Epiphone I could always throw a set of Pearly Gates in there if I wasn't happy with the sound. I'll just wait and cherry pick until I find the right one. I saw a video about Japanese made Greco LP's where the guy said the QC was very good. I'm in no rush so I'll shop around... Thanks!
I got the Les Paul Classic a week ago. I played 3 of them in the store. None had dead notes, or fretbuzz, but fretends were a bit too sharp for my liking. Nothing dramatic, but certainly a point that needs to be adressed if you like them smooth. Other than that, quality control seemed fine on all 3 of them otherwise.
That doesn't look like what's advertising on the new 2020 inspired by Gibson epiphone guitars there's supposed to be cts wiring harness and 50s wiring but that didn't look like either.
Same I am so annoyed because I just can’t make a desion I personally think the volume and tone nobs plus the Grover tuners look better on the 60s but the overall look of the 50s is better
I've been looking at this and the modern but I have heard a lot of horror stories about the fret work qc. Has anyone bought one recently? Has it gotten better?
@@sonicliberation I put some PRS locking tuners on my Custom 24 SE assuming it would need it but and stays in tune great, but I have left the stock tuners on my Standard SE and it actually stays in tune just as good. Maybe I got lucky, I don't know, but I'm actually happy with the stock ones. I agree about the nut, I did not change mine but I did take some nut slotting files to both of them as they were binding the strings. As for the pups, I go back and forth. I'm lucky enough to have a lot of guitars and kind of like having more choices when it comes to tone. They sound pretty good, could be better though but then it would sound like one of my other guitars.
@John Smith I think my Custom 24 SE Laurel Burl limited edition is one of the best looking guitars out there, but I care more about the feel and tone than anyway. I'd rather play guitar than look at them, but that's just me.
@John Smith I bet you pick football teams based on their uniforms too, dipshit. I have Epiphones, Gibsons, Fenders and PRS guitars. I like them all. Just making a valid point that fretwork on Epiphones are a joke. Kind of like you.
As a newcomer to your channel, here's something I'd like to know. do you always buy one of these guitars just long enough to leave a review like this, then try to sell it? How many have you purchased, reviewed and sold? Have you kept one ever?
Thanks Eric. I started doing the review thing last year. On average, one review every two months. I'd like to do more this year. The longest I kept one was a year, the shortest was 1-2 months maybe. This is my first batch of Epiphones though. Right now the one I'm keeping is a Squier Tele (Red Sparkle) haha. I bought it for fun and to review, about 5 months ago, but right now I'm just digging it and haven't even gotten around to the review. Let's see what happens...
The neck your describing sounds like the neck on an Epiphone SG I have. Amazing guitar but that’s how I feel about the neck m not that it’s a bad thing. It is different though.
Maple tends to be heavy. I think it sounds well, although I must say honestly I didn’t like much your EQ, but yet seems to be functional. Nice demo, thanks!
Im curious about these epiphones. But everyone pays for a real standard because they feel, and sound 10x better. For years epiphone has felt and looked like junk compared to gibson. Unlike fender. A classic vibe tele and a real USA 50s or 60s teles. Are all great guitars lol. Its crazy . gibson over charges compares to how much it costs to build one of their guitars. I have never understood why its so hard for them to make a great midrange guitar. If gibson charged 1300$ per les paul standard they would still be making money. But they have a lot of people in the process to pay. So im guessing it prob costs 300$ to build an epiphone.
I bet you a Million $$$$$$$ That you could send every part of a USA Gibson to the Epiphone plant and have them make one and they will sound different! Gibson allows Epiphone to make a LP guitar that looks very similar except for one thing...….Pickup placement. Epiphones always sound a bit muddier than a real Gibson. It's because the pickups are slightly moved toward the neck. If you look close at pics you can see it very easily especially at the bridge. Larger gap between bridge pup and bridge on the Epiphone. Gibson does the same thing on the Studio models. It's just not as much compared to the Epiphone. So, in other words the more expensive the guitar the closer to the bridge the pickups are.
@Adir Iakya Yes, the tone wood is not a huge difference over all but it is there. The higher gain players may never notice it. I have owned identical guitars even down to the same color and could hear a difference. It is not just the species of wood but just a different piece can sound different. My belief is that most of that difference is in the neck wood. I have a high end Ibanez guitar that I wore the frets down on. So, I found another neck on Ebay that had good frets and put that one on. It didn't sound the same. It lost some mojo. I sent the original neck off to have the frets replaced. As soon as I put that original neck back on, there it was, the mojo was back! BTW, I am not knocking on Epiphone guitars. If you find a good one then great! I use to own an Epi LP custom. It sounded and played very well. Only thing I didn't like about it was that I could feel the frets wearing out with every vibrato/bend. I currently own 3 Gibson LPs ( Traditional, Classic and Studio). They each have their own thing going. For vintage LP tones the Traditional does that very well. For classic rock to hard rock the Classic is the winner and for metal on an LP, the Studio with it's bridge pup closer to the neck does that excellently.
Lol, "it's heavy" - Umm yeah, 60's style... yup it would be heavy! If it wasn't then it wouldn't actually be a 60's style right? I have three 10 + pound Les Paul's, I don't see what all the fuss is about, lol then again I only play sitting down. I really want the new Custom in white but since it's a 50's style there is no maple cap, just a solid mahogany body, with carved top of course. I think I would really miss the maple so I am hesitant on getting it. Plus all of the fret issues these are seeming to have is also making me a bit leery, I can fix high frets if I needed to, but I shouldn't have to on a brand new guitar!
Great comments! Thanks Ron. I've heard about some of the fret issues on these. Happy that I didn't come across them in this example. I have a few more things on the way from Epiphone, so we'll see how consistent they are when it comes to quality. I agree with you, I don't really like working on a new guitar when we pay these prices. I'm prepared to when I buy a cheap project, but not on something like this.
@@mikebaird6788 100% walnut! Wow yeah that would be heavy but beautiful!! I want to make my own guitar one of these days. I haven't decided on the wood species yet but when I do I think I am going to go with a design like an Explorer or an Iceman. I like those body styles and I wouldn't have to try and get the top carved just right if I was to try an d make a Les Paul style lol.
Ron Just Ron Hills isn't carved top but his dad made it in his basement has all the equipment and bought all the stencils and all of the necessary things like that
Ron Just Ron they say walnut has a real bright sound and it sure did sound like that but I work at a sawmill anyway as a security guard so I have access to a lot of Walnut that's thrown away that could still be usable
they will never ever put a Gibson headstock on an epiphone for the main simple reason that there will be unscrupulous people out there getting Gibson headstock veneer is putting on Epiphone Zen trying to sell them as Gibson
@@mikebaird6788 Your wrong Mike, Epiphone was producing Les Pauls some years ago with the Gibson open book headstocks. I believe they were the models made in Japan, but I'm not 100% sure of their origin of manufacture. If you follow some of the boards you will see them pop up from time to time. Unfortunately, Gibson has still not completely pulled their heads out of their a$$es.
*60's Les Paul* I just bought the same one from E-bay, looking forward to trying it out. I've owned high-end Gibson Les Pauls in the past, but can't justify paying that kind of money. The older Gibson Les Pauls are becoming like collector muscle cars; they're nice to look at, but not for everyday driving.
I get that you're partly kidding about the weight, but complaining that a Les Paul is heavy is kind of like complaining that there are vegetables in your salad.
That is funny!!!!
I don’t quite agree, a lot of the retro les Paul’s as well as the expensive custom shop ones are close to 8lbs despite having no weight relief. Lower quality Gibson’s and Epiphone’s use “newer growth” mahogany that is much denser and heavier. Having played many les Paul’s from both Gibson and Epiphone, I can confidently say that having a 10lbs+ les Paul is completely obnoxious and downright uncomfortable. 9lbs starts to feel more manageable 8lbs is quite nice, lighter than that is usually because of some form of weight relief (drilling holes behind the maple cap).
@@zaqintosh so how much do these weigh, and is there any way to tell if they've been weight relieved? I dont want to buy a solid body guitar thats had multiple holes of wood drilled out of it 😂 prefer to get what im paying for
Right!
Haha yep. Les Pauls SHOULD just be known as heavy. Shit,if your gigging then idk maybe do up a lighter one or harden up and deal with it, stretch and work on posture instead of blaming the tools.
Iam very keen on this guitar.
When people demo guitars they should say what amp they are using, what the settings are and if they are using any effects , or if it's just clean channel and dirty channel... and if it's a les Paul knock off you have to include the sustain, other then if it's put together good i think that's the most important to anyone looking into a les Paul type guitar.
It's not a "knock Off" Gibson own Epiphone so this is a genuine more reasonably priced version of the Gibson Les Paul Standard. Some cost cutting of course has to be used but the main saving is building the Guitar out of the US and saving large amount of money on labour. The new Management at Gibson are to be credited with bring out the "Inspired by Gibson" range,
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I realize this is rather old but,..Great comment. You are a person that gets it.
Probably the best review I've seen for this guitar. Well done.
This is the kind of guitar review that is lacking elsewhere on the internet.
i also thought it was top notch....
I bought the Classic honey burst. It’s fucking awesome 👍🏻
Magnets used (Alnico 2-5?) which magnets are in each pup? Rating of each pup? Which pots? Which caps? Which type of wiring and which size? Chrome or nickel hardware? Lacquer or poly finish? Intonation set in factory or did you set it? Which amp used in demo? Tube or solid state amp? Was it sunny or overcast the day of this demo? Sorry...that’s taking it too far! Just thought I’d ask. 😉
About the headstock: still has the radical string splay between the nut and the tuning posts. Don’t like that. The angle is less than what it is on Gibson’s though so that’s good. I think it’s 13 degrees vs 17 on a Gibson.
Great points, thanks for that Rick
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I’ve got an Epi LP and a couple of SGs with the typical headstock design. Sure they’re nice looking but I do prefer headstock designs that allow the strings to go straight from the nut to the pegs without any crazy angles or tilts. Strat and tele type headstocks. That’s funny though because I don’t own one Fender guitar. Do have a few Kiesel guitars with body and headstock designs similar to teles and strats.
Yeah ,, even with the old kalamazoo head they still look like canoe paddles to me.
All Epiphone Les Pauls have a 14 degree headstock.
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Ok, thanks. And Gibson’s are 17 degrees.
Thand for the measurements of the neck part. Nobody else says it...
I have a epiphone les Paul standard also except my guitar is left handed like all my eight guitars I have mine going on 15 years or more and it still sounds great
That's great to hear. Thanks for sharing Eddie!
Thanks for the great review! Exactly the info I was looking for.
Thanks John. Glad you found it useful
Dude. Very nice playing. Brothers in tone. Rock on.
Great review great playing my friend sounded great I just purchased one of these from Guitar Center here in Fort Worth Texas and mine is the bourbon burst keep your videos coming thanks
"It's heavy" compared to an SG, but it's light as a feather compared to a 50's tribute. I love Les Pauls, but my #1 love is SG.
Great review! Seems to be a dispute as to whether these have real maple caps or just veneers. Thanks for clearing it up! Subscribed.
The Epi 50's and 60"s inspired by Gibson LP standards all have real maple caps. The Customs, Specials, and Juniors are all mahogany.
No dispute. They have an ungraded maple cap with a flamed veneer over that. Epiphone make no secret of that and it has been done by numerous brands for years to keep costs down but give nice aesthetics.
I just bought the bourbon burst. When I adjusted the neck to my liking, the nut of the truss rod was about an inch below the nut on the fret board. Doesn't matter I was able to lower the action to my preference. Wonder if that's normal. I call G.C., ofcourse they said it was. Yes it heavier than my PRS se. Both very good guitars.
Thanks for posting this review. Now we know who you are. 😎🤘
where i can get your backing track?
nice guitar . all real Les Paul's are heavy. you can get a modern one if you want them to cut wood out for lightness. personally I like it heavy. I have a$ 3000.00 Gibson Les Paul and its heavy to. I also have this same guitar the Epiphone Les Paul 60s in bourbon burst and I love it . paid $635.00 for it and it sounds and looks just as beautiful as my Gibson Les Paul.
Thanks for sharing!
I have 60's in bourbon burst. Sound is great fantastic is like Gibson. Easy to play confortable etc... Finish fantastic. Perfect tone for reggae, is my music. Heavy??. maybe, but this significant good wood jjj. 👍🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Jamaican man love wood eh.
Great review, best part is your playing, really enjoy hearing your jams. I've now watched reviews for the new Epiphone Les Paul Worn, 50's Standard and now your 60's Standard. Hmmmm, very difficult to decide anything however my biggest concern is QA on frets. Yours is good, but have seen several where frets were a mess. That's really holding me back. Thanks for the review, it's great!
There were some so high on the frets the B and E came choked out from the factory lol
Remember that people like to jump on bandwagons and so are far more likely to post about bad frets than not having a problem just to get views to their video. Also remember these are guitars made from wood, sometimes they can leave the factory with a great setup, but need tweaking when they arrive at the store/customer because of changes in the humidity, temperature etc.
I've had Epiphones of all kinds but I've also had lower end Gibson les Paul's and such but mI always in the hunt for Gibsons ! I just traded a 72 Tele deluxe mim with a fender deluxe hard case and a Epiphone cherry burst les paul with a great hard case for a Gibson special faded SG and I'm so very happy ! I know I'll get my money back if I need too ! And before that I traded straight up a 97 mim black strat with case for a 2000 Gibson sg in antique white and gold trim !! Was I wrong !!?? Thanks !I would still buy me an Epi if a great deals would come about !!
Thanks for sharing Anthony
Who would trade a $350 mim strat for a $900 Gibson SG? Found a real sucker there.
Very good and honest demo. It is a very good guitar in 2021 as well. 🤗👍
Awesome review thank about weigth and messurements.
I tried this and the other Epiphone 2020 models - they are and look great - any issue with "staying in tune " ? Thanks for the video - Mauro
Nice playing. Well thought demo appreciate the details of what’s inside too. Really helps everyone make a more informed decision. I subbed too thanks
Thank you John
Gracias por la Review, magnifica Guitarra
un saludo
Nice guitar il be buying the iced tea , might throw some seymour duncan seths in there
I was about to purchase a Harley Benton SC-550, but now can’t decide since the headstock has been changed and other changes.
Gotcha. I've been wanting to pull the trigger on some Harley Benton stuff. I just haven't yet. Let us know what you decide to do. I'd appreciate hearing.
Well , Matt what did you ever do and Jimmy what about you , did you ever get any Harley Benton’s ?
Was that the Bourbon Burst or Iced Tea. Nice playing!! Stop putting yourself down, you kicked ass.
Out of the standard, custom or modern which one do think is the best guitar to get?
Could you explain the difference between the standard and classic epiphone les paul, I'm looking at getting one, but I dont understand the difference. Is one better than the other? Thanks (:
Mainly the pickups stand out as the biggest difference. The Standard 50's and 60's come with a ProBucker 2 in the neck, and ProBucker 3 in the bridge. The ProBuckers are very close to the Gibson BurstBuckers. These ProBuckers are Alnico 2.
The Classics come with the Alnico 5. The Claasics also feature coil-splitting, allowing you to basically get single coil respnses from the humbuckers, offering more tonal possibilities. Though some I've known who played the Plus Top Pros found the coil-splitting more of a gimmick than a useful feature. Then again, those I know also have a single coil guitar like a Strat they play, so they don't make use of the coil-splitting very often at all.
Personally, I own one of these 2020 Standard 60's in Iced Tea Burst. The review was pretty spot on. There is hardly any downside to this guitar. I kind of like the weight, so really I have no downside at all. The ProBuckers are just amazing for a guitar of this caliber. To get better, you would have to move to Gibsons. The fit and finish are beautiful. It's really hard to believe this is a Made in China guitar. Epiphone really stepped up their game and knocked one out of the park with this model.
Nice video Jimmy great playing 👍🏼
So tone is really affected by guitar volume and tone knobs...where are the settings for these when showing the "tone"? Curious.
Just found your channel,Great review.Can you tell me the difference between this and the classic please?
My Epiphone LP Custom from 20 or so years ago looks much like this, it's a pretty sunburst with nice finish and good fret ends and all the measurements are nearly the same (20.4 23.4 43.o 52.0 56.2) it is almost 10 pounds too (too heavy) and it has a major scary crack on the back of the neck between the first and second fret. The only way I would ever buy another is if first it weighed less and was more comfortable, less square edges, and if you could promise me it wouldn't break in half.
Epiphone les Paul modern in burgundy
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What do I do about my new standard 60s braking strings on tail bridge .123rd strings are braking
Great job on this jimmy
Nice job. Respect from Mexico.
Well if your only.complaint is the weight dont buy the 60s or 50s buy the les paul modern as it has weight releif im pretty sure gibson 60s les pauls were close to 10lbs
Hey jimmy can you please share what song we’re you playing at the end ? I’d love to get tabs for it please !!!
What is the fingerboard wood? Looks too dark for pau ferro. Indian Laurel?
Great review, First one I've seen where the electronics are actually shown. I was definitely curious as to whether the pots were CTS branded mini's or full size. You also cleared up the question of short or long neck tenon on the 60's by pulling the pickup. Also nice to see a decent thickness for the cap ( flame veneer aside)
This is the "transitional" tenon, no? Seems to be "long" on the 50s series.
How were the frets? I saw one review where the guy was really bashing the fret work.
I just purchased one of the new sg standard '61 vintage cherry models, some of the best fret work I've ever seen on mine. I actually lowered the action below factory specs a little, no buzz at all, no truss rod adjustment needed. I commented on that vid you mention also. There is no filler between the body and the binding, the stain runs up about 1/64" onto the binding (just like on my neck), he should have looked closer before making that comment, that is not filler. Mine is totally a keeper, workmanship is over the top good. Shockingly good to be honest. I like a hotter pick up, but this thing sounds so good I'm not gonna change em, just crank up the gain a little more =P
Sorry to here that other vid had a poor neck, mine is flawless.
Which review? I'm looking for reviews on this guitar...
@@LostMyMojo100 Lucas Fowler does one on a Gold top, at least 9 frets had to be fixed!
Also on "The trogly's guitar show" channel he just bought a whole bunch of the new Epiphones and he is going to be reviewing them all, he also sells them for a little lower than the brand new price if you see one you want. Trogly is fast becoming none of the premiere Gibson channels, he takes them apart as well as playing demo's. In his first unboxing video of 5 of the new Epiphones he ordered, 4 of them had fret issues!! Lucas also did one on the new Epiphone Explorer and it had no fret issues. So that's 7 and only 2 seem OK, not a good average huh?
@@alabamahebrew ... Thanks for replying Ron. I saw Trogly's video last night. I'll check out Fowlers today. I'm a Strat guy and I have a very nice Ibanez Destroyer with DiMarzio's. I've been thinking about getting a Les Paul and I refuse to pay for an over priced Gibson. I figured if I get a structurally sound Epiphone I could always throw a set of Pearly Gates in there if I wasn't happy with the sound. I'll just wait and cherry pick until I find the right one. I saw a video about Japanese made Greco LP's where the guy said the QC was very good. I'm in no rush so I'll shop around... Thanks!
I got the Les Paul Classic a week ago. I played 3 of them in the store. None had dead notes, or fretbuzz, but fretends were a bit too sharp for my liking. Nothing dramatic, but certainly a point that needs to be adressed if you like them smooth. Other than that, quality control seemed fine on all 3 of them otherwise.
Got one in bourbon burst great guitar.
That Epiphone has the 50s wiring? Or is the modern wiring?
That doesn't look like what's advertising on the new 2020 inspired by Gibson epiphone guitars there's supposed to be cts wiring harness and 50s wiring but that didn't look like either.
The 60s havr modern wiring the 50s have the long tenon n 50s wiring
Great review man! What color is this Epi? I would like to get one. I am debating whether to get the '50s or the '60s..
Same I am so annoyed because I just can’t make a desion I personally think the volume and tone nobs plus the Grover tuners look better on the 60s but the overall look of the 50s is better
This is the Iced Tea coloring
rad review Jimmy! by the way, is this the 'Iced Tea' finish?
also does the 60s has thinner neck profile than of the 50s?
Yes the 60's is a slimmer neck.
Yes this is the ice tea finish I believe.
Good playing yes
Good review. Nice chops. That's a solid guitar...yes, I saw what you did there.
Great in depth review by a very good player, no sales pitch.
I've been looking at this and the modern but I have heard a lot of horror stories about the fret work qc. Has anyone bought one recently? Has it gotten better?
Did you ever purchased one? How is it?
@@lapk78 I just purchased a 50s, even and level frets, just needed a fret polishing and a deep cleaning on the board.
Great guitar and playing
Everything but the dipped in plastic looking finish seems spot on to me.
Poly is quick ,cheap and a very durable finish. You can take some fine sand paper and matt the finish on the neck and it won't be as slick.
@@russellesimonetta3835 0000 steel wool works great too for this.
Thinking about getting one of the new epiphones. Has anybody bought 1? Which model and what's your opinion?
Yeah also looking to buy one but in bourbon
Better off with a PRS Standard 24 SE for $500 new. Better quality and doesn't need fret leveling right off the bat.
I would still change the pickups, tuners and nut on an SE.
@@sonicliberation I put some PRS locking tuners on my Custom 24 SE assuming it would need it but and stays in tune great, but I have left the stock tuners on my Standard SE and it actually stays in tune just as good. Maybe I got lucky, I don't know, but I'm actually happy with the stock ones. I agree about the nut, I did not change mine but I did take some nut slotting files to both of them as they were binding the strings. As for the pups, I go back and forth. I'm lucky enough to have a lot of guitars and kind of like having more choices when it comes to tone. They sound pretty good, could be better though but then it would sound like one of my other guitars.
@John Smith I think my Custom 24 SE Laurel Burl limited edition is one of the best looking guitars out there, but I care more about the feel and tone than anyway. I'd rather play guitar than look at them, but that's just me.
@John Smith I bet you pick football teams based on their uniforms too, dipshit. I have Epiphones, Gibsons, Fenders and PRS guitars. I like them all. Just making a valid point that fretwork on Epiphones are a joke. Kind of like you.
Two completely different guitars.
What amp are you using?
What are you playing into? I like the bright, biting tone that you've got here. Sounds like it might be all digital.
On point. This was all through a Line 6 Helix LT
As a newcomer to your channel, here's something I'd like to know. do you always buy one of these guitars just long enough to leave a review like this, then try to sell it? How many have you purchased, reviewed and sold? Have you kept one ever?
Thanks Eric. I started doing the review thing last year. On average, one review every two months. I'd like to do more this year. The longest I kept one was a year, the shortest was 1-2 months maybe. This is my first batch of Epiphones though.
Right now the one I'm keeping is a Squier Tele (Red Sparkle) haha. I bought it for fun and to review, about 5 months ago, but right now I'm just digging it and haven't even gotten around to the review. Let's see what happens...
This or a Gibson Les Paul tribute 2019?
Any gibson will sound better then epiphone and any fender will sound better then squier
I'd get this instead of a studio or a tribute, at least if you plan to buy it new. I will probably sell my LP studio after getting the 50s standard.
I don't know, I like a heavy guitar. They feel more guitar-ie. :)
Does the 60's have a long neck tenon I just ordered a Ebony from sweetwater
No mine doesnt but neither do current Standards from Gibson
Does the neck have the flatness on it that I’ve felt with other Epiphones?
The neck your describing sounds like the neck on an Epiphone SG I have. Amazing guitar but that’s how I feel about the neck m not that it’s a bad thing. It is different though.
Nice Les Paul. Great review.
Thanks Joseph
50’ or 60’s?
Maple tends to be heavy. I think it sounds well, although I must say honestly I didn’t like much your EQ, but yet seems to be functional. Nice demo, thanks!
Does this one have a solid neck or a scarf joint ??
The 50s I got has a scarf joint between neck and headstock.
I will buy it, if the price is right, how much ?
aunt jenifer $599.
Aquí video en español de la gibson!
Long or short neck tenon?
Short. The 50’s standard has the long tenon
What's the price?
About $600 US...
heavy... perhaps something is wrong with the earth’s gravitational pull...
An Italian like me alright I'm from New York originally I live now in west coast of Florida
Right on Eddie - where from in NY?
@@JimmyParagalloGuitar I was born in long island city NY I lived younger years in queens later years in port jefferson long island NY
It would be difficult to complain about this guitar at $650 it truly is a bargain considering how the Fender player plus Tele is $1,099 😐
I hate the new headstock.
I think it looks good in person, not so much in pictures.
Esta linda pero me quedo con mi epi std pro.
Gibson should be worried, why would anyone pay 3 times the price for the same end product!
Im curious about these epiphones. But everyone pays for a real standard because they feel, and sound 10x better. For years epiphone has felt and looked like junk compared to gibson. Unlike fender. A classic vibe tele and a real USA 50s or 60s teles. Are all great guitars lol. Its crazy . gibson over charges compares to how much it costs to build one of their guitars. I have never understood why its so hard for them to make a great midrange guitar. If gibson charged 1300$ per les paul standard they would still be making money. But they have a lot of people in the process to pay. So im guessing it prob costs 300$ to build an epiphone.
I bet you a Million $$$$$$$ That you could send every part of a USA Gibson to the Epiphone plant and have them make one and they will sound different! Gibson allows Epiphone to make a LP guitar that looks very similar except for one thing...….Pickup placement. Epiphones always sound a bit muddier than a real Gibson. It's because the pickups are slightly moved toward the neck. If you look close at pics you can see it very easily especially at the bridge. Larger gap between bridge pup and bridge on the Epiphone. Gibson does the same thing on the Studio models. It's just not as much compared to the Epiphone. So, in other words the more expensive the guitar the closer to the bridge the pickups are.
@Adir Iakya Of course I do! I have played long enough and have enough experience to know better.
@Adir Iakya Yes, the tone wood is not a huge difference over all but it is there. The higher gain players may never notice it. I have owned identical guitars even down to the same color and could hear a difference. It is not just the species of wood but just a different piece can sound different. My belief is that most of that difference is in the neck wood. I have a high end Ibanez guitar that I wore the frets down on. So, I found another neck on Ebay that had good frets and put that one on. It didn't sound the same. It lost some mojo. I sent the original neck off to have the frets replaced. As soon as I put that original neck back on, there it was, the mojo was back! BTW, I am not knocking on Epiphone guitars. If you find a good one then great! I use to own an Epi LP custom. It sounded and played very well. Only thing I didn't like about it was that I could feel the frets wearing out with every vibrato/bend. I currently own 3 Gibson LPs ( Traditional, Classic and Studio). They each have their own thing going. For vintage LP tones the Traditional does that very well. For classic rock to hard rock the Classic is the winner and for metal on an LP, the Studio with it's bridge pup closer to the neck does that excellently.
Adir Iakya I’d say you would notice it more with an acoustic guitar. So many other things factor into the tone of an electric
Les Pauls are traditionally heavy.
Lol, "it's heavy" - Umm yeah, 60's style... yup it would be heavy! If it wasn't then it wouldn't actually be a 60's style right? I have three 10 + pound Les Paul's, I don't see what all the fuss is about, lol then again I only play sitting down. I really want the new Custom in white but since it's a 50's style there is no maple cap, just a solid mahogany body, with carved top of course. I think I would really miss the maple so I am hesitant on getting it. Plus all of the fret issues these are seeming to have is also making me a bit leery, I can fix high frets if I needed to, but I shouldn't have to on a brand new guitar!
Great comments! Thanks Ron. I've heard about some of the fret issues on these. Happy that I didn't come across them in this example. I have a few more things on the way from Epiphone, so we'll see how consistent they are when it comes to quality.
I agree with you, I don't really like working on a new guitar when we pay these prices. I'm prepared to when I buy a cheap project, but not on something like this.
A friend of mine song dad made him a custom Les Paul from scratch at home made out of 100% Walnut it weighed 15 pounds so I guess that's a light
@@mikebaird6788 100% walnut! Wow yeah that would be heavy but beautiful!! I want to make my own guitar one of these days. I haven't decided on the wood species yet but when I do I think I am going to go with a design like an Explorer or an Iceman. I like those body styles and I wouldn't have to try and get the top carved just right if I was to try an d make a Les Paul style lol.
Ron Just Ron Hills isn't carved top but his dad made it in his basement has all the equipment and bought all the stencils and all of the necessary things like that
Ron Just Ron they say walnut has a real bright sound and it sure did sound like that but I work at a sawmill anyway as a security guard so I have access to a lot of Walnut that's thrown away that could still be usable
Way too heavy for me.
I hear you
Sounds edgy.
The head stock is still ugly because its too big and fat. Just put the Gibson head stock on these Epiphones already.
That would be cool for sure
they will never ever put a Gibson headstock on an epiphone for the main simple reason that there will be unscrupulous people out there getting Gibson headstock veneer is putting on Epiphone Zen trying to sell them as Gibson
@@mikebaird6788 Your wrong Mike, Epiphone was producing Les Pauls some years ago with the Gibson open book headstocks. I believe they were the models made in Japan, but I'm not 100% sure of their origin of manufacture. If you follow some of the boards you will see them pop up from time to time. Unfortunately, Gibson has still not completely pulled their heads out of their a$$es.
macaholic100 Orville by Gibson has the open book headstock.
I don't know who you are