We should talk about Matt Heafy's Epiphone Origins Les Paul Customs (ft. Matt Heafy of Trivium)
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We should talk about Matt Heafy's Epiphone Origins Les Paul Customs (ft. Matt Heafy of Trivium)
![Rig Rundown: Trivium's Matt Heafy & Corey Beaulieu [2022]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CJJ5RLnLdHQ/mqdefault.jpg)
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Serious question, though: favorite Trivium album?
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The Crusade, I love Anthem.
The sin and the sentence is a rly good one
Ascendancy
can I say Ascendancy without being nostalgic or falling into an elder millennial stereotype?
Ascendancy or in wave
THANK YOU SO MUCH MY FRIEND!
Mad props Matt being so accessible for others to work with because we can get awesome tracks like this and it shows you care. We need more genuine people like you. This is one reason I’ll be looking to get the white 6 string when available!
Thank you for thinking of us lefties! Especially those 7’s!!!
Agreed with trevor. Thanks for thinking of us lefties. Will pick up one soon
Thanks for making these available lefty! I'm ecstatic to pick one of these up.
MATT!!
The fact that Hunter can reach out to his personal guitar hero for a collab just makes me love Matt even more. Finally got to see Trivium live for the first time a few months back and it was SO worth the wait!!
I've seen them twice once with the original drummer . Got.to meet them. Ad got some autographs .... lost my ticket but I got laminate still
what a blazing solo!!!!
I appreciate Matt making sure they came lefty in all variations, as a lefty it’s hard to find signature models of artists I like that I can actually play
i feel your pain. i get sad looking at all the stephen carpenter ltd 7 strings not be lefty
Hunter: demos Matt Heafy’s signature guitar
Matt: agrees to guest solo
Also Matt: *doesn’t use signature guitar in solo*
they mention why at 12:30
My halfie radar is usually pretty strong (half Asian), but I absolutely did not clock you being another halfie. Good stuff. Also just joined the single cut family with a Gibson LP studio!
The Les Paul Supreme has an oversized input jack cover that opens up to a decently sized hole to access electronics.
That "It's not Corey but it'll do I guess" joke was so god damned funny.
when I save up im gonna get a white 6 for drop c#
Achieving a duel solo with the man himself is a hell of an achievement. Unlocked with honor my friend. Well done. Matt is absolutely the best in the world. Cheers
So glad to finally see your thought's on this one! I got a 6-string bone white one at release and it is the best playing guitar I've ever owned. It makes me not want to play any of my others. LOVE IT.
Mate that remastered analogy blew my mind, spot on!
Tbh iam just here for demo track. Did not dispoint 🔥💯🤯
I think that this is one of my favorite videos yet. This one was really fun.
Bro, it sounds like it's just out of ascendancy, and the fact that Matt was willing to do this with you just makes me love him 10 times more
Totally understood the "traveling" thing. One of the riffs in the song Ascendacy made me think why do they feel like going all over the fretboard.
Because they are ”ascending” 😁
“Man, I am just green with jealous rage right now.”
trivium, and especially Matt has inspired-me to move on from acoustic guitar to electric and take learning metal seriously. I wish that the accessibility of this type of gear will one day extend to accessible interfaces for people who may have to interact with their setup through other means such as assistive technology, but Rome was not built in a day. Thank you Hunter for putting out this video and for personally responding to me on Patreon. You are one classy dude.
Dude been following your channel for a while now kick ass stuff thorough reviews all around just keep doing what you’re doing bro thank you keep them chopped fresh brother
Sick demo Hunter! Mind blown. Insanely awesome! Also pretty freaking hilarious collab. This, again, shows how humble Matt Heafy is…mad respect to both of you! ❤️🤘🏻
Such an awesome track man! Trivium has been my favorite band since 2006. That's so cool that you two talk and collaborate. Love your content man.
I was shipped and internationally from Sweetwater a product that did not arrive?? Today with zero fuss they sent me a replacement :-)
Discord gang
Great review and one of the best demo's ever!! Keep the heavy riffs coming!
8:01 Frida was pretty sure it wasn't in the scale
Joking aside, that has to be one of the tastiest demo tracks you've made, and that Matt contributed so much is beyond fucking sick. Great stuff, mate
idk what it is but i just like to hear you talk and hear your opinions cuz i always agree with you lol, luv u, keep it uuuuppp
Bro you literally got Matt on the vid! So sick
Beautiful guitar! Great jam too!
I have the white 6. It’s awesome, I love it! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Nice! The white one looks so classy, I’ve got one of the white 7s on backorder
I am also 100% on the MKH Explorer bandwagon. 🤘🏼
I love how it looks. All of my other guitars are black. So, it’s a nice change of pace.
I've tried for 30 years to like actives but the full sound of voice 2 will always reign supreme to me.
Transforming yourself into Matt for that sick solo was the best part of the video.
So good!! I've just bought this guitar except in white! Can't wait to play it! Those Fishman P/us are fantastic, so many tone options! Great playing and demo, Thanks!!
Hopefully getting my lefty version from sweetwater in november!! Christmas can't come sooner...
Picking up my ebony 7-string version, today. So excited.
Been waiting for your review- just ordered it in white. And Matt seems like an awesome guy.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Trivium is one of my favourite bands of all-time, Matt is a super-cool, talented, down-to-earth guy, but that price tag is ridiculous compared to the Epiphone Prophecy series, which are amazing. There are a few upsides, like the fact you can get a seven-string Origin, but for a Fishman-loaded guitar, the Prophecy series just seems a better deal. I think this is largely influenced by the fact that I had the O.G. Epiphone Matt Heafy LP and it was like $650. Still a very cool series of guitars and nothing but love for Matt and the band, but after all the time waiting for these, I was slightly disappointed by the price tag. Also, In Waves is by far my favourite Trivium album, followed by Shogun and Ascendancy. I also have a soft spot for The Crusade. The new albums have also been amazing. It's hard to choose which ones are "best" as they're all great. Nostalgia rules, though!
Seems like the extra $$$ is basically for the case. I've got a Prophecy, and I love it, but I'm intrigued by the 22 frets (I don't solo) and the different neck shape. Meh, it's probably splitting hairs (although that black/gold is f-ing sexy). Damn, I want to go play!
@@CraigCrider That'd be an expensive case! Really though, you're right to a degree. If you take off $150 for the case, you're paying $300 for the name on the headstock. A lot of Epiphone signatures have a higher price tag, which is sad. You used to be able to get a signature for the same price as a standard run, it just depended on whether you liked the guitar or not.
Neck shape and frets, etc. can be a factor. I'm not a big soloist but I'll take 24 frets over 22 if it's an option just to have them. 🤘🏼
I get where you're coming from, I was waiting for these to drop and I ended up grabbing an LTD EC1000 instead because I got impatient. I don't regret it at all because I love the thin U neck profile and the extra jumbo stainless frets and fishmans, the comfort carves, and all the rest of the stuff Hunter mentioned in the video. Plus I got it new from sweetwater for less than these run. But saying that, I don't think this is a terrible deal compared to the prophecy considering you get a hardshell case with them and considering the the artist fee.
I bought the White one at the end of last year and it's awesome!! I've just ordered an Ebony version, I can't wait to get that. I'll have that tuned to drop B for some heavy goodness!! Those Fishman's are brilliant. I just saw Trivium at Knotfest Australia and he was playing them! So awesome to hear them live, they sounded so good!! Love your vids!! Rock on from Sydney, Oz 😎🤘
I can’t get over how sick it is that Matt is a part of this with you. I fucking love that for you and it’s another reason to love Matt.
I love the brutal honesty about yourself while delivering an insightful video. Good stuff.
Yo, that cat that played the solo could go far some day. Awesome review, Hunter. Thanks to you, Luke, Matt, Sweetwater and anyone else involved.
Fucking great balls of fire man!
Great demo and awesome you got Matt to solo on the demo track! Just a note, I think you might have accidentally put "Bridge Pickup" on one of the clips of you playing through the neck pickup in the different voicings (around 16:40)...
So happy they are available in Left handed! Can't wait to try one!
That's an amazing looking ESP in the background.
🤘🤘🤘🤘
You sold me on it! Great video!
Can't wait for my white 7!
This is the first video of yours that I've caught, and let me just say... SUBSCRIBED!!! 🤘
I’ve always wanted a black LO Custom with EMGs and blacked out hardware because of Kirk Hammett. The cunning stunts Show made me crave that guitar so much.
Fret work was all over the place on my 7 string worst iv had new but plays great after levelling and set up
I plan getting one soon as possible. Best deal you can get on a guitar. AND it's comes with a hard case. I was gonna get white one but I think I'm gonna get black. Both are beautiful guitars and huge props to Matt Heafy for providing this to guitar players.
I could see myself grabbing the 7 string as my first 7 string in the not too distant future, need your new HB sig first tho
A 7 is a great way to expand. I switched to a 7 in 2008. Never went back to a 6
Don’t get a seven with a shorter scale, believe my man, you’ll regret it.
@@fede.chachagua why’s that?
Great vids like always
Speed taper D shape neck, with 43mm nut width. These fit my specs as I like Jackson/Ibanez type guitars. So this might be the Les Paul for me. Nice review Hunter!
Yeah the tradeoff as someone who likes Jacksons too is the fret size. Would have been perfect with extra jumbos. I went with an ec1000 because I got impatient waiting for these and after trying one out (while its awesome) Im happier with my choice because I could deal with the 42mm nut width with extra jumbo stainless frets more happily than the 43mm with the "med jumbo" on these.
I picked a non-MH EPI custom at my local GC a couple of months ago and was shocked that it had such a thin D shape neck. I have played Ibanez and Jackson for decades so I am a huge fan of a thin D neck profile. I could definitely play one of these. Except I hate gold hardware. Lol......
I have the first Gen MKH custom. I had fishman will adlers to replace the emg’s. Love this thing !
man, that solo sounds so much like the roadrunner united song heafy did. crazy. great review man
I did not read the featuring part of the video title and was pleasantly surprised
I absolutely love it. I got the 6-string in bone white and it is amazing. Simply the best guitar in my collection at this point
I just got mine today and mind you, I've played epiphones for almost 20yrs now. I'm really impressed. The frets were a tad gritty (fixed while doing setup) but other than that she's a player. Love the thin neck, ebony board, and pickup set. Threw on some NYXL's and it got even better. The case was decent. I wish they had used a higher quality tail and bridge though. Between these and the 59 limited edition models, epi is doing a great job!
Finally got my 7-string ebony Origins last week and I love it. I agree that the (light) weight is indeed amazing, about 4lbs lighter than my Snofall 6-string. Cheers, man!
I always thought Posilock stands for Positive Lock, as in you can be positive your strap isn't going to fall off. My 83 Custom had them stock, you're not supposed to twist them though, they should be tight in the correct position, pointing front to back
My dude played with Matt himself. What a BADASS way to demo the sickest new Epiphone! I'm really gunning to own the 7 string version down the line.
Best explanation.....feels like a super strat in a Les Paul shape
Shout out to baby Frida for Background Vocals
Fuck that thing sound sick can't wait to see them live in October gonna be awesome
Not only does he get the collab, Matt killed that! No 'phone in' here, that shreds
🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 This was so sick!
as a left handed player i was so excited to see that one of my fav guitar players finally released a left handed varient
You're awesome man! I just came from the shop looking at these. How sweet are the Fishman pickups!!! I'm not as jealous as I would be coz I want the white...and maybe a 7...who knows. ....in Waves is my fave Trivium album too! So cool! #sweetwater#agufish#justjoined
The MKH Epiphone is an absolute BEAST after new strings and just very little adjustment (one fret was a bit too high) it plays sooooo good. Also weird thing the cable hole was loose?
Exactly! The input jack hole is so loose
This video is SPOT on, in my humble opinion.
Agufish, did you tweak the neck and or action? As it feels AMAZING out of the case. Love the 'D" style neck. Very comfortable.
Got it Monday, and to be brutally honest this crushes my Gibson 2005 custom. It is amazing with the Fishmans. Old school Maiden to Trivium on a DSL 100. Just RIPS. Next time, I need to have Brandon make you sign it. That is two Epiphone's now from you that absolutely CRUSH their Gibson counterparts.
U guys are so amazing. I met Matt once and I wasn't let down. I even bothered him for like 3 high fives and he was like "sure dude "
And btw, this is the best review/overview of this guitar period.
Hey Hunter! Great video, just one quick question... I have the previous Heafy 6 string Les Paul, I swapped the pickups out for the heafy signature set, is it worth it for me to get this new model? Or am i essentially buying what I already have? Thanks!
I still say that Matt's custom fishmans set have more low end than the regular moderns. I love the look of the guitars. Hopefully I'll get to try one out soon. Also the demo is one of your best. Hope your right hand was ok after that down picking marathon.
before i even watch this video, i needed this guitar, after watching this video, i NEED this guitar
Haven’t finished the video yet but I literally lol’d when you said “Well, uh, it’s not Corey but it’ll do I guess.” Especially since Corey is one my top favorite guitarists and I’m a Jackson fanboi especially of the pointy variety (like I said in your other video). 😂
To add now that I’ve finished watching the video. I NEED a 7-string Explorer release. I dig the LP’s and I too fell in love with them cause of the Gunshot video and dreamt of getting a LP. I obviously couldn’t get a proper Gibson in high school so I was going to “settle” on something similar and get an EC-1000. Ended up not getting either and stayed on my Jackson path to where we’re at now. Now, I’ve no desire to have a LP. I played his original signature in GC one time and did really enjoy it, but it just wasn’t for me. I like my V’s and that’s who I am. But an Explorer, I could really entertain that idea.
FWIW, I love the video game analogies... and that guitar is SICK!! \m/
im not a big feedback guy but i had to say, that song was absolutely mind melting. that shit melted my speakers. please say its on a streaming service. awesome work my dude
pretty f'ing sick shred and axe
I love Matt's unapologetic neck pickup lead tone. The warm blues lead tone but I'm doing 3 note per string runs style.
Just got my 7 string in white and it’s so good, I played a schector demon 7 and it just wasn’t right but this 7 string les paul is amazing and stomps that schector
19:45 Underrated Trivium song!
Vengeance i think they came into there own . The whole album is perfect with perfect flow song to song. Imo their most brutal sounding album sonically
U rock bro ur a damn great player
Around 18:00 for the neck pickup demo (callisto) the text says bridge pickup.
Ordered one the day they came out. Still havent gotten it with no ETA in sight. Awesome.
Same here was told not later than july LOl
Same I called Sweetwater and my rep said early fall. I’ll believe it when I see it.
@@iansweeney3831 Yeah I saw CME on Reverb had November. GENERIC PANDEMIC EXCUSES
@@iansweeney3831 I just got a shipping notification!
@@eetdeth86 I just got a shipping notification!
Yup the video for shot gun is when I got my first white custom
Still sad they didn't make the evertune version happen. That would have been an instant buy
I think that was for pricing reasons. Adding an Evertune would be a pretty pricy upgrade. It would have been an awesome option though! 🤘🏼
Yeah the price of everything went up so much. Might have also been a training thing? Epiphone uses their own factory, and they haven’t had experience with installing Evertune yet
@@agufish It was all rumor, but I always heard they never intended to install them from the Epi factory, that it was going to be an Evertune installed option. Still possible they may show up on evertunes site as an aftermarket installed deal like they've done with others (like you can buy a Jim Root strat among others with an ET from their shop right now). And even if you they don't end up adding it there, you can go to their "custom installation program" and they will order one of these badboys for you, install the ET, and then ship it to you. Or you can get one on your own and then send it to them for install. Not quite the same as being able to snag one already done up from Sweetwater, but at least theres a pretty straight forward and reliable option to get one.
Get a Solar.
@@Pannemat I would actually really like to get one of those as well someday! 🤘🏼
Yoooo aside from Matt being in the track that was your dopest track yet. I’m torn between one of these or the new Chapman ml2. Hopefully seeing them in Toronto in October !!
This guitar is sick! I just have a feeling that if the rumored James Hetfield Explorer comes to light, it is going to edge out this Heafy LP. The Heafy def has amazing specs even for people who aren't fans. So glad to see those Fishmans in there!
I dunno, man. If they come up with a signature Epiphone model, that could be the case, but I can still actually see Matt's model being the most sold out of them. Matt has a HUGE presence on the internet, both between metal fans and non-metal fans. Metallica, even though it's arguably the biggest metal band in the world, I feel that it doesn't influence new players as much nowadays (although, there has been the recent Stranger Things thing, so this could change things a bit). Sure, most people's first riffs on guitar are probably Metallica riffs, but, right now, in modern days, I can see more people being proned to pick up a guitar because of Matt, especially because of his streams, than because of Metallica/James Hetfield, which is a really crazy thing to say and think. Never in a million years I would've imagined Trivium to be more influential than Metallica, the main band that influenced them, but that's what I think is the deal right now.
@@AlefSousa017 Very good points! Guess time will tell! It's not a contest or anything anyways -- just very inspiring to see Gibson putting models out there that have HEAFY (pun intended lol) interest and don't qualify as dad guitars (not yet anyways 😂). I really could see either of these guitars' specs attracting a slightly younger crowd, even if they aren't fans of Heafy or Papa Het.
I would be curious if the '83 Explorer would have replicas of the original stock pickups that James used for a while, or whether he'd push them to include the EMG's he's used for most of hisa career. If they're doing recreation of his Explorer as he purchased it and launched his career, they should replicate the stock pickups -- but most people would likely whine that it doesn't have EMG's. I mean, he did just fine with those stock pickups for a while. Some people are extremely against using EMG's for a variety of reasons. Might make sense to offer both pickup configs, but Gibson ain't gonna ever do that.
I also wonder if they'll come with his new signature strings and some of his picks as part of the case candy, even though they aren't from a Gibson/Epiphone brand. Would be a nice touch.
Lol, I'm talking like it's a done deal from that teaser photo. We can't be 100% yet, but there was talk that he might do something with Gibson -- with that three knob config, I'm trying to hope!
I'm actually surprised at the fact that you said that it is a lighweight guitar! I remember people saying that Matt's original signature guitar was REALLY heavy (I mean, the dude literally uses two straps with it!), so are these new models actually lighter than the first one or do you have arms of steel? Hahah. Anyway, great review, it's awesome that Matt showed up to solo on the demo song, such a down to earth dude! Trivium has been my favorite band for quite a while now, and I think that one of the main reasons for it is just how down to earth Matt's has always been! I mean, I remember back in the Facebook days (remember that? hahah) that he would actually throw contests where people would have to make memes out of his live playing expressions, it was so cool to see a huge dude in the metal community be just like one of us, you know? And now, more recently, with him being a top-tier streamer, it just makes him even more awesome than he already is!
Never been akin to a Les Paul, but this guitar sounds killer. What distortion set up were you using or just amp Dist?
I have to try one of these too see what that neck is like if it's anything close too a wizard or just a tad thicker I'll be happy with it
If that demo was a song i would jam it everyday
nice! the part of the singlecut where it sits on your leg..it looks a bit rounded. how does it feel on your leg? dig in much or no?
I prefer the smaller frets over the jumbos like on the Prophecy series. I leveled mine down a little.
Would be pretty interesting if you could get your hands on Coreys Signatures!
I love your riff writing!! Remember it’s called music theory, not music fact. Who cares if things are not in scale or shit! As long as you like it. That’s all that matters brother! Can’t wait to see your single cutaways builds. I’ve got a old Les Paul standard in the wine color. That I’m gonna Cantrell it my way. Really need to do the stainless jumbo fret job like your guy do is. It’s hard to find someone out here in so cal. I know right! The Mecca of bands and music stores😢. We’ll keep up the good vids man. 🤘
I've shy'd away from Epiphone LPCs for 15 years now. The only one recently that made me consider buying one was Bjorn Gelotte's signature. But that's just because I've been an In Flames fan for pretty much all of my adult life... but I've just always had several gripes with Epiphones. Whether it's cosmetic issues like LOATHING their old headstock design to fit & finish issues like their electronics work and fret & fretboard work.
Matt's guitar may be the first one that gets me to buy an epiphone lpc. I love the hardware upgrades, I think the newer epiphone headstock design is a vast improvement and looks closer to a Gibson headstock. Love the neck profile, it's like a 60's neck on steroids. Love the neck joint design. When it comes to this $800-$1200 price range, I've always ignored epiphone over stuff like full thickness EC-1000s... but I may snag one of these here real soon. I'm a sucker when it comes to white les paul customs with gold hardware.
F*ck it, it sounds cool has been my entire approach to playing guitar for the last 16 years.
Favorite Trivium album is Ascendancy. I'm a sucker for 2000s metalcore.