I just got this one Saturday morning...I played a gig with it that night. The sound is warm and pure through my Fender Deluxe. I own a Strat,Gibson and and Epi and this thing made me leave them home. I only raised the neck pickup...it was that ready to play. I have 25+ years of professional gigging under my belt and was blown away.

I give it a 9 because it didn't include a case. However at this price point I gladly bought onel separately.

The tone on this runs from babe to beast. It can be mellow but when I cranked it for solos it pushed through the mix with no problems.

I was suprised that this level of playability could be bought for so little. Iwent into the store hoping to pick up a spare axe and it moved my more expensive/popular axes to the background.

Most bang for the buck I've touched in many years. I'd have paid twice as much for it!

The warranty looks good but I haven't needed support.

Get yourself one...if you like the look and feel of a Les Paul, you'll want this and you can buy two for the price of the Gibson.

Active Musician

Jazz/R&B/Neo-Soul

If you are wanting a Les Paul and are looking at an Epi, do yourself a favor and just get this. It's quality far surpasses the chinese Epi's, the tuners are great, and the Duncans are killer. The finish is spectacular, with bookmatched maple cap. Seriously, get this thing. You'll be amazed, and you'll have enough left over for a decent tube amp.

Many bands, right now hobbyist

Blues to Metal

Beautiful guitar with no blemishes, I own a Gibson Les Paul Standard 1989 and this ESP really is almost as good and cost 1/4 the price. Grover tuners and jumbo frets with the Seymour Duncan pickups instead of the EMG actives make this a rare guitar for the ESP or Schecter crowd. I own several guitars in this price range such as the Paul Reed Smith SE Custom and the Ibanez Artist 420 but this ESP seems slightly more solid in build quality. The ESP has a narrow thinner neck than my 1989 Gibson.

guitarist

blues rock and jazz

Great sound out of box.Hard pressed to tell differance between this and a Gibson.There is some tonal differances but nothing major that would warrant a 2000plus price tag.The Duncan 59 in the neck seems just a but muddy not much(this is why the 8 rating) I will be tweaking the hight adjustments this should do the trick as these are my fav pups.The JB in the bridge surprising is clean crunchy bluesey and I can even get some really good thrashy tones out of it.Great sound.Clean this guitar is incredible add some OD and WHOOAAH!But it is a controlable sound good tones.

Basic features for a Paul type guitar.I still like indevidual tone knobs but not enough to handicap the rating on this guitar.I like the earvanah nut system.Gibson missed out on this one. I do wish in middle p/u selector that the volumes were more independant of each other.It would add so much more versatility to this guitar.

Very easy. If you cant play this guitar and need a helpers manual you may wanna switch to playing spoons.

Seems as well if not better then the big "G" brand.Im imppressed at how well the binding is set.Also take a look in the cavity for the pots and you will see one the neatest areas ever on a guitar. Im very impressed, Pull ties and everything, Excellent. The finish is excellent also.

Wonderful value.I would have had to pay at least 2000plus to get a guitar that was even as close to this quality.

I've never had to deal with support so cant rate it.Would imagine it would be good.

Feels great when playing it.Im a strat man and the transition when I switch guitars is very easy. Neck is fast and frets feel great.Chords are super crisp and articulate.All I did was change gauge and brand of strings from the stock ones.May need a slight tweak to neck(trsuss rod adjustment) now that its aclimated to my home and the wood has settled properly.

active musician

Gospel,Praise and Worship,Blues