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while I now know who Lee Malia is, probably not the biggest fan of his music. Guess I am getting old. ha-ha. That being said I am a HUGE fan of his signature RD.I own several Epiphones and this has become my favorite and go to guitar.I am not a professional musician but play daily, mostly for my mental health. First the issues, you will read two main things online, the tuning keys are sticky and the P94 has a bad him. Both true but an easy fix. The dummy coil on my guitar, and I suspect many if not all, was installed backwards at the factory. My local Luthier found it when i was having the guitar set up and flipped it. It was an easy fix and not expensive. Now the P94 is whisper quiet regardless of gain.The tuning keys are sticky but if you spin them about 100 times each they loosen up and hold tune fine regardless. Other than, and even with, that this guitar is amazing. The fit and finish were both perfect. The set up out of the box was great. Intonation was spot on the the action was playable if high for me. After the set up the action is as low as my Gibson's with no fret buzz.The tones you can get out of this guitar will blow you away. The P94 is deep and growling but not muddy in the least. The bridge humbucker snarls in full mode and has a P90 esque bite in single coil. I love the middle position with the bridge split. No other guitar I have can get that tone.Te guitar is a bit on the large size but well balanced and not overly heavy. The sustain goes on for days. The neck is the perfect blend of 50s girth and D shape. I am not a fan of the slim taper D but find this a happy medium.Like I said, rapidly became my #1. At the price zZounds was clearing these out for you can not go wrong.

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For those who have always wanted a Gibson RD but can't afford an original, this guitar will fill every inch of that void and more. Right out of the box, the guitar was 100% playable (even tuned correctly). The pickup configuration makes it so the guitar can play any style of music. The only gripe that I have is that the tuners are slightly sub-par. They stay in tune for the most part but they feel pretty cheap and will definitely won't last very long. I'll be dropping a set of Hipshot tuners ASAP.

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...the bridge is slightly too far back(I mean very small amount),can't be properly set up since a few saddles are all the way forward and still intonate flat. Aside from that,it really is nice for the $$'s and sounds/plays very good -I would have maybe preferred the Les Paul version to the RD if it was still avail.

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Arrived in good condition. Could tell this particular guitar sat around for a while. Frets weren't polished at all or had tarnished just as bad as the strings. Had a little fret sprout near the upper register on the high e side. Tuners were absolute garbage and were replaced with gotohs that dropped right in. Had to set a dowel in the neck side strap button and redrill the hole due to it ripping out of the body after a couple of days. Had a lot of fret buzz on the low e and a string all up and down the neck. Nut was cut poorly. The g string was barely even seated in it with stock strings. After all of those issues were taken care off and it was set up to c standard it has become my main guitar. Love the look and definitely love the feel now. If you are willing to give it some TLC or a professional setup this guitar is amazing especially for the 499 I paid. Only complaint is that even at this price point there are certain expectations guitars should meet right out of the box. Buy one trash the tuners and do a setup and you'll love it.

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Love this guitar. I decided to get it for the Gibson pickups and I had a couple of Epiphone guitars in the past that I loved. Got this and was surprised how nice the fit was. It's just a comfortable guitar sitting or standing. I am still experimenting with all the sounds I can get with this but the volume and tone controls give you such a variety of deep and clean to just pure demolition crunch that it just makes me smile. Best guitar I have purchased for the money and that includes plenty of gibsons and fenders.

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So the first thing to look at is quality. I reviewed a few youtube videos to see what others thought of this and the series of the 3. Everyone likes the look and feel, but some of the craftmanship was a little off. One example was the nut not lining up and the frets off. What I found was very solid less the machine heads (tuning pegs) I am pretty sure I will replace them. Frets, nut, craftsmanship very good. Depending on how you like the action will determine if you reset it up, which I did. Plays like my Gibson explorer now very satisfied. My only grip is, why a gig bag? The best part of this bag is the embroidery of the epiphone name. So ok its typical of todays buying of cheaply priced guitars. While looking for after market case, I found that the only case this guitar will fit is the epiphone explorer case. So for $499.00 can't beat the price, but like me, I will spend the money to buy the case and replace the tuners. Case $119.00 tuners 80 to 200 depending. So $700.00 in all for a nice guitar that has some very good features (gibson P90 and gibson humbucker) worth it!!!!

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This guitar arrived absolutely perfect right out of the box. An absolutely beautiful tone machine and flawless artwork.

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It is a very nice guitar, plays great and is a real treat with the Gibson pickups. Color, parts and everything else make this a true one of a kind experience. The pickups themselves are reason enough to buy it.

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Guitar is stunning and lightweight, however the tuner of the D string was snapped clean off in the box. Kinda took the wind out of the sails of excitement. Replacement order should be set up soon we hope!

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