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Well, I was trying to get a couple more of the exclusive 1959 LP’s, but I wasn’t able to. The ones that I wanted shot up in price just recently, and may not arrive before July.So I discovered that the Gold Top LP Classics had gone up as well. But, zZounds had them still for $449.00. I ordered two. One for me and one for my son. The finish on the back and sides were smooth, clean satin. The top has been buffed with wire brush. I would have liked to see the top smooth satin like on the 1959, but you do have to get a foot or less closer to see the damage. Back and sides are pristinely smooth satin. It seems the filled the grain on the back and sides, just not on the top.The pickups Sound great with high gain and when playing clean. The one has a 2 piece body with a center seam. The other has at least 3 pieces for the body.I wound up tapping some frets down, and there were sharp edges on the frets, so I hit the ends with a file. That was really all of the work I had to do on them frets were all level by the time I got done.The frets are a little bigger than on the 59’s, which a lot of people digging the med/jumbo frets.The Laurel fretboard darkened quite a bit after oiling it.The tuners are Wilkinson, and I will get them to send me another set of tuners as there are some burrs that jam into your fingers when tuning up.At $449.00, there isn’t a whole lot to complain about.

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I`ve had an Love-Hate Relationship with Gibson for Decades. And it has cost me plenty of $$$. I have been playing this guitar for three days now and will give an Honest Review. If any of my Gibson Les Pauls and Sg`s arrived like this Epiphone I would have been over joyed! Okay that being said. The Gold Top looks really good! Since there is no coating of anything, not sure how it will look after hours of playing? It might look cool? The guitar is a Les Paul with cheap attributes. The inlays look dead. But I did own a late 90`s Gibson Lp. The block inlays on it looked dull like these. The Grovers work but they feel odd. I mean I have new ones here too unopened. I always keep Grover and Gotoh on hand. There is something different about these? The bridge is not an ABR-1 But works. The pickups don`t sound bad but are not great. The coil tapping is useless like on most Epiphones. The knobs are real cheap. Intonation is way off twelth fret and up. It has three sharp fret ends. Now for the good stuff! It has an 60`s neck profile. It is slim and easy to play. Okay I will just spit it out! It plays better than any 2k Gibson I have bought. And the Epiphone Sg Custom also plays better than any 2k Gibson except for my 1974 Sg. So if you want an Les Paul and really only need to upgrade the bridge pickup to make it great? Here you go! What a bargain! And they are on sale or the price came down? Either way here ya go! Yep it is a real Les Paul for all intensive purposes. You may want to buy a Gibson one? But be prepared, because this one may play better! I`m not even joking. Just upgrade the bridge pickup and setup the guitar and away you go! I haven`t used Gibson support since the early 2000`s when I bought a defective Gibson Angus Sg I guess I will give it a 5 to keep the rating up. Looking for a Good Lp style guitar with a Floyd Rose style trem? Kramer Assault. It is another Great Guitar!

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I ordered this guitar in gold. I am retiring my 1975 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. It has a lot of miles on it. Still plays great and sounds terrific and maybe one of the only ones around that has never had a headstock problem! Anyway I wanted a guitar that has the same feel to the neck. This Epiphone Les Paul classic worn is it! It is definitely a perfect slim taper 60s neck. That's the way the 1970s Les Paul Deluxe guitars were. This Qatar sounds amazing and plays like butter. Absolutely perfect fret job and came out of the box setup. A big thank you to zZounds. This was my first time ordering anything from this company and they shipped it quickly. No sooner had I ordered then I had an email with the tracking number. Great communication. Excellent company.

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I got the gold top,i am blown away by the beauty and playability of this machine,played right out of the box is there really a difference from thr big brother,besides the outragious price difference? and the name,buy one and decide for your self.do not wait too long,you will hate your self go ahead,pull the trigger!

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I paid $549.00 for the Epiphone Les Paul Classic in Honeyburst, a beautiful finish for this guitar. That this guitar features push/pull pots on each volume control for split coils on the humbuckers and one tone control to have the humbuckers play in/out of phase says a lot about what Epiphone is willing to do to offer a guitar worth the price paid, and then some.Typical for the Les Paul guitar, thus model isn't chambered to keep the weight down so it is heavy, but the weight isn't a deal breaker, especially if you're used to heavy guitars, i.e. 335's, etc.The play ability of these Les Paul's is off the chart---smooth and easy, genuinely comfortable but it's the sound, that smooth purr that grows to a growl that speaks so much and so well, that legendary Les Paul voice that testifies to everything that the Les Paul hangs its hat on. Bear in mind that the Epiphone brand isn't seen as an inferior instrument, the problem still suffered by Squire by Fender; my Epiphone is all the guitar I could want and then some.What can I say with a final word? If you have one of these Classics then you know what I'm talking about; if not, then make a promise to yourself to get one soon. For real!

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I have nothing but good things to say about zZounds and their easy payment plans and fast shipping. I have bought much equipment here and am never let down by either of those features. This new LPC in Purple burst is a treat. Out of the box it was set up fine, which isn't common but no tweaks so far. It has Gibson strings on it which I had never tried and like them a lot. Feel is nice, I have an SG in the same worn satin finish and I like it. The neck is so easy to play, I am shredding. Pics don't do the purple justice. It is nice and deep and smooth. Knobs feel good, selector feels good, tuners feel very good. Sound is great. Tone knobs provide a spectrum of sounds. My favorite is the neck pickup with the bass all the way up. I am normally an SG guy with humbuckers and this is my first Les Paul and it is much meatier sounding than any SG I have ever played. It weighed in at 8.6 lbs but with a nice strap doesn't feel too heavy. Oh, and also the Epiphone logo changes colors when you look at it at different angles, including a rainbow reflection. Not seen on my other Epiphones. Very cool. That is the wow factor. That and the nice purple burst finish. Just gorgeous and a joy to play and listen to.

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Got one turned out to the best playing LP I ever saw. Took it to my local tech for setup. Required very minimal amount of adjustment. My tech called and asked if i bought it new or was it used and been set up before. Told him new and his reply was “Don’t EVER sell it. It plays better than any LP I have ever set up in 25 years….and that includes Gibsons!”Very happy w/ this guitar!

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Bought this guitar in purple burst in May 2021 to replace an aging LTD singlecut model that had served faithfully for several years, as well as a Squier VM Stratocaster which served even longer. Right out of the box it was packaged well and perfectly playable and ready to go. Setup, electronics, and fretwork were all superb. The wood on the purple model is slightly open pore, and lends itself to the slightly worn finish they were going for. Only issue I had right away was a nut holding the jack in place was stripped, causing the jack to be loose but it was a very simple fix. Finding the right sound is never an issue with the push/pull pots and the overall comfort and playability of this guitar is top notch. Now, after almost two years of shows and three albums later as my primary guitar, she’s still holding up very well and shows little wear. Tuners are stable and electronics sounds as good as ever. No rattles, no buzzing, no scratchy switches and pots. You really can’t go wrong, and this guitar will go toe to toe with others more than twice its price.

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I don't do reviews much but this guitar is great right out of the box ! Will put some super slinkys on it thats it ...the company's shipping is fast and i mean 2 days !

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Prepare to be happy. I bought two of these… One for me, and one for my son. The pickups sound great and they have coil splitting via push/pull pots and they sound equally good in single or double coil mode. I was really expecting to have to replace them, so I was quite pleased when I discovered that I wouldn’t have to.Fit and finish was quite good. I was also pleased to discover that the only part of the guitar that was worn was the top. The rest of the guitar is satin, with a veneered back. But no wear or damages beside the top.The only corner they cut was using Wilkinson Tuners. They have sharp edges on the buttons. They should have stuck with Grover’s. But at $449, these are a really good value. While there is a veneer on the back there isn’t a veneer on the sides, and you can see how many pieces of wood the body is made of. On one I count three, and the other one I can count four. I don’t really care about that. It’s the same with the neck as well. The neck is not one piece and on one of them they didn’t do a really nice job of matching the pieces at the headstock joint.Great guitar for a beginner just starting out, or for an advanced player to gig in places that you wouldn’t want to take a 3K Gibson.There were a few proud frets and a little bit of sprout that was easily fixed. A beginner should count on needing to have the guitar set up. The fret work would have been covered under the warranty I am sure. But it took me about 15 minutes to do it myself.

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I decided to buy the worn Heritage Cherry because it reminds me of my 1980 Gibson heritage and boy I am glad I did it does have a great vintage look as a matter of fact its a outstanding vintage look with that beautiful maple top the grain is awesome on mine with this worn finish its like its already broken in for ya the comfortable feel and playability of the neck is so good not one of the frets have that scratchy feel to them at all it's like they been polished for ya already I didn't expect that lol" the fretwork is done perfect out the box the fretboard wood is nice and dark more than I expected it would be the nut was cut perfectly and she sustains for a very long time i timed it 19 seconds with one stum of a chord! Lol" the leads sing on this guitar also with great string bending and vibratos the grover tuners are real nice and tight and It's holding tune great for me the classic pro Humbuckers have a fantastic high gain power when you want that rock crunch or dirt it's there the for ya the clear tones are unbelievable I'm amazed how close it is to the USA Gibson Les Paul in all positions i hear a great quality pickup with these classic pro's the ABR bridge is functioning properly and the nickel hardware looks great another thing cool on this guitar is the split coil features you get a pretty good versatile player.. definitely love the gold top hat control knobs they look real nice on this guitar the pickup rings look great there not that cheap weak plastic ones like I have on some of my other guitars the only bad thing on this guitar I wish Epiphone would of gave us a nice 3 or 5 ply pickguard with the black line in the center but that doesn't affect the playability it can be changed out no big deal it is a heavy Les Paul so if you want a light one go with a chambered body Epiphone Les Paul i like my Les Paul heavy I'm old school and prefer a heavy one for the guys who can't drop the cash on the USA Gibson Les Paul this guitar will satisfy ya and then some Epiphone has built these inspired by Gibson guitars so great you will be happy you bought one i know i am! we get the same limited lifetime warranty on these Epiphones as we do a USA Gibson its a guitar company you can trust they replaced a different Epiphone i owned for a few years and backed up there product and replaced my guitar with a brand new one so buy with confidence.. Thank You zZounds you guys are the best!

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I've never had an LP before . I've owned a few new guitars quality fenders and some others but always wanted a les paul. I've played quite a few gibsons and own an older epiphine SG. I LOVE this guitar ! It sounds great and was in decent playing shape right out of the box. I love the style of the classic with the modern twist , coil switching and the worn finish is excellent. The guitar is has a pretty flawless finish and the worn finish on the neck has great feel with 0 tackiness. The only thing is they are not grover tuners and I have read they have been replacing the grover with Wilkinson tuners biut they seem to be equal quality and stay in tune very well. The pickups sound good to great to me. The bridge pickup can be alittle flat sounding but in general it has a nice tone. For the price of this guitar I wouldn't be against upgrading someday. All in all it's a great guitar for the price point and I highly recommend this model . Epiphone has raised it game ! V zZOUNDS is great as usual I had the guitar in 2 days of purchase and it was well packed for shipping. Get you one!

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I ordered this late on the 7th of this month and received it on the 10(thanks zZounds). I ran the serial number through Epiphone, and it said this guitar was made in July of this year, so this guitar spent no time in storage it went from the factory to zZounds, to me in hardly any time. Now what gets me is that with the different climates from China to the deep south in the U.S. it didn't seem to affect the guitar at all except that it was slightly out of tune, the neck was perfectly set, the intonation was dead on and that never happens!!! I have never got a new guitar in my 47 plus years of playing that didn't need to be set up, but this one didn't need anything, I was amazed!!! Next, I noticed how beautiful this guitar was (well that was the 1st thing), I got the faded gold finish, and it was flawless, the fretwork was great and there were no tool marks around the fret ends where they round the ends, the screws on the back plates were drilled nice and straight (that's the 1st I've seen on Epiphones). The jack-plate was metal not plastic, not even my high-end Epiphone has a metal jack-plate. The tuners are Grover 18.1 ratio and stay in tune very well. Even all the hardware seems to be of better quality than my older Epiphones. I have owned 3 Gibson USA made guitars and they were great (I wish I still had them) but I now have 5 Epiphones and to me they can compete with Gibson, in some ways they are better and for the money they are better, and I know Gibson uses higher quality woods and all, but I think Gibson has finally realized that the average person can't afford the name Gibson so they are stepping up the quality of their Epiphone models so us poor average people can have quality guitars so, yeah Epiphone has really stepped up their game and I think you should get one before they step up their prices as well lol. This guitar plays like a dream and sounds amazing, I like the coil-splitting feature, it comes in handy on clean settings, I'm using humbuckers on distortion. All in all, this is a fantastic guitar, I'm going to use it as my number 1. Get'em while you can, I noticed zZounds keeps running out of them.!!!

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I received this axe a few days ago as a birthday gift and I am very pleased. The best thing about this guitar is the pickups. They're not at all like the other epi pro bickers. They sound so much like the old paf pups from the old guitars. Nice neck, nice finish, great tuners. "Angaleena" is now my #1 guitar and will be with me for a long long time.

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the finish on thr ebony is exactly what i wanted and the feel is great. I didnt have any fret issues like most of the reviews I watched but there are some areas that needs attention. The picks arent terrible but are not on par with my other guitars. They just have way too much low end. The nut heighth is about 3mm off the fret board which isnt too bad. Not having the cst pots is a bummer. Now for the good. The tuners appear to be holding tune very good after a string change. The bridge is very comfortable and seems well made. The fret board is a lot better than i was expecting.

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I really wasn't sure if I was going to like the finish but after playing it for a few days I'm in love. It almost feels like raw wood in my hands. Very earthy. Almost hand crafted. The pickups are a little bit hotter than the probuckers in my standard pro but the quality is every bit a match. The electronics are not cts like the regular 2020 classic and that was a bit of a let down but they still work fine. Very well built instrument. Aside from some sharp fret ends the quality is just what I expect at this price point. Setup out of the box was perfect.

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Received this guitar today. Opened the box, plugged it in and tuned it. Started jamming and didn’t stop until two hours had passed. This guitar is amazing! I could lower the action just a bit, but haven’t bothered yet because I couldn’t bear to put it down. The fit and finish is excellent. The hardware is excellent. The electronics are excellent. This is probably the best feeling/sounding guitar I’ve ever played, and I’ve owned some expensive pieces over the years. I honestly can’t say enough about how outstanding this guitar is. Epiphone has nailed it! The weight feels right and the neck is incredibly comfortable. If I could, I’d buy a fleet of these things. Don’t blow two grand on a Gibson when you can have this beauty!!

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This guitar, pound for pound, is a beast on the level of it's Gibson label counterpart. The fit and finish are amazing and visually awesome. The pickups give that classic PAF sound with just a little more bite. Coil splitting is a great feature though I never use it. I only have two complaints. First, horrible tuning stability due to a horrendously cut nut. Mine has shredded "fuzzies" at the slots that are more than noticeable on the Low E, A and D string slots. The G string slot is a DEEP trench. The guitar has acclimated to my house for 36 hours and will just not stay in tune. Complaint two is minor. The frets could have used a polishing. All in all, it's a great guitar but it could have been better.

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i bought this guitar, the first les paul type i have ever owned, always been a fender and charvell guy. i had to do some slight modifications.....the nut kept sticking so i put ten strings and played a lot of different tunings, this helped to groove the nut out for a set of nines. then had trouble with tunings, read and watched where even les pauls, gibson that is, had trouble staying in tune due to the headstock angle. i watched a few videos on how to wing the strings on a les paul, this helped greatly, then its weird, if you play this guitar real soft and gentle, it wont stay in tune very long, but bang out some good hard down stroke chords and you cand hardly knock it out.......then i used it for some gigs, this guitar did amazing. ive heard some complain of the pro bucker pickups, but mine sound great with this rig.....sooooooo. if your looking for a beater of a guitar that is rock solid on the road or bandhouse, if you want to get your kid a guitar as a starter, or as myself, if you want a gibson sounding guitar, that will pack a punch once its broke in, this is a good but.......despite my guiting use to a lespaul style guitar, im actually quite taken with this guitar

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when i got this guitar it was beautiful to me, i immediatly put new strings on it and tuned it......the strings stretched and i took that into consideration......after four days of stretching, the g and d string and b just would not stay in tune......so i got to looking at my tuners, i thought they were slipping.....come to find out, the advertized grover tuners did not come on my guitar. when notifying zZounds, appearently epiphone reserves the right to substitute an equal quality part without notification to the customer. so i ended up with wilkinson tuners, they were comparable to the grovers and the reviews of them were good......so i did some research on why my guitar wasnt tuning......being this is the first les paul type guitar i had ever owned in fifty years of playin.....i found out there is a design flaw in the les paul design.......its the headstock, with its tilt of 15 degrees it puts a bind on the upper nut causing the strings to catch and once you bend a string it would not return to the original position......the epiphone i believe is 11 degree tilt, still creating tension on the upper nut with the same problem......so i did some research on you tube and found several was to cure the problem, the route i chose was i had an old fender lying around and took the tensioners off the head of the fender and put it in the middle screw and ran my wires through and that cured 95% of my problem. i then filed out my nut slightly and this also helped...... the the final solution to ease tension, i wrapped my strings over the top of the tail piece and raised it to about a three degree angle to the bridge.........this now solved all my tuning problems. it was a headache figuring all this stuff out and now that its fixed, this thing very rarely goes out of tune......simply amazing.......what i cant figure is that gibson les pauls cost 2200- 5000 dollars and have the same problems. it would seem for that price they would at least let you know that out of the box, it aint gonna stay in tune.......but after all the bs.......i actually love the tone and playability of this guitar. it sounds great and now it stays in tune.....would i give it a 5 star rating.....no. i would give it a four, im penalizing the grading system for not at least posting something about the modifications and set up you have to do to play one of these.......but for the price, and for the tone quality, the price is worth it

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I purchased this guitar to see how I'd like the LP body and weight. Unbelievable. The quality of the fit and finish is amazing. I own one other Epiphone (Monkey SG) and it is equally amazing. Epiphones do not disappoint.

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No fret buzz or Dead spots Spot on intonation Tuning stability is there !I changed to heavier strings ( 11-49 )Doesn't choke out on heavy bendsNice resonance Excellent playability I got the Violet Burst, I like the matte open pore finish on the back and the neck it makes it convenient for creating less slippage on the hands due from sweating.Good note definition No sharp fret edges and I like the neck binding makes for good fretting real estate.Good solid feelSo far I'm impressed

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It's not the most attractive thing, but definitely a Les Paul in all the ways that matter most. Modding mine almost immediately with stuff I mostly have on hand, but the stock pups are pretty good. Not my sound but one that a lot of people would be very happy with, unlike the old muddy epiphone pickups of days gone by these are very credible.Nut on this one was cut near-perfectly, as well as I've seen on any guitars in this range. All of the electronics work & feel solid. In a pinch I'd have no issue playing a show as it arrived out of the box. A tiny amount of fret sprout, and I'm not crazy about the matte finish. The back of the neck is going to need some kind of sanding or something, it feels like eggshell wall paint. Minor things and easily addressed. But yes, if you have a tight budget and need a no-frills Les Paul, maybe for your home studio, this does the trick! Actually it does have 2 push-pulls so that's a little frilly.

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Upon receiving the guitar it was badly in need of a set-up. Really don't like the "worn" gold finish which, IMHO, is sloppily applied. Since I had it set-up it played well but I'm nagged by a series of little issues (pickguard mount became loose, with limited use the Bridge pick up just dropped out one day and when tracking that issues the P/U toggle switch just broke in my hand with less than 25 uses at best.) Once the toggle switch is repaired thinking real hard about selling it. Maybe I just got a "Lemon." I will be buying an Epi LP HH because I have others Epi's I love.

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I placed an order for a powerhead and a guitar when I received them they worked fine 3 months later the power head a boss lost his audio this company does not stand behind their products they'll send you to the manufacturer so order at your own risk it would be a great deal if they stood behind their products longer than 35 days thank you