I Love the sound of this Epiphone 56' Goldtop! It is a TONE-MACHINE! I'm not kidding-the P-90 pickups are really cool. They are extremely warm & clear for clean tones. And when you add some nice distortion-BAM! B-E-A-Utiful~! Sweet,Warm and Dirty baby! The only drawback is since P-90's are in essence a single-coli type pickup,they can be a little buzzy. However I assure you,you will quickly get over it when faced with the AWESOME tone produced by these babies! I encourage you to "play several,and buy one" of these guitars. The quality control,now that they are being made in China,is a little "hit & miss". So take a long,careful look at the models you try,then buy one,go home and make sweet love to it-yeah! The guitars themselves are a little heavy,but that computes to solid TONE! Very Playable-I've had mine since 2005,and will probably pass this baby on down to my kids.Nuff' said-try it,buy it LOVE It!!!!

These Goldtop Les Pauls are solidly built.And have all the functionality of their more expensive Gibson cousins. 2 volume,and 2 tone knobs-very adjustable. A 3-way toggle switch,with which you can access a great variety of tones & sounds. The tune-o-matic bridge is solid,and makes string changing easy.All-in-all a great sounding Les Paul for less than half of what I have paid for Gibsons. Thanks Epiphone! Keep up the good work.

This guitar is easy to play,and has a great neck-joint. Very solid and easy to play-just what you'd expect for a Les Paul. A little heavy at times,but that can be easily remedied with a good quality Padded Strap! Aaah...your back & shoulders will thank you! Nice,fat baseball bat neck. And the grover tuners keep these babies in tune very nicely.

I own the Korean-made model of these guitars,and I am happy to say-I believe these are of a slightly higher quality overall than their Chinese counterparts. However,I have purchased a Chinese model too, and I would have kept it if I did not already have the other model. Don't let the Chinese manufacture hold you back-just make sure to check out a few different guitars of this model at your local music store,then buy the best one-You will be happy! Or,if your ordering online,just make sure to do a thorough inspection upon reciept. You owe it to yourself to get the "pick of the litter"!

I think that overall,this is probably one of the best values out,for a solid body, Les Paul style guitar. I have had mine for about 3 1/2 years now,and have played gigs,practiced,and recorded lots of songs with this guitar:It has performed exemplary on all counts (thumbs way UP!!!)

I have enjoyed the support from Gibson/Epiphone. And have had to call them twice,the first time for a set-up,and the second to order a part (post-warranty). They did a good job both times. And I am pleased to give them a recomendation.

This guitar is Beautiful! It caught my eye at the local music store when I came in to look at some Epiphone Les Pauls. Something about the gold finish was very enticing. The cream pick guard and toggle switch go together very well with the chrome hardware. Like I say about my wife: "She's a looker!". Oh yeah,and her back side is sweet too....the uh' guitar I mean-It's mahagony!

Active Musician, Song Writer

Christian Rock,Praise & Worship.

The pickups work well and they put out a lot of rockin noise

The guitar is beautiful with a goldtop and it is pretty much as good as the gibson, the only thing is it's not a real sold body its made from many peices. But still it works great and it is beautiful

It's a guitar sherlock!!!!!! Ya need to know how to play.

The finish is beautiful and you can tell Gibson directs it, I treat it with care so i have a case for it for travel. Anyway this guitar is beautiful, classic, and functional. =] I LOVE IT>

I said it all IT IS BEE U TEEE FULL but still rocks out, and i have people who see me preform with it say "Nice Gibson" and I tell them it's an Epiphone that is as good as GIbson.

Epiphone has great phone support.

It looks like its a solid gold axe that only accomplished musicians could have. It has a lot of appeal.

Active Musician, Band Director

Rock and Alternative

good bite and growl, excelent feel. this thing howls through my pro junior.

very good fit and finish.

plays as good or better than my '77 standard

can't find anything wrong with it

worth every penny

don't know

hey, it's a gold top

Active Musician

blues

This guitar has a very nice bluesy sound which I bought for. I would say it's good for classic rock, especially ACDC, maybe even some ozzy if you crank it up. BEAUTIFUL nice tone.

The guitar has a very beautiful gold color to it, came with one slanted knob lol which I fixed. It came with a cool epiphone poster and a cable but the cable didn't last me very long, only about two months or so but the guitar is totally awesome, you won't regret buying.

Well I play Ozzy songs, I love the Rhoads tone. I have a mxr distortion pedal but it screws the sound up a little, I mean has lots of static to it. I just bought the dimarzio super distortion p90 style and I'm really looking forward to the new sound. The original soap bars are a little too soft for me.

Well there are a few little missing tiny parts on the gold paint job but thats only if you look closely at it. I don't know about others but mine has a little gold smear on the fret board somewhere on the lower frets but it doesn't effect playability. This is a great guitar for the price, the neck has great action, great tone and is a beautiful, beautiful guitar.

I guess I could say this guitar is worth the price, I've never played a Gibson before but GOD DAMN those Gibsons are expensive!!! This is a really nice guitar and it's worth buying it.

I've had this guitar for 6 months and so far I haven't needed support. I don't think I'll ever need support, this guitar is strong built from (many pieces of wood).

It's very BEAUTIFUL and has a nice tone. These are the exact words from my brother when he first saw it. "OOO THATS NICE"

Guitarist

Classic Rock

it is great! real rich in tone, very clean.

has the basics of a les paul. the 4 knobs that contol the pickups sound,the 3 way switch that controls the actual pickups, and grover tuners. i got mine with a poster and some cables cause it was special ordered......i did take my pickguard of. IT LOOKS SOOOO MUCH BETTER WITHOUT IT!

i found that it was kinda easier to play cause on my old Ibanez i couldnt really hear my sound but on this it is cleaner and richer

i found no blemish on the paint job, some people say it gets out of tune, bull****, my guitar stays in tune, i go to tune my guitar and bout 3-4 of the strings are already tuned up. lucky me! its a pretty sturdy guitar i havnt dropped it but if u get a case youll be set.

it is way worth it if u cant afford a gibson

its a epiphone you know

very sexy!!!!!!!! the gold paint makes the guitar stand out and get noticed.

sounds better than others compatible with some sounds expressive sound helped achieve the sound I am looking to get