Customer Reviews

Epiphone LP Special II Les Paul Electric Guitar, Heritage Cherryburst

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I have 13 guitars and bought this one on recently not expecting too much.This guitar smoke's .I got it straight out of the box it needed a slight setup,the intonation was out a little bit but when i set it up I was very pleased with the sound the color (wine,very cool looking) and playability.great deal for the price.It is the 4th Epiphone i bought this month they are getting better and better.

I have been playing for about 7 years now and have a Tak Jasmine Acoustic and a Jay Turser Strat knockoff. I really love the Les Paul sound but my pocket book is not large enough for the Les Paul price. I've read just about everything I can on these Epi's and finally went to my local Music store to try one out. My initial impression was somewhat mixed. The sound was good but the action seemed "off" After playing a few scales and a couple easy chords I began to get a feel fro the action on this guitar. Then I switched from the rear pickup to the front and BANG there was that sound I was looking for. Classic Gibson Les Paul sound (in all fairness the amp was setup for a strat). After playing around a bit more I asked to try one in the cherry finish. They unboxed a new one for me and WOW this guitar looks AMAZING! I sat down plugged it in and played a bit. Instantly I was in love. The action was perfect (despite the some what heavier strings than what I'm used to). The sound off both humbuckers was classic and playability of this guitar has to be tried to be appreciated. Tuning is a breeze, and is held as well as any other guitar I own (I always retune before every session anyway). Epiphone really did everything to capture that Les Paul sound in a economy guitar. Yes I know you puriest will point to the bolt on neck, the cheaper humbuckers, the flat top construction, and the basswood body. I point to the angled headstock, mahagony neck, rosewood fret board, and Gibson electronics. I love the simple volume and tone controls (yea a little more knob spinning when switching between pickups) and the tun-o-matic bridge and tail piece is gonna make string changes a breeze (so much better than having the try to thread thru the body). Even with my somewhat limited practice amp this guitar still sounds amazing, oh and the sustain from it well lets just say I hit a low E last night before I went to bed, and I think it is still reviberating in the amp this morning (lol If your looking for a Les Paul sound at a discount price- consider this your answer. Oh and my local shop was able to give me this guitar at $20 less than any place else, AND they will do a FREE setup for me after I've played it for a while (so far it's been perfect out of the box).

I recently purchased this guitar and I really am happy with the quality it surpassed my expectations.I love the sound of it and it's easy to play. I was glad there was opinions and comments from other people that also purchased one.I thought over all they were pretty positive comments.It helped me make a decission I purchased the heriage cherryburst color it's a beautiful color the finish is so smooth.I have to say I am really happy with mine.I try to play it everyday.Hope this is helpful to anyone considering purchasing one.I consider myself an intermidate player. I have also had several other guitars.I kept trading them off as I wasn't happy with the quality or sound.

I have a Fender strat and a ESP Viper M50. Both are great guitars but I wanted the humbucker sound in a more balanced guitar body (the Viper dive bombs like a Stutka). This guitar filles that need. No, it's not a Gibson but it is a very adequate guitar for the expense. Sound is excellent and, so far, the quality has not fallen short of expectations.

Yeah I totally agree with the other reviewer saying that this guitar felt cheap. I got mine today and yeah it looks and feels really cheap. Right out of the box the switch was broken, just fell off. I don't understand why companies do this, it ruins brand image, I don't think I will be an Epiphone customer again. Returned same day.

Went to local place to check out hands-on. I was not impressed at all. The thing just felt cheap. I could not imagine playing it for long. It was not fun to hold and parts looked cheesy. Other than body shape, it was nearly identical to the Epiphone SG-Special Electric Guitar sold at the same price.

I am surprised the Les Paul name was allowed to be used on this.